257 * Regular meeting of the City Council : Austin,Texas, April 29, 1915: * The Council was called to order by the Mayor : Roll called: * Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 * Absent none : * The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and * approved : * The Mayor laid before the Council the report of the Sanitary Inspector, which * was read and ordered filed : * Councilman Anthony nominated Oscar Kuna to be Fire Marshal, which nomination was * confirmed by the following vote : * Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 * Not voting Councilman Anthony 1 * Councilman Powell nominated Mr J A Warren to be Store-Keeper for the Street Dept, * which nomination was confirmed by the following vote : * Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew & Haynes 4 * Not voting Councilman Powell 1 * The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : * Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : * That a permit be and is hereby granted to the Retail Merchants Association of Austin, Texas * to place ,with the consent of the owners, or occupants ,advertising strips about one foot * wide in front of the buildings or upon the fences in this City ;provided that the consent * of the owners or occupants of such buildings or fences so situated is obtained . * Resolved further: * That this permit is good from this date until the close of the Fair of the Retail * Merchants Association in this City, which Fair begins on the 8th day of May next. * Resolved further: * That this permit is revocable at the pleasure of the City Council . * The resolution was adopted by the following vote : * Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 * Nays none, * Approved, A P Wooldridge,Mayor. * Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution : * Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : * That J A Warren be and he is hereby appointed as Store-Keeper in the Street Dept office * at the rate of seventy five and 00/100 ($ 75.00) dollars per month to be paid out of the * General Street Fund. * The resolution was adopted by the following vote : * Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew & Haynes 4 * Not voting, Councilman Powell 1 Overlapping Fire Marshall. J A Warren Clerk Street Dept. Retail Merchants Signs Reversal Mr J. A. Warren Salary Raised --- Page break --- 258 Fine Bill Green Remitted ..Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : It appearing to the City Council that the offense of drunkennes committed by Bill Green and for which he was fined in the Corporation Curt of the City of Austin,Texas, on April 22nd 1915,in the amount of $10.80,was his first offense,and it further appearing that this man Green when sober is a thorough gentleman but afflicted with a mania for drink,and the City Council believing it sensible ,as well as kind,to remit the fine and costs in this case. Now, therefore, Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That the fine and costs in the case of the State of Texas,vs Bill Green, No 9316,in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin,Texas, and amounting t to $ 10.80,be and the same is hereby remitted. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Paving bids City Hall Councilman Powell presented bids for Paving Between the City Hall and the Colorado Fire Hall, as follows : W R Miller bid $ 190.00 Benny & Page bid 224.00 J O Polhemus bid 225.00 The bid of W R Miller being the lowest and best bid ,he was awarded the contract by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Mayor Wooldridge,offered the following amendment to the Budget: Hospital Budget amended Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That the budget of the Hospital Dept for the City of Austin,Texas, for the present year be so amended as that the salary of the Head Nurseshall be and is hereby fixed at $ 75.00 per month from January to July of the year 1915, and at $ 85.00 -per month from July 1915, to January 1st 1916. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. --- Page break --- The ordinance was read the first time and a motion made to suspend the rules and place same on its second reading, which motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas: Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes and Powell. Nays: None. The ordinance was read the second time, and a motion made to suspend the rules and place same on its third reading and final passage, which motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas: Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes and Powell. Nays: None. The ordinance was then read the third time and finally passed by the following vote: Yeas: Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Haynes and Powell, 4. Nays: Councilman Bartholomew, 1. --- Page break --- 259 .The Mayor laid before the Council " An ordinance ordering an election to obtain the consent of the qualified voters of the City of Austin ,Texas, who pay taxes on property within the limits of said City ,to the issuance of bonds by the City Council for the purposes ; First-of permanent improvement of the Streets of the City, and the building of bridges ,storm Sewers and large drains ;Second the construction of Sanitary Sewers; Third- the construction and repair of Public Free School Buildings ,the equipment thereof and the purchase of sites.XXXXX therefor; Fourth- The installation of an automatic Fire and police alarm System for the City of Austin ; and repealing all ordinances in.conflict with the provisions of said ordinance:" The ordinance was read the 1st time and passed under suspension of the rules by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Haynes & Powell 4 Nay Councilman Bartholomew 1 Councilman Bartholomew filed the following reason for his vote : An the 22nd instant the City Council passed an ordinance containing a propositionto submit a bond issueof $ 275.000.00 for Bridges ,Storm Sewers and other street improvements,which I now favor owing to the calamity which befell this City in loss of bridges by flood on the night of the 22nd instant .I do not approve increasing that amountto $ 425.000.00 at the present time .I am confident the taxpayers of Austin would vote $ 275.000.00 ,and they might reject the $ 425,000.00 proposition. If more than $ 275,000.00 becomes necessary ,I am willing to vote for additional amount when needed. Bartholomew. