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REGULAR iQEETI NG LA PORT; CITY COUNCIL ~ ~ ~ ~~ IfARC H NINE .~ r ~ 931 T.~eeting was called to order by the Mayor A N T~eKa y. All reembers of the counoil. were present except Ald. Wall. ?minute s of the previous meeting was read and approved. ~ The followin bills were ordered paid. Crorthin ton ~o. Ina. 1 C 0 VPilliams ~ ,70 Huweiler g ,~ ~ I3, 50 . , , 1 Lbr. Co.,~12,30., Magnolia Filling. Sta.,~s6,26.,VJ L l~aKenzie. 13;60.", La Porte Hdw. Co., X14,10., 1~orkman and Arthur., 'vr16,°0., ~ R Vickers etc. ~:18,50., VJ V Sullivan., wf3,50. cdr. R C Barbee representing B F Goodrich Rubber Co. was pre- sent and offered the City 500 ft. Brown King 2~" fire hose I' 0 B Iiouston at x;1,25 per foot. This being a shipment of hose left on his hands he offered to give us a discount of ~75.fl0 to be applied on the first payments at the following rate. d,~150,00 sash upon reciept of hose.,~200,00 one year from date of invoice and X200.,00 ttivo years from date of inv. Six percent Int. on defered payments. Alderman Sharp offered a motion seconded by Ald. Sandel tha~~t we purchace the hose Carried. Communications i ~ '~ A letter from ~i F Sherfesee was read complaining about tras ~ . ~' being dumped in the diteheri and on property in the Bay Front °--~` Addition. After some discussion the council instructed the City Secretary to see that signs tivere placed at stragetia places in this territory farbiding the damning of garbage t~,nd to imrestigate the use of awash on the F'ig farm dust iio. of the Vest depot and if it was Practical, tend permission could be had to use it as a pu'olic dumping 'ground to so notify the puUlie. A petition .from thirteen property owners in the Bayfront Ad. :ass presented, asking that a bridge at Brownell and ~' strs. ~rhich had b een burned be replaced and that . durr~ning of trash in• tht~t vecinity be stopred. Alderman Ruff offered a motion seconded by Ald. Tolle that th Street and Alley eo:~:mittee irvestigat the bridge erith power to act. ~ Carried. . A13erman Ruff offered a motion seconc~e~. by Ald. ;sandal t~-.at the 8ec'y. write to R FI Diller advising him that the pontoon in the street ditch in front cf his property oor. 2nd. wnd .k~ C s'creets was o~~structing the drai~ie,ge and unless he hs,d it removed caithin five c'_e,ys the city ~vould reriove it. ~_ Carried. ter. Ii ;:,~ Harrison ~~as present and sake?. ths,t arrangements be made to provide a stan~~~ard fire plug .in the vecinity of r~ ~~ I3oltr:es and i~iain 8t. for the protection of prcpexty in the,t rieigh~~orhood. A1:~.erm~.Y, Fluff offers,: a ~rnotion seconded by A1:~. :~~,n el that the ~~ee'y. ~.scertain the a~nouY~t of rronPy s,v~:.il- sble in the IGter Entensio~: rand e,ryd the co;~t of c",ripe 5usiciert to extend the 6f° li.:e ~~o Tioliiie3 st t~~ p ,~.}~1~: u to i~istwl ~. s~t::.n ~.:.? fire ;;~lu~ ~.s re;,1uFs'u~:::~y .-r. "._ rri~cr. ;.~