San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
CITY COUNCIL.
QUIET SESSION HELD YESTERDAY.
Wood Contract Awarded Or
dinances Passed-Kuefner's Pc
tition Referred Other Bust
ness Transacted.

yesterday, both on the sick list.
Mayor Elmendorf presided and
the meeting was business-like and
short. Petitions were disposed OF
as follows:
Third ward citizens, to have
Houston street, west of the Alazan
creek, repaired.
NJ. Levy, for remission of a pound
foe.
Electricians,t that the pending or
dinance governing inspection be
passed, except that a regular cleo.
rrician be appointed to inspect, in.
stead of appointing the fire chief.
John Kuefner, to be put back to
work as brick sewer inspector.
Southwestern Telephone COM
pany, to be allowed to place a pole
in the street, because of narrow
sidewalk corner Romano and Sole.
dad streets.
Property owners, protesting
against city allowing use Of o. c. l..
No. IA, for cemetery.
F. Talamantes, to repair curbing
damaged by steam roller.
G.. Haenel, for award for widen
ing South Alamo street at his
property.
J. w. Richardson, to have Tren.
ton avenue drained.
Fred. Small, that Omaha street
be ditched for drainage.
Citizens, to have Upper Labor
ditch closed.
G. w. Williams, to establish
theatre.
These were referred to the proper
committees and then the Italian
colony was granted use OF San
Pedro park for 10Th and Goth of
October for the Columbus day
celebration.
The city engineer reported that
an accumulation of old, half fin
ished profiles, maps and useless
papers generally were taking up
unnecessary room needed for other
purposes, in his department and
he asked permission to have same
destroyed. This was referred to a
special com mittee, Aldermen Hoef-
ling, Robards and Devine.
His report on the matter CT
widening Main avenue by taking
away the projecting sidewalk just
above Main plaza on to above
Houston street, was presented. He
recommended that the ditch be
siphoned at cost Of $2,29l and the
ditch be then paved over. This
was considered to expensive and it
was referred to a committee to as
certain IL the ditch could not be
covered with stone slabs and the
projections leveled to the street
surface.
Mrs. Mary Fest was given the
contract for supplying 200 cords of
wood for the city at 1926 per cord,
being the lowest bidder, and $3.50
were appropriated from the school
fund to pay for same.
For payment Of September sal
aries OF the engineers sewer depart
mont force $1,000 were appropriat-
ed from the sewer fund. The sum
Of $59S,31 was appropriated from
the sewer fund Is per cent account,
to pay for special work in placing
streets in good condition on the
sewer work, to be charged to the
contractors account.
From tie general fund, $75 were
appropriated for an extra horse
for the police department; $10O.30
for paying court cost bills charged
against the city $4.05 for cost Of
kilograms regarding city affairs by
Alamo National bank; $I40.l5 for
work in repairing Alamo building.
From the bridge fund $551.70 were
appropriated for repairs to abut-
ments Of Commerce street bridge.
Mr.. Robards reported that Mr..
Brand had presented a bill for fees
which Mr.. Brand claimed. Mr..
Robards said the committee knew
nothing Of the matter, and for that
reason he presented a resolution
instructing the collector to report
the amount OF delinquent taxes
which Mr.. Brand had collected.
The Westminster Presbyterian
church was released from the claim
against it,for building sidewalk in
front Of this property.
Petition of citizens regarding
Sixteenth street was referred to the
engineer, and Texas avenue was
ordered opened and all encroach-
ments removed. The Beethoven
Meennerchor sidewalk kick will
be investigated, and conference with
President G. H. Mueller held.
The matter of cleaning the Sar
Pedro creek at cost OF $162.75, was
reported on favorably and referred
to the finance committee.
Assessment committee reported.