San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-25
CITY HALL PICKINGS.
Points on the Garbage Question
Finance Committee; Objections to
Bills Presented Sewer Estimate
Work--Sexton Must GO, Etc

Tho city sprinkling contract will
probably be awarded to the lowest
bidder at the next C ouncil meeting
The office Of city sexton, recently
recreated by the city council, will
very likely be again abolished at
the next meeting Of the city coun-
Gil. 1t has been found that it will
be illegal to appoint the lowest bid
der for the undertaking contract
with the city,to the Office of sexton,
as it Is an a%ppointive office and
cannot be let out by contract.
Hence, the office must be abolised.
Meanwhile, though the sexton
has not been appointed and the
ordinance governing the case has
not been adopted, the lowest bid
ding firm has been doing the work
Of burying paupers, furnishing
graves at the regular scale of prices,
etc.
The contract for supplying GER
tain hardware supplies required in
the parks department has been
awarded by the finance committee,
which called for bids, and Elmen-
dorf & Co., was found to have the
lowest, amounting to sos. The
next lowest bid, $59.G5, was by A.
Heusinger, who was awarded the
contract. This was done because
the mayor is a member of the low
est bidding firm.
The finance committee has also
refused to o. X. any Of the bills on
the city, for supplies furnished by
Elmendorf & Co., of which there
were a few presented, for goods fur
nished the city on credit for sew
eral months past.
The bids of the San Antonio
Drug company, Of which firm AL
derman Dreiss is a member, have
been o. KID by the committee, as
also the butcher bills of the city
hospital, for meat furnished by a
firm, Of which Alderman Hoefiing
is a member.
The third estimate on the sewer
work, for $6,960.90, has been pre-.
scented, and after the l5 per cent Of
this sum has been retained, as per
contract, the finance committee
must approve 1t before it Is paid
the sewer contractors.
Regarding the sewers, 1t is rather
interesting to know that for some
time past the street commissioner
has had a force Of men repairing
the streets on which the sewers
have been laid, and which streets
we're left in a rough condition by
tho contractors. A great many of
these streets have been smoothed
and rolled hard, and the work
greatly improves them over their
former rough condition.
The cost OF this work OF the street
commissioners men does not come
out OF the streets fund, but is
charged up to the account OF
the sewer contractors, according
to the strict provisions OF the
contract, and the Is per cent fund
withheld on the regular estimates
is retained for just such emergen'
cies.
The mayor, with Alderman Oge
and Engineer Pancoast, held a con-
sultation with Mr.. II. Schultze and
an attorney over the offer of the old
Votaw farm for a sewer outlet,
Yesterday afternoon. The map of
the place was gone over carefully,
and some inaccuracies were discov-
cred in outlining the course OF a
small ravine on n side OF the
property. The consultation was
broken off until Monday to secure
more data.
The finale in the Martinez Span
ish leadership investigation or
persecution was reached yester-
day, in the session of the school
board. Twelve more witnesses
we're examined and not a bit Of
evidence substantiated the anony-
nous charges made against Mar
tinez. The board then formulated
the following resolutions, which
were signed and adopted unani.
mously:
Resolved, That after a full and
exhaustive examination Of the
charges made against A. F. Marti-
nez, as we'll as a careful inquiry
into his character and habits, the
school board Of San Antonio is Of
the opinion that the said charges
are groundless.
Resolved, further, That the board
has entire confidence in the char
acter and integrity OF said A. F..
Martinez, and unhesitatingly COM
him to the patrons Of the
nnsblic schools of San Antonio.
SiSkned: HENRY ELMENDORF,
Chairman.
y ADoLPH DRESS,
J. p. DEVTNE,
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