538 Regular meeting of the City Council Austin Texas August 05, 1901 Hon R. E. White Mayor presiding Roll Called Gillis Present Aldermen Brovkan Davis, Wadds Mortimer Nitschke Read Schroeder Shelley Shumate Stumpf Weit 7 Absent Aldermen Hums Lowe On motion the minutes were approved as recorded by the clerk without reading. Petitions Memorials etc P. Scott By Alderman Shelley Petition of A. P. Scott asking that certain Pound fees paid by him be refunded The Petition was Read and on motion was referred to the Committee on Claims and accounts P. W. Brass By the Mayor. Petition of P. W. Brass. Calling attention to conditions of certain street work done, and asking relief. Read and on motion referred to the streets Committee W. G. Harwood By the Mayor Petition of W. G. Harwood asking that certain To refund Pound Pound fees paid by him be refunded – Read and on motion fees Referred to the Committee on Claims and accounts Mrs S. J. Orr. By the Mayor Petition of Mrs S J Orr. asking the refunding To refund Pound of Pound fees paid by her. Read and referred to the Claims fees and accounts Committee H. K. Hollingsworth By Alderman Weit – Petition of H. K. Hollingsworth asking to refund Pound to have Pound fees paid by him be refunded – Read and on motion fees referred to the Committee on Claims & accounts By the Mayor Petition of Mrs S. E. Whipple asking that Mrs S. E. Whipple the assessment for taxes against her for the year 1900. be To correct corrected. Read and referred to the Committee on Claims Assessment and accounts By Alderman Waddus – Petition of Citizens & tax payers, asking Citizens to have that the Mayor, City Attorney and the City Council appear taxes equalized before the County Board of Equalization in behalf of the tax payers of the City in an effort to have the Values of property in the City equalized with Values of farm property in the County. Alderman Waddus offered the following Resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolution Whereas, The Board of Equalization of Travis County has manifested to appear before a disposition to assess property within the City limits of Austin before County and to secure at a higher rate of Valuation according to actual Values than Board of Equalization is adopted by said Board in assessing County property in to secure actual values Travis County thus doing a great tyranny to the Citizens of Austin! Therefore be it Resolved by the Council of Austin that the Mayor and City Attorney be and they are hereby requested to appear before the said County Board of Equalization and explain to the members of said Board the great injustice they are doing the Citizens of Austin in assessing their property on a higher basis of Valuation than said Board adopts --- Page break --- 539 in assessing County property, in this County, and urge upon them to adopt a Resolution to equalize assessed values upon all property in Travis County, Texas, as is required by law. On Motion of Alderman Shelley Leave of absence for H. Ziller three weeks, was granted to Assistant Assessor and Collector leave granted H. Ziller. On motion of Alderman Brooks, and Graves City 5th Mayor Physician was granted leave of absence for three weeks. leave granted. Reports of City Officers The Mayor laid before the Council their reports of City officers for the month of July, which were on motion referred to their appropriate Committees, without reading, except reports read. the report of the Treasurer which was read. The following is a synopsis of the report. By the Assessor and Collector For Collections for the month of June 1907 From advalorum Taxes 11,467.25 " License 461.50 " Registration of dogs 416.00 " Fines in Mayors Court 256.00 " Pound fees and Sales 99.90 " Travis County a/c of Hospital 500.00 " Penalty, Interest & Costs (a/c Taxes) 1578.06 " Miscellaneous 6.00 " Burial of dead Animals 9.00 " Sinking fund w&L bonds 14589.39 " " " old " 1169.91 " School Tax 5375.40 Total for the month / 35915.41 Do Collections for the month of July 1907 From advalorum Taxes 600.84 " License 636.00 " Registration of dogs 29.00 " Fines in Mayors Court 201.50 " Pound fees & Sales 54.55 " Penalty Interest & Costs (a/c taxes) 223.24 " Miscellaneous 1.00 Total General Revenue / 1746.13 " Do Sinking fund w &L bonds 1816.26 " " " " old " 49.65 " School Tax 252.08 Total Collections for the month / 3364.02 Referred to Finance Committee By the City Clerk Total Amount of warrants drawn against Bond Fund $ 6736.02 " " " " " " Street " 1366.54 Total $ 8,099.56 Referred to Finance Committee --- Page break --- 540 By the City Treasurer of General fund $ 11.748.39 Balance July 1st 1904 14276.21 Received during the month $10.760.20Paid warrants during the month 15264.40 $ 26024.60 Balance July 31st 1904 $ 26024.60 Interest afe. $ 5367.94 Balance on hand July 1st 1904. 9485.14 Receipts$ 14.853.13 Austin City School bonds for above account 10 000.00 Sinking fundBalance on hand July 1st 1904. $ 4853.13 Receipts $ 6253.02 3904.25 DisbursementsBalance August 1st 1904. 10.157.27 Interest on Bonds issued prior to May 1st 1889 2846.10 Balance on hand July 1st 1904.Receipts $ 7811.17 Austin Water Light bonds for above account $ 5957.84 Sinking Fund 1119.91 Balance on hand July 1st 1904Receipts 1/4 Sew Revenue $ 7071.75 9000.00 Disbursements $ 80.85 Balance on hand August 1st 1904 2749.84 Earnings accountBalance on hand July 1st 1904 2830.69 Receipts 1304.89 Disbursements 1525.70 Balance August 1st 1904 $ 8944.75 Received to Finance Committee 4143.44 By the City MarshalTotal fines assessed in Mayors Court 13.088.19 Paid in Cash $ 314.80 11 007.81 Worked out 155.45Carried over 69.75 $ 2080.38 $ 540.00 Back fines collected - $ 16.00 Pound fees Collected. 97.40 Burial fees for dead Animals 11.00 Referred to Police Committee --- Page break --- 541 By the City Physician Number of patients in Hospital July 12th, 1904 “ “ admitted in “ “ “ “ “ dismissed “ “ “ “ “ Deaths “ “ “ “ “ patients remaining “ “ Sept. 1st “ “ Visits to paupers “ Calls to paupers “ Cases Since May reported “ “ “ Referred to Hospital Committee By the City Sexton Total deaths White 16 Mexican 2 Col. 2 Male Female Still born Referred to Cemetery Committee Reports of Standing Committees Rept Market Alderman Redd for the Market Committee to whom was referred Com on Ord. An ordinance appropriating the sum of $ 95.00 for the purpose to purchase of purchasing a Typewriter for the Marshal & Clerk's offices Typewriter presented a report recommending that the ordinance do not pass. A motion was made to adopt the report of the Committee which motion was lost by the following vote. Yeas Aldermen Droken Daves Gillis Redd & Schramm 5 Nays Aldermen Waddas Marthen Nitschke Shelley Shumate Strumph West 7 Reports of Special Committees Judge Dow Dunn for the Special Committee appointed to try to effect a settlement on Compromise of the Water Light bonds Rept of of the City presented the following report Water Com Austin Texas August 25th 1904 to W. L. & L. S. K. To the Hon. Mayor and City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: Compromise The other members of the Committee appointed by you to Bond Cmte confer with the Committee of the bondholders of the bonds of the City have requested me to make you a report of our stewardship. We met the bondholders Committee in New York City on the 16th day of July, 1904. and the conferences were continued from day to day for three days. The first difficulty we met with was the failure of our City to pay the interest due January 1. 1900. before the breaking of the dam and the failure to collect the taxes levied for interest and sinking fund for 1899. and the failure to make a levy for the same purposes for 1900. We discovered, however, in canvassing the Committee that the people of the City were not to blame for this condition of affairs --- Page break --- 542 We were next met with the suggestion that the City should sell or lease its plant to the old Water Company, and we were told that by this means we would relieve the City of the expense of operating the plants and secure in addition thereto $30.000 per annum; all of which led us to suspect that these suggestions did not originate with the bondholders Committee, but was a part of the same old scheme of either taking from the City its water, light and power plant or compelling it to take the plant of the old water Company, which is of no use to the City. They talked of the various competition in the same manner we had heard it talked of here by some of our citizens, and were evidently led to suppose that the old Company was more of a real competitor of the City Plant than I think it is and that the reduction of its water rates were very much too low. But it did not take us long to convince them that any discussion of a sale or lease of the City Plant was a useless expenditure of time, and that the City would itself take care of its controversy with the old water Company After the discussion of the foregoing propositions was ended we were brought to the real object of the Conference, Viz: the refunding of the bonded indebtedness of the City and it required long, careful and painstaking explanations by facts and figures to lay the real condition before our adversary Committee X The Committee was finally convinced that we had suffered a real loss in the breaking of our dam, not only in the loss of the dam itself but in the depressing effect which such loss had upon the Valuation of our property. This brought us to the point of making a proposition for a basis of settlement and refunding and we proposed to them to reduce the principal twenty five per cent and the interest to three per cent per annum. Some members of the bond holders Committee said they would not agree to the proposition, but that they would consider it in the Committee. At the next Conference they proposed to reduce the interest to four per Cent per annum from July 1st, 1901, leaving the principal in tact We asked an adjournment and at the next Conference we proposed to accept the proposition, except that the interest on the first five years should be at three per cent per annum Upon this another adjournment was taken and at the next Conference they suggested that if we would propose three per cent for five years, and four per cent for the next ten years, and five per cent for the remaining fifteen years, all interest payable semi-annually, then the Committee would recommend it; and this we agreed to do. In previous conferences we had proposed to make the refunding bonds redeemable at the pleasure of the City at any interest payment time, and this was embodied in the proposition and they agreed to it The proposition made by our Committee and the report --- Page break --- of the Committee of the bondholders are as follows: July 18th, 1901. Charles S. Fairchild, Esq., Chairman of the bondholders Committee Austin Water and Light bonds. Dear Sir: The undersigned, the Mayor, the Special Committee appointed by the City Council and the City Attorney, of the City of Austin, Texas, hereby make the following proposition to your Committee, representing bonds of the City of Austin, and for the carrying out of which proposition we faithfully pledge our support and influence, said proposition being as follows to wit: The City of Austin, will, by due and regular corporate action, authorize and issue, in exchange for the bonds represented on to be represented by your Committee, its certain Refunding bonds, to be dated, if possible, July 1st 1901, or at as early a date as possible congenial to you: Said bonds to be payable thirty (30) years after date, redeemable on any interest payment date at the pleasure of the City: Said bonds to draw interest at the rate of three per centum (3%) per annum for a period of five (5) years from July 1st 1901, then at the rate of four per centum (4%) per annum for the period of ten (10) years, and then at the rate of five per centum (5%) for the period of fifteen (15) years, the balance of the running period of said bonds: Said interest to be payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July of each year, both principal and interest to be payable in the City of New York in Gold Coin of United States of America of or equivalent to the present standard of weight and fineness: Said bonds and the ordinances under which the same are to be issued, or any other proceedings relative thereto, to contain any and all provisions which your Committee may desire and the regularly and legality of the bonds to be approved by your Counsel. The Charter of the City to be Amended so that there shall be no necessity of keeping the interest and sinking fund separately, and that whatever moneys shall be collected or such sinking fund shall be exclusively used and invested in such refunding bonds or applied to the purchase and cancellation thereof. All interest due to and including July 1st 1901, on the bonds represented by, or to be represented by your Committee shall be paid in Cash, as soon as possible, not later, however, than the exchange of the bonds! The City to immediately apply whatever moneys it has applicable thereto towards the payment of such interest and to apply other moneys as soon as received: The Refunding bonds to be ready for such exchange not later than October 1st 1901: All such Refunding bonds to be approved by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller of Texas, as provided by law. --- Page break --- 544 by the laws of the State In order to, in so far as possible, place all the bonds of the City on the same basis, No interest will be paid on the old outstanding bonded indebtedness of the City, but the holders of the other outstanding bonds will be given the privilege of exchanging their bonds for the new Refunding Bonds, par for par; but we will, in so far as possible, use our best efforts to insist that such exchange shall be made through the medium of your Committee. The exchange of bonds, if the same can be legally done, to be made in the City of New York through the National City Bank or the New York Security Trust Company. The charter of the City of Austin shall be amended so as to distinctly and adequately provide for the issuance of the said Refunding bonds; such amendments to be in form satisfactory to you R.G. White, Mayor O.W. Doom, Clarence H. Miller, J. M. Maddar, L.W. Brooker, Victor L. Brooks, } special Committee City Attorney New York, July 19th, 1901. Austin Water and Light Bonds. R.G. White, Mayor. O.W. Doom, Clarence H. Miller, J. M. Maddar, } Special Committee L.W. Brooker, Victor L. Brooks, City Attorney. Dear Sirs; Acknowledging receipt of your favor of the 18th Inst. concerning the proposed refunding of the four into bonded indebtedness of the City of Austin, I beg to say that under the circumstances, as stated by you in our various consultations, our Committee considers the said proposition for the refunding of the bonded indebtedness a fair adjustment