Min 01/12/1925dichit a tall s, Texas,
basement i,iorgan .building,
January 12th, 1925.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of ;,'ichit.a falls, met
in regular session on the above date with the following present: -
Frank Collier, ,L, ayor,
h. E. Shepherd, X
i4. id. Ulifford, r
J. H. Patton,
J. T. Young,
W. E. lAcBroom, City Clerk,
* E. George, City attorney.
Moved by Alderman Clifford that H. C. Cato he per-
mitted to place a temporary building to be used as a tool house on the
street in front of 806-• ravis, for a period of 6 weeks.
l,ioti on seconded by Alderman Young and carried.
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iioved by Alderman Clifford that J. B. :Darren, be permitted
to install and operate a gasoline pimp on his property at 113- ldorth
Burnett Street.
,1oti on seconded bzv alderman Young and carried.
", oved by alderman Clifford that the I.iayor be authorized
to sign a contract with the `: ichita l�'alls Electric Co., covering the
installation of eleven Crouse Binds Traffic signals.
i:otion seconded by Alderman Young and carried.
Loved by Alderman Clifford that the following bills
from the 4ichita Falls Electric Company, covering electricity and
maintenance, labor furnished during the month of December, 1924,
be allowed.
4'hiteway------------------ �706.40
Street LightB------------- 407.00
i._aintenance---------------- 30.59
Total Iy1,143.99
..lotion seconded by Alderman Patton and carried.
ORDIMI CE Ir0. 559
ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSIENT 11'OR A PART OF THE COST OF
IMPROVING a PORTION OF BRITAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF dICHITA FALLS
TEXAS, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST ABU"TTING PROPERTY AND THE
0".iNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGEABLE C '-'TIFICAT S•
i1oved by alderman Clifford that Urdinan'ce 559 be passed
on its t:x second reading. .
i,otion seconded by Alderman Young and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas: Alderman Shepherd, Clifford, Patton, Young.
Jayes: .done .
ORDIN ONCE 110. 557
ORDIII-IISCE LEVYING ASSESS1:1ENT 111Clt PART OF THE COST ,,,.vkk
OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF AUSTIN STREET IN THE CITY OF 4JICHITA PALLS, AW
TEXAS, VIXING A CH ARGE :IUD LIEN AGAINST ABUT`.i'ING PROPERTY 1111D THE OVI- -4400
ERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR `1HE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSi-:ENTS, -ND ?OR
THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CER`1'IFICATES, AND DECLARING 21 EidlERGENCY.
:.loved by Alderman Young that Ordinance 557 be passed
on its second reading.
Motion seconded by �-ilderman Patton and carried by
the following vote: -
Yeas:
ibayes:
Alderman Zatton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd.
bone.
ORDINANCE NO. 558
ORDINANCE LEVYING ASSESSI.,l NT ,FOR PART CF '_H E COST OF
ILIP ;OVINE A PORTION OF MILL STREET IN THE CITY OF WICHITA PALLS, TEXAS,
FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST _,BUTTING .PROPERTY AI1D THE C=,JIIERS THE _-i�;OF,
Y iOVIDING I+'M THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMEI1TS, AND FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF ASSIGI'1ABLE CE ;TI_,'ICATES, ._I1D DECL ARII1G id-i �,I,I1,RGEIICY.
moved by Alderman Young that Ordinance 558 be passed
on its second reading.
onion seconded by ilde rLian Clifford and carried by
the following vote:-
:leas: Alderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd.
Idaye s : Id one .
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.Lloved by Alder. -.-Ian --- atton that the eater Department
be authorized to buy 5 car loads of 6" water pipe to be used for re-
laying Plains under streets to be paved.
I..otion seconded by dder:_1an young amid carried.
_loved by Alderman Clifford that the .ater .Jepartrnent
be authorized to Puke necessary repairs to their trenching machine at
an approximate cost of �,p750.00.
,.-oti on seconded by ��lderman 2atton and carried.
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Bids for paving a portion of aarrison Street, and
.speedway Avenue were opened and considered.
