San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-30


yesterday afternoon, and after the
roll call and reading of the call for
the special session, the following
petitions were read and disposed
Of:
Pauly & Dielman, asking for a
share of the city patronage on Or
ders for building supplies; public
improvement and finance COM
| mittee.
r. A. Henderson, asking to build
structure corner of Nueva and
South Presa street; laid over.
City murderer +. C. Kliefoth,
complaining of the unsatisfactory
manner in which the recorder
dealt with cases for violation of
the house numbering ordinance;
referred to the committee on petit
tions and ordinances.
Draymen and cXpressmen, ask
| ing to be allowed to stand on
plazas; police committee.
Emile Rips, for correction of as
| sessment; assessment committee.
Joseph Foster, for permit to
erect a shed on California street;
fire committee.
n. Flory, for permit to put up
brick studding front on South Lar
edo street; fire committee, which
recommend the petition be re-
ferred back; adopted.
Leon Lecomte, for permit to
open meat market; granted.
Harry III. Blake and wife, re-peti-
tioning the council to sing on the
streets; not granted.
ALI Ash, for correction Of assess
ment; assessment committee.
Frank Krisch, ST., asking for
remission Of pound fees; police
committee.
TIC. Bryan, for correction of as
| sessment; assessment committee
and city attorney.
Anton Rips, asking that parties
be notified to discontinue dumping
night soil near his property; city
attorney.
Joe Menny, to erect a new horse
and carriage shed on Rusk street !;
| fire committee.
j. S. Ramsay, for a five days
leave Of absence, to be spent in
Waco on business ; granted.
l.. Saltontall, petitioning the
council to allow him to attach an
automatic gas governor, to the gas
meter in the city hall, agreeing to
place same in a thirty days trial
and agreeing to save % per cent
in the consumption of gas. and an
Improvement in light, and that II
satisfactory at the expiration of
thirty days, he is to be paid $3.50;
finance committee and Captain
MaCkey.
Mr.. VI. Marachau, calling at
tention to the condition OF side
walks; sidewalk committee.
II. p. Mccall, relation to Macon
street and to bridge on same; pub
lie improvement committee.
DR.. A. c.. Mclean, asking to be
paid bill of $25 for medical SER
vices; finance committee.
Alderman Mackey, complaining
of dumping of filth; referred to
city marshal.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The street and bridge committee
reported favOrably on the petition
of c. Epson, for permission to lay
a waste and drain pipe across Ave-
nue. b; the report was adopted.
The market, park and public i'm
prOvement committee reported on
the petition of ThOs. Ball, in refer
ence to San Pedro creek, recon-
mending that the matter be re-
ferred to the city attorney.
The finance committee reported
as follows:
The proposals for selling real es-
tate for cemetery purposes opened
Jan. 26, were referred to the special
committee.
Street commissioner, giving esti-
mate of cost of railing Convent
street bridge, $47.25 adopted and
money appropriated to do the work.
j. RYAN, asking an appropri-
alton of $22 to pay for extra man;
granted.
Engineers estimate for bridges
over San Pedro creek on Cassiano
street, 1901. The committee recon-
mended that the bridge be not
built for the present.
The public improvement COM
mittee reported on the petition OF
C. Wentworth, complaining of the
city engineer notrunning lines; re-
ferred to the mayor to have the
lines run. The report was adopted.
The gas and water committee re-