San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-28
COUNCIL SESSION.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS SALARY
FOR TWO MONTHS PAID.
Important Ordinances Presented and
Passed-ApprOpriations Col. BraCk-
enridge Will Get His Out
lawed Claim.

The city council session yesterday after
noon was strictly business one and the
session was short, due probably to the
necessity Of the mayor delivering the ad-
dress Of welcome at the opening Of the
Saengerfest last night. The following
petitions were read:
Citizens of Second ward, protesting
against extension of the pound limits.
Mrs. w. c. Rote and family, letter of
thanks for courteous attention of council
toward the late Prof. Rote.
Mrs. L. NJ. Garfield, for use of San
Pedro park May s, for school picnic;
granted.
Citizens OF Sixth ward, protesting
| against restricting pound limits.
SIlverthorn & Wagner, permit to
erect awning on Avenue c: granted.
| w. L. Thomas, to enlarge room on
A, b. Hitchings, for exchange of prop.
erty.
Invitation to the city council to send
representative to the Good Roads conven-
| ton in Galveston, June to ID; referred to
| finance committee.
Bids were called for the supplying of
| two horses for the fire department.
Petition Of citizens to have Utica street
| opened to Poplar was granted.
Citizens petition for bridge over the
| Martinez creek on Lopez street was re-
| ferred to the engineer for estimate.
The sum OF s11.50 was bid by local
| firm for printing new register for the
| Alamo building.
P. ii. Wolfe was granted permission to
pay taxes on lots l and g block A, on
Eas Commerce and Hack berry streets.
Henry Wesehe's taxes were reduced as
per request.
Albert Sydney Johnston Camp, Confed-
| crate veterans, asked for solid block OF
| lots for cemetery purposes, and after con-
| siderable discussion final action was post
poned until next meeting.
st. Elmo lodge, X. of P, colored, was
| granted use of San Pedro park for
June 16.
The request of colored citizens for use
| Of the same park for entertainments May
| l and 2 for the benefit of an orphan
| asylum was referred back for petitioners
| to change date for the affair.
Petitions of citizens and others for the
| re-establishment Of the Mexican chile
stands on Alamo plaza was not granted.
The contract for putting on new roof
on the Alamo building was awarded to
d. Lehr at 1926. This does not include
the replacing of dirt roofs on parts of the
building.
Finance committee reported apprepriat-
| ing 1922 81 from the general fund to repair
bridges on Commerce ano Pereida streets:
SIT from general fund for transcripts in
| case of Grandjean VS.. city; $50 from gen
| eral fund for briefs in case of Mackey VS..
city; $685. for crosswalkS; 1885 to repair
| roof OF Alamo; $3.50 from city hall fund
| account OF w. d. Hornaday and b. Du-
binski, for work and material; 5000 for
| salary of Engineer Gray, months Of March
| and April. Total 81, 500 81. Adopted.
The last item of Mr.. Gray's salary pro-
| voked some discussion, Alderman Mackey
| asking If Mr.. Gray was insisting on the
payment Of this part OF his salary. A
| telegram from Mr.. Gray answered this
| and he voted yes.
Alderman Hoefing made an objection
| which provoked a warm speech from Al !
| derman Beckmann, and on vote the al I
| dermen adopted the appropriation with
| only two dissenting nays.
| The ordinance on pound limits was
read and laid over for further conSlders-
| ton as there are two protests against It's
passage.
The ordinance to compel the placing lf
| all doors, gates, etc, to swing inside
premises was read and laid over, Alder
man Holt making good point that this
should not apply to theatres or public
| buildings.
The ordinance to prescribe the inner
| fire limits was likewise read and laid