The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-24

W tnls SUIT MS on abortion upon t,r. IS,u-
torio.Ip ivS, II was matter Of public M
$3.50 NnAt the tire department bgb al
me water needed with which ia en%t
~, dr ne mouse fire. This had been s,s,e1
w hiet HuSScy and If such ho no 49, y
MTyuereln was the water company to hio,,,S!
Aldermen Epu,a foH SIi,,dssu sustaining ihe veto
minority report was Illegal and rpcr,,I NV y
ne thought that II anyone shonld In e,oi
~ should he the party whose careles spe.l
or negligence caused tho fre.
Attorney Sam said that The to,t ,bo,,
Establishing precedent hy which sp, ,l,i
zen could sue the company was Mi y;.ro-,,
rs the citizen had no such coniror, viii,
me water company as the CITY mas honor
Nuuiu not nave the same standing In
s{,Tiaru Mt; sam ihcn referred To- the promo.
si'loh OF inc Williamsburg c0mu1uv Ia mn q
thelr policy II the eitv would spr tbb
water company. lie said that II tbc In.
surance companies did not nay thclr In
sufance they would not be permitted IA
intervene. aud the bringing Of the sniff
against the water company would I'm no
way jcopardlze the cltys claim against
the insurance companies He had ncver
peen instructed by the council Ia sue the
Insurance companies. hut intended TO do So
He had been advised by every one of th,
insurance companies that they would nav
iheir insurance provided tlc city sued tho
water complny. He believed the city had
good cause of action against the water
company aud good cause of action against
some of the companies.
The veto was sustained by The following
vote:
To sustain sonucn, Robinson, Mincr.
Aubertln. Halycrtou.
Not to sustain Thompson, Thomas, Rue.
OLeary, Bennett, Mueller.
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Another matter Of more than ordinary in.
tercst was the action Of tho council upon
the petition Of the citizens Of the Fifth
ward asking that the pavement now being
placed on 0din avenue be extended ia q
width Of thirty-f.e feet instead Of thirty,
and the accompanying request that tn"
street railway company be permitted to use
4 rails on this street
This matter was brought up by the fol.
lowing report Of the street and bridge com.
mittee to whom the matter was referred
at the last meeting Of the council:
The street ana bridge committee ON the
petition of citizens of tne Fifth ward, ask
ing that the proposed pavement on udu
avenue be eXteuucd i'm WldlU IRON tai. y
10 thrty-ilye tcet submitted two reports.
The majority report, signed by Thompson
Is Souueu was adverse 10 the petition on
the ground that the entire paving tunt mad
already been consumed ami tucic was NO
Alderman Bennett submitted A minority
report recommending thnt the peruon be
granted and that contract be made ~ -
contractor Shea for the additional i've trrt
In width at the same price per square YARD
that the present thirty feet is being put
down Tar
Alderman Mueller moved to adopt the
minority report.
Alderman Thomas moved to table this
motion.
Alderman Tbomrson said he had been
advised that he street railway company
would nay FOR This Increased width oI
no ohiscfinn tn no nnvor,ant beirc vld.
ened lie soid The Street railway com
many was alvors v,uti,,c s1,rpt6ipr #,
ihe ,ror ~ nonressirf, I'M t,, r,,,.seI
~ do ,,a,., ll,tIn r,to NJ o,,,,,,,,v made
nro,rjeos H. Iottor tbat Xxx oid a.
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lhcrehNru Nlu'R 81 p"N'nniphl ""I NpI.,,
b"' II ,u 'yNu ~ MuS Ni!"I "-., wv W.,
20 H. nu' ne al" nor wan ~ cum ECU u"
Tue city as Inc street IutWhf '"h'p'h,
now oWrh tEc GUY ABOUT N,"uH TOT NIV'i
paving work the ciy had I"hr I"r ln.n
company pelNeeh luflr 'I"'h """ W"',t
me street railway company Sn"ui1 nav
pald Tor IN cash. lie did h"l "uJr'I u"
the widening of the pavement. nut me
city had no mcans with witch to 60 lhc
work and hc aid not favor the city doing
1t and charging II to the street ear cum.
pany. If the strcct car company wants
The increased pavement they should he re-
quired to pay cash for it,
Alderman Bennett said Alderman Thnmp-
son was on tho wrong track II was TIE
citizens Of the Fifth ward aud not the
street railway company that requested this
additional width Of pacem n Al the
street railway company was 10 pay for
was for tho novcment unllor IFS track
Snperintendent PAYNE Of ne street rail,
way romnnny was nrescnt and given an
10 he heard. lie said the
cainnant Mad ,nadc cortafn nronispS mn ~
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