San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-03
Ube Daily Light.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, '96.
COUNCIL SESSION.
MAIN AND SAN PEDRO AVENUES
IMPROVEMENT.
Also the Approach to the Cotton Compress
Electric Wire 0rdinanCe-ROspital
Steward-Attorney'S Opinions.

The first regular meeting of the
city council for the month of No
vember was held yesterday, petit
lions being read and disposed as
follows:
Citizens, that South Medina
street from Ell Paso street to
Vera Cruz street be graded and
macadamized. Referred to street
and bridge committee.
Dam Maskill, for permission
ito doctor with roots and herbs
and products of the earth" Re-
ferred to the committee on hos
pital and sanitation.
Oscar Schendel, for permission
to place hobby horses on Wash
ingtOn square for November and
December. Granted.
Citizens, that Vance street be
be grubbed and graded. Refer
ed to public improvement com
mittee.
w. A. Arthur, correction of as
sessment. Referred to assess
ment committee.
Citizens, that Montana street
between Monumental and Pine
streets be drained. Referred to
public improvement committee.
The claim of $69S due the San
Fernando Cathedral was ordered
paid.
The city attorney reported on
petition of citizens to close Ala
mo ditch as follows:
"The city's right to close an ir-
rigation ditch is subject to any
property rights which may be
thereby affected injuriously. All
parties owning land adjoining
the ditch have property rights in
the water thereof for irrigation.
etc. If their rights have not been
abandoned and unless they con-
sent to the closing their rights
will have to be condemned or
compensation made by agree
ment."
City attorney, reporting on res
Olution of Alderman Hoefing,
said the city did not have the
right to require property owners
to put sidewalks in front of their
property. The report was order
ed filed.
City attorney, reporting on Pc
titiOn Of John Stevens, ST., for
damages resulted from overflow
of Alamo ditch, said that the
abut property owners were re-
quired to keep their side of the
ditch in good condition, and if
the trouble is due to defects on
premises of Mr.. Stevens, he will
have to repair, but if due to caus-
es not on his premises the repair
must be made by the city, to be
betrayed by assessment, unless
some of the property owners neg
lect has caused the trouble, in
which event he must make the
repairs.
The report was ordered filed
and action postponed until next
meeting.
City Treasurer Herff was grant
'ed a leave of absence for twenty
one days.
On petition of Anton Strasser
for compensation for land taken
for use of city, city attorney re-
ported recommending that the
matter be referred to a commit
tee with a view of arriving at a
settlement, subject to approval
by the council, Adopted.
An ordinance amending the or
dinance relating to the placing
of electric light wires so as to
provide that whenever it becomes
necessary for an electric light or
power company to carry its wires
across the lines of any fire alarm
telegraph, telephone or other cleo
trio light company, it shall be at
distance of not less than eight
inches, was read a third time and
adopted.
Alderman RObards called up
the petition for grading and ma
cadamizing a block and a half on
South Medina street, so as to
reach the compress, and urged
immediate attention. He said
that for seven years past the COM
press, in which $4,000 was in
vested, had been unable to do
any business after thirty minutes
of rain, the approach to the COM
press being such that it was inn