San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-13
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Weekly session-D Discuss
ing Electric Power Wiring.
Other Business.

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and sweet yesterday and little else
than regular business was trans
acted. All the aldermen were
present and business was disposed
of as follows:
The petition Of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone company
to plant new poles on Grayson and
other streets, was referred.
Ed j. O'Beirne. petition to use
poles Of telephone company, on
Commerce street with consent Of
the latter referred.
Ed j. O'Beirne, that ordinance
submitted amending Sec. II, chap
ter AZ be adopted referred.
F. LANCE to open meat market ;
granted.
l.. w. Elman, same granted.
Lee Vahey, regarding taxes; re-
| ferred.
A map Of subdivision Of property,
corner Of Arkansas and South Flores
streets, recommended by city en-
gineer, was adopted.
A map Of subdivision Of lots Nos.
4, 5, 6, 8, 10, block 3, corner North
Centre and Mesquite streets, re-
commended by the city engineer,
was adopted.
Specifications for morgue to be
built at city hospital, were sub
mitted by the city engineer and re-
ferred to the sanitary committee.
Communication from fire chief,
asking for 1926 for purchase Of two
horses, was read, and appropria-
ton was made.
Bids for coal for fuel were not re-
ceived and the matter was referred
to the mayor.
Nine hundred feet Of water
mains were ordered on Undo street.
A proposition of Bryan Gala
CHAN to sell 6 acres. now used to
dump city garbage upon, was pre-
sented, and the committee reported
they would agree to buy at $1,000 ;
adopted.
The ditch committee reported on
complaint Of Mrs. Dresch, that she
had been taking more water than
she was entitled to and ought to be
punished.
Assessment committee on petit.
ton of n. III. Ford, John Osman,
d. p. Smith, Almira L. Reed, Frank
Kring, Hugo & Schneider Co., Min
ME O'Brien, Sisters of Incarnate
Word, on taxes Of Santa Rosa hos.
pital, Geo. H. Kalteyer, all regard
ing their taxes, reported favorably
on all except Sisters of Incarnate
Word, which was reported upon
unfavorably.
The report was adopted.
| Police committee reported favor
ably on petition OF Motorman W.
H. McRae, for remission of fine for
not ringing his gong at street eros.
sing; adopted.
Seventh ward citizens petition
for various favors was referred to
the alderman OF the ward.
The ordinance amending Sec. 3
and4, chapter AZ, r. o. regulating
the electric light and telephone
poles in the city, then came up.
Alderman Jos. Beckmann NOV ed
that it be passed, Newton seconded.
The matter was discussed and the
sense of the council was that the
| O'Beirne company, now restrained
by injunction from putting up
poles on streets occupied by the
San Antonio Gas and Electric COM
pany and construed by the said
company as against the city or
| dinances, was entitled to the same
rights as the other company, and
that there should not be mOnopo-
ly. The ordinance was adopted.
l. Alderman Smith asked how soon
he could get water mains out In his
ward. He had lost votes in the
recent election because Of the de-
lay. The water company had been
ordered to lay them, said the
mayor.
The ordinance to amend Sec. II,
Chapte AZ, came up. The ordinance
prescribed that electric wires be
separated In their classification, B
feet apart, and not less than Is feet
from the ground.
Daugherty moved to amend to
make wires not less than 20 feet
from the ground. He afterward
moved to refer it to the telephone
and railway committee.
Newton said it was depriving
the people of the competition Of
the new company.
Newton moved to table the mo-
ton to refer.
The matter was referred.
Mayor Elmendorf reported the
sale of the sewer bonds and said
the plans and specifications will be