San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-19

Tor one acre OF ldnu III new CSine-
terry; referred.
Citizens for water mains on West
Commerce street referred.
J. n. Hitchcock, remission of
taxes; referred.
Citizens protesting against Wes-
tern extension of pound limits ; re-
feTred.
Citizens for extension water
mains, Labor street; granted.
Chas. Abbey, correction of assess
ment referred.
Colored citizens for electric light
at San Pedro park June IS and 20;
granted.
The Mayor presented a COM
mmication regarding Bee Sinners
building permit and his objection
thereto. The Mayors veto was
sustained.
The Crosstown railway matter
again came up, under application
of Messrs. Carl, Kalteyer and Hugo
for a freight car line on Grand
avenue, and the same old discus
sion came up. The City Brewery
would find it necessary soon to
have a railway to the Southern
Pacific track and it was agreed to
allow the latter brewery to also use
same track asked for if they paid
their part of the expense.
| Communication from DIR. A.
Graves regarding report of council
and butchers joint committees re-
port in regard to proposed union
slaughter house, was read. He
met all the demands of the COM
mittee.
A supplementary report was
made by the joint committee
recommending $4,000 union
slaughter house being built by the
city, under its exclusive manage
ment and control. 1t was moved
that the supplemental report be
adopted. Newton said the council
had adopted the contract.
Limburger and Daugherty also
spoke on the question. Daugherty
said the proposition of DR.. Graves,
submitted this afternoon was an
entirely new and different PROPOSE
ton.
1t was at length moved to refer
the supplemental report Of the
committee and the new PROPOSE
tion of DIR. Graves be also referred
to the committee.
Newton said the health officer
had made an examination of the
Graves slaughter house, and re-
ported that the Graves plant was
in a better sanitary condition than
the others.
Daugherty said the committee
had tried to deal fairly with both
DR.. Graves and the butchers, when
the committee had visited Peter
Jud's pens they were cleaner than
DR.. Graves slaughter house. The
maggots were squirming in the in
fernal foul smelling, hog killing
pen. They should not have taken an
unfair advantage of these butch
ers, in any such manner.
Mr.. Newton said he understood
the mayor sent these men to all
the slaughter houses in the city
limits. The mayor said yes, he had
done so. They started out Satur-
day,
The vote came up onHNewton's
motion to refer back to commit.
tee. The matter W as referred to
committee.
Mrs. S. F. Ostrom was allowed
to address the council on a matter
of business in regard to the locali-
ty of street extending from Cap
tain Smiths house on Rock quar-
nv road to the almshouse, which
was over several tracts owned by
her. She made the city PROPOSE
tion to donate certain property for
a roadway, and also made the
council a long speech complaining
of a long list Of grievances put up
on her by a former city admins
tration. She wanted lot Of dam
ages paid her for boards, fence
pickets, ETC., destroyed by boys. 1t
was referred back to the former
committee.
Communication from the city at
torney was read regarding proper
ty taxation of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Crawford, purchased from Jay
Adams, which had been sold for
taxes and bought in by the city.
Petition was allowed to regain
property by payment Of back taxes.
City engineer reported on poor
condition of Navarro street bridge
floor, recommending a pine floor
ing be laid, costing $66S.05; Re-
ferred to committee.
City engineer reported on bad
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