The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-18
STILL IN A DEADLOCK.
Mayor and Aldermen Still at Logger
h,adS over Health Officer.
Yesterdays ADJOURNED MEETING
Productive Of No Results Except to
Widen the Breach by lntensifyine
Partisan Feeling in the Matter.


Though the city council adjourned Mon.
day evening to meet at 3 p. IN yesterday
1t was 4;3o p. m. before a quorum vas
gotten and the ,nnvcr ranned tho meeting
ia order vim Aldermen snrnen uotno.,,,
,,,,-. ,rA 80
w.. -. pS'i ''pe' A"'''i'i' "H1 'i'''
Ter present.
The pctltIon 90 Mr. rucos 90 Ia ro,,c,od
90 ~. ,,,,,.,
VI ms N'h''dct 10 pave nut one plock or
Trayls street was taken up ana Alderman
Sonnen moved that the check Of Mr. Iunns
Il. ro,,,r,a1 ~,
oe Isturueu 10 MIN ana the contract
awarded TO some other successful bidder
This motion was carried ana n vos sng.
ceated tbot .h, $50, ~ 49, -, ~ ,,7
se'tV' .n't t'e report OF the poaru or pun
lie works should be amended and MS 1t
requires eight members to change n recon-
nlehdatlon OF the board Alderman Miller
moved mat 9n Officer he sent for absent
aldermen and a recess of fifteen minutes
was taken
After Il lapse of forty-Gve minutes the
officer returned and reported that Alder.
mar, ,r,,gar .,,,t, =, i... j.,
-" u,"9 W." ne P''9'nl III le" nun
ut'a' put ne lalleu 10 put IN an appearance
and another recess of fifteen minutes was
tat,a, +h,.. o.,t s m,
."'. ..'o 'Dn,in"'ns ''e courSe ol ui'-
p"'S ldVucs Whlcu the council appears to
have adopted as the best means of whip-
ming tho tnaror iuto itno n, tbo ,o,t,n4t
20 NV ''"' J." Wv "oii'lui'on
80. '""' "'' n"'
seem IN the least to bother the mayor as
me nnde no efort ,,bo+oyor + ,,o1i,
| -, N"''''' ~ 'NPeu''e
""silieHs m
Alderman Thomas finally dropped in and
Snun uuvireaItsr alderman Nlueller quietly
auDtereu 10 the door before mis- Intention
was discovered ana when ne was called
| 10 come back, about three leaps carried
| MN from the top of the stairs TO the side
This, however. still left quorum, hut
| with no apparent disposition to do any
| work, as when the Il o'clock whistles blaw
| the aldermen were stu lettering around
| and the MAYOR was appnreutlv obiivinus
| Of the fact that the fifteen minutes for
which tbe conncu adioWrrcd bad No., t,i
| -four times over.
fl nrnpnrsd 10 no , s,.t of f.o, ,,,,.
| game with no effort whatever 70 do nv
Tir,iIr 10 hro,t, .t,,o ,,,,.,,..,,,. ,,,o.......
| NnL"rti1 MEAN an NV ni,u"'onS Ai9S'Inan
| common 10 orGer nnT oG.ssod ,t =" e XII ne
which under the rules was laid over for
| a., HSl.rr,,. ,,,,,o-.,.. u.,.
10y Alderman AuDertin-Nhereas, BY the
| general laws OF the state of Texas in Its
! rtsu.T session Twent y.Neveuth legislature
g'"ntiuE Jhe eonmissi2her5 court Of Harris
Is appears in section ., page 22l, OF the
! St"t' Jaws the commissioners court of lar
| rus county, Texas, shall nave authority to
| eNpend whatever there may he necessary
as authorizod nv ffis 9i ~ fI r G' nUii,,s
| purposes ana conditions to those herein
| before numcratcd. That they may I'm their
| discretion pave the street annrontb 70
| Harris county court house ami iaiI and
| may novn' ma strost any Itro. I,'','e t III
! court house sougrc in tho rjty 81 iIo n ,i ~
upon which thn corrt Ennso' 5f "t !l"us,'h,
! their discretion and WIN bo co an" ~
| the city counrl of tha cify "V 'i Ifig, 81
between county roads S 1nG I'M internehing
/ tween county roads aud the nearest paved
S'EVsSIS ~ ne ciY Of Houston.
,,,M,i 'usSF,I ore, ne u resolved ny the city
t"unGl of the city OF Houston, That the
gT%uHg commissioners OF Harris county,
shan be er authority i for So doI "a' th'S