San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-06
THE WHITEWASH POT.
sBWF & MATTERS NOW RESEMBLE
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW"
long Session of the Council Yester-
I day-Engineers Carry the Day,
While the Citizens Com
mittee is Snubbed.

usual quantity OF business yesuer-
day, being the first regular session
held for some time. Among the
important questions considered
the sewer investigation, Mr.. Gray's
report and citizens committee re-
port, the market house, the mayors
message on finances, sewer outlet
and other important matters.
Petitions were presented as fol-
lows:
For use OF San Pedro Park, citi-
zens were granted same for Sep
TENDER 2; st. Elmo Lodge, X. OF
p, August %; Mexican societies,
September Is, 16, II, for Indepen.
dence celebration.
Remission OF pound fees: c. P.
Nichols, referred; =. i. Menely,
granted, Recorders fine: G, Il,
/ Iruitt, referred; jacob Faska,
granted.
Buildin. permits; Geo. Maverick,
p. Il. Smith referred.
On taxesi H. d. Linderborn
was granted value Of land donated
for moving back to street line, on
| his taxes; John Wilkens, ST., re-
mission OF taxes for loss by fire !;
Mrs. Helen Lambert, to be allowed
to pay on certain lots; H. H. Jor-
geusen, for refunding taxes; refer
red.
i L. q. Brand communicated that
he had in his possession certain
moneys paid by Taxpayers In part
lpayment of taxes and asking to
whom these should be paid, after
his per cent commission had been
deducted referred.
: Citizens petitions: To have
market street sprinkled; w. w
Robbins, omplaining Of people
hauling dirt from his lane; South
Heights for fire protection; to be
allowed to make q private GENE
terry out of old city lot ID; OF
Fourth ward, to have brush cut or
streets; for bridge over Alazar
creek on Kentucky avenue; refer
red.
: A.C. Cohen & Co. refuted the
; complaint of maintaining a hide
. store nuisance on Military plaza.
Mrs. &. c. Cara asked to have
distractions on sidewalk, in from
OF new county courthouse, cleared
:, Albers & Antoine, for barber pole
;. referred. Southwestern Telephone
>. company, to place six poles OIL
:. Buena Vista and San Fernando
streets; granted.
. Consulting Engineer Gray's re
> port was submitted. He declared
the selected Kampman brick wer
5. the best he had seen for the sew
Il ers. Several sewer pipes, accepte
e by the inspectors, were found to b
cracked and unfit for use.
He had found no soft brick /
the Laredo street sewer, whe
: same had been opened at the II
= stance of Inspector Kuefner. ii
= praised the engineers and sugges
ed that they should be given entir
~ charge Of the sewer construction.
He had found some Of the brio
sewers had not been carefully lait
u especially in the arches, and recon
10 mended more rigid inspection.
IT The report was filed for futul
10 reference.
as The report Of the citizens con
III mittee on the Laredo street sew
10 work, on the Kuefner investigate
q, was presented. They had four
III the material of such nature wht
80. opened up that they did not insi
" on seeing any more. Some OF Il
ne brick used were unfit for the worl
Is and the sand used in cement
As qulres to be J sand and4 cemen
% the cement joints were from ! tc
o0 inch thick while the specification
ny call for not more than Of an inc
no Some brick and some mortar join
ne were not up to the specifications
W. The report was also filed, thou,
on Alderman Holt thought it Dug
'At to 60 before the sewer commit
YER The sewer committee, later
in the proceedings, presented
:. final report on the celebrat
liz Kuefner investigation by exoner
oh ing Assistant Engineer Truehe
in and recommending Inspector Ku
.ed ner's dismissal. They said IL Pr
ms work or poor brick had been III
md it was the inspectors duty to
Two that 1t did not go in the sewers.
at This report provoked a W
nm. long discussion for and agai
nds Kuefner's dismissal, and on
to the vote. Aldermen Richards, {
and Devine voted against its ad
ton, but it was declared adopt
heir The mayor's message was I