San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-17
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER II, '96.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
CITY ATTORNEY MINORS REPORT
ON WEST END DAM.
City Physician Mengers Communication
Petitions and Memorials -New
Business.

There was a full attendance at
the city council meeting yesterday
aud the members took lively In
terest and discussed quite freely
the different questions presented
The following petitions were
read and referred or granted:
vi. Scruggs-To pay taxes on
certain lots. Referred TO assess
ment committee.
Mrs. N. V. Haynes-To pay taxes
on certain property. Referred TO
assessment committee.
Paul Jacking-For correction oil
assessment. Referred to assess
ment committee.
W. H. Hunt-To pay taxes on
certain property. Referred to as
sessment com mittee.
Geo. r. Hines-That brush be
grubbed on San Pedro avenue from
Warren street to Springs. On mo-
ton of Alderman Devine the petit.
ton was granted.
ia. Grumble-For correction OF
assessment. Referred to assess
ment committee.
M. Montemayor-For remission
of fine. Referred to police COM
mittee.
Roland Guering-To pay taxes
on certain property.
l.. VIM. Menger-For permission
to pay taxes on certain property
Referred to assessment committee
Alfred Ruhnke-For remission
of pound fees. Granted.
John H. Bolton-That city pay
plumbing bill for repairing water
pipe broken by street force while
repairing Nolan street. Referred
to street commissioner and finance
committee.
F. w. Foester-Asking damages
for injury to horse, cansed by
breaking through bridge on River
avenue. Reierrt to finance COM
mittee.
F. ID. Sipple-Offering to give
land for opening Beze street fol
$3.50, to be applied on taxes. Re.
ferred to public improvement and
finance committee.
in. Brown, w. P. Anderson and
F. H. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF as
sessment on property bounded by
Soledad and Acequia streets. Re-
ferred to assessment committee.
The mayor presented commun-
ication from the city physician up
on the diphtheria and other contsg-
eious diseases, with the following
recommendations:
81 would respectfully suggest
that the city furnish all physicians
in the city with blanks OF the fol-
lowing order to be filled out at the
end of each month and sent to the
health officer. Then, in compiling
our mortuary statistics at the end
of each month, a better record can
be furnished as to infectious dis
eases in the city. Under this head
Ing would come the following dis
eases: Smallpox, scarletina, diph-
iberia, measles, Group, etc.
The communication was ordered
filed.
City Attorney Minor made the
following report on the West End
dam matter:
"If there is danger to life and
property throughout any consider
able portion OF the city, the city,
under it's general police power
should do the work necessary to
avert the danger and defray the
expense out of the current fund.
Otherwise the parties who may
sustain injury should seek their
remedy against the persons who
erected the dam.
Alderman Dreiss, chairman Of
the finance committee, presented a
resolution appropriating $40.25 for
a storm water sewer, corner Crock
EFT and Navarro streets. The res
olutiou was adopted.
SAMMY MUST WAIT.
He also presented resolution
appiopriating $3.50 for October
salary OF Samuel NJ. Gray, con-
sulting engineer OF the sewers.
After considerable discussion by
the aldermen there was shown to
be only about 5000 left in the sewer