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Min 04/15/1940 34 `�. Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building April 15, 1940 The Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls met in regular session on the above date at 8:00 o'clock P. M. in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium rith the following members present: W. E. Fitzgerald, Mayor W. Ralph Hyer ) H. J. Naylor ) Aldermen Frank Wolf ) J. Bryan Miller, City Manager J. H. Crouch, City Clerk T. A. Hicks, City Attorney The minutes of the meeting of April 8th were read. Moved by Alderman Naylor that the minutes of the meeting of April 8th be approved as read. Motion seconded by Alderman Hyer and carried. Moved by Alderman Naylor that the Board accept the bid of Austin Con- struction Company, subject to the approval of Works Projects Administration, in the sum of $25,334.64 as the lowest and best bid on the proposed paving of twenty- seven blocks under recently approved WPA project. Motion seconded by Alderman Wolf and carried. Moved by Alderman Wolf that the Board approve the refund of $732.81 on -- water main contract to R. E. Huff estate and Wichita Realty Company, the same being chargable to the original water main contract b Huff, Mytinger & 'balker. Motion seconded by Alderman Hyer and carried. ORDINANCE NO. 1301 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE TO THE FORT WORTH & DENVER CITY RAILWAY COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS, LESSEES AND ASSIGNS TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A SWITCHBACK TRACK CROSSING INDIANA STREET, WICHITA STREET AND ALLEY WAY RUNNING EAST AND WEST THROUGH BLOCK SEVENTY-SIX, ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF WICHITA FALLS, AND BEI1G MORE PARTICULARLY SHOVN ON BLUE PRI^.'T ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED "EXHIBIT A" SHOUTING SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY TRACK, FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Moved by Alderman Wolf that Ordinance No. 1301 be passed on its second reading. Motion seconded by Alderman Naylor and carried with the following vote: Yeas: Aldermen Hyer, Naylor and Wolf. Nays: None. Moved by Alderman Naylor that the Board reconsider their previous action on application for public dance license filed by Yrs. Billie Davis Hester and grant a dance license to Mrs. Billie Davis Hester, dba the Silver Inn and located at 117 Henrietta Street, being a continuation of 17th Street between the lUichita Valley Railroad tracks and Scott Avenue highway. Motion seconded by Alderman Hyer and carried. Citizens living in the 800 block on Tulsa Street filed a request for improvement of the street in their block. This request was referred to the City Manager for attention. Moved by Alderman Wolf that the Board graht-the °request of the local chapter of De Molay to operate the City government, under the direction of the City Manager and various department heads, on Friday, May 17th. Motion seconded by Alderman Hyer and carried. Moved by Alderman Naylor that the Board approve the building permit for the erection of a one story hollow tile apartment building 14ft x 42 ft. on the rear of the lot at 705 Austin Street, the walls of said building to be not less than four inch tile with cement or plaster on both sides. Motion seconded by Alderman Hyer and carried. Moved by Alderman. Wolf that the Board authorize including of six lights in the plans and specifications to be used for the conbtruction of a proposed underpass on Lincoln Street. Motion seconded by Alderman Naylor and carried. Moved b-; Alderman Wolf that the Board approve the request of Oscar Luns- ford, Plumber, to be allowed installation of plumbing in the apartment building on Kemp Boulevard using standard fittings. Motion seconded by Alderman Naylor and carried. Moved by Alderman Wolf that the use of the Auditorium be granted to the Dallas Boosters without charge on April 25th. Motion seconded by Alderman Naylor and carried. Moved by Alderman Wolf that chauffeurs license be granted to Clayton Woodward. Motion seconded by Alderman Naylor and carried. i 349 Moved by Alderman Wolf that the Board authorize and order payment of $1,039.32 to Wichita General Hospital upon payment of a like sum by Wichita County for hospital expenses for month of March. Motion seconded by Alderman Hyer and carried. Mayor Fitzgerald appointed Alderman Hyer as a member of the Council committee forming a joint committee with the County to review the needs of the several Goverment offices sponsored by the County and the City and bring recommend- ations for their support to the Council. Moved by Alderman Wolf that the Board authorize payment of $15.00 annual membership in the West Texas Golf Association for the Municipal Golf Club. Motion seconded by Alderman Naylor and carried. Moved by Alderman Naylor that the Board of Aldermen adjourn. Motion seconded by Alderman Wolf and carried. The Board of Aldermen then adjourned. PASSED A^?D APPROVED this the 22nd day of April, A. D. 1940. Mayor ATTEST: �. ef City Clerk �i �� �,.! c 3 � i,