San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-10
FRANCHISE VALUABLE.
GENERAL ORDINANCE TO REGULATE
LIGHT CHARGES.
Council Appropriations and Impor-
tant Dispositions and Dispu-
tatlons Yesterday.

was settled, and for the way the
application for a new electric light
ing franchise was discussed. All
other matters were of secondary
importance compared to these. A
full board was present, and after
the disposal Of the usual petitions,
by reference to committees, the
real work OF the meeting began.
Petitions were as follows:
Flores Street Baptist church, for
exemption from taxation.
Protest from First Baptist church
against sale of property for taxes.
st. Marks church concerning
taxation of church property.
e. Zinsmeyer, for permission to
pay tax on certain property.
P. Weatherby, remission OF pound
, fees.
Mrs. Mary B. Andrews, to pay
taxes on certain lots of real estate.
G. p. Smith, for damages in
widening Houston street.
Citizens to have Police Officer
Inman reinstated. There were
thirty-three names signed.
Citizens, to have CARA street re-
paired.
! Mrs. Il. G. Williams and j. r.
Emrie, correction OF assessment.
! Juan Mesa, for remission OF
fire.
A. Kraml, for reduction OF assess
menU.
J. Hildebrand & Co. were grant
ed permission to open a new meat
market.
A fence was ordered built around
cemetery No. 3, at cost OF $40.
The city attorney reported de-
linquent tax collections to date as
$l2, POI 46 since July.
He also reported on petition OF
j. T. Hutchinson to have obstruC-
tions removed from Olive street,
that the Objectionable fence Of John
Darragh DO moved; adopted.
Protests from citizens against
granting street railway franchises
through Crockett street were read
and referred to the railway COM
mittee.
The attorneys opinion that the
West End lots Of the Metho-
dist female college were not exempt
from taxes was endorsed.
Nogalitos and North Laredo
streets were ordered macadamiZed
as soon as funds are available.
The long expected ordinance
governing the fire department was
presented and laid over under the
rules. 1t prescribes weekly drill
of the firemen, house to house in
spection, with penalty to occupants
for refusal to admit firemen to in
spect, testing and oiling of fire
plugs and alarm boxes, a system of
test alarms, daily calosthenic ex-
ercise, a complete record of all
fires, by the chief, etc. The ordi-
nance was laid over under the
rules.
Mrs. L. Cooks pound fees were
RENTED.
The assessment committee re-
ported a resolution that hereafter
all petitions for corrections of as
sessment on money loaned must
be accompanied by affidavits of pc
titions. This was adopted. Sever
al minor matters before the COM
mittee were disposed of.
The permission Of Cham bers and
Noonan for hobby horse swing on
Washington square was rescinded.
F. Rosen berger was awarded the
contract for supplying the city
with 5000 pansy plants, S-leaf varie-
ty, for the sum OF $40.
The sum of 1915 for payment OF
outfsll sewer rights of way, and
1925 for abstract of the same prop
erty, and in payment of Engineer
IGrsy's salary for November, was
appropriated.
City Engineer Pancoast petition.
ed for the payment Of $l47 expend.
ed by him in travelling to Provi.
dence, r. L., in Sept am Der OF 1894
to consult with Engineer Gray re.
garding the change from pump
station to a gravity outfall sewer
system, was presented and after
short discussion, the money was
voted.
The ordinance to grant the San
Antonio Edison company, operat
: ing the Citizens Railway line
right to establish and operate a
: power house and electric light
plant in this city, then came up
The city attorney had prepared the
} ordinance carefully and made a de
3 parture from the usual order by
| prescribing municipal control o
the scale OF charges for lights tt
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