372 . Regular meeting of the City Council : Austin, Texas: November 25, 1915: The Council was called to order by the Mayor : Roll called : Present Mayor Wooldridge,Councilman Haynes 2 Absent Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew & Powell 3 This being a legal Holliday ( Thanksgiving ) ,the Council recessed until tomorrow. November 26th 1915. Bids for paving E 1st & Red River Streets The Council was called to order by the Mayor, with all members present: The minutes of the regular meeting of November 18th 1915, and subsequent recessed meetings were read and adopted : Councilman Powell presented bids for paving East 1 st & Red River street from the following named persons and firms, vis : Texas Bithulithic Co.,Roach Mannigan Paving Co, Standard Paving Co ,Uvalde Rock Asphalt CO,J O Polhemus & the Texas Granitoid Co, which bids were opened and read ; and taken under advisement . Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas : Transferred from Hook & Ladder Maint to Misc fund That the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation for " Hook and Ladder Maintenance"in the budget of the Fire Dept of the City of Austin for the year 1915,to" Miscela-neous fund " of said budget. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : Center line Rio Grande Str. established That the following center line from which to locate the curbs,the Street Railway and other improvements incidental them to the paving Rio Grande Street be, and the same is hereby established ;Beginning at a point on the north line of West 6th street ,a distance of 34.78feet west from the West wall of the brick building now located at the northeast intersection of Rio Grande and West 6th streets and running northward on a straight line to the monument now in place at the intersection of the center lines of West 19th and Rio Grande streets. and Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin. That forty feet be ,and the same is hereby established as the width between curbs of Rio Grande street between 6th and 19th streets. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none Drivers Licenses The following applications for license for Drivers of Automobiles were read and licenses granted: H S Littlepage ,Austin, Route 1,M A Grego ,115 West 9th street. Ayes Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew ,Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none --- Page break --- 373 .Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution: Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That a permit be and is hereby granted to the Bohn-Shelby Co. to hang cloth signs over or across the sidewalk in front of their place of businessat 221- 223 East 6th street in this City, advertising Christmas Sales, from and after this date and up to January 1st 1916, said cloth signs to be securely fastened to the awnings and to be at least 8 feet above the sidewalk. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution: Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution: Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That the fine and costs in the case of State of Texas vs James Geraud, in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, No 10038, which fine and costs a, ount to $ 19.80, be and the same are hereby remitted. The remittance of the fine and costs in this caseis made by the City Council upon the recommendation of the Assistant Attorney, Mr H B Barnhart, and of the City Marshal, Mr W J Morris, who are using the testimony of the defendant in this cause for prosecution in a more important case. 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 for sufficient causes unto the City Council moving, the fine and costs imposed against C L Schaeffer in cause No 10080, State of Texas vs C L Schaeffer, in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, for unlawfully riding a train, which fine and costs amount to $ 19.80, 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. Councilman Anthony offered the followin: resolution: Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That for good and sufficient causes unto the City Council moving, the fine and costs imposed against Henry Vernon Waters in cause No 10078, State of Texas vs Henry Vernon Waters in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, for sleeping in a public place, which fine and costs amount to $ 24.80, 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. Bohn-Shelby Co. Sign Jas Geraud Fine remitted C L Schaeffer Fine remitted H V Waters Fine remitted --- Page break --- 374 appropriation Sewer work Bonds destroyed X November 19th 1915. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 211.05, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Sanitary Sewer Bond fund for the purpose of making the following extensions: 75' Extension of the 8 inch line on Bowie street between 5th & 6th streets at a cost of $ 38.25 340 ' extension of the 6 inch line on Johana street from Nickerson to Brackenridge streets at a cost of 150.00 60 ' extension of the 6inch line on Rio Grande street running south from 28th street at a cost of 22.80 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 Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Whereas, The City of Austin at several times on sundry dates during the last six months has redeemed Austin Refunding bonds Nos59,60,61,62, 63, 64,65 & 66, each of the denomination of $ 500.00,of date July 1,1901, and due July 1st 1931, 1931,the total amount being $ 4,000.00. Now,therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : in That the statement of the destruction of these bonds by burning.XX the furnance at the City Hall of the City of Austin, Texas, on the 29th day of November ,A D 1915, subscribed by the Mayor and each member of the City Council be declared to be a true and correct statement of facts,and Be it further resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin : That this resolution and the statement accompanying same be spread upon the minutes 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. Austin, Texas, November 29th 1915 The undersigned Mayor and respective Councilmen of the City of Austin, Texas, do here declare that we didon this day in the presence of one anotherdestry by burning in the furnance at the City Hall of the City of Austin, Texas, the following numbered Refunding bonds of the City of Austin,each being of the denomination of Five hundred dollars )($ 500.00),and each dated July 1st 1901, and due July 31st 1931; numbers 59,60,61,62,63, 64, 65 & 66. A P Wooldridge, Mayor. T L Haynes, Councilman. F C Bartholomew, Councilman P W Powell, Councilman. W P Anthony, Councilman . --- Page break --- 375 Transferred back Budget Councillor Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of twenty ($20.00) dollars be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation for rent of dog Pound in the budget of the Police Dept for the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1915, to the appropriation for Auto Wagon maintenance in said budget. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of one hundred and ninety ($190.00) dollars be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation for Foot Patrolmen in the budget of the Police Dept of the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1915, to the appropriation for Mounted Police -men in said budget. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1 Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of one hundred and four dollars and forty five cents ($ 104.45), be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation for Foot Patrolmen in the budget of the Police Dept of the City of Austin, for the year 1915, to the appropriation for Feeding Prisoners in said budget. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1 Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of one hundred ($ 100.00) dollars, be and the same is hereby transferred from the appropriation for Foot Patrolmen in the budget of the Police Dept of the City of Austin, Texas, for the year 1915, to Miscellaneous appropriation in said budget . The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1 Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Approved by minutes Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That seven hundred and thirty eight and sixty four one hundredth ($ 738.64) dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of the Permanent Street Improvement fund to pay for steel I beams to be used in the construction of bridges. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1 Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. --- Page break --- 370 •Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas: That two hundred and thirty and forty one hundredth($ 230.40)dollarsbe, and the s same is hereby appropriated out of the General Street fund to pay for steel I beams used on bridges at 23rd street and Waller creekand at 35th street and MMIN Waller Creek. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1 Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas : That for good reasons unto said Council shown , the balance of the fine, amountig to $ 10.80,of the fine and costs of $ 19.80,imposed against Oakley McMichelin cause No 10064,in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, for unlawfully riding a train,be and the same is hereby remitted. The resolution was adopted by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 4 Absent Councilman Anthony 1 Approved, A P Wooldridge,Mayor. The Council then adjourned. Geo. J. Johnson City Clerk One Michelin Fine remitted