San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-23

Engineer Pancoast said a good
gravel walk was safer to pedestri-
ans than a class b alag stone)
walk.
A new flooring, to cost 1888 81,
was ordered for Commerce street
bridge, materials to be purchase d
on bids called for; $9l.S7 were ar =
propriated for repair Of bridge and
approacher over ZalZamoras creek,
on Guadalupe street. G.. B. Slevin
was granted building permit for
lumber office on Dryer avenue;
the fire chief was allowed to place
part Of the fire apparatus in the
Battle OF Flowers parade. Water
mains on Richmond avenue were
allowed to be changed.
On petition of citizens to reduce
price of graves in city cemeteries,
the park committee stated the
prices now were: For adults So
and children 81; Dev1ne said the
cost was not more than So and 81
respectively referred back to the
committee for further report.
st. Phillips Episcopal congrega-
ton was refused use of end of
Pecan street for a church because
city had no legal right to lease the
streets or portions of streets for
any purpose.
One acre OF cemetery ground in
lots 7 and Swas granted the lodges
Of colored people on petition at $50
or $40 to each society.
A petition for appointment to
the position of cemetery keeper
was filed, until city is able finan-
cially to afford one.
Sewer committee asked that pc
tition Of citizens that in case the
city should cancel present sewer
contract, the clause should be in
serted in the new contract, that
nine hours shall constitute a days
work, at $3.50 per day, be deferred
for thepresent; adopted.
The committee made hot re-
port on the matter of investigating
the citizens mass meeting COM
mittee's charges of irregularity in
construction Of sewers, that the
committee had waited a very short
time and failed to meet the sewer
committee. This committee said
it would be ready at any day
this week, say 4 o'clock p. M, the
committee might name, also if any
citizen saw any irregularity in the
sewer construction at any time, the
committee would esteem it a favor
il they would Immediately tele-
phone it to the mayors office, so
that an investigation would imme-
diately be inaugurated.
The report Of the engineer for
the week Of April 90, on sewer
work done, showed 1913 feet Of
32-inch brick sewers laid; 6S5 feet
1S.inch, 1875 of S-inch pipe sewers
laid; 3 manholes, 2 flush tanks,
1924 pieces OF pipes inspected Of
which 2O2 were rejected average
daily number OF men employed, 81,
with two inspectors. Grand total
to date, 1888 feet brick sewers, 1905
pipe sewers, Is manholes, 4 flush
tanks, 392 connections.
The report was adopted.
The city attorney reported that
the city could close up the Alazan
or any ditch if the health OF the
city called for it. He also reported
that parties making electric light
connections and not reporting
same to the fire chief could be
punished. ADOPTED.
The special committee on the
investigation of l.. c. Brands
charges against Alderman Mackey
that he had made a contract with
the city to supply gravel, report
ed that the proposition for
the contract came from Henry
Burns, to furnish gravel from the
west side of the city at 80 cents per
cubic yard, and that $l,4O9.l2 had
been paid to Captain Mackey on
his taxes on this contract on war
rants endorsed by Burns. The
gravel was taken off Alderman
Mackey's lots. Mr.. Mackey's state
ments before the committee had
been straight forward and honest.
He had said that Street Commits
sioner Crowther had complained Of
the high cost, an average Of $1.2l
per cubic yard, of getting gravel
from the city's pits on the east side
of the city for hauling to
the west side and on this Mackey
had offered these lots, leasing them
to Mr.. Burns, an old friend of his,
and had approved the contract.
The street commissioner had as
sisted and put in some Of his own
teams for hauling. Capt. Mackey
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