San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-23
|THE CITY COUNCIL SESSION
Regular Business Netting
Held Yesterday.
THE CURRENT YEARS TAX RATE.
DISCUSSED BUT NOT DEFI-
NITELY FIXED.
Ordinance to Regulate Street Rail-
way Companies introduced Street
Work 0rdered-POund Limits
Extended-SeWer Plumbing
Bill Endorsed.

A meeting of the city council was
held yesterday with all the aldermen
the city marshal, engineer and street
commissioner present. Mayor Gala
| CHAN presided. After reading and
adoption of the minutes petitions were
read as follows, and referred to the
| proper committees:
Sitizens of the Fourth ward, to
have Utica and Poplar streets reopen
ed
Isabel Crawford, permission to pay
taxes on certain property.
S. Pedraza, for remission of pound
fees.
f. w. A. Trombridge, permission to
furnish seats for the plaza park con-
certs.
w. Beck, for damages for breakage
of water pipe by the steam roller.
Judges and clerks of election for
payment for services.
Communications from Board of
Health, regarding the slaughtering of
cattle, sheep, etc, in city limits; also
on condition of Upper Labor and AL
amo bitches.
Citizens, for the erection of band
stand on Main plaza.
Assessor Cunningham, asking the
council to fix the tax rate for the
year.
w. Pieper, bid for the contract to
sweep the streets.
February statement of salary due
Consulting Engineer Sam'l NJ. Gray.
Southwestern Telephone and Tele-
graph company, to erect poles on the
Fredericksburg road to extend line to
Kerrville.
w. G. Tobin, for further time to fur
nish hose wagon and chemical engine
for fire station at West End. The
mayor asked the fire committee to Wis
it station No. 6 at Dreiss Hill and in
vestigate the condition of the chemical
engine there.
Adele Bessiere, for remission of back
taxes.
Pay rolls for bitches department
were submitted.
w. J. Weber and Allen Mccoy, per
mission to pay taxes.
Bill for instruments and, drugs for
city hospital was presented.
A. d. Crenshaw, for permission to
pay taxes.
B. Bright, to erect sign across side
walk. The mayor asked the sidewalk
committee to investigate the feas-
Utility of removing all signs from
across sidewalks.
w. B. Anderson and others, to open
Jackson street into Nixon street.
r. Friedrich, to have the price Of
condemned property put to his credit
on taxes.
Bill Of Norwood Engineering COM
pany, for hydrants for the street car
street sprinkler was presented.
7. NJ. Paschal, permission to pay
| taxes.
The mayor presented the name of
A. .Wyschetzki in nomination for the
office of city engineer and the nOmina-
| ton was unanimously confirmed.
Ladies of Flower Battle association
petitiOned for loan of the fire depart
ment apparatus for Battle of Flowers
| parade. The mayor said all the appa-
ratuS could not be spared at once, but
| he felt sure the fire committee would
grant the use of some of the compa,
| MES.
| The finance committee reported ia.
vOrably on petition of the city audi
tor for an assistant for one month tC
straighten ut affairs of his office and
the salary was fixed at 500 pei
month.
i The sewer committee reported grant
ing L. WolfsOn right to connect will
sewer on West Commerce street az
soon as sewer system is completed.
Citizens on Magnolia street were al
lowed to retain the name Of Magnolia
instead of Muncey street.
Van Ness street will be grubbed.
The street commissioner was order
ed to at once repair the bridges oil
East Commerce and Arsenal streets
and on Grand avenue.
Street commissioner was ordered t,
report culverts, gullies, etc, needin;
repairs,
Street commissioner was ordered I,
remove the ties and rails of the cross
town railway company from streets
The Upper Labor ditch was orderet
closed at the crossing of the Rocl
Quarry road and as far along a
Main avenue.
The ditch committee reported tina
5 the Collins Manufacturing compan
2 had encroached considerably on tn
1 river north of Houston street and re
commended that the company be OIL
: dered to move back to the proper line
-. The report was amended so as to pre-
!, vide that in case Of failure to remOv
encroachments, the. proper officer b