72 Reports: Assessor Collector Marshal Health Officer Sanitary Insp. Susie Jones Time for sewer connection Sewer mains Can-tonment grounds Water for Can- tonment .Regular meeting of the City Council : Austin, Texas, November 8th 1917: The Council was called to order by the Mayor: Roll called : Present Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell Absent none. The minutes of the last regular and subsequent recessed meetings were read and adopted: Reports of City Officers: The Mayor laid before the Council the reports of the City Assessor & Collectr the Marshal, the City health Officer and the Sanitary Inspector ,which were read and filed: The Mayor laid before the Council a communication from Susie Jones,asking extension of time in which to make sewer connection. On motion time until January 1st 1918 was granted by the following vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none: Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution : Whereas, the presence of a military cantonment for any branch of the United States service in or near the City of Austin, Texas, would be highly beneficial to the City of Austin and the citizens thereof. Now therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That the City of Austin, Acting through its City Council,hereby agrees to Textend and maintain adequate water mains to said cantonment groundsand agrees to furnish an adequate supply of wholesome water to said cantonment at the rate and charge of seven and one half ( 7½ ( cents per one thousand gallons (1000) of water supplied ,and the City of, agrees by this resolution to furnish as much as one million (1,000,000) gallons of water per day of good and wholesome water to said cantonment ,and more should there be call for more,at the rate hereinabove specified. 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: Whereas, in the judgement of the City Council the establishment and mainte -nance of a military cantonment in or near the City of Austin, Texas, would be highly beneficial in a business,as well as social,way to the City of,Austin and the citizens thereof; and Whereas, the City Council, acting in behalf of the Citizens of Austin,deems it to be its duty to promote in every way within its power the establishment and maintenance of a cantonment for any branch of the military service of th United States in or near the City of Austin. Texas, by the furnishing of al the municipal facilities to such cantonment at the lowest possible prices. Now therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas: That in the event of the establishment and maintenance of a military cantonment of any character or description by the United States in or near the --- Page break --- MiliTary can- Tonment rates for Light .City of Austin, the said City of Austin, acting through its City Council, does hereby agree to make the following charges for water,light and power consumed at such cantonment; For Water 7½ cents per 1,000 gallons ; " Light 7 cents per kilowatt: " Power ,7 cents per kilowatt for the first 500 kilowatts; 5cents per kilowatt from 501 to 1,000kilowatts; 4cents per kilowatt from 1001 to 5000 kilowatts; and 3cents per kilowatt for all over 5000 kilowatts. The resolution was adopted by thefollowing vote: Yeas Mayor Wooldridge, Councilmen Anthony, Bartholomew, Haynes & Powell 5 Nays none. Approved, A P Wooldridge, Mayor. Mayor Wooldridge offered the following resolution: Whereas, in the judgement of the City Council the presence of a military cantonment for any branch of the Unites States service in or near the City of Austin, Texas, would be a highly beneficial thing to the City of Austin,TXXXX and the citizens thereof. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Austin, Texas : That in the event of the establishment of a military cantonment in or near the City of Austin, Texas, the City of Austin, acting through its City Council,agrees with the United States government to build and maintain at the cost of the City of Austin ,adequate electric light and power lines from the power station of the City of Austin, Texas, to said militar cantonment grounds,and to furnish over said lines light and powerr at the rates of seven (7) cents per kilowatt for light and power at seven (7) cents per kilowatt for the first 500 kilowatts ;five (5) cents per kilowatt from 501 to 1000 kilowatts; & four (4) cents per kilowatt from 1001 to 5000 kilowatts; and three (3) cents per kilowatt for all over 5000 kilowatts. 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 : That should a military cantonment for any branch of the United States government be established in or near the City of Austin, the City of Austin, acting through its City Council ,in consideration of the large commercial and social advantages to accrue from the establishment and maintenance of such cantonment near the City, hereby agrees to extend the sanitary sewer mains of the City of Austin to said cantonment grounds and to furnish to the United States government during the continuance of sais cantonment in or near the City of Austin, Texas, adequate sanitary sewer service free of charge to the United States government. 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. Gus F. Johnson City Clerk 73