San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-29
CITY COUNCIL.
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to know if those brick are being used
in the sewers?"
Mayor Elmendorf-Some of them
are.
| Alderman Hoefing-Well, want to
know why it is they can be used
now, when they were declared no good
once before. Is is because the facto-
ry has changed their agents?
| Mayor Elmendorf-No, sir, Some of
the Gonzales brick now being brought
here are rejected, and the ones used
are good.
Alderman Robin, of the fire COM
mittee, reported favorably on petition
of VIM. Reuter- for permission TO erect
an addition to his building on Crock
EFT street, between LOsOya and Alamo
plaza. Adopted.
i Alderman Devine, chairman of the
assessment committee, reported unfa-
vorably on petition of r. A. Arthur for
reduction of assessment. Adopted.
| Alderman Holt, chairman of the po-
lice committee, reported adversely on
the petition of Sergeant Walter Volk-
man for permission to practice shoot
ing with pistol and rifle on his prem
| ises. Adopted.
| Alderman Meerscheidt, chairman of
| the committee on market. parks and
| public buildings. reported favorably
| on petition of NJ. Knox to exchange
lots in city cemetery. Adopted.
DISEASED MEAT SOLD.
Alderman Hoefiing said he wanted
to call the market committees atten-
ton to the sale Of diseased cattle and
meat in San Antonio. He said that
lately large number of cattle with
the big Jaw" and stays and bulls had
been brought into San Antonio and
sold. He explained that the ''stags
and bulls were sold to the govern
ment. but that the diseased cattle had
been bought by local butchers. He said
he knew of one butcher who went in
to the country and bought forty head
of diseased cattle and sold their meat |
at his market in this city. He said
these diseased cattle were not brought
into the stock yards, but were side
tracked somewhere and sold to butch |
ers without having passed through
the stock yards. The only way to /
remedy this practice, he said, was to |
have all cattle sold in this city in /
spected on the hoof, and he urged /
that this be done speedily.
, The mayor laid before the council |
the agreement with the Collins Land |
company relative to granting said |
company the right to build "a retain
ing wall into the river at the Houston /
street bridge.
Alderman Oge said he was in favor Il
of granting the petition of Collins pro-
vided he woulu guarantee to erect Il
three story brick building and build /
the retaining wall the full length of /
his property at once. otherwise he was
opposed to it, and therefore he moved /
that the consideration of the matter
be postponed in order that additional
information might be secured. The
motion prevailed.
CHANGE OF ELECTION PRE-
CINCTS.
The mayor then laid before the
council an ordinance making a change
in the city election precincts, each
ward being divided into several vot-
ing precincts. Aldermen Devine and
Mackey wanted action on the ordi-
nance postponed, but the mayor said
that it would have to be passed at
once or not at all as registration would
begin on January 5. All objection
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was adopted by an unanimous vote
under a suspension of the rules. The
ordinance increases the voting places
in the city from eight to twenty.
Alderman Hoefling comes to the
front again and asked the mayor ARE
you going to have an ordinance to try
and collect those back taxes"
The mayor-No, not now.
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one worse than we do that, precinct
ordinance.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The following resolutions were then
presented:
By Holt-That the street commits
sioner clean the gutter on Lamar
street to Chestnut street. Adopted.
By Hoefling-That the mayor be au-
thOrized to make arrangements TO
macadamize the south half of South /
Presa street from John wilkins place
to the city line.
The mayor said it would be imprac-
ticable to proceed without speclhca-
tons, but Alderman Hoefiing main
tanned that no specifications were
needed: that the street car track was /
the proper grade line and that no
specifications were needed to put one
foot of gravel on the street level with
the rails Of the street car track.
Several other aldermen joined in the
discussion and took the position that |
specifications were necessary. Finally /
Alderman Hoefling cooled down and
withdrew his resolution.
BY Hoefiing-That one of the city l
market masters be detailed to act as
livestock inspector at Union Stock
Yards and Slaughter House, and act
under instructions from the mayor
and market committee. Adopted.
BY Robin-That the street commits