City Ledger Balances and Overdrawn Funds Report
A detailed financial ledger lists balances on hand in treasury, collections by City Collector during quarters, and numerous overdrawn entries across funds including General Fund and Storm Sewer Fund. Totals show amounts transferred between funds, warrants issued, and quarterly deposits, with figures such as 1915 1916 1918 and various cent amounts, reflecting municipal financial activity.
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Treasury
1914
General Fund
New Mission Cemetery
Baerever
Tech
Avay
Fvar
Beck
H. N. Jones Co
Satveee Benbosrtereaanes
Ruceeas
Avin
San Antonio Railway Grant Lets Tracks Run Through City Streets
An ordinance grants the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company the right to lay and operate new tracks on Walnut Street and cross multiple streets in San Antonio. It requires storm sewers, street paving, and traffic gates, with city and company obligations and deadlines for construction and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston, Harrisburg
City OF
San Antonio
City
Walnut Street
Idaho
Montana
Towit
Wyoming
Dakota
Nevada
Nebraska
Victoria
Iowa
Virginia
Indiana
Delaware
Florida
Carolina
Plum
South Presa
Garden Streets
San Antonio River
Aransas Pass
Probandt
Eden
South Flores
Nogalitos
South San Marcos
Plarh
Garden
San Antonio Machine & Supply Company
East Commerce Street
East Commerce Streets
Center
Montana Street
Center Street
Galveston, Harrisbur, & San Antonio Railway Company
East Houston Street
Florida Street
East Houston
Crockett Street
Crockett
East Commerce
Houston Street
Florida Streets
San Antonio Hay Company
Railway Company
Land of Railway Company
Eimann
Gonzales Streets
Gonzales Street
Galveston Street
Helman Street
Sycamore Street
Wyoming Street
Dakota Street
Shell
Seid Railway Company
San Antonio Railway Franchise Ordinance Provisions
The ordinance requires the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway to prepare tender and plans within sixty days and comply with city engineer plans or city contracts if the railway refuses. It sets liability for city costs and supervision, grants regulatory powers to the city, and details acceptance conditions and publication. The measure was read March 20, 1918, with final passage dated February 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company
City of
San Antonio
A. D
Brown and Green Face Mocking Reunion in Courtroom
In a tense courtroom exchange, Brown quips about returning to town while Green jokes about being a farmer. The judge notes the ongoing tension as the pair clash over perceived mistakes from the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Typhus Epidemic Warns Texas Jails and Border
Dr. W A Davis of the Texas State Board of Health reports February typhus cases in El Paso Kinney Maverick Webb Frio and Bexar counties traced to jail outbreaks and migrants. He urges sanitation disinfection of public transport and closer immigration enforcement to prevent spread. One dollar spent on prevention outweighs ten on suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
W. A. Davis
State Board of Health
el Paso
Kinney
Maverick
Webb
Frio
Bexar
United States Immigration Service
Prison Shoes Bought for Veterans and Inmates
State Purchasing Agent George Leary bought several hundred pairs of shoes from the Huntsville penitentiary for use by old soldiers at the Confederate Home and patients at the State Insane Asylum. The price paid was not disclosed, in line with Governor Ferguson’s policy to support the prison industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
George Leary
State
State Insane Asylum
Ferguson
Huntsville Penitentiary
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Fond
Bach
Taspune
General Pum
S'Nking Fund Improvement District
Bond Investment Account Improvement District NO
Sinking Fund Improvement District NO. 10
Alexander Heights Sewer Fund
Sinking Fund Improvement District NO
Petey
Judgment Fund
Commerce Street Widening Fund
General Sinking Fund
Sinking Fund Improvement District NO. 1
Sinking Fund) Improvement District NO
Library Fund
Board of Library Trustees
Chas. F. A. Hummel
Fred Fries
James F. Garland
Police and Fire Station Fund
Ake
Bridge Fund
Storm Sewer Fund
Hospital Building Fund
Sinking Fund Improvement District NO. 2
Sinking Tand Improvement District
Sinking Fund Improvement District NO. 5
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
California
Northwest Ale
Seliedaia
Northwest
M’clann Amar
T. A. Sor
Gunter Hotel
A. R. Atkinson
D. F
PB. A
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Detroit
Marlin
Texas
Ferum
St. Louis
East
San
AVENI
Antonio Antonio
Antonio
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Cou
Jean &, Bam Og
W. W. Wooldridge
JEC
Muurse
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