.roved by aldersan Patton that the following resolut-
ion be adopted.
,Notion seconded by Alderman Young acid carried by the
following vote :-
Yeas: Alderman Patton, Young, Uliffo rd, Shepherd.
.:; �.ye s : r, one .
H B S U L U T I 0 N
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID O R lI>TPI OVEI : NT OF A PO DTI CIN
OF HARRISON STREET �iiM DI _t�C`l' II1G EXECUTI OTT C F COLT T'3ACT.
bill IT RESOLVED by 'SHE CITY OF -CHITA .FALLS, 'TEXAS,
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d "REAS, the City of oidhita zalls, has heretofore
ordered that Harrison Street in said City be improved from its intersec-
tion withL.the South Property !pine of avenue ' "' to its intersection frith
the South Property i.ine of Speedway Street, by raising, grading, filling,
installing concrete curbs and gutters and paving, with necessary appurte-
nances, and thereafter plans and speciyications were duly adopted and
approved for such improvements, bids were advertised for and received, and
on the 12th day of :January, 1925, such bids were opened, and
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1HE1ZE,AS, the bids received have been fully canvassed and
considered and the City Council after fully considering same is of the
opinion that the bid of-�laiiis Paving Company is the most advantageous
acid should be accepted;
NOW, THMEEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OE 'VVICHITA
FALLS, _f'EXA5, THAT:
I.
The bid of Plains Paving Com�:any for raising, grading,
filling, installing concrete curbs and gutters, paving with Three
(3) inch vertical fiber brick surface on five (5) inch plain concrete
foundation and all necessary appurtenances on said portion of street,
filed with the City, be -and the same is hereby accepted.
1I.
The form of contract embraced in the specifications be
and the same is hereby adopted and approved, and the --ayor is auth-
orized and directed to enter into contract for such improvements with
the said Plains Paving Company, and to execute such contract for and
on behalf of and in the name of the Uity and the City Olerk is hereby
authorized and directed to attest same in the name of the amity and to
impress thereon the City's corporate seal.
III.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Passed and approved this 12th day of January, 1925.
L.1oved 'ry alderman Young that the following ` esoluti on be
adopted.
Motion secori ded by Alderman Ulifford and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas Alderman �`atton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd.
Naye s : None.
R E S O L U T I O N
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ENGI=,�R TO I:iAY.E AND FILE
REPORT "''ITH THE BOARD OF ALDER) -_EN SHOV!ING THE ':STIMAITED COST OF IIs1P-
ROVEI3TENT OF A PORTION OF HARRISON STREET.
BE IT RE'SOLVE'D BY THE CITY OF 17ICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
jAJHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of tIichita
`.+'ails, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvorient of garrison Street,
from its intersection with the ;youth Property Line of Avenue 'IF" to its
intersection with the aouth Property Line of Opeedway Street, by raising
grading and filling same and installing concrete curbs and ,utters and
paving with Three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5)
inch plain concrete fundation, and has caused advertisement to be made
for bids for the making and constructing of said improvements and bids
therefor have been taken, and said :hoard of Alderiiien is determined to
make the same in the said manner and with said three (3) inch vertical
fiber brick pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, as
shown in specifications adopted therefor.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HE REBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT
I.
The City Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance wit'.
provisions of aection 108 of the City �;harter, to make and file a re-
port with the �30ard of Aldermen showing thereon the estimated cost of
the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the
City, the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting prop-
erty and the owners thereof, the oiwiers of land abutting thereon and
benefitted thereby, a owner thereof, the ate per front foot proposed
to be assessed for curb, and the amount to be assessed in each case
for curb, the rate per front of property proposed to be assessed for
improvements other than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed
against each lot or parcel of land and the oGrner thereof, and such re-
port may show other matters of things and shall show the estimated
amounts of damages, if any, to each piece or parcel of property, and
the owner thereof, which will be sustained by reason of said improvements.
Such report shall in all respects comply with the provisions of the
City Charter and with Chapter 11, Title 22, of the revised Civil Statutes
of the atate of Texas of 1911, and in all respects comply with the reso-
lutions and other proceedings of this board with reference to ',he pro-
posed improvement of said portion of said Street.
its passage.
