San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-16
COUNCIL SESSION.
SEWER CONTRACT AWARD 00NsID-
Erred BUT DEFERRED.
Engineer Gray's Contract with the City
Properly Ratified by Ordinance
Electric Light Bids Rejected.

City Council session opened yester-
day afternoon with all the members
present except Alderman Holt, who
is absent from the city. Petitions
and memorials were read as follows:
Catholic Central union for use of
San Pedro park for July 4th celebra-
ton; granted. Inviting the city cOun-
Gil to attend this celebration; adopted.
Chas. Ellison, damages, for being
run over by fire chiefs wagon; re-
ferred.
Ben. Jackson. for permit to have
park on the 10, 20 and 81 of the pres
ent month: referred.
Mrs. l.. p Schaefer, ]. ]. Peety. A.
G.. Smith. L. Wehrhahn. Mary Nehr.
J. NJ. Shelburn. regarding tax mat
tiers: referred.
Citizens for watermainS on Mistle
toe avenue. Indiana avenue, Jose
phene street. and for opening a closed
fire hydrant in East End; referred.
Citizens. for abatement of the
smoke nuisance created by the power
house of the San Antonio Street Car
company: referred.
d. ]. Woodward. to be allowed to
stretch sign on Main avenue.
G. W. Bell 4 Son, to be allowed to
set up a boiler for laundry, on East
Houston street: granted.
Milesio MontemayOr, for remission
of fine: referred.
Consulting Engineer Gray presented
his report on the outfall sewer, which
was filed.
The finance committee reported an
ordinance to award the contract for
the completion of the sewer system to
the lowest bidder, the Greenville Con-
StructiOn company, of Ohio.
This precipitated a long discussion.
Aldermen Devine, Fahey and Robin
wanted until Thursday to become
posted as to the result of the bids,
particularly to figure out the price on
the hard rock estimate.
Mr. Beckmann moved that Devine,
Fahey and Robin be appointed a
committee to 20 over the bids with the
engineer and his assistants and verify
the figures, as was done in the award
ing of the first contract This was
afterward withdrawn.
4 motion was made that the city
attorney prepare the contract in
blank. to be presented to the adjourn
ed meeting of the council for Thurs
day. when the council can award the
contract and insert the contractors
names. This was adopted.
The bids for electric lighting of the
city's streets and plaZas were rejected
the finance committees recommended
ton that the city enter into contract
with the San Antonio Gas company
for one year at the former contract
price, being adopted.
An ordinance was adopted ratifying
the city's contract with Consulting
Engineer Gray, though Aldermen
Hoefiing. Guergin and Robin voted
against it. His salary of $4,000 for
May was also appropriated.
Other appropriations were made as
| follows: For window shades for city
clerks office, $12; block crosswalk,
on Goliad, at Alamo, streets corner,
$3.50: for finishing work on sewers,
repairs, flushing, paving, ETC., Sl,96i-
O2lh. to be charged to the account or
Messrs. Wilding, Marshall, Backus Il
Hindes: for street repairs in the Sew
enth ward. ordered by the public i'm
provement committee, S112.SO.
Under new business the name of
Second Assistant City Marshal Juan
Cara was presented by the mayor
for the position of first assistant
marshal. Alderman Oge said Marshal
Druse informed him that he would
not be satisfied with the assistant,
that the mayor would or had appoint
ed and the nomination was with
drawn.
Oge asked if. on the understanding
of Berg & Schryver. sewer bidders,
previous to their bidding, that the
time limit for competition of the WORK
would not be taken into cOnsidera-
ton. would new bids not be called for
again. now that the time seemed TO
have good deal of consideration IN
the matter
He was told that this would never
do. as. if new bids were called for 1t
would be unjust to all the bidders ana
beside. would entail possible litigation
nv the former sewer contractors, VINO
would demand the difference in the
price of the contract, the excess OF
which. as now apparent. according to
the lowest bid, could be charged
against their account
A proposition of X. q. Scott 10 rent
the portable engine owned by the city
at 80 cents per day, was rejected as
being too small price.
The matter of the Haenel award OF
50 600 for property on Alamo street
was referred to the finance commit,
tee and the council then adjourned
until Thursday afternoon
NOTICE.