Regular meeting of the City Council: Austin, Texas, Sept 17th 1917: 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 1st regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and adopted: Application of Mrs. Patterson for remission of Pound fee was presented, and a motion made Wm Patterson Pound fee to remit one-half of the amount, which motion prevailed by the following vote : Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Willie Carpenter Time sewer extension Application of Willie Carpenter for time in which to connect with sewer, was read and on motion time until January 1st 1918 was granted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: L Cohn Time sewer extension Application of L Cohn for time in which to connect with sewer was presented, and on motion time was extended until January 1st 1918, on three of the houses, and 3 months longer in which to connect the other three houses, by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Mr C Ferd Remission fine Application Mr X of F C Ferd for remission of fine in Corporation Court was presented read but no action taken on same: Councilman Powell offered the following resolution : Whereas, on the 21st day of Sept 1916, a contract was entered into between the City of Austin, Texas, a municipal corporation, acting by and through its Mayor, A P Wooldridge, as party of the first part, and Hugo Brueggermann, a resident of Travis County, Texas, as party of the 2nd part, for the construction of a concrete bridge across Waller creek at 15th street; and, Whereas, the said Hugo Brueggermann, has fulfilled his contract with the City of Austin, Texas, Therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That the said Hugo Brueggermanns bondsmen, The American Surety Company of New York, be and the same are hereby released and discharged from all further liability on said contract. Bond of Hugo Brueggermann released The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor: Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : J W Maxwell Attorney That the sum of $ 287.84, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the general contingent fund of the City of Austin, Texas, in compensation of Attorneys fees due J W Maxwell for colletting delinquent taxes on personal property in this City, as per attached list which is made the basis of this appropriation. The total amount collected is $ 1,153.38. the percentage of same at 25cents on the $1.00, the same being the contract price with the said J W Maxwell, is $ 287.84. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none, Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor --- Page break --- 56 The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin,Texas: That the Mayor of this City be and he is hereby authorized to enter Brotherhood Locomotive into a contract with Lodge 491Brotherhood of Locomotive,XXXXXX Firemen Rent room giving them the privilege of using the small room at the 19th ward Fire Hall for meetings once a month ,at the price of $ 1.60 per month. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor: Councilman Bartholomew offered the following resolution : Resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : Mr. Capps That the City of Austin here contr cts with T J Capps of the City of to fill Austin to fill two of the holes on the sand beach which were dug by the holes in Sand beach excavator of the Austin Sand & Gravel Co.to a level of three (3) feet above low water ,as marked by stakes and pipes upon the ground fixed by S S Posey, Engineer in the Water, Light and Power department of this City,and agreed to by the said T J Capps for the lump sum of onethousand and seventy seven ($ 1,077.00) dollars, which sum of $ 1,077.00) is to be paid to the said T J Capps upon completion of the work here authorized to be done.The amount of filling to be paid for by said lump sum of $ 1,077.00 ,is 8288 cubic yards. The material at no point is to be left below the level is to be fairly level. The particulars of the contract authorized by this resolution are set out in a communication to the Mayor of this City written by S S Posey , Engineer of the Water, Light and Power department ,and attached to this resolution as a basis for the same . The money to be paid upon the co mpletion of this contract is to be paid to the said T J Capps through Chester Thrasher,President of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company of this City. The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor: Oct 2nd 1917: Sewer connection Upon application the following named persons were granted time until Jan'y 1st 1918 ,in which to connect their premises with the sewer system of the City: Mrs. Mallia Washak P A Quick Alice Jones, Chas A Johnson, Josephine Driscoll, Mrs V Hamilton, Mrs H F Mclean L R Watson, Chas Clayton, Jim Wilson, St Annies,Temple, Mrs W Frithoff, Jno Welbers, Mrs Joe Amstead Ex Rosa Simpkins.