1I.
'Phis resolution shall take of ect from and after
Passed and Approved this the 12th day of January 1925.
The City Engineer submitted the following report:
Hon. ..ayor and -�oard of Aldermen,
i ichita v'alls, Texas.
Gent 1 era en: -
I, hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost
of improving Harrison Street from its intersection with the South Property
Line of ivenue 'IF" to its intersection with the South Property Line of
Speedway Street, showing the amount to be assessed against such property
o,inaers, etc., as required by the Charter and. by the proceedings of your
Honorable Body.
As is shown on this report the estimated total cost
of the improvement will be ;_ yz � .
The estimated amount payable by the City for this im-
provement will be
The estimated ammunt payable by the .owners of the
abutting property will be
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereof for curb will be o s o
per front foot.
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereff for improvements other than
curb will be �, 22 7,0� per front foot.
The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed
against the abutting property and the m%-ners thereof gill be
per front foot. —�—
The estimated damage is nothing in any case.
This estimate arid report is based upon concrete curbs
and gutters and 'Three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5)
inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications
therefor heretofore adopted L)y and filed with your Honorable Dody.
1tespectf'ully submitLed,
;yichita Falls, Texas.
January 12th, 1925. V. i-;. ?tugeley, City Engineer.
Loved by Alderman Young that the following _,esolution
be adopted.
y i:otion seconded by Alderman Ulifford and carried by
the following vote --
Yeas: Alderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd.
Naye s : None.
H E S 0 L U T I 0 N
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ::SPORT AND ESTI1 AT?'1' OF '!'HE
CITY "ENGINEER AS `20 -2H E COST AND ASSESS IEN` S ���OR `:7HE 110OT`IAENT OF HARR-
ISON STR:I'ET FROM ITS INTERSECTION ;4ITH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE
"I"" TO ITS INFERS ]CTION 1.4ITH THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF SPEEDWAY �a�'��i��,.�,�,,�
.FIXING A TI711' :M PLACE -POR A HEARING TPROPERTY
O PROPTY UV'JNE�;S ZD OTH �
INTEREST"'ID, AND DIRECTIPJG THE CI`'PY CLERK TO tr-IVE NOTICE TME-REOF, AND
PRESCRIBING THE rFOR1d1 OF SUCH NOTICE.
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BE IT ESOLVED BY THE BOA',k; OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
''IICHI'TA 1FALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
4HEREAS, the ;3oard of aldermen of the city of 4dchita
Walls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of garrison atreet
from its intersection with the South 2roperty amine of ''Lvenue 't „' to
its intersection with the South Property Line of Speedway Street and
has received estir.ates, plans and specifications from the City Eng-
ineer, and after adoption of same and al'ter due advertisement and not-
ice, competitive bids ,,vere received and it has been determined that
all of the cost of constructing curbs along said portions of said street
and not e _ceedin MnAA-b A. I cent of the remaining cost
of said improvement, -as de rmined athe hearing hereinafter mentioned
shall be assessed against thproperty abuttin • thereon, g g re n, and against
the property owners thereof, and that said property is the property
that will be benefited by means of said improvement; and the Uity Eng-
ineer has made and Ti led with the -ayor and hoard of Zldermen his re-
port and estimate of the cost of such improvements, and the estimated
amount to be assessed against each lot or parcel of -property, and the
owner ,,hereof, and snowing other matters and things required by law
and the City charter and the proceedings of this Board for such re-
ports, and same has been examined and corrected:
I.
That a hearingwill be given to the owners of property
proposed to be assessed for the said improvei.ients, being the property
abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others interested,
and same shall be given avid held in the council chamber in the !3ase-
.ient of the l:iorgan buildigg in the City of .iichita Falls, at 7:30
O'clock P. M on the _2nd day of .r'ebruary 1925, ann6 at
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which hearing and at said time and place the owners OFT said property
or any of them, their agents or attorneys or any one else in any way
interested either in the said property or in said improvements or in
any manner or method of making and constructing same, or in the con-
tract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or the
benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly heard
as to any of said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed against
the said property and the owners thereof, and as to the benefits to
their said property in enhanced value by means of said improvement, and
as to damages to said property or the owners thereof, resulting from
or to be sustained by reason of said improvements, or as to any other
'hatter or thigg in any �iise incident or connected with the said imp-
rovement, contract proceedings or assessment therefor, or the method
or manner of paying for same.
