Regular meeting of the City Council Austin, Texas, December 01, 1902 Hon R. E. White, Mayor, presiding Roll Called Present Aldermen Broken, Davis, Hume, Low, Maddox Mortimer, Nitschke, Redd, Shelley, Stumph, Weith 11 Absent Aldermen Schneider, Schumate 2 On motion the minutes were approved as recorded by the clerk, without reading. Petitions, Memorials etc Pet B. Ulbasky By Alderman Shelley. Petition of B. Ulbasky, asking that Street work certain street work be doneAlderman Crooken moved that the petition be referred to the Street Committee, which motion was lost by the following vote: Yeas Aldermen Crooken, Davis, Low, Redd, Shelley 5 Nays Aldermen Hume, Maddox, Mortimer, Nitschke Stumph & Weith 6 P. & A. On motion of Alderman Stumph, the petition was J. L. Gammaway referred to the Committee on Claims and Accounts for damages. By Alderman Maddox - Petition of J.L. Gammway lea for damages. Read and on motion referred to the Committee on claims and accounts Austin Pres By Alderman Low. Petition of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Theological Seminary asking the remission of taxes on certain lots used Taxes for schools purposes. Read and on motion referred to the Committee on claims and accounts L. L. Stoyes By Alderman Weith. Petition of L.L. Stoyes asking that he buy Cemetery may fell him a certain strip of land in the City Cemetery Ground That petition was read and on motion was granted and the price fixed at $10.00 Austin Elec By Alderman Nitschke - Petition of the Austin Electrical Rail Road & over Road for permission to build line of road over certain Wires etc Streets of the City etc - On motion the petition was granted Reports of City officers. Reports of The Mayor laid before the Council the reports of the City officers, City officers for the month of Nov 1902, except that of the City Marshal, which were referred to their appropriate Committees without reading. Also the report of the Marshal for Oct 1902. and of the Water and Light Commission for the quarter ending Sept 30th 1902, which were also referred without reading. Communica- By Alderman Follor Timmons. Communication from F. tion from F. Waldo of the I. & G.N. R.R. Co. as to lines, Right of way, and Waldo I & G.N. matters. [illegible] thereon. The communication was read R.R. Co. and on motion referred The Ordinance Committee Alderman Schneider entered the Council Chamber Reports of standing Committees --- Page break --- 738 Report Alderman Maddax for the Finance Committee to Finance Com whom was referred An Ordinance Confirming the Sale Ordinance of by the Board of School Trustees of the City of Austin of 160a Sale of Land acres of land in Trinity County, Texas; presented a report Trinity Co. recommending the passage of the ordinance. On motion the report was adopted. Unfinished business Ordinance The Mayor laid before the Council an ordinance Confirming Trinity Co. the Sale by the Board of School Trustees of the City of Austin of 160a. acres of land in Trinity County, Texas. The ordinance was read the third time and passed. Ordinance Vacating The Mayor laid before the Council an Ordinance Vacating Street. that portion of Sabine Street lying, between 18th & 19th Street in the City of Austin The ordinance was read the third time and passed by the following Vote. Yeas Alderman Crocker Davis Maddax Mortimer Schneider Shelley Strumph Nays Alderman Hume Low Nitschke Redd & Veith - 7- City Engineer The Mayor laid before the Council a report of the City report W 10th St. Engineer of a survey made on W 10th Street, as directed by the Council in a resolution passed at a former Session. The report was read and ordered filed. New Business $19.00000. For By Alderman Maddax An ordinance appropriating interest the sum of $19.00000 for the purpose of paying interest. The Ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote. Yeas Alderman Crocker Davis Hume Low Maddax Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Strumph Veith - 12 Nays None. Sabine St. Alderman Maddax moved to reconsider the Vote by which the Council passed an Ordinance Vacating a certain portion of Sabine Street, which motion prevailed. Alderman Nitschke moved to amend the ordinance by inserting after the word street, in line - the following "and East as same from 19th to 16th Street." The amendment was adopted and the ordinance as amended was then passed. $2500. For Ex. St. By Alderman Nitschke An Ordinance appropriating Work. the sum of $2500. for the purpose of paying for extra street labor and teams. The ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote. Yeas Alderman Crocker Hume Low Maddax Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Strumph Veith - 11 Nays None --- Page break --- 739 Austin R. R. Track By Alderman Nitschke An ordinance granting to the Austin Electric Railway Company, the right to build a line of street railroad on 17th and other streets in the City of Austin and requiring the owner or owners of other tracks and wires on said 17th Street to move and adjust same to the provisions of this ordinance The ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Alderman Brooken Davis Huma Low Maddax Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Stumff Mchitt 12 Nays none. Com: Visit to By Alderman Nitschke moved that a Committee Cities and consisting of 3 Aldermen and the City Engineer be works appointed to Visit other Texas Cities and inspect their street works with a view of determining work to be done on the streets of this City, which motion prevailed The Mayor stated that he would name the Committee By to pay on the part of the Council at a later date the Policeman By Alderman Shelley An ordinance appropriating the sum of $17.00 for the purpose of paying Salaries of extra Policemen for the Month of Nov 1902. The Ordinance was passed under suspension of the rules by the following Vote Yeas Alderman Brooken Davis Huma Low Maddax Mortimer Nitschke Redd Schneider Shelley Stumff Mchitt 12 Nays none $200. to pay By Alderman Maddax An ordinance appropriating expenses Com. the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of paying expenses of to business Committee to investigate Street improvements in other Texas Cities The ordinance was read the first time Alderman Schneider moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee, which motion was lost by the following Vote Yeas. Aldermen Brooken Davis Huma Mortimer Schneider Stumff 6 Nays Alderman Low Maddax Nitschke Redd Shelley & the Mayor 7 On Motion the rule was suspended and the ordinance placed on its second reading by the following Vote Yeas Aldermen Brooken Davis Huma Low Maddax Mortimer Nitschke Redd Shelley Mchitt 10 Nays Aldermen Schneider Stumff 2 The ordinance was read the Second Time and a motion made to suspend the rule and place it on its third reading, which motion was lost by the following Vote --- Page break --- Yeas Aldermen Crooken Davis Dune Loue read dar Mithuche Read Thelley Tucit Nays Aldermen Monihen Schneider stummish on motion the Council adjourned Jno C Robinson City Clerk