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That the City Treasurer and the City Clerk,be and they are hereby authorized and directed to transfer from the City Cemetery fund to the City Park fund,an amount erroneously drawn from the Park fund,which should have been drawn from the Cemetery fund, on April 24th 1915. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas : That the sum of $ 2,690.00.be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent fund of the City of Austin,Texas, for the year 2915,in payment of the final estimate due A A Mundt, on a concrete wall at the dam. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 --- Page break --- 200 Fine W M Hanley. Remitted .Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution: Whereas, it appears from the facts of the case shown to the City Council that the fine and costs, amounting to $ 14.80, in the case of the State of Texas vs J V Handley but properly called W M Hanley, for running his automobile on the streets of the City of Austin without the tail lights burning, was his first offenseand the act was committed without the knowledge or suspicion on the part of the said W M Hanleythat his automobile tail lights were not burning, they having been previously lit and probably had been jarred out of burning by the moving of the automobile on the streets , Now, therefore, Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the fine and costs in cause NO 9333, State of Texas vs W M Hanley , in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, and amounting to $ 14.80, be and the same are hereby remitted. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Fine S J Partlow Remitted Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Whereas, from credible information submitted to the City Council, and from from the attached statement which is believed to be correct, it appears that S J Partlow had lit the tail lamps of his automobile when he left his house to go upon the streets of Austin ,but said tail lights being of inferior construction were probably jarred out of burning by the movement of the automobile upon the streets , Now, therefore, Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That , it is appearing to be the first offense of the said S J Partlow, the fine and cost in cause No 9332, State of Texas vs S J Partlow, in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, amounting to $ 14.80, be and the same are hereby remitted. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved , A P Wooldridge, M --- Page break --- 271 April 30th 1915. All present: The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That a permit be and is hereby granted to the Cadillac Sales Co of Austin, Texas, to install and maintain at their place of business 304- 308 East 5th street in this City ,a Bowser underground Gasoline tank and pump, said Bowser tank & pump are to be of the latest and most approved design and are to be installed in position under the supervision o of the City Engineer of the City of Austin, Texas. Be it further resolved : That this permit is temporary and revocable at the pleasure of the City Council : The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. May 1st 1915, All present: The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That a permit be and is hereby granted to E H Perry & Co, to install and maintain until the further orders of the City Council, a cotton platform, 15 ft wide and 80 ft long, extending along the west side of the old Cummings building on Brushy street, and which building faces on east 6th street in this City ,said platform to be built in accordance with the attached sketch of the same. Be it further resolved : That lines and grades for this platform are to be furnished by the City Engineer of the City of Austin, Texas. Be it further resolved : That this permit is temporary and revocable at the pleasure of the City Council . The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas, That, in consideration of the youth of Edward R Engle ,and in consideration of the fact that about contemporaneously with sentencing of the said Edward R Engle in the case numbered and described below, he was fined in said Corporation Court in another case ,and in consideration of the recommendation of A L Green, prosecuting Attorney, Z T Fulmore Corporation Judge ,before whom the case was tried, and J D Copeland ,Police Clerk, that the said Edward R Engle has been sufficiently punished by the imposition of the fine and costs of the first offense for which he was convicted, to-wit, that of automobile speeding, and in consideration of the general equities in the case, the fine and Cadillac Sales Co Gasoline Pumps E. H. Perry & Co Cotton Platform Fine E. R. Engle Remitted --- Page break --- 262 ..costs imposed in cause No 9348, State of Texas vs Edward R Engle, in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, and amounting to $ 14.80, be and the same are hereby remitted . The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned. [illegible] City Clerk Approved [illegible] Mayor