IIt.
'That any claim for damages .,hall be made in writing and
shall set forth the inatters and things in the manner and form pro-
vided and required by law and the provisions of the city Charter. And
other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing
and at such hearing all claims, protests and objections whatsoever
will be passed upon by the 3oard, and said hearing may be continued
from time to time untill all desiring to be heard shall have been
fully heard, and after all have been fully and fairly heard the said
heariiig will be closed, and at s�Uid hearing and from the facts before
it the Board of Aldermen will determine the amounts to be assessed
against each lot or parcel of property and against the oviner thereof
and will determine the lots or parcels benefited by means of said
improvements, and will determine the amount of damages, if any,,. to
each such lot or parcel of property and the oviner thereof, the en-
hanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means of said imp-
rovements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidities in any
proposed assessment, and in any proceedings with reference to the
making or construction of said improvements, or the levying of ass-
essments therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and mal--e
assessments against each such piece or parcel of property and against
the owners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and
norm and in accordance with the t.rms required by law in force in
this City, and the Uity Uharter, and the ordinances, resolutions and
other proceedings of this uoard, and such assessments, when levied,
shall be a first and prior lien.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute wi appeal in any Uourt having jurisdiction
within twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and.
final assessiment is levied, and not thereafter and all persons, firhas
corporations, estates and Olther parties shall, alter the expiration
of the twenty days from the levying of such assessment, be forever
barred and estopped in any mailnder doubting or resisting same or
asserting any error, irregularity, mistake or invalidity therein.
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The City Ulerk is hereby directed to give notice
of the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and
to all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the
of�icial newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially
the following form, to -wit:
TO ThE O'�ITy 1' S OF PROPERTY ABU'.t". ° IIJG t N HARI ISON STREET
BET JEETJ 1VE'TJUE "F", ;TTD SPEED dAY STREET AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED".
NO`1'ICE is hereby given of the intention of the City
to proceed with the improvement of Harrison Street from its intersection
with the South Property Line of Avenue „LET, to its intersection with the
South Property Line of Speedway by raising, grading and filling same and
installing concrete curbs and gutters where adequate cui bs and gutters
are not now installed, and paving with three (3) inch vertical fiber
brick pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, and assessing
a portion of the cost of making and constructing such improvements ag-
ainst all lots and parcels of property abutting on said portion of said
street and all lots and parcels of property benefited by means of such
improvements and the owners of such lots or parcels of property; and
such assessments, when levied, shall be a first and prior lien upon the
lots and parcels of p- operty assessed, acid a personal claim and char�-e
against the oc.ners thereof. v
On the - day of 926� in the council
Chamber in the �.-organ D ilding in the City o ichiteiilal--Us- i'exas, at
7 o flock _11, all such owners and their agents or attorneys
or any other persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly x
heard by the board of alder,, -,.en acid any protests, objections or claims
will be fully and fairly heard the benefits and damages �,es resulting from
said improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against
each lot or parcel of property and the osvners thereof`, are on file in the
office of the city Clerk and are open to inspection.
The estimated cost of said improvement is
The estimated amount to be assessed against the pro-
perty owners is w 376io.�o
The estimaated amount to be assessed for curb is
,ems _per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assess:;eiit against prop-
erty o,:ners and their property for pave.ierit and excavation is
per front foot.
�11 persons, firms, corporations or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any
wise coniiected with staid improvements, the assessment therefor the bene-
fits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings conn-
ected therewith, shall be and appear before said -board-at said time and
place.
DONE IN ACCORDANCE with -resolution of the -board of
nlder.:ien of the City of Wichita L'alls, 12exas, on the 12th day of January
1925.
