San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-16
COUNCIL SESSION.
GARBAGE CONTRACT ABROGATED
Sewer Mems Bond Approved-street
Sprinkling Awarded-other
Business Transacted.

Inc council nelu pWo sessions
yesterday and then did not finish
the work, an adjournment being
taken until this afternoon.
Petitions for reduction and re-
mission of taxes were presented
from Mrs. M. F. Clements, Mrs. R.
Rose, ALI. Dieckman, George Lehr,
George NJ. Morgan, F. .. Boil, G.
Malcolm and the Alamo Heights
Street Railway company. These
were referred.
Citizens asked for an electric
light at the corner of Crosby and
Palmetto streets and Mrs. lyman
asked for a building permit.
Regarding sidewalks and street
lines, Westminster church asked
for release Of sidewalk claim L.
G. Frost for the correct line Of West
Houston street; j. A. Walker and
J. B. Slaughter to have widening
of Houston street completed; citi.
zens of South Alamo street, that
builders be required to build on
this street on the street lines.
For remission Of pound fees: E.
N. Harris and Henry Fest.
Remission of police fines: G. E..
Chawning, M. Brown, l.. Picard, w.
N. Lovin.
j. II. Wallace, for pay as judge of
bond election; A. Heusinger, COM
planning Of hide store and nuis-
ance.
These were referred and the
Seven Stars of Consolidation were
granted use of San Pedro park Au-
gust 10.
Finance committee reported that
claims of San Antonio Street
Car company as offset for taxes be
not allowed.
For payment of various accounts
$2,272.9S were appropriated.
The street sprinkling contract
was awarded to A. Santleben at
$175 per month.
New culverts on Avenue d, to
cost SIS, we're ordered.
Camaron street was ordered
drained; grading of Chavez street
was postponed till after the sewers
are laid Mrs. Stribling was not al
lowed to repair building on Alamo
street extension of Elm street was
not granted.
Harmon, Oliver, ct al, were
granted remission of $65 taxes ;
III. Seele's personal assessment was
corrected; Mrs. B. Sarran's assess
ment was reduced 81, 800; E. Mouse.
bach's corrected; also j. q.
Reynolds, A. G. Castanola and s.
P. Green J. M. Fosters was re-
duced $4,000; Mrs. Henson's re-
mitted; r. l.. Benson, Leo
nardo Cara, for reduction, not
granted; d. E. Sims, granted; Ger
man Methodist church, for remis-
sion of taxes, not granted; A. Jo-
seph, for reduction; A. 9. Jones,
remission Mrs. l.. G. Cupples, re-
duction, granted.
Texas Advertising company was
granted use Of public property for
sign boards.
The sewer committee reported
recommending that the sewers be
opened and material examined by
a committee of citizens and the
council, at the places where
Inspector Kuefner charges bad
material put in adopted.
The 100000 bond Of the sewer
contractors,si by Aaron French
Oscar Bergstrom, G. w. Russ and
G. Epson, was approved.
The ordinance creating the Of.
flee of inspector Of plumbing was
laid over to the next meeting
amended to provide that no plum.
; Der connected with any local
plumbing firm shall be appointed
The contract for removal Of the
garbage, between the city and d. s.
Burns, was declared annulled by
unanimous vote, after long dis
cussion. The mayor was authorized
: to employ temporarily carts and
men to remove the garbage until
!, bids for same could be called for.
The mayor then announced the
new arrangement Of standing com
mittees. The personnel Of the com.
mittees ia as follows:
J. Finance - Alderman Robards
chairman Dreiss and Holt.
Markets, parks and public build
: ings-Alderman Beckmann, chair
mann Hoefiing and Guerguin.
! Public improvements-Alder
( man Hoefling, chairman; Holt and
!. Beckman.
Telegraph, Telephones and Rail
wsys-Alderman Fahey, chair
man; Holt and Richards.
Petitions and Ordinances-Al