San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-27

Hon. A. F. Beckmann, present at
yesterdays regular council meet
ing and an interesting session was
had, business being transacted as
follows:
Citizens of the east side of the
city asked for more police protec-
ton in the outskirts and recon-
mended a certain party as officer,
who was willing to take mounted
duty and furnish his own horse
free of cost. This was referred to
the chief Of police and committee.
Ignacio Cassiano, that a public
alley between Ell Paso and San
Fernando streets, in block ll0' be
opened referred.
Edward j. O'Beirne, for right to
place poles for electric light plant,
on certain streets; granted.
DR.. +. Bennett to repair damage
TO his property on Milan street /;
referred.
Southwestern Telegraph aud
Telephone company to erect poles
on Pine street from Dakota to Den
yer avenue and on Denver avenue
from Pine to New Braunfels
streets; referred.
Citizens for electric light on
Cameron street at intersection Of
Kingsbury and Salinas streets re.
ferred.
Caroline Storbeck, to repair
buildings at 22O Blum street :;
granted.
E.G. Jones, for plank walk on
Newton alley; referred for esti-
mate Of cost.
San Antonio Gas company to ex-
change poles with the Southwest
ern Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany, on certain streets; referred.
City Attorney reported regard
ing branch ditch of Labor ditch
being a nuisance, that the city
could abate such a nuisance at any
time; adopted and said ditch was
declared a nuisance.
Report of clerk on water mains
laid since the new contract went
into effect was read. Most of the
wards have received their full
complement.
Mackey moved that the city
park commissioner be allowed to
state the condition of the plaza
parks; granted. He said at the
time Main plaza was laid out, there
was no drainage given and the
standing water in the subsoil and
the tar was killing the trees. He
recommended that all the soil and
macadam be taken up and looser
dirt be put in there; referred to
the commissioner for written re-
port and estimate of cost.
Finance committee reported on
resolution regarding the Donald
son ant contract, recommending
that the matter be referred to the
city attorney. McAllister said
Donaldson had told him he had
another bill for 300 odd ant beds
and who knew how many
thousand more he would re.
port? Hoefling said if we
have no contract with him we don't
owe him anything, but Donaldson
had received orders from the may
or to go ahead with the work; re-
ferred.
Henry Burns offered to furnish
gravel and spread on streets at 80
cents square yard. His contract
was adopted.
Geo. EichlitZ, that alley on one
side OF Madison square be grubbed
granted.
Fire committee recommended not
granting shed to be erected at
convention hall, and granted per-
NIT to Henry Gembler for a stable
on Garden street.
Telephone committee on petition
OF Edw. j. O'Beirne to use poles on
Commerce street, denied permits
sion for same.
The written consent of the tele-
phone company accompanied the
petition but Alderman Hice said
the company had no permit from
the city.
Mr.. OBeirne addressed the coun.
Gil saying they had pur.
chased the poles from the com.
pany and will put their
wires up high enough as soon as
the telephone company gets of
their wires onto higher poles. The
lowest wire will be not less than
70 feet from the ground. The peti.
tion was granted.
An ordinance amending section
IL, chapter AZ, regarding the height
OF wires from the ground, wa: