San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-09

City engineers report on drain
pipe on Arsenal street at bridge;
referred.
City engineers report regarding
changing of grade on Burleson
street, between Mesquite and Hack
berry streets; public improvement
committee.
City engineers report in regard
to property owners who have failed
to construct sidewalks; referred.
City Engineers report on proper
ty fronting on Commerce street
which was partially burned; re-
ferred.
City engineers report of money
expended on preliminary work on
City hospital, $290.lO; finance COM
mittee.
The city engineer made several
other reports that were referred to
the proper committees.
COMMUNICATIONS.
A communication from the city
marshal, asking for the appropri-
alton of $3.50 for repairs on police
patrol wagon; adopted and money
appropriated.
A communication from the city
physician, a record of city patients
kept during December, the number
treated being 4S, was read and
filed.
Another communication from
the city physician, regarding char
acter of city patients to be taken
to the hospital by the police Off
GERS, was read and referred to the
sanitary committee.
A communication from City Sex
ton He'll, as to how his office is be-
ing conducted, was read and re-
ferred to the market, park and
public building committee.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The finance committee recon-
mended the appropriation of $2.S5
for piling wood SIG for crosswalks
acrossMadison andJohnson streets !;
$40 for the same across South Ala
mo street; $3.50 for lowering grade
on New Braunfels avenue; 1925 for
material used for sewer plans; 81
per month for payment of janitor
for West End school, and recon-
mended that all bids for fiagstoneS
be rejected. The reports were all
adopted.
The public improvement COM
mittee reported on the following !:
John II. O'Meara, to put down
sidewalks; not granted; H.
HI. Alvord, for same, granted; ID.
S. Burns, for same, not grant
ed; Larkin T. Smith, regarding
widening of West Commerce street,
not granted, property to be con-
demned; citizens, asking for bet
ter drainage in front of st. James
A. NJ. f. Church, granted Citizens
Electric Power and Street Railway
company, for permission to change
switch, not granted; Mrs. Open
heimer, for cross walk, granted
and $40 ordered appropriated,
which was referred to the finance
committee for recommendation.
The reports as above were adopted.
The street and bridge committee
reported on the widening Of West
Houston street as follows: ave
recommend that the minority re-
port be adopted, in the widening of
West Houston street and assess
ment of benefit and damages there
on" adopted.
The police committee recon-
mended the dismissal of Police
man Lilly, which recon- mendation
was adopted.
THE HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.
The special committee on the city
hospital, consisting of Alderman
A. +. Beckmann, City Engineer
Pancoast and w. r. Goodloe, re-
posted as follows:
"Having carefully considered
what repairs are necessary to place
the hospital building in good con-
dition, we herewith submit speci-
fications of same along with rod
ding plan.
eve propose liberal use of
rods, which will, in a measure,
draw the wall together again,
where they had separated and keep
them in place in the future.
"The specifications includes thor
ough repairs of plastering on walls
and ceilings, as will as all repairs
of wood work timing and paint
ing.
ain mason work, no extension
repairs are required, only such as
effect the present cracks in walls,