Paving ordinace Petition Austin Street rail Road To erect Booth Budget 1911- reconsidered Street Grades W. Avenue 12th/10th --` --- Page break --- 664 North side of alley between 13th & 14th Streets 153.75 Fill.50' North side of alley between 14th & 15th streets 151.30 Cut .54' Greatest out between last two points 2.35'at South side of 14th street 25 feet North of alley between 14th & 15th streets 153.20 Cut 34' 53 " " " 14th & 15th streets 154.80 " .50' 78 " " " .14th & 15th " 156.44! " .30' 25 feet South of 15th street 157.60 " .64' South side of 15th street 158.80 " .59' South side of 16th street 206.57 Unchanged The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew,Gracy,Hart & Powell 5 Nays none. On motion of Councilman Bartholomew,the claim of B W Randolph Claim B. W. Randolph for damages to wagon and Harness,caused by team running away ,being scared for damages, allowed by Blasting by City Employees,amounting to $ 15.30 was allowed.by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew,Gracy,Hart & Powell 5 Nays none. The Mayor laid before the Council a communication from Maggie Claim Maggie M Anderson M Anderson,stating that her House had been damaged from Blasting by some O.L. Albright Allowed of the City's employees,and filing bills,one to O L Albright for $ 2.50 and one from C K Miller for $ 2.50. On motion the Bills were allowed and ordered paid by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew,Gracy,Hart & Powell 5 Nays none.Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : Resolution sidewalk That the act of the City Council by resolution adopted February 9th,1911, Capital Lodge I.O.O.F. exempting for the period of one yearCapital Lodge No 23,I O O F of the repealed City of Austin,from the requirements of the ordinances heretofore made to build a sidewalkon the north side of its property on the corner of east ninth and Brazes streets in this City,be and the same is hereby set aside, cancelled and annulled. The resolution was read and laid over. Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution: Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin: $175.00 to W B Walker That the sum of one hundred and seventy five ( $ 175.00)dollars ,or so Damages Sidewalk much thereof as may be necessary,be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the cost and damage fund of the street appropriatin fund ,for the purpose of paying to W B Walkerdamages incurred by sidewalk construction ordered at his placeon the corner of east ninth and Trinity streets in this City. The expenditures under this appropriation and work to be done,if said W B Walker will not accept said $ 175.00 in full of all damages,are to be made under the supervision of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew & Hart 3 --- Page break --- (65) Nays Councilmen Gracy & Powell 2 The Council then recessed subject to call of the Mayor. Saturday February 25th 1911. The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present except Councilman Gracy. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Whereas an erroneous assessment of taxes on the personal property of the Eagle Loan Co., for the year 1905 was made by the Assessor, in that a sum of $ 2,500.00 in unassessed credits was assessed in Austin, after same had been assessed and paid in Bexar Co Texas, the head quarters of the said Eagle Loan Co., as affidavits on file with the City Council will show, and Whereas the Eagle Loan Co agrees and is willing to pay the sum of $ 10.34 for taxes rendered for the year 1905, which is sufficient to pay the amount justly due Therefore, Be it resolved that the sum of $ 10.34 be accepted from the said company as the full amount due the City of Austin, and that said erroneous assessment is hereby corrected by striking from the assessment rolls the $ 2,500.00 assessed and levied as credits of the Eagle Loan Company, for the year 1905. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Hart & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Gracy 1 The Mayor laid before the Council a communication from Ed Johnson, asking the Council to refund to him an amount of $ 7.50 paid by him on a fine assessed against his wife in the Recorders court. The Council refused to grant the request by the following vote : Yeas Councilman Powell 1 Nays Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Gracy & Hart 4 The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Whereas on the 23rd day of April 1910, a man by the name of Steve Wilson was arrest-ed by the Police for being drunk and sleeping in a public place , and upon trial of the cause pleaded guilty and was fined $ 1.00 and costs, aggregating the sum of $ 10.50 ; that the man was a resident of Bastrop County ,had come to the City to purchase necessaries for his family, because intoxicated spent his money, and when fined had no means to pay his fine. A friend and relative, a poor man working for wages, paid the fine. The man fined is very poor with a wife and six children, and I am informed has a hard time to support his family. The man who paid the fine is also a man of family and does not make more than enough to support them by his daily labor. The man fined is not addicted to drinking and I am informed has not drank since. Under this statement of facts I feel that the ends of the law have been satis-fied, and that it would be a humane act to refund to this family the amount of this fine and Costs; Therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That said fine and costs against the said Steve Wilson be and the same is hereby remitted, and the City Clerk is authorized and directed to draw a warrant for said $ 10.50 to refund said amount. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Gracy, Hart & Powell 5 --- Page break --- 666 Fine D. T. Deats remitted Councilman Hart offered the following resolution : Whereas,in Sept last,T H Deats plead guilty in the Corporation Court to being drunk and asleepin a public place.He admits his guilt and.does not complain of the action of the Court, but he assures me,and I am also assured by others,that he has abstained fromdrink since that time. He further assures me that he has been sick for a long time,has been unable to work,has a family to support,and that the sum of $ 10.50,which was the amount of fine and cost assessed against him,would materially help his family at this time; therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin: That as the requirements of the law have been accomplished and the needs of the family of the said Deats would to some extent be alleviatedby them remission of said fine and cost,it is therefore ordered that the same be and is hereby remitted,and the City Clerk be and he is hereby directed to draw a warrant payable to said Deats for said sum of$ 10.50,the amount of said fine and cost. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : YeasMayor Wooldridge,Councilmen.Bartholomew,Hart & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Gracy 1 The Council then recessed subject to call of the Mayor. Tuesday February 28th 1911. The Council was called to order by the Mayor with all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : Supt Streets instructed to contract for Bituminous pavement with asphaltic That the Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements is hereby instructed to contract for the paving with Bithulithic pavementof the following named parts of streets and alleys in the City of Austin,Texas: ------StreetsFifth street from Colorado streeton the West to Trinity street on the East. Seventh street from Colorado street on the West to Brazos street on the East. Eighth street from Congress Avenue to Brazos street. Ninth street from Colorado street on the West to Brazos street on the East. Tenth street from Colorado street on the West to Brazos street on the East. West Sixth street from San Antonio street to West Avenue. ------Alleys.The alley next West of Congress Avenue between 6th & 7th streets. The Alley next East of Congress Avenue between 6th & 7th streets. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew,Gracy,Hart & Powell 5 Nays none. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : Section 1.That the Primary Election on March 28th A D ,1911,and the --- Page break --- 667 . General Election on April 3rd ,A D ,1911,in the City of Austin,shall be held in the following named places,and the following named persons are hereby appointed Judges and Clerks respectively of sai d elections at the respective places hereinafter designated,viz: (1) For the First Ward ,the place of election shall bethe South Austin Fire Hall, and the following named persons are hereby appointed Officers of said election: P L Richardson,Presiding Judge Ed C Good Assistant Judge. John Woods Assistant Judge. J W Blattner ,Clerk Geo P Searight ,Clerk M K Benson,Clerk. Judges & Clerks of Election at council ( 2) For the Second Ward ,the place of election shall bethe Carrolton House, 218 West 6th Street,and the following named persons are hereby appointed Officers of said election: C E Anderson Sr,Presiding Judge V O Weed ,Assistant Judge, Joe Harbinish ,Assistant Judge C E Brodie ,Clerk James Perry ,Clerk W W Harris ,Clerk ( 3) For the Third Ward ,the place of election shall be the City Hall,and the following named persons are hereby appointed Officers of said election: J Gregg Hill ,Presiding Judge. W L Vining ,Assistant Judge W S Bell ,Assistant Judge Pat Daniel ,Clerk H M Little ,Clerk W D Shelley,Clerk. (4th) For the Fourth Ward ,the place of election shall be Volz’s Store,and the following named persons are hereby appointed Officers of said election.: Geo W Menshly ,Presiding Judge N A Foster,Assistant Judge W B Wortham ,Assistant Judge J W Maxwell ,Clerk Ralph Huddington ,Clerk W B Harper ,Clerk. (5) For the Fifth Ward,the place of election shall beWellmer’s Store,and the follofeloing named persons are appointed Officers of said election: S E Kinney,Presiding Judge Frank Doughty,Assistant Judge Thos Reisner,Assistant Judge J S B Goslin,Clerk Louis Kreisle ,Clerk Wm Wellmer,Clerk (6) For the Sixth Ward the place of election shall be the County Court House, and the following named persons are hereby appointed Officers of said election: Jeff Jameson,Presiding Judge --- Page break --- 669 . R P Bull ,Assistant Judge Pat Malone ,Assistant Judge Liam Reilly ,Clerk W J McNamara,Clerk Jim Clinefelter,Clerk ( 7) For the seventh Ward,the place of election shall be Walker's Resi-dence,and the following named persons are hereby appointed Officers of said election: H A Turner,Presiding Judge N B Metz,Assistant Judge H A Herzog ,Assistant Judge Geo S Powell,Clerk Henry Muhaseh,Clerk Jim H Cummings,Clerk, Section 2. That the Judges and Clerks ,above named shall serve for, a period of two years and until their successors are appointed,unless sooner removed,and shall conduct all elections held for municipal pur-poses within the City Of Austin during said time. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew,Gracey,Hart & Powell 5 Nays none. Fine Joe Watkins remitted Councilman Hart moved that the fine and sentence against Joe Watkins, a boy 15 or 16 years old rendered in the Corporation Court,be suspended until further orders of the Council,which motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Bartholomew,Gracey,Hart & Powell 5 Nays none. The Council then adjourned. Jno. C. Levor City Clerk.