San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-09
COUNCIL SESSION.
USUAL ROUTINE BUSINESS TRANS
ACTED YESTERDAY.
Alderman Hoefing and Assistant Auditor
Sauer File Charges Against Each
Other Petitions, Etc.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion yesterday afternoon with the
mayor and all the aldermen present
except Alderman Holt.
The following petitions and COM
munications were read:
Reynolds-To refund money paid to
city on property belonging to city.
Referred to finance committee.
William ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
pay taxes. Referred to committee on
assessments.
CitiZens-That Soledad .and South
Olive streets be graded and graveled
Referred to street and bridge COM
mittee.
III. Fest-Asking that storm water
sewer on Garden street be accepted.
Referred to public improvement COM
mittee.
p. III. Meyer-Permission to open
meat market at 70S South Flores
street. Granted
Benevolent Society No. 2.-For plot
in cemetery. Referred to committee
ON sanitation and hospitals.
J. III. Henckel-That alley between
Eighth and Ninth streets be closed
Referred to public improvement COM
mittee.
Johann Cieszinski-For remission of
fine. Referred to police committee.
Mrs. Mary A. Norton-That Melli-
gan street be opened and cleared of
instructions. Referred to public i'm
prOvement committee.
j. j. Wipff-FOr remission of pound
fees. Referred to police committee.
G.. A. Wenners-For correction of
assessment and refund of money err
rOneously paid. Referred to ASSESS
ment committee.
CitiZens-That skating rink at 2241b
Houston street be abated. Referred
to city attorney.
Kellak & johnson, proprietors Of
skating rink at 2241a Houston street
Protesting against closing said rink
Referred to city attorney.
Citizens-That registration be had of
the voters before next city election.
Granted.
Leocadio Serna-Permissio to con-
tinue meat market on San Saba
street. Granted.
Citizens-That the alley between
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c. and d be opened. Referred to street
| and bridges committee.
The following charges made by AL
derman HOefiihg against Assistant
Auditor Sauer was presented:
"San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 3, 1896
Hon. Henry Elmendorf, Mayor, and
| City Council, Gentlemen: Your petit
toner herewith complains and charges
| that ON this day he, as alderman of
this city, called at the city auditors
office and asked Assistant City Audi
tor Charles Sauer for memorandum
of amount of sewer fund paid Green
vile Construction company up to date.
| This demand was made to Mr.. Sauer
| in the presence of his honor. The may
or promised l should have 1t. l went
| to the city engineers office to get an
| other memorandum, expecting Mr..
Sauer to have his ready when 1 came
back. Returning, 1 did not find Mr..
Sauer in his office, but was told by
Frank Caldwell that he had gone to
dinner | saw Mr.. Sauer afterward
| i'm Mr.. Scheidemanteps office. Asking
him if he would give me the memo
randum he positively refused, say
| ing there are the books lying on the
| table" Therefore I herewith ask that
| his honor will refer the complaint to
| the proper committee for a thorough
investigation.
Alderman, 9Th Ward and CHAIRMAN
Public Improvement Committee.
Accompanying these charges was
the following statement by Assistant
Auditor Sauer: ~
"San Antonio, Tex, Dec. Z. 1896
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City
men: I, the undersigned, Charles IL.
Sauer. assistant city auditor, do mere
Inv charge Mr.. William Hoefiing, al
herman of the Fifth ward, with con-
duct unbecoming a gentleman and the
dignity of an alderman, as more ruby
appears in 1.-The following specinca-
tons:
"On Saturday morning, the 9th INST,
while in the discharge Of my duty as
assistant auditor, drawing check at
tbe request of the mayor for JAM
tress in waiting, Mr.. Hoefing walked
inside of the railing mad at once de
handed a statement of amounts paid
fine Greenyille Construction company
on account of sewer construction ana
as did not Immediately attend to
his request he became abusive and
used language unbecoming a gentle
man. and in order to avoid a person
al difficulty I walked out Of the office.
CHARLES l.. SAUER,
Assistant Auditor"
Both communications were referred
to a special committee composed of
Alderman Devine. Dreiss and Oge.
The report Of the city engineer on