The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-01

OF l.. A. Gueringer. city engineer, sub
| uniting plans and specifications for a brick
| sewer on iieiner street from Andrews street
to Buffalo bayou. Referred to board of
| auhlc works
OF finance committee on petition OF Mr.
| Carruthers that church property was not
| such on January / hence was assessablc
| for taxes for the current year. Adopted.
OF finance committee on petition OF An
uic Castela recommending that the asses
scr and collector separate the property as
prayed for Adopted,
~ the fire committee reporting adversely
upon the petition of G.. w Baldwin to
erect n corrugated iron shed at the rear
Of his place OF business on Main street .
Adopted
The secretary announced that there was
but one bid for the construction OF the
Elys., ! sriS,t sewer.
Alderman McAughan moved that the bid
he not opened and that the mayor appoint
Il committee to award the contract for this
work and that the secretary notify con
tractors to meet the committee at noon on
rcxt Thursday
Alderman Adair suggested that II this
bid was In response to an advertisement
1t should be opened when the council had
the right 10 reject II IL they saw lit and
readVertsc for bids.
The mayor said the charter gave the
council the authority to award the contract
through the medium Of 4 committee He
thought. In fact, that insomuch as so lit
,le interest was shown In this work on the
part Of contractors II might be well Tor
the city TO do the work itself.
Alderman Burke also thought the hid
should be opened but Alderman Me
Aughan's motion was finally carried and
the mayor appointed as the committee con
iemplated under It Aldermen Matthews.
NrhuFhau and Crnnau.
The mayor then read his veto of the hi
cycle ordinance that was passed at the
last meeting. He cited the opinion OF SUI
preme courts Of other states to show that
bicycles were regarded In law exactly as
other vehicles and his reason for the veto
was that discrimination had been made
against Bicycles by requiring them to dis
play lights at night while other vehicles
were not placed under the same require
mcut
Alderman Kohlhaun did not favor requir
ing all vehicles 20 display lights
Alderman Alar said he did not like to
vote against the mayors veto but he re
Earied tho bicycle as 4 noiseloss, trenoh-
rrous vehicle that would steal upon you in
he night. menacing your ifc and limb,
He did not regard the comparison OF bi-
cycles with other vehicles aa fair insomuch
as they were 80 dissimllar. An omnibus, n
dray. or an express wagon gave its own
stfuc,ion these vehicles would all have to
carry Lights simply because the bicycle
Was forced 10 do SO.
Alderman iieiser said the mayor should
have carried his Idea OF discrimination TO
the full extent OF the ordinance and re
| quire all other vehicles to carry bells Just
as the ordinance required bicycles 10 do
n 10 require bicycles to carry lights was
discrimination 1t was also a discrlmina.
lion 10 carry bells when this requirement
was not eSacted OF Other vehicles.
! There was considerable contention as to
| how Ia dispose Of the veto.
one alderman wanted the mayor TO with
draw II and then the ordinance could be
referred hack 10 the committee for recon
| sheraton
| Alderman McAughan said II the veto
were sustained 1t would simply kill tho
| new ordinance and leave the old bicycle
ordinance intact. which requires bicycles
to carry lights
Then why was the new ordinance IN
| troduccd at all" asked a councilman, IN
an ordinance ~ already on the books re-
qulring the bicycles To carry iightss'
| Alderman Kohlhauff explained that this
now ordinance was framed and submitted
BY the bicycle people themselves. aud tina,