The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-03
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PETITION
To Lay More Tracks Across Montgomery
Avenue Granted by the Council.
Alderman CASTOR Asks for Information as to the
Relative Authority of the City Council and
the Board of Public Works.
Ths eity council acted yesterday evening

The city council acted yesterday evening
upon the petition Of tho Southern Pacific
railroad for permission to Ivy additional
tracks across Montgomery avenue. II was
returned to the council accompanied by a
majority and minority report from the
committee on streets end bridges, the lat
ter signed by Alderman Archer, aud COZ
sdered In connection with a protest from
citizens Of the Fifth ward who objected to
Its being granted unless the company was
required to tunnel the street The major
lily report recommended that ~ petition
be granted upon the condition that the
company repair and replace the pavement;
that II shall lay and keep up n sewer on
Burnett street from Hardy to Montgomery
avenue. and pay for tunnelllng the street
In case the city should decide to have a
tunnel built.
Alderman Archer did not consider these
propositions definite enough and objected
y motion TO refer the report TO the council
as whole and lay 1t over for another
week carried, only to be rcconsiaered
Finally recess was taken and General
Manager Van Week of the Southern palnc
and Representatives. 9s the protesting Fifth
warders given an audience. Az g result OF
matter, the majority report was adopted
after the passage Of az amendment by
AAutllldA OJhlpH specifying tuak q lunutl
shall be built and that the company shall
pay for II, and the city attorney was IN.
klructed to draw up an ordinance covering
In this connection, Alderman Miller mn
dertook to secure Il reconsideration of the
vote by which Tho International aud Great
Northefn was recently denied permission
tfreNtend its tracks along Commerce street
but failed III the attempt
subsequently m ordinance authorizing
the Houston aud Texas Central 20 erect
metal tluin sheds NJ the unlou deput~wa,
read and referred to the ordinance commit
tee =
ALDERMAN GAsToN's INQUIRY
Aldpfman Gnston submitted the following
Inquiry, winch was rca1'und referred t. the
!. npyM.s1g9 city attorney;
eli Ne p Muyor ana cry council
xxi - ZEN. On May z 1850. tbc- city
N3Y unt1l, by resolution. fixed thn following
paved
Congress .from Milan TO- Caroline ma
IRON caroline 10 fhHttrC7f
Preston from bridge 10 Caroline and from
bridge 20 Whshngtou
pTaitie from Travis tu Fauuiu
FRANKLIN from bridge To- SAN Iacinto
IIhNiS from Commerce fu 'Tpyus avenue
Commerce from bridge ~ Fonnin
odi pam 9nd Lyons avenues, from Carr street
ford. ''8'
Hardy from CONT to Noble
Washington.
Several efforts 20 change the order In
which these streets werc to DO paved werr
resisted hy the council. but am advised
that the hoard Of public works hus not only I
changed the order In which the work Is
helng done tut thur tho board has further
undertaken 20 cuutail the work This I 1
thlnk, should he the province Of this council
and therefore recommend that nu Inquiry
be Instituted as 10 the right OF the board
or public works 10 make these chnuges
without consulting the council n the
board Of public works has the right to say
which streets shall he paved nftcr tho conn.
cll has made the designation. J see no rca.
place.
That this council may hetter undcr>tauf
It's relationship with the board Of puidic
works I would suggest hat the uupfiOu
ne referred to the attorney ps te TN extent
OF the authority Conferred by ihr charter
upon the hoard In changing WORT after hay I
Ing been ordered hy the council Nnd thnt
tho hoard Of pnhlic works Dee luttrurtrA hy
the mayor, VI hn has the authority eu TO do
I" l"t thy present work progress ne origiuli- /
~ intended 10y the council paudipg tho rr
port Of the utrernry ANRs the status NJ the [
authority Of The hoard IN tho prcWscs
j =. CASTOR