.r. L. 1_,cBroom, City Clerk.
and said notice shall be published in said newspaper
not less than three times, Used the first of said publications shall appear
not less than ten days prior to the date set for said hearing, not counting
the day of hearing, and the Cit, cler;; shall cause to be mailed to each
owner whose name appears on said report of the city Engineer, a registered
letter containing a copy of said notice, such letter to be deposited in
the ��o st Office at iichita zalls, i'exas, but such notice by letter shall
be cumulative of the notice by advertisement, and such notice by advertise-
ment shall be sufficient ehether or not any other notice be given and whe-
ther or not such notice by letter be received or sent.
Passed and Approved this the 12th day of janua,ry 1925.
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Moved by Alderman Patton that the following _,esolution be
adopted.
Lotion seconded by Alderman Young and carried by the fol-
lowing vote: -
Yeas: Alderman Shepherd, Clifford, Patton, _�:ounge
.,ayes: Tr4oneo
E E S 0 L U T I 0 N
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID _,FOR I ,1PROV lI + IT ol" A P01MON OF
SPEEDdAY M ,AID D Iit?:CTI NG EX ECUT ION OF CONTRACT.
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13.-: IT RESOLVED BY `.SHE CITY OF '71CHITA FALLS, TEXAS, CONTRACT -
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VJI EREAS, the City of 'Jichita 31alls, has heretofore ordered
that Speedway 06A#AA in said Uity be im-)roved from its intersection
with the tenter of iiarrison Street to a point 48 feet mast of iiarr-
ison Street, by raising, grading, filling, installing concrete curbs
and gutters and paving, with necessary appurtenances, andvthereafter
plans and specifications were duly adopted and approved for such im-
provements, bids were advertised for and received, and on the 12th
day of January, 1925, such bids were opened, and
IWHEIEAS, the bids received have been fully canvassed and
considered and the city Council after fully consider ini- same is of
the opinion that the bid of Plains Laving Com:)any is the most ad-
vantageous and should be accepted;
140',J, 'HS_ FO-.-3, 13E IT --iHSOLV ;D BY i_'H.E CITY 07 ''JIC TTA
FALLS, TXAS, THAT:
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The bid of _=lains laving Com;)any for raising, grading,
filling, installing concrete curbs and gutters, paving with three
(6) inch vertical fiber brick surface on five (5) inch plain con-
crete foundation and all necessary appurtenances on said portion
of street, filed with the City, be and the s�.me is hereby accepted.
lI.
The form of contract embraced in the specifications
be and the same is hereby adopted and approved, and the '-ayor is
authorized and directed to enter into contract for such improve-
ments with the said Mains raving Company, and to execute such
contract for and on behalf of and in the name of the yity and the
City tler, is hereby authorized and directed to attest same in the
name of the City and to impress thereon the tity's corporate seal.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Passed and approved this 12th day of jGnuary 1925.
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Loved by Alderman Young that the following Resolution be
adopted.
otion seconded by Alderman Clifford and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas: lderman Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd.
.'ayes: _vone.
H E S O l U T i G 1d
10001- RESOLUTIOP DI_-kCTING THp� CITY _!1NGIIIEER TO ;E �11 FILE
low RIEPOET :: I 'H THE BOARD OF ALa;ER11.211 SH01ING 0HE EST L,11-TE'D COST OF IIsI-
PRUVE'i:MIT 0? A POTION OF SPEED4AY STREET.
bE IT iaSOLVED BY 'HE CITY OF ; ICHITA r'ALLS, 'T! XAS, THAT
tIHEREaS, the Board oflderr.7en of the City of dichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Speedway
from its intersection with the Center of Harrison Street to a point 948 feet �
East of h'arrison Street, by raising, grading, and filling same and inst-
alling concrete curbs and gutters and paving with Three (3) inch vertical
fiber brick pavement on five (5) inch plain concrete foundation, and has
caused advertisement to be made for bids for the making and constructing
of said improvements and bids therefor have been taken, and said Hoard
of Aldermen is determined to rake the same in the said manner and with
said three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5) inch plain
concrete foundation, as shown in specifications adopted therefor.
