854 .Regular meeting of the City Council: Austin, Texas, October 28, 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: : :Petitions: The Mayor laid before the Council a petition from C E Byrd ,for remission of C E Byrd fine granted fine in the Recorders Court, which was read ,and the petition granted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: The Mayor laid before the Council an application for Drivers license to drive Drivers License service car , from Martin Hanley,of 82 Rainey street, which was read and th license refused by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Councilman Anthony presented petitions from the following named personsasking the remission of fines assessed in the Recorders Court, viz: Lucile Anderson Stanley Thomas fine granted Lucile Anderson, $ 12.30,Stanley Thomas, $ 10.80,Joe Clay $ 4.30: On motion the petitions were granted ,and the fines ,as asked for ,were remit-ted, by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: The Mayor laid before the Council the following petition: Austin, Texas, Oct 2nd 1915. To the Hon City Commissioners of Austin, Texas: Gentlemen: I herewith petition your body for a permit to erect in the E J Anderson Building permit rear of 106 W 5th street ,Austin, Texas, a galvanized iron shop,with iron supports ,roofing, and walls. Mr Oscar Kuntz,Fire Marshal,has inspected the place and the plans of the shop and he says the same are all right and he has no objection to the erection of the same.The shop is to be used by mefor makig -ing of fences ,ornamental iron work, etc,and will be in the rear of the brk building that is now on the lot. This lot is owned by L C Lambie,Austin,Texas. The request was granted 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: Screens Hospital That the sum of $ 394.00,less $ 29.30,being net $ 364.70,and the same is hereby appropriated out of the special appropriation of $ 500.00,for screens at the new City Hospital and made payable to the E T Burrowes Co of Portland Maine,which supplies these screens. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays non, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. --- Page break --- 355 October 29th 1915: The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : A resolution approving and adopting a certain Map or Plat of a portion of Oakwood Cemetery Annex in the City of Austin, Texas, and ordering same filed for record in the Plat records of Travis County, Texas. Whereas, the City of Austin has heretofore voted certain bonds for th e purchase of additional ground for cemetery purposes,and in accordance with such purpose has purchased certain lots of land adjacent to the present cemetery ; and Whereas, the City Council thereafteremployed George S Iredell,a Civil Engineer,to design a plan for laying off said land for cemetery purposes ,and Orin E Metcalfe,a Civil Engineer,to sub-divide the lots so purchasedinto cemetery lots and to lay out appropriate thoroughfaresin accordance with said plan,which work has been done by said Iredell and Metcalfe,and a map thereof has been preparedand presented to the City Council for its approval ; now therefore Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That the plan of the lots and thoroughfares ,designated by said George S Iredell and surveyed by said Orin E Metcalfe,be approved and adopted, and the certain map designated "Oakwood Cemetery Annex",exhibit "A"as prepared by said Orin E Metcalfe,is approved and adopted,and the same be accepted by the City of Austin as the official map or plat of said Cemetery Annex;and that the Mayor be and he is hereby instructed and authorized to attach thereto his certificate of such adoption,and that he file such map or plat with the County Clerk of Travis County, Texas, for the purpose of recording same in the plat records of Travis County; and that hereafter all lots sold to individual parties by the City of Austin in said Annex be described by reference to said map or plat. Approved: J Bouldin Rector,City Attorney. Adopted October 29th 1915. A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Map Cemetery Annex- Adopted November 1st 1915: Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 418,332.17,received from the sale of $ 425,000.00,Austin City Street and Bridge Bonds ,dated July 1st 1915,be and the same is hereby transferred from and placed to the credit of the Permanent Street Improvement fund of the City of Austin, Texas,and made subject to appropriation by the City Council in manner and form set out in theCity Charterof the City of Austin,Texas : and Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas: That the Mayor of this City be and is hereby authorized and instructed to draw his drafts as Mayor,upon Chester Thrasher, Treasurer of the City of Austin,Texas,and against the City of Austin Special Bond account with the said City Treasurerfor the sum of $ 418,332.17,in transfer of the above amount from the City of Austin Special Bond account to the City of Austin Permanent Street Improvement fund account. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge,Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Proceeds bonds transferred to Str [illegible] fund. --- Page break --- 356 Process Sanitary Sewer Bonds. Transferred to Sanitary Sewer fund Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 49,215.55, received from the sale of $ 50,000.00, Austin Sanitary Sewer Bonds ,dated July 1st,1915, be and the same is hereby transferred from and placed to the credit of the Sanitary Sewer fund of the City of Austin, Texas, and made subject to appropriations by the City Council in manner and form set out in the City Charter of the City of Austin, Texas ; and Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the Mayor of this City be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to draw his draft ,as Mayor, upon Chester Thrasher, Treasurer of the City of Austin, Texas, and against the City of Austin Special Bond account with the said City Treasurer for the sum of $ 49,215.55, in transfer of the above amount from the City of Austin Bond Special account to the City of Austin Sanitary Sewer fund account. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Transfers Special Sewer fund acct to Interest & Sinking fundMayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 7075.36, the same being the accrued interest up to the respective dates of October 13th ,October 17th, October 19th and October 25th 19 1915, upon the certain $ 425,000.00, of Austin City Street and Bridge bonds, dated July 1st, 1915, and the certain $ 50,000.00, Sanitary Sewer Bonds of Austin, Texas, dated July 1st, 1915, be and the same is hereby transferred from the Austin Bond Special account of the City of Austin, Texas, and placed in and credited to the Interest and Sinking fund of the City of Austin, Texas, to meet in part the interest on said above described bonds coming due January 1st 1916 The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. General specifications for Public works by Engineer AdoptedThe Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : That the general specifications for public work of the City of Austin, as presented by the City Engineer, M C Welborn, and revised by the City Council, be and the same are hereby adopted as revised. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. November 2nd 1915. San Grande St. PavedMayor Wooldridge, offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That the first street North and South in West Austin to be paved out of the present bond money of the City subject to appropriation for a permanent street paving shall be San Grande street from 6th to 19th streets. The resolution was rejected by the following vote: Yeas-Mayor Wooldridge (stricken), Councilmen Anthony (stricken), Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 --- Page break --- 357 Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : West Avenue That West Avenue from 5th to 19th streetsand 19th street from West Avenue to Rio Grande To be paved street, and Rio Grande street from 6th street to 28th street, be pave out of the paving funds arising from the sale of bonds. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Nay Mayor Wooldridge, 1 The Council then adjourned. R. Goodfellow Johnson City Clerk October 30th 1915. The following resolutions were passed by the City Council on this date, but were not furnished the Clerk until some time afterwards, and after the minutes were written up& approved, so they are here recorded, Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That, inasmuch as W L Eyres, Assistant Supt of the Water, Light and Power Dept of this Adolf Schutze City of Austin, Texas, has approved the application of Adolf Schutze to hand an electric sign sign under the awning at 809 Congress Avenue in this City in accordance with the plans and specifications as set out in the petition attached hereto and made a part hereof, the said permit as asked for in said petition , be and the same is hereby granted, and Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That this permit is revocable at any time in the pleasure otf 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. Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : Approp. Carpenters That the sum of $ 320.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General work at a Fire Contingent fund of the City of Austin, Texas, in payment in full of bill for that amount Hall due to Ben Spears for all carpentry work at the South Austin Fire Hall. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony , Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. October 28th 1915. Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: G. T. Anderson That a permit be and is hereby granted to G T Anderson to erect in rear of the premises Building at 106 West 5th street in this City a galvanized iron shop, said building to have iron permit supports ,iron roofing and iron walls. No part of the building is to be wood, save and except the frame work of one window and a door way in the south side of said shop room. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none.