Regular meeting of the City Council: Austin, Texas, August 03, 1916: The Council was called to o der by the Mayor: Roll called: Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew. Hyayne & Powell 5 Absent none: The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and adopted: Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Whereas, after a careful investigationof the facts made upon the ground, wherein the City Council had the assistance of the State Fire Marshal , S W English, and his expert Engineer, T F Baker; and . Whereas, after a full hearing of all matters involvedand a careful consideration of the facts of the situation, the City Council has come to the conclusion that the existence of a large oil tank of about 24000 gallons capacity ,of about one-half gasoline and onehalf Kerosine oilupon lots Nos 5,6,7&8Block 187, City of Austin, Texas, located but Sixty feet due north from the Power house of the water, light and power plant of this City , constitutes in the possible consequences that might followfrom an explosion or fire of the contents of said tank s,an extraorordinary hazzard to the City power house and a grave menace to the whole City of Austin , Now, therefore, Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the Dixie Oil Company ,the present owners and users of said gasoline and Kerosine Oil tanks ,be instructed to remove the contents of said tanks with the least possible delay and not to refill or use said tanks for gasoline or kerosine on said above described premises at any time in the future without the express consent of the City Council thereto, and with the view of making the hardship of removing the contents of said oil tanks to the Dixie Oil Company as small as may be consistent with safety and welfare of the public, they shall,after strictly complying with certain required by the State Fire Marshalin the way of providing better facilities for venting said tanks and handling the contents when drawing the same ,be granted a period of seven days from and after this date to draw off and entirely remove the gasoline from said tank on the premises herein above described and that they be granted thirty days within which to remove the kerosine oil from the kerosine oil tank situated on the said above described premises. 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 Haynes offered the following resolution : Whereas, the Dixie Oil and Gasoline tank.IXIXH located in front of and in close proximity -imity to the Water, Light and Power Plant of the City ,has been condemned as a public menace and a source of great danger to the City plant and should be immediately removed, And Whereas, deeming it a matter of justice to the owners and the Manager of the Dixie Oil Company the Council has given them thirty days in which to remove all oil and gasoline from said plant . Therefore, in justice to the interest.ooAll Concerned ,especially the patrons of th the great Water, Light and Power plant of the City and as a matter of extra precaution, the Supt of the Water , Light and Power department ,is hereby authorized and instructed to place a special Watchman or.Guard at said Dixie oil plant ,until the operation of same as a distributing point for oil and gasoline has been abandonedin accordance with the resolution of the Council: . Dixie Oil Co Ordered to remove tank --- Page break --- 578 .The resolution was lost by the following vote: Yeas Councilmen Bartholomew & Haynes 2 Nays Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony & Powell 3 On motion of Councilman Anthony, leave of absence for 5 days was granted to City Marshal W J Morris ,by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: On motion of Mayor Wooldridge, Mrs Harris Travelers Aid, was granted leave of Mrs. Laura Harris Leave of absence absence for 20 days ,beginning the 10th inst,by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City council of the City of Austin, Texas : Fine Juan Salazar. That the fine and costs ,amounting to $ 10.80,in cause No 10799,State of Texas vs Juan Salozar for intoxication in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, 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, Mayor. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : Drain Pipes Bridge E 18th That the sum of four hundred ( $400.00) dollars,be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Permanent Street Improvement Fund to pay for laying the necessary drain pipes and completing the grade and fill over the bridge on East 18th street across Waller Creek. 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 : Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That the sum of two thousand ( $ 2,000.00) dollars, be and the same is hereby Drain at 3rd St. & Comal. appropriated out of the Permanent Street fund for the construction, at 3rd steet and East Avenue ,of a combined retaining wall and terminal wall for the drain proposed to be constructed to drain the low area in the vicinity of East 3rd and Comal street . 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 : Transfer funds. Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of five hundred ( $ 500.00) dollars, be and the same is hereby ordered transferred from the appropriation for constructing permanent crossings along Waller creek made in the budget of the Sanitary Sewer Earnings fund and re-appropriated for the purpose of constructing the necessary protection wall --- Page break --- Protection 10000 Waller Crk 3rd st Fine. J N Canion Fine W A Kitchens Fine P D Davis --- Page break --- 580 Fine Remitted T. Lyons Councilman Anthony offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That for good and sufficient causes unto the City Council moving,the balance of the fine and costs ,amounting to $ 8.30, in cause No 10824,Sate of Texas vs Tom Lyons,in the Corporation Court of the City of Austin, Texas, for intoxication 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. August 4th 1916: Tarviating Streets. Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That the sum of $ 500.00, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the General Contingent fund of the City of Austin, Texas, to pay for tarviating Parks way in Endfield addition to the City of Austin,Texas, from the,place where Parkway goes from Endfield road in said addition to the entrance of Pease Park. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony ,Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Miss Hallie McKellar Leave absence Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That leave of absence be and is hereby granted Miss Hallie McKellar, Secretary to the Mayor, for the afternoons of the week beginning August 7th,1916, and for the afternoons of the week beginning August 14th ,1916,and in addition thereof absence for full days of thursday, Friday an d Saturday ,August 10th.11th & 12th, 1916. The resolution was GM adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Bartholomew & Haynes 3 Absent Councilmen Anthony & Powell 2 Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. CounREh&nanTFone&rdefggtheh&h&mp&tewing esseluekmin MMTXEXNMMXXIIXMXNEXMXTXM Paving 11th St. Ord. Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Resolution ordering the improvement of a certain part of East 11th street,in the City of Austin,and approving specifications,proposal,contract and bond theres The resolution was read the 1st time and laid over. The Council then adjourned. J. W. Johnson City Clerk