San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-09
CITY COUNCIL.
STREET COMMISSIONERS GANG
WILL BE DIVIDED.
Undertakers Ordinance Goes Over.
San Pedro Springs Lease-old
River Lines Corrected.
Street Railway Or
dered Removed.
Etc

Yesterdays session of the City
Council was enlivened a bit from
the usual dull routine. by several
bits of interesting and instructive
discussions and one or two pleas
antries among the members Of the
board, among the latter being the
note to Alderman Mackey by a
lady about a bridge, which was read
in the Council and disclosed the
fact that once the gallant alder
man had helped her in a break
down on a county road, by the
loan Of neck yoke.
The undertakers' ordinance again
hung fire. The San Pedro Springs
discussion brought out some facts,
and Alderman Hice, in declaring
himself for his Constituents"
made the alderman pause in grab
bling all the street work and leav-
ing the youngest alderman in the
fold out in the blizzard.
After reading Of the minutes, the
following were the proceedings:
Petitions and memorials were
read as follows:
VIM. A. Scbmitt to be allowed
to pay taxes on certain property !;
referred.
F. Krisch, ST., for a two years.
lease of San Pedro park. This
brought forth quite discussion
the aldermen being averse to leas-
ing it to anybody. Some of the
aldermen said the park was in a
worse condition now than ever it
had been. Alderman Daugherty
said that instead of improving the
park or doing anything to it, the
custodian had petitioned some
time ago for the city to supply the
nails to put on some boards to
keep cattle out and also asked for
the city prisoners to cut out the
weeds. Alderman Mackey said
the place was not fit to
Cake ones family out there.
He was in favor of the city taking
control of it and having the city
park commissioner beautIfy it, as
has been done in our plaza parks.
Alderman A. f. Beckmann said he
was not the least bit Of a prohibit
ZIONIST, but the time would come
when the city would have to cease
leasing the springs for the sale of
beer, etc. The city had no more
right to allow any one to lease this
park for a beer stand than it did a
space on any one Of the plaza parks.
After more discussion, the matter
was referred to a committee for re-
port.
An invitation to participate in
Columbus day celebration was &C.
cepted by the council. A request
from the arrangement committee
that the city allow the fire depart
ment to parade with the societies
on this day was also granted.
Collins Manufacturing company
was allowed to connect their build
ing with the Houston street bridge
railing.
H. f. Barnard, to be repaid taxes
on double assessment, paid to city !;
referred.
j. Ryan, to be allowed to erect
telegraph line for Gulf Shore rail-
way; granted.
Larkin II. Smith, to be paid $3.50
for piece of property condemned
for sidewalk purposes in front Of
the Twohig bank property; re-
ferred.
G. Cara was permitted so open
meat market.
Mrs. Mary Gaenslen to have the
city comply with agreement to
erect a bridge over the river to con-
meet South Flores street with
South Flores street referred.
Property owners of east part
of Ward four to have Macon,
Camden and Elmira streets opened
and cleared of brush and obstruc-
tions to the river banks. The Pc
tition stated that the property had
been subdivided and plotted, but
no streets could be found and the
land had been taken possession of
by numerous families Of squatters
who refused to remove until forced
to do so by the city. The petition
was granted, Alderman Mackey
saying that the city prisoners
would do the work of clearing.
"They ride in the patrol wagon to
and from their work." he added.
The petition Of Charles G. Knight,
OF the Washington theatre, that
the city purchase fire alarm box
from him which is now in his
theatre, for 500, if he would