of the difficulties. Our Committee will recommend the said proposition to our Bondholders for acceptance and will render you such assistance as we may be able to, in order to give full force and effect thereto Charles J. Fairchild Chairman, Bondholders Committee Upon the plan being agreed to we will immediately, insert the following notice to be inserted in the daily papers: Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the called session of the twenty seventh Legislature of Texas to pass on the sixth day of August Nineteen Hundred and one for the passage of a local or special law --- Page break --- 545 Amending the Charter of the City of Austin so as to authorize said City to make and issue refunding bonds for the purpose of retiring and refunding its existing bonded debt and to provide for the interest and a Sinking Fund for such refunding bonds, and also conferring upon said City such other powers and authority as may be requisite to the accomplishment of such purpose. R. E. White, mayor, I. M. Maddox, L. M. Crooker, F. B. Doom, Ed. Miller, V. L. G. Brooks. The bonded indebtedness of the City now bearing interest at five per cent per annum consists of Water & Light Bonds $1.266.000. High School Bonds 45.000 Total five per Cent bonds $1.311.000 The proposed plan of refunding, if carried out, would result as to these bonds for the first five years in an annual saving of $26.220, and for the next ten years an annual saving of $13.110, and for the ten years $131.100, in all $262.200. For the remaining fifteen years the new bonds are to be at five per cent interest, and that I now take no account of that period. The bonded indebtedness of the City now bearing interest at six per cent per annum consists of Water and Light bonds $200.000. Bonds issued prior to the building of the dam 125.000 Total $325.000 The proposed plan of refunding, if carried out, will result as to these bonds for the first five years in an annual saving of $9.750, and for the five years $48.750. For the next ten years an annual saving of $6.500, and for the ten years $65.000. For remaining fifteen years an annual saving of $3.250, and for the fifteen years $48.750, in all $162.500. Saving on five per Cent bonds $262.200 Saving on six per Cent bonds 162.500 Total Saving $424.700 This statement is made on the basis that no subsequent arrangement will be made for another refunding of the indebtedness, and that all of the bonds will run for the full time of thirty years, but it will be observed that the proposed plan allows the new bonds to be redeemable on any interest payment date at the pleasure of the City, and it is provided that the interest for the first five years is to be paid at the rate of three per cent per annum, and unless there is an abnormal recession in the financial world within that time no reason can be perceived why the City may not, at or before the expiration of that time, refund the whole indebtedness at three per cent per annum, or less for such time as the City may choose to carry it. It will depend, however, in a large measure upon the character which we shall establish in that time as a debt paying Community. It will not do to be misled into --- Page break --- 546 adopting a course which will result our City a reputation for attempted repudiation. I say "attempted" because it never can result in anything other than an attempt, but nevertheless it will destroy the power of the City to carry its indebtedness at a low rate of interest. Besides the power of a second refunding secured by the proposed plan, the bonds being redeemable at the pleasure of the City at any interest paying date, the sinking fund which may be accumulated can be applied to the payment of the principal of the bonds without going into the market to purchase them, and will thus by reducing the premium, and thus by reducing the the total amount of interest to be paid can be greatly lessened. Some perhaps were disappointed that we did not secure a reduction in the principal of our indebtedness, but we found that out of the question. The proposed plan it was rejected. In my own opinion the time will come when every honorable and highminded Citizen will be glad that in this respect we failed. If we had succeeded it would have been repudiation of a part of our debt by agreement, while a reduction of the rate of interest is only a refunding of our indebtedness on sound commercial principles. It is always competent and honorable for debtor and creditor by agreement to reduce the rate of interest according to the value of money in the markets of the world. Again, there may be some who regret that we did not secure the co-operation of our creditors for the immediate rebuilding of our dam, which would add so much to our property values and in other ways aid in the final payment of our bonded indebtedness; and which, besides is, to date has produced unalloyed our Citizens with facilities for enjoyment and pleasure that few cities, in Texas