San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-15
COUNCIL SESSION.
CONSULTING ENGINEER SAMUEL
GRAY's LATEST REPORT.
Appropriations Made, Street Work Or
dered and Water Mains to be
80 Laid - Principally a
.~.a Routine Session.

the city council was convened yes
terday by Mayor Elmendorf, with
ten members present. The alb
sentees were Aldermen Robin and
Cobbs.
Petitions were disposed Of as
follows:
f. w. lyman, reduction of taxes.
Referred.
Citizens--That seats in Alamo
park be removed. Granted.
Julius Kreusel-For payment OF
judgment in his favor against the
city.
The city attorney reported that
the case would be appealed. Re-
port of city attorney adopted.
Citizens-That Probandt street
be graded. Referred.
Joe Beckmann-Protest against
closing upper Labor ditch. Re-
ferred.
Citizens-That Dolorosa street
be repaired near Main plaza. Re-
ferred.
Citizens-That Star and Elm
streets be repaired. Referred.
Mrs. Elizabeth Vanderhoeven-
That city repair sidewalk injured
by street roller. Referred.
Mexican United ocieties-Invit-
ing mayor and council to their
celebration. Accepted.
Citizens-That city furnish West
End with hose, reel. etc., for fire
protection. Referred.
John Klied-For damages for crop
destroyed in laying sewer. Refer
red.
Rev. w. w. Pinson-For use Of
Washington square during Octo-
Der for gospel tent. Granted.
Mr.. Martinez - Permission to
open meat market corner Paschal
and Concho streets. Granted.
r. Friedrich-In regard to lot
sold for taxes of E. Russi. Refer
red.
August Santleben To have
standpipes repaired. Granted.
Alamo Fish & Oyster company
To open meat market at 100 South
Alamo street. Granted.
Citizens-That water mains be
laid on New Braunfels avenue and
Harrison street. Referred.
Citizsns-That water mains be
laid on Zalamoras street. Returned
to petitioners.
Wholesale and retail grocers-
Protesting against the enforcement
OF the ordinance providing for the
inspection OF Illuminating oils and
asking that the ordinance be re-
pealed, on the ground that all oil
sold in the city is inspected In
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Missouri
before being shipped here, also,
Citizens-Protesting against the
repeal of the inspection of oil Or
dinance and asserting that many
of the oil dealers have refused to
let their oil be inspected, but that
Notwithstanding this the inspector
has found q great deal Of danger
Gus oil on the market and that the
Standard Oil company is fighting
the inspection referred.
Consulting Engineer Grsy's re-
port on sewer work was then pre-
sented, as follows:
oUTFALL SEWER AND FILTER BEDS.
Katz, Crsudall 4 Kstz, contrac-
tors.
There has been prepared on the
sewerage farm six filter beds, 200
feet wide by 300 feet long. and 40
beds, 10 feet wide by 400 feet long,
the last being designated as "gar-
den BEDS" These garden beds"
have been prepared by smoothing
of a portion Of the land and cut
ting narrow trenches for the sew
age at intervals Of ten feet. With
the exception OF the inlet pipes
and gates for the filter fields and
the final trimming of the trenches
for the garden beds, all the above
work is practically completed.
There has been built since my
last visit 1000 feet Of Al inch
concrete invert for the outfall and
$500 feet Of 44-inch brick sewer !;
also IA manholes, making a total
Of 12,S45 linear feet of outfall sewer
and % manholes complete to date.
The above work and materials
used in the construction are with
a slight exception in regard to the
work in one locality first class. A
small portion OF the outfall sewer
was found to be rougher than
ought to be for work of this class.
The contractors attention was
/ called to the matter and he has