HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 7/14/1934RECESSED REGULAR MEETING.
Lubbock, Texas, July 14, 1934.
The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, 'Texas, met at 9 A.M.
in Recessed Regular Seesion, Recessed from Regular Meeting of
July 12, 1934, at the Regular Meeting Place in the City Hall, the
following members thereof being present, to -wit:
Mayor Ross Edwards, Commissioners W.B. Price, J.C. Royalty, ;r.F.
Bacon, A.J. Richardson, City Attorney E.L. Klett, City Manager
W.H. Rodgers and City Secretary W.O. Stevens.
Absent: None.
CITY OF LUBBOCK RESOLUTION DECL4RING EMERGENCY,
URGING P.W.A. TO SPEED ACTION ON CITY•S APPLI-
CATION FOR LOAN AND GRANT TO BUILD NATURAL GAS
SYSTEM, AND DIRECTING MAYOR TO GO TO WASHINGTON
July 14, 1934.
On motion made by W.B. Price, seconded by J.C. Royalty, unanimously
passed by the City Commission, the City Commission of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, finding that the South Plains counties in general,
and Lubbock in particular, are confronted with a public emergency,
because of v-•rious conditions, requiring extraordinary action to
be taken for purpose of extending public aid, and realizing that
the local cost of living can be materially reduced by furnishing
natural ga-s gt one-half the present cost if a municipal system
is installed and operated, the City Commission officially requests
the Honorable Harold Ickes, Federal Emergency Public Works Admin-
istrator at Washington, to do everything possible to speed up action
on Lubbock•s application for loan and grant of $19300,000.00 to build
natural gas system, and hereby directs the Mayor of the City, towit,
the Honorable Ross Edwards, immediately to carry this message in
person to Washington and do all he can to assist Government
0
officials in their consideration of
Lubbockf s aforesaid
application.
"he City Commission guarantees the Administration at Washington
that in the event
the application is
allowed there will
be no
delay on the part
of the City as is
the case of other Citf'es, and
that construction
will be started and
pushed as soon as
funds
are available.
Ross
Edwards
Mayor
W.B.
Price
Commissioner
J.C.
Royalty
Commissioner
J.F.
Bacon _
Commissioner
A.J.
Richardson
Commissioner
No further business coming up for consider•ition, upon motion by
Mr. Bacon, seconded by Mr. Royalty, carried unanimously, the
City Commission adjourned.
Read and approved this day of�_ , 1934.
yor
AT TE
City Secretary*