The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-26
08D|INCE COMMITTEE BUSY.
Reports Occupied a large Proportion OF
the Councils Session Yesterday.
Attempts 20 Override the Mayors vetoes Were I'm
Hack stand Ordinance Now in
Full Force Without Qualification.

oi tho council yesterday was
s...e -an usua. Of late, but there was
doing ail Tie while. The confusion
o cnd was such that the members re.
ued ia their seats after actual adjourn
uelr
Tie attempts to override the mayors
atoes were not successful, though per.
Ei5tent efforts were made to that end Votes
were changed. explained aud so cast that
an opportunity was afforded certain OF
the members a chance 10 60 on record,
which they We're very particular about. Al
derman Watkins read that section Of the
charter which very explicitly says the com
Gil can not change the work Of the board
OF uppraisement, so that the motion Of Al
derman Keller 10 pass the petition over the
mayors veto had but few supporters
The number of roll calls vas unusually
large, as those who introduced certain
measures demanded count VI noses On
each proposition If Importance and every
phase OF 1t at that
The ordinances providing for the refercn-
dam on franchise matters and other i'm
portant acts Of council were reported adj
versely from the committee with elaborate
explanations That the present form of gov
eminent is vastly superior TO the form de-
sired to be substituted
A proposition TO lease the city 100 acres
OF ground one and one half miles from the
city, fronting on Malu street and running
back 10 the bayou, for city park purposes
under certain conditions was referred to
the mayor and finance committee.
The Houston Electric Street railway rein
trodueed Its Application for authority go
fridge
The. cocaine ordinance was favorably re
ported from the committee with certain
changes and amendments making It more
specific. II viii take the regular course.
The committee reported back the ordi-
nsnces before II TO the fun council IN con
nection with the hack stand middle An
ordinance was introduced by the committee
providing penalties for hitchlng uy stopping
any vehicle on Main and sundry other bust
ness streets TO exceed twenty minutes at
any time This matter VIII take It's reCu-
lar course and may be- adopted IN lieu ~
any hack stand ordinance.
Next Monday being Labor Day. the next
session Of the council Will be held Tuesday,
September 2.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions we're received and
read:
b. Swift & Co. asking that they be al
lowed 70 use space forty feet long and
forty feet wide over Fanun street next to
their iot at corner ~ Commerce avenue
where they intc7d 20 erect storage ware
house They aesirc tais space for the con.
Tenient loading OF their teams on Fanniu
street. They wish permission 10 nut IA the
necessary supports to carry fbfS loa,1ug
platform. Steel trussey are 10 De used to
sustain the weight THIS rs a space Where.
the tunnel undec Commerce avenue Is To-
Gated Refereed 10 Tho ,trfef and bria ~.
committee and CITY engineer
BY II Mast.rson. ror corrrrtiou Of nssas..
ment on certain lots lar which no noid
taxes IA iSgg The same IA nav an tho dc.
linqnont rolls I'm anotbcr's uam, ana shown