Min 01/29/1934Wichita Falls,Texas
Memorial Auditorium
Building
January 29, 1934
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in
regular session on the above date with the following members present:
Psalter Nelson, Jr., Mayor
J. S. Bridwell, ]
Leon L. Deaton, X
J. N. Prothro, X Aldermen
George D. Fox, Z
Raymond M. Myers, X
V. R. Smitham, City Manager
W. E. McBroom, City Clerk
Thelbert Martin, City Attorney
The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
Moved by Alderman Bridwell that the following resolution
be adopted.
Motion seconded by Alderman Deaton and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas: Aldermen Bridwell, Deaton, Prothro, Fox, and Myers.
Nays: None.
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHIA1,, STRAIGHTENING, WIDENING, AND
DEDICATING A STREET, PUBLIC WAY, THOROUGHFARE, AND HIGHWAY BEGINNING
AT THE INTERSECTION OF FIFTEENTH STREET WITH SCOTT AVENUE IN THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS AND EXTENDING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE
CITY LIMITS OF SAID CITY TO BE USED AS A STREET AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR
STATE HIGHWAY NO. 5.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Wichita Falls,
the State of Texas and the government of the United States of America
to establish, straighten, widen, and construct a street, public way,
thoroughfare, and highway to be used as a right of way for State
Highway No. 5, beginning at the intersection of Fifteenth Street
with Scott Avenue in the City of Wichita Falls and running in a
easterly direction to the city limits of said city; and
WHEREAS, the said City of Wichita Falls has acquired the
title to the land necessary to the establishment, straightening,
widening, and construction of such street, public way, thoroughfare,
and highway.
NOW, THEREF CR E, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE B OAR D OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
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SECTION 1. That the said street, public way, thoroughfare,
and highway be and the same is hereby established, straightened, and
widened; the same to occupy and use the following described lands in
the City of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, to -wit:
"The property herein dedicated as a City Street is a part
of and out of Blocks 31 and 32, Barwise and Jalonic Addi-
tion; Block 1, McBrides Addition; Blocks A, B, 120 13, 14
15, 22, 21, 20, and 19, J. A. Kemp Addition; Blocks 10 and
11, Kemp & Newby Subdivision, in the City of Wichita Falls.
Said property being a strip of land one hundred (100)
feet in width, fifty (50) feet on each side of the center
line for three thousand seven hundred thirty+four and
seven tenths (3734.7) feet and a strip of land one hundred
twenty (120) feet in width, sixty (60) feet on each side
of the center line for eight hundred thirty one and six
tenths (831.6) feet of the location for State Highway No.
5 as surveyed by the Resident Engineer of the State High-
way Department of Texas, and the center line is more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the west line of Block 31,
Barwise and. Jalonic Addition, 22.0 feet south of the
northwest corner of Block 31, said beginning point being
survey Station 124 - 36.7, the right of way being 50.0
feet on each side of the center line;
Thence S. 400 18, E. 700.6 feet to a point in the north
line of Block A, J. A. Kemp Addition, said point being
268.2 feet west of the northeast corner of Block A;
Thence continuing S. 400 18' E. 508.7 feet to a point
in the west line of Block 12, J. A. Kemp Addition, said
point being 9.7 feet South of the northwest corner of
Block 12;
Thence continuing S 400 181 E. 288.0 feet to the begin-
ning of a 30 curve to the left whose central angle is 490
r;
Thence around said 30 curve to'the left 748.6 feet to a
point in the east line of Block 14, J. A. Kemp Addition;
said point being 0.3 feet north of the southeast corner of
Block 14;
Thence continuing around said curve 926.0 feet to the
end of curve, said point being 10.2 feet east of the
center of the west line of Block 20, J. A. Kemp Addition;
Thence N. 890 44* E. 399.8 feet along the center of the
alley through Block 20 to a point 1n the West line of Block
19 where the right of way changes from 50 feet each side
of the center line to 60 feet each side of the center line;
Thence continuing N. 890 44' E. 931.6 feet along the
center of the alley through Block 19, J. A. Kemp Addition
and through Block 10, Kemp & Newby Subdivision to a point
where the right of way changes from 60 feet each side of
the center line to 50 feet each side of center line;
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Thence N. 89 44* E. 263.0 feet to a point in the
center of Holliday Creek, said point being survey
Station 171 f 03 and is the East City Limits line of
the City of Wichita Falls.
SECTION 2. That said street and highway is hereby dedi-
oated to the use of the public and as a right of way for said State
Highway No. 5.
PASSED AND Approved this 29th day of January, A. D. 1934.
Moved by Alderman Bridwell that the City Attorney be in-
structed to give ten days final notice before filing suit to a list
of twenty four property owners who have been contacted by the City
Tax Collector and failed to respond to any proposition of payment
of their personal property taxes.
Motion seconded by Alderman Deaton and carried.
Moved by Alderman Deaton that the meeting be recessed.
Motion seconded by Alderman Bridwell and carried.
The Board of Aldermen then recessed.
READ AND APPROVED this the 5th da of February 1=4.
Mayer