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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 3/11/19261185 185 Lubbock, Texas. March 11,1926. The City Commission met in regular session with the following present: Mayor F.R. Friend, R. W. Blair, George C. :Nolffarth, J.O. Jones, W.S. Posey and A.B. Davis, City Manager. Minutes of the meeting of February llth and February 15th were read and apxroved with the exception of a motion of the meeting of February llth which followed. By motion made by Mr. Blair, seconded by Mr. Jones, Secretary was authorized Yto not pay Hawley and Roberts any further fees for engineering services for the city of Lubbock. Said motion past by unanimous vote. Secretary was instructed to have Mr. Klett prepare motion authorizing him to not pay Hawley and Roberts any further engineering fees without approval of the Oity Commission. The Mayor offered for consideration and passage by the City Commission Ordinance No. 334 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE, CLOSING AND V.LCATIN7 THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY AND THE E4.ST AND WEST ALLEY THROUGH BLOCK 109 ORIGINAL TOWN OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUi1TY,TEXAS AND DECLARIN3 ---'IN EMERIENCY. Moved by Commissioner Posey, seconded by Commissioner Blair, that the ordinance be read in full. Motion carried, and the ordinance was read in full by the City Secretary. Moved by Commissioner Blair, seconded by Commissioner Posey, that the ord- inance pass first reading; Yeas: Commissioners Blair, Wolffarth, Jones and Posey. Nays: None. Motion Carded: Moved by Commissioner Posey, seconded b.7 Commissioner Blair that the rules be suspended and the ordinance be placed on second reading by caption: Yeas: Commissioners Blair, Solffarth, Jones and 'Posey. Mays: None. Motion carried: Moved by Commissioner Blair, seconded by Commissioner Posey that the ordinance bpr placed on third and final reading by caption: Yeas: Commissioners Blair, Solffarth, Jones and losey. Nays: None. Motion Carried: Moved by Commissioner Posey, seconded by Commissioner Blair, that the ordinance sae finally passed: Yeas: Commissioners Blair, ',Nolffarth, Jones and Posey. Nays: None. Motion Carried: Mayor Friend then declared the ordinance finally adopted. The Ordinance follows: ORDINANCE NO;. 334 AN ORDINANCE. ULOSING AND VACATING THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY AND THE EAST AND BEST ALLEY THROUGH BLOCK 109 ORIGINAL TOWN OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS AND DECLARING dN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAIIE D BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THL CITY OP LUBBOCK, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That in the interest of the public welfare, saftey, aaa:d benefit the alley running North and South and the alley running East and ,Nest through Block 109 of the Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, ought to be closed and vacated. SECTION 2. That said alleys, towit, (1) the alley running north and south through Block 109 original town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, beginning where the east line of the Santa Fe property intersects East Main street, thence North to the south line of Tenth Street, and more fully described on the Map of said Town of Lubbock, and (2) the alley running East and lest through}Block 109 original town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, beginning at the Santa Fe Railway Last line, thence East to the west line of Avenue C. andmore fully described on the .Map of said town of Lubbock; be and the same are hereby aban- doned, vacated, and closed. SECTION 3. The fact that immediate action hereon will enable imzrovements beneficial to the public to be made and eliminate an unsafe and undesirable condition creates an emergency and imperative public necessity which requires that the rule providing for the reading of ordinances on three several days be suspended, and said rule is hereby suspended, and this Ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage. F.R. Friend Mayor J.R. Germany Secretary, Jed Rix and C.F. O'Neal were before the Commission wanting the City Com- mission to put in a Collector Main for sewer in Highland Heights Addition and take over the service lines when it would pay six per cent interest on the investment. F.O. Kelly was before the Commission wanting the City to endorse the 1927 Meeting of the Federation of Labor Union. By motion made by Mr. Posey, seconded by Mr. Jones it was moved by unanimous vote that Mayor Friend extend official invitation to the Federation of Labor Union to hold thetr-1927 Meeting in the City of Lubbock. It was moved by Mr. dolffarth, seconded by Mr. Jones that the City pay to the Fire Department One Hundred Dollars per month, beginning January 1,1926, Said Motion passed by unanimous vote. Upon motion made by Mr. Jones, seconded by 11r. Nolffarth, the following resolution was passed by unanimous vote: "THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Commissioners of Lubbock City, in regular session on this:llth day of March, A.D. 1926, that the creation of said Division be indorsed by this Commission, and the rvederal Government is hereby offered the free use of such part of the City Hall as may be necessary for holding the terms of the L'ederal Court until such time as the Tovernment erects a Federal building." Mr. Hollarnd was before the Commission with a list of Tax Comr.lai. nts and he was authorized to get information from the different complaints and teesent them at some future date: Upon motion made by I'E'Ir. resey, seconded by Mr. Wolffarth, the following Bills were allowed paid after they had been approved by the head of the Department receiving the material and then O.Ked by the City Manager: -- American La France Co $71.03, Avalance Pub. Co. 245.15 Axtell Uo. 1039.32 Elgin Street sweeper Co.7741.00� Floyd Beall Drug Co. C.D. Buchart Co. 81.00�. Carrington Tire Shop. 11.89' Cities Service Oil Co. 420.97,/ Civero Smith Lumber Co. Clowe & Cowan. 247001 25 Coles Cafe. 5.. 80 Elk cafe 6.15 Eureka Fire Hose Co. 1489.50,/ Fairbanks Morse & Co. 6095.79✓ Frye Rubber Co. 27.40,/ Fulton Radiator Co. 12.00� R.B. George Machinery uo. 99.37s Graybar Co. 614.61E Hawley & Roberts. 809.95 Panhandle uonst. uol 18,131.55 A.J. Hicks 1. 50- Joe Hilton Garage 30.16E Halsey Hall 15.00� 1.00 A.L. Helber Hornsby Mch. Co. 96.03" Howell Oil Co. 6.381, 36 Jackson Bros. 4 50� Johnson Drug '50 1280 Layne -Texas Co. .02' Lubbock Grain and Coal 15.95 Lubbock Iron works -$50.10� Lubbock Auto Co. 5,85� Lubbock Battery & Electric Co. 32.10V Lubbock Printing Co. 32.75/ Lubbock Sash & Door Co. 33.00�1 Labor Bulletin 19.20E Maverick -Clarke, 33.18� Maxwell Ins. Agey 48.58 Murry Co. 51.66( Murfee, J.R.& Son 102.07v Myrick Hardware Co. 62.50° Moore Bros. 33.70' 1.50 E North Side Grocery Roche Newton 23.85E Owens Electric Co. 51.25' Oakland Sales 53.44� Plains Journal 43.90/ Panhandle Const. Co. 53.45' Read & Bondurant 48.98, Royalty Motor Co •60'' Southwest General Elec. 1890.6sv Shepart-Smith Drug 3.75 Sylvan Sanders 152.50J 48.981/ South Elkins Ins, Agency Sherrod Bros. 3.50"' Stanfill, JIT. 449.11� Texas Co. 105.87 Thomas Grain Co 118,79 Telephone Co. 41` 8 7 Super Service Station Naples -Platter Western Windmill Co. West Disinfecting Co. Western Union Lubbock Insurance Co. Hemphill -moods Ballew-Burrus F.C. McSpadden .520.34-- 5.85 12 1. 79 28.25- 20.98 1449.39 110.60 110. 50 4, 60,E There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Read and approved day of , 1926. ATTEST: Mayor. Secretary.