Austin's Armistice Parade & Fare Fight
Armistice Celebrations Planned:
City leadership prepared for a significant military and civic procession to celebrate the signing of the Armistice between Germany and the Allies.Downtown Streets Cleared:
To facilitate the afternoon parade, major downtown thoroughfares, including Congress Avenue and West Ninth Street, were ordered vacated of vehicles.Streetcar Fare Referendum:
The City Attorney advised that a public vote would be legally required before implementing a proposed increase in streetcar fares to five cents.
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88 Cemetery Purchase Fund as a refund to the said H. A. Wroe, the sume being the price paid for said lot by the said H. A. Wroe but surrendered to the City of Austin and not intended to be used by him for burial purposes. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Nov. 7, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned.
V.R. Maner City Clerk.
Congress - W. Haill. Street vacated Armistice celebration How SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Nov. 11, 1918.
The Council met with all members present. The Mayor laid before the Council the following resolution: Whereas, an armistice has this day been signed between Germany and the Allies and the United States of America, which event is being celebrated by a procession military and civic this afternoon on Congress avenue. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: That to expedite said parade, which will pass on Congress avenue this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Congress avenue from First street to Eleventh street and West Ninth street from Congress avenue to Guadalupe street are hereby ordered to be vacated of vehicles. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 5 yeas, no nays. APPROVED, Nov. 11, 1918: A. P. Wooldridge, Mayor. The Council then adjourned.
V.R. Maner City Clerk
City Attorney's opinion (re 5 ยข a fare ry re-quest SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Austin, Texas, Nov. 12, 1918.
The Council met with all members present. The City Attorney, J. Houldin Rector, and representatives of the Austin Street Railway Company were present. The City Attorney read his opinion, formulated since the hearing of Nov. 2 on the question of 5-cent street car fares, to the effect that a referendum election would be necessary before the proposed increase could be legally allowed. The applications of John E. Dittlinger, 211 East Third street, for public service car licenses on his Ford cars, Nos. 289181 and 131832, were laid before the Council and granted by a vote of 5 yeas. The Council then adjourned.
V.R. Maner City Clerk