San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-10
STREET WORK.
Report of Street Commissioner for
Last Week.


Last Week.
Sixteen teams worked POI days,
$27O.75; 8 carts worked 5l9 days,
$ll5.S5; % laborers worked l155
days, $l73.25; 4 foremen worked II
days, $500; l engineer worked 6
days, $1,000; 3 carpenters worked
81 days, $21.25; total, $63S.lO.
WORK DONE.
Had holes filled up with gravel
on West Commerce street, from
Military plaza to Paschal square,
and Market street, from Main plaza
to Corcoran street.
Repaired and finished rolling San
Pedro avenue.
Cutters cleaned on Veramendi
street, and filed in same with four
inches Of gravel; cutters cleaned
on San Pedro avenue.
Rolled Market street, from Main
plaza 10 North Presa street.
Graded and drained Labor street,
from South Presa street north to
Sadie street, and had said work
stopped at this point, on account
of encroachment Of the street.
Had two cross-walks repaired on
West Commerce street, one at in
tersection of Laredo street, and the
other at the intersection Of West
Commerce street and Paschal
square, ordered by the Council on
May 9th, 1895.
Had cutters cleaned and holes
filled in on Market street, from
Corcoran to Casino streets, with %
cart loads of gravel.
Had holes filled in with gravel
on Nueva street, at the intersection
of South Alamo street, with z loads
of gravel.
Had holes filled in and cutters
cleaned on East Commerce street,
from Rusk street to st. Joseph's
street.
Had city carpenter to put down
three c~rosswalks: one across Mon
terey street, another across South
Concho street, and the other across
West Commerce street, ordered by
the council June 3rd, 1895.
Had Chestnut street repaired 100
feet north from Nolan street, or
dered by the council March 25th,
1895.
Resolution of May 9th, 1895, to
put up posts and wire to prevent
teams from crossing Madison park;
no wire has been put up, but all
crossings have been posted notify
ing the public not to drive across
it.
Filling up north side Of Com
street from Bonham to
Bowie streets, and have put in $50
loads of gravel.
City prisoners cut brush from
Hamilton avenue,from West Hous-
ton to Lopez streets.
REPORT OF CITY CARPENTER.
Made new culvert across South
Flores street, at intersection of
street.
Repaired frame around city water
trough and placed danger signs on
avenue bridge over
AlaZan creek.
Built new crosswalk across Quin-
cy street, at intersection of Lexing-
ton avenue, and repaired desk for
health Office.
Repaired two culverts corner ave-
nue. d and Third street, and made
30 feet Of new crosswalk corner
West Commerce and Laredo streets,
and made 80 feet Of new crosswalk
corner West Commerce and East
streets, and building new cross
walk across Monterey street at in
tersection Of South Concho street.
Finished above walk and built
new crosswalk across South Concho
street at intersection OF Monterey
street, and built new crosswalk
across West Commerce street at
intersection OF Pinto street.
Repaired culvert corner Dallas
street and Wilmington avenue,
and repaired culvert corner Dallas
street and Jonas avenue, and re-
paired bridge over ditch on Ceval-
los street, and repaired culvert cor
ner Fifth street and Avenue D.