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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 1/5/1949RECESSED REGULAR MEETING. Lubbock, Texas January 5, 1949. The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 2- F.M. in recessed regular session, recessed from Regular Meeting of Dec. 23, 1948, at the regular meeting place in the Uity Hall, the following members thereof being present, to -wit: Mayor W H Rodgers, Commissioners W.B. 'rice and E K Hufstedler, Jr., City P ttorney Vaughn E . Wilson, C ity I'k-3nager M R Smith, Jr. , City Secr-tart' Lavenia Williams. Absent: Commissioner Clarence K. Whiteside and Commissioner John Spikes. This meeting was called for the purpose of discussion with officials of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company the proposed location of Highway on 19th Street, from Texas Avenue East, the following persons being present in the meeting: Col. John Wheeler, Engineer, Fort Worth & D.C. Railway Company Wright Armstrong, Vice President, Fort Worth & D.C. Railway Company Guy C. Victory, general Agent, Fort Worth & D.C. Railway Company R.E. Stroup, Agent, Fort Aorth & D.C. Railway Company Messrs. Clifford Jones and Arch Underwood, Directors, Fort Worth & D.C. Railway Company S.C. McCarty, District Highway zngineer A.B. Davis, "tanager Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. After considerable discussion of the proposed locatian of Highway across the Fort Worth & Denver 1,ity Railway Company property located between Avenue--."F"!-and Avenue "G", at or near an extension of 19th Street, East from Texas Avenue, and the effect that any of these proposed locations would have upon the operation of the Fort 'worth & Denver pity Railway Company passenger and freight depot in its present location, and also the interference to traffic,if grade crossings were constructed, by the operation of the trains across this location, which at the present time average about thirty three (33) crossings per day, it was the opinion of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company officials present that the construction of the highway in either of the proposed locations would necessitate the moving of their passenger and freight depot. After furthw discussion, Mr. McCarty, District Highway Lngineer, was requested to make a new location of the routing of the highway which would angle from 19th St. and Texas Avenue Northeast to 18th Street, to the North of the Fort worth and Denver City Railway Company depot, and then angle south- east to intersection of the present proposed location, and submit these proposed re -routings to the State Highway Department and Bureau of Public Roads for their consideration. There was discussion of the pipe awarded to the City of Lur bock by the War Assets Administration from Camp Wallace at Hitchcock, Texas, consisting of approximately 5100 Feet of lb" Cast Iron pipe, 3000 Eeet of 1211 n if n 54W Feet of 81, 1t rr rr Since the cost of this pipe, including the salvaeing, freight and cleaning of the pipe, was so near the cost of new pipe, motion was made by ljommissi-:ner Hufstedler, sec nded by Commissioner Trice, carried unanimously, that the offer of this award be rejected. There was discussion of location of the proposed deep water well test on which bid was awarded to Layne -Texas Uompany, and motion was made by Commissioner Trice, seconded by Commissioner Hufstedler, carried unanimously, that the well be located along the south side of the City owned eighty (80) Acre Tract (approximately 4 1/2 miles Northwest of Lubbock) approximately half way between City Water Well No. 18 and Cit-T Water Well No. 20. (Being a part of Moti-)n was made by Commissi ner Hufstedler, seconded by lommissioner Price, Sec. 1,Block B, carried unanimously, that easement for right-of-way deed covering; Farm to T.T.R.R.Co.,and Market Koad No. 835, between U.S. Highway 84 approximately two (2) Miles more fully des- Southeast of Lubbock, thence East 4.3 miles and South 4.0 miles to U.S. cribed by field highway 84, be approved, and the Mayor authorized to execute same. Also, notes in the that Mayor nodg-ers be authorized to execute agreement between Texas State Easement) highway Department and the City of Lubbock to take caliche for Highway purposes therein stated, from the following tract of land situated in Lubbock County, Texas, described as follows: Being a tract of land from the South side of Section 1, Block B, T.T.R.R. Survey, described as follows: Beginning; at a point 50 feet North of the center line of F.M. Highway 935 at its Station 51 / 00, said point being 1012 - - feet west of the east line of said Section 1; Thence North 400 feet; Thence South 89' 351 East 600 Feet; Thence South 400 feet; Thence North 890 35' W. along the north R.O.W. line of said F.M. Highway a distance of 000 feet to the place of beginning. Caliche material to be used for building road on State Highway No. 835 (Farm to "'arket road) extending from U.S. 84 approximately 2 miles Southeast of Lubbock to 4.3 miles East and 4.0 miles South to U.S. 84. No further business coming up for consideration, the Uity Commission recesse to meet January 6, 1949, at 4 P.M. Read and approved this the 13 day of danunry , 1949. C AT STt r T City ret ary .