can aspire to. With these regrets I am in full sympathy, but I do not sorrow as one who has no hope. I think that a reduction in the interest on the indebtedness of the City for the relief of all tax-paying citizens alike is the first step towards securing the rebuilding of the dam. It is a work which must follow in due time, for it cannot be long before all of our Citizens will be brought to a realization of what we have lost in the destruction of the dam, and when with the population and property we have, we shall be ready to unite our energies we shall be invincible. On this subject I would like to say a few words in regard to our reputation of a bond paying community. Our as a debt paying Community. Our City has in my opinion --- Page break --- been greatly injured by Conversation of our Citizens and by articles in public print, echoing and reechoing what was called "deplorable Conditions" when no such Conditions existed. And we have been referred to the good old times when the population of the City was about nine thousand and interest at the rate of thirty-six per cent per annum. When the truth is that in the last twenty five years the City has grown from a population of 9.741. to 31,350 Calculated on the same basis, and Capital has increased until the rate of interest has been reduced from thirty-six per cent per annum and higher to eight per cent per annum and lower. People abroad have been led to believe that our property is of no Value, and Consequently strangers have been deterred from Coming among us in a great Measure, Although the City has continually grown and build to some extent. Notwithstanding the adverse effects of her own people. We should Change our Course in this respect. We should talk for our City instead of against it; especially when talking for it is the truth and the reverse is not. And now for the entire Committee, I thank you for the honor X Conferred in trusting us with this high Commission in the interest of our people at large, and desire to say in the language of a quaint old writer, that if we have done well and as is fitting the subject it is that which we desired, but if slenderly and meanly it is that which we Could attain unto God be given John Wooldridge Mr. Ed. Waller a member of said Committee was invited to address the Council which he did, after which the report was on motion adopted by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Brooke, Davis Gillis, Maas, and Mortimer Mitschke Reed Schneider, Shelley, Shumate, Thumoff, Welch 12 Nays None. Com to Confin Alderman Shumate for the special Committee appointed with Com Count to Confeer with the flow Commissioners of Travis County wis, etc in regarding wise on the Colorado. River bridges, reported that as [illegible] yet they had been unable to have a Conference with the Commission for further time, which was granted Alderman Davis offered the following resolution which was read and adopted Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin; That Mrs. Claybrook and her associates be and are hereby authorized to clean up and use same as a place of public resort, the public Plaza on square North of 9th Street and between Guadalupe and San Antonio Streets By Alderman Reed an Ordinance appropriating the sum of $ 200. for the purpose removing bridge across Shoal Creek from West Elizabeth to West 8th Street and for grading --- Page break --- 548 Ord $200.15 A[illegible]aches the[illegible] The ordinances was passed under [illegible] Suspension of the rules by the following Vote[illegible] Yeas aldermen Brooker Davis Gillis Mortimer Nitschke Redd [illegible] Schneider Shelley Shumate Strumpf Uelsh[illegible] Nays alderman Maddas Ord To [illegible] By Alderman Maddas An ordinance providing for the Survey [illegible] of lots in the Austin City Cemetery, and prescribing regulations [illegible] for the Sale thereof by the City of Austin Alderman Gillis was excused from further attendance at this [illegible] Session of the Council [illegible] The ordinance offered by Alderman Maddas was then passed under Suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Brooker Davis Maddas Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Strumpf Uelsh Nays none [illegible] By Alderman Maddas An Ordinance Amending an [illegible] Ordinance passed Feby 6th 1896, approved Feb 8th, 1896, entitled [illegible] "An Ordinance to regulate the burial of dead human bodies [illegible] within the Corporate limits of the City of Austin" The ordinance was passed under Suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Brooker Davis Maddas Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Strumpf Uelsh- Nays none Ord To reorganize By Alderman Davis An ordinance prescribing details Police force for the organization of the Police force of the City of Austin The ordinance was read the first-time and on Motion was referred to the Police Committee Ord Prohibiting By Alderman Strumpf An Ordinance prohibiting the use of [illegible] Water