San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
CITY COUNCIL.
SOME PARLIAMENTARY CROSS FIR
ING INDUCED IN.
Back Salary Ordinance Not AdOpted-Pe-
titions And New 0rdinances-New
Policemen Confirmed.

yesterday and little of Importance was
transacted,a good deal of the time be-
ing taken up in parliamentary debate
and motions and contra motions.
Petitions and communications were
presented and disposed of as follows:
William Negley-For separation Of
property and permission to pay taxes.
Referred to assessment committee.
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone COMPREHENSION to place
poles on Chestnut street between Com
merce and Crockett streets. Referred
to cimmittee on telegraphs, telephones
and railways.
Bernard Michoux-For position as
janitor. Referred to school board.
H. E. Green for position as sanitary
inspector. Referred to police COM
mittee.
Mrs. Emily Dittmar-That sewer con-
tractor repair fence around her prem
ises. Referred to sewer committee.
Citizens-Protesting against closing
of Alamo ditch. Referred to commit
tee on bitches and irrigation.
Adelia Campbell, nee Selby-Correc-
ton of assessment. Referred to as
sessment committee.
Estimate of street commissioner for
tearing down bridge over Southern Pa
cific crossing on Olive street, 1858. Re-
ferred to street and bridge committee.
Aug H. Leveck-Permission to pay
taxes. Referred to assessment COM
mittee-
Mary neutrality-suspicious. for posi-
ton of janitress. Referred to school
board.
Frank Newton-For appointment as
sanitary inspector. Referred to police
committee.
City Engineer-Commun rela-
tive to alley in Meerscheidt addition.
Referred to public improvement COM
mittee.
Citizens-To have Rusk street re-
paired. Referred to street committee.
Citizens-For an electric light corner
California and Kingsbury streets. Re
ferred to light committee.
c. H. Smith, of Washington, holder
of the $42,5OO public Improvement
bonds which became due about etSh-
teen months ago, but which have never
been paid. owing to refusal of attorney
general to approve, an issue of refund
ing bonds-Asking if the city will pay
the interest on the bonds due July l.
Referred to finance committee.
Mike Carter, to place popcorn wa
gon on the streets. Police commit
tee.
Mrs. Knoeffii, c.. P. ,Weatherby and
Ed Trowsell, remission of pound fees.
Police committee.
The estimate of $94 for putting in
cement floor in the central fire station
battery room in the city hall was &C
cepted and money appropriated.
An appropriation of $1S5 was also
voted, to repair the street at the cor
ner of Navarro and Market streets.
The street commissioner was also di-
rected to fill up a big mud hole on Mis-
sion street. between Pereida and Ala
mo streets
Several permits to erect small build
ings were granted by the fire commit
| tee.
Petition of citizens for the reopen
ing of the Upper Labor ditch was re-
| ferred to the city attorney.
The assessment committee referred
]. H. Thiens petition to the city collec-
tor and granted H. T. Wheeler a re-
| duction of assessment.
Mrs. Gallagher's petition regarding
the Alamo ditch overflow was sent to
| the ditch commissioner.
/ C. w. McCabe was elected as regu-
lar policeman.
| Citizens of Laurel Heights for ar
electric light were refused as the same
| would be too far out in the brush.
L m. Of ha Co A nj Gas
and Electric company to place rs pole.
| along Soledad street was not granted
as the street was deemed too narrow
and already crowded with poles.
| Sewer estimate No. 10 for $2O,O29.1
was presented, and the money appro
priated and charged to the account o
Marshall, Wilding, Backus and Hines
| Alderman Hicks asked that his ordi
nance providing for the inspection o
butchers cattle, ION the hoof," be pass
ed over, and this was done.
His ordinance directing the paymen
| of all back salaries of city employees
etc, was read at his request and h
, moved a suspension of the rules an
; it's adoption. Alderman Surkey amend
ed "all employees who have not sol
their time to be paid Immediately, "etC
Mauermann-"Are those parties VIII
t have furnished provisions, etc, t
: these people while waiting for thei
2 | pay to be left out?'
} The mayor said that could be embed
Y led in the amendment too.
l Alderman Surkey thought those VIII
5 were able to buy time" could wait.
Hicks opposed the amendment an
was in favor of the small merchant
being paid too.
!, Ronse-'I am against the resolutio
= and the amendment. We. want to pa
!, the back salaries with the back take
as they come in
; The amendment was carried by
vote of to 4, one scattering.
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