NOW, THEREFOIRE, IT IS HEIRTLa BY _�ESOLVED BY THE CITY OF
iIC?IITi' � FALLS, T XAS, THAT
I.
The City :ngineer is hereby directed, in accordance
with provisions of Section 108 of the City Charter, to make and file a
report %' ith the .-oard of aldermen showing thereon the estimated. cost of
the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City,
the proportion thereof to be assessed against the abutting property and
the owners thereof, the owners of land abutting thereon and benefitted
thereby, a owner thereof, the rate -oer front root proposed to be assessed
for curb, and the amount to be assessed in each case for curb, the rate
per front foot of property proposed to be assessed for improvements other
than curb, the total amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or
parcel of land nd the owner thereof, nd such report may show other mat-
ters of things and shall show the estimated amounts of damages, if any,
to each piece or arcel of property, and the o-,fner thereof, which will
be sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of the City Charter and with Chapter
11, Title 22, of the tevized Civil Statutes of the State of Texas of 19119
and in all respects comply with the resolutions and other proceedings of
this .Soard with reference to the proposed improvement of said portion
of said Street.
II.
This resolution shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Passed and Approved this the 12th day of January 1925.
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The City Engineer submitted the following report:
Hon 1,11ayor � Board of Aldermen,
,Wichita halls, l'exas.
uentlemen: -
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving Speedway Z)treet from its intersection with tht. Center of Harris-
on Street to a point 948 feet mast of Harrison Street, showing the amount
to be assessed against such property owners, etc., as required by the
Charter and by the proceedings of, your nionorable .3ody.
as is shown on this report the estimated total cost
of the improvement will be � 13, r6 1, j-7
The estimated amount payable by the City nor this im-
provement will be�_��, 3 z
The estimated amount payable by the o, ners of the
abutting property will be 1,{ i/, 9,f7.2,t- .
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the uviners thereof for curb will be
per front foot.
The estimated amount proposed to be assessed against
the abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements other than
curb will be 1� j-, y S 3 gc per front foot.
The total estimated amount proposed to be assessed
against the abutting property and the owners thereof will be s.386
per front foot.
The estirated damage is nothing in any case.
'this estimate and report is based upon concrete curbs
and ;,utters and three (3) inch vertical fiber brick pavement on five (5)
inch plain concrete foundation, all in accordance with the specifications
therefor heretofore adopted by and filed tiaith your honorable Body.
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iespectfully, submitted,
F. M. 'AU geley, City Engineer.
iJichita Falls, Texas,
Jalivary 12th, 1925.
Moved by Alderman Young that the following -:esoluti on be
adopted.
otion seconded by Alderman ''lifford and carried by the
following vote:
Yeas Alderman i.'atton, Young, Olifford, Shepherd.
_ayes: None.
NE''S GLUT I0 N
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ?PORT AND ESTII:IATE OF `I'H , CITY
ENGINEER AS TO THE COST AND ASSES'SMENTS FOR THE I11PRO-PlI ;NT OF SPEED-
dAY aft"W FROM ITS INTERSECTION 1J ITH TIDE CENTER OF HARRISON STREET
TO 948 FEET EAST OF HARRISON STREET-, :FIXING A TIME AND PLACE +'OR A
HEARING '20 PROPERTY OWNERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED, AIM DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE TH11'EOF, AND PRESCRIBING THE FORId OF SUCH
NOTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY 'THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
1,4ICHITA 2ALLS, TEXAS, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Board of Lldermen of the City of 'V ichita
r'alls, 'i'exas, has heretofore ordered the improvement of Speedway
d?, from its intersection with the center of Harrison Street to
a point 948 feet mast of Harrison atreet, and has received estimates
plans and specifications from the City Engineer, and after adoption
of same and after due advertisement and notice, competitive bids
:.ere received and it has been determined that all of the cost of
constructing curbs along; said portions of said street, and not ex-
ceeding er cent of the eiAaining cost of said improvement,
as determined-r
e hearing hereinafter mentioned, shall be assessed
against the property abutting thereon, and against the property owners
thereof, and that said property is the pro;erty that will be benefit-
ed by rre�_ns of said improvement; and. the City Engineer has made and
filed with the idayor and Board of Aldermen his report and estimate
of the cost of such improvements, and the estimated amount to be
assessed against each lot or parcel of property, and the owner thereof
and showing o#her matters and things required by law and the City
Charter and the proceedings of this Hoard for such reports, and same
has been examined and connected;
i.