in the City of Austin for any other than for drinking [illegible] purposes within three hours after a fire alarm is Sounded [illegible] in Said City. The ordinance was read the first time and on Motion the rule was suspended and the ordinance placed on its Second reading by the following Vote [illegible] Yeas Aldermen Brooker Davis Maddas Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Strumpf Uelsh Nays None The ordinance was read the Second Time. Alderman Brooker moved to strike out in the Captain and in Sections 1+2- the words "three" and insert "two" in lieu thereof the words two, which Motion was lost Alderman Nitschke moved to lay the ordinance on the table which motion prevailed by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Davis Mortimer Nitschke Redd Shumate UelshNays Aldermen Brooker Maddas Schneider Shelley and StrumpfAlderman Strumpf offered the following resolution --- Page break --- 549 Resolution to: Be it resolved by the City Council of the That flushing Sanitary Inspector be and is hereby instructed to cease the flushing shut off of gutters immediately after any fire alarm is sounded in to resume said City, and not to resume such flushing for a period of thereafter. On motion of Alderman Mortimer the resolution was laid on the table. Alderman Shumate offered the following resolution, which was read and on motion was referred to the ordinance Committee. Resolution Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin that there to appoint is hereby created a special Committee to be known as the permanent Committee on permanent Street improvement, that said improvement Committee shall consist of the Mayor and three Aldermen committee shall be appointed by the Mayor, and shall be charged with the duty of formulating and submitting to the Council all plans for and other Street improvements, and also with the duty of supervising the execution of such improvements when shall have been inaugurated. On Motion Alderman Shumate was excused from further attendance at this session of the Council. Steam Roller Alderman Nitschke moved that the Steam Roller be placed placed under under shelter, and that the Engineer on same be laid off for shelter the next sixty days, provided that should occasion require Engineer its use that in that case the Engineer be called on duly laid off and be paid for his services while needed at the rate of $3.00 per day. The motion was adopted. Ordinance By Alderman Shumate an ordinance appropriating $26.25 to pay John Williams for services in the Sanitary department for a part of the month of July 1901. The ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following vote: Yeas Aldermen Crooker Davis Maddox Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Teel- 10 Nays None. Appro. By Alderman Maddox An ordinance appropriating the sum Ord. of $1138.80 to pay approved accounts - The ordinance was passed under Suspension of the rules by the following vote Yeas Aldermen Crooker Davis Maddox Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Teel- 10 Nays None. Appro. Ord. By Alderman Maddox An ordinance appropriating the sum of Street Dept. $1359.27 to pay approved account Street department The ordinance was passed under Suspension of the rules by the following vote Yeas Aldermen Crooker Davis Maddox Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Shumate Teel- 7a Nays None. By Alderman Nitschke An ordinance appropriating the sum of $500 to pay for extra labor and teams The ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules. --- Page break --- 550 by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Crooker, Davis Maddon Mortimer Nitscheke Rodd Schneider Shelley Shumate Welk Nays None By Alderman Davis An ordinance appropriating the sum of $125- for the purpose of placing roller bearing axles on wagon of Colorado Hose Co No 2 The ordinance was read the first time and on motion was referred to the Fire Committee By Alderman Schneider An ordinance appropriating the sum of $1000- for the purpose repairing and painting Eighth Street Fire Hall. The ordinance was passed under suspension of the Rules by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Crooker Davis Maddon Mortimer Nitscheke Rodd Schneider Shelley Shumate Welk Nays None Shumate excused On motion Alderman Shumate was excused from further attendance at this session of the Council Alderman Mortimer offered the following resolution which was read and adopted Resolution Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin that Engineer to that the City Engineer be and is hereby instructed to investigate Report damages the damages done to the property of J. J. Johnston and St. M. Johnston V. Hinsdale Fisher by the County teams when hauling sand from -vs- W. M. Fisher Brushy Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets and report back to the City Council at the next regular meeting thereof the facts in the premises On motion the Council adjourned Jno. O. Johnson City Clerk