That a hearing will be given to the ot,,aners of property
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the prop-
erty abutting on said portion of said Street, and to all others
interested, and same shall be `riven and held in the Council Chamber
in the basement of the .Iorgan .wilding in the City of ichita malls,
at 3O o'clock Xii on the _ _ day of _ 1925
a and at nich hearin�
g and at said time and place the. owners f said
property, or any of tired, their agents or attorney' s or any one else
in any way interested either in the said property or in said imp-
roverrients, or in any manner or method of making and constructing sqrne,
or in the contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto,
or the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully Laid fairly
heard as to any oz said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed
against the s._Lid property and the owners thereof, and as to the bene-
fits to their said property in enhanced value by means of said im-
provement, and as to damages to said property or the owners thereof,
resulting from or to be sustained by reason of said improvements,
or as to any other matter or thing in any t�aise incident or connected
with the said improvement, contract, proceedings or assessr:-ients there-
for, or the method or ivanner of paying for same.
Ii.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing and
shall set north the matters and things in the mangier and form pro-
vided and required by law and the provisions of the City Charter.
't;nd other claims or matters may be preserited either orally or in
writing, and at such hearing all claims, protests and objections
whatsoever will be passed upon by the Board, and said hearing may
be continued from time to time untill all desiring to be heard kffx
shall have been fully heard, and after all have been fully and
fairly heard the said hearing will be close' .rid at said hearing
and from the facts before it the Board of Aldermen will determine
A6 %
the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of property and
against the or-�ner thereof, and will determine the lots or parcels bene-
fited by means of said improvements, and will determine the amount of
damages, if any, to each such lot or parcel of property and the owner
thereof, the enhanced value of each lot or parcel of property by means
of said improvements, and will correct any errors, mistakes, invalidi-
ties in any proposed assessment, andd in any proceedings with reference
to the making or construction of said iraproveiients, or the levying of
assess:�:ents therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, levy and make
assessments against each such piece or parcel of property and against
the ovaners thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form
and in accordance with the terms required by law in forde in this city,
and the City Charter, and the ordinances, resolutions and other pro-
ceedings of this .hoard, and such assess]:ients, u,:en levied shall be a
first and prior lien.
,rafter such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute an appeal in any court having jurisdiction with-
in twenty (20) days from the date of such hearing is closed and final ass-
essment is levied, and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations
estates and other parties shall, after the expiration of the twenty days
from the levying of such assessment, be forever barred and estopped in any
manner doubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregularity
mistti�,e or invaliGity therein.
The City Ulerk is hereby directed to give notice of
the time and place of said 'nearing to the o�mers of said property and to
all others interested by causing such notice to be published in the off-
icial newspaper of the City, which notice shall be in substantially the
following form, to -wit:
"TO H1,,' OWNERS OF PRORERTY «BUT'TING ON SPEEDNAY Mom'
BETffEEN CENTER OF HARRISON STREET AND 948 i+'EET EAST OF HARRISON STREET .AND
TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED".
Notice is hereby given of the intention of the city
to proceed %�Vith the improvement of Speedway Street from its intersection
with the center of iiarrison Street to p, point 948 feet east of iiarrison
Street by raising, grading acid filling same and installing concrete curbs
and gutters where adequate curbs and Butters are not now installed, and
paving with 'Three (5) inch vertical fiber brick paveLient on rive (5) inch
plain concrete foundation, and assessing a portion of the cost of Faking
and constructing such improvements against all lots and parcels of prop-
erty abutting on said portion of said street and all lots arid- parcels of
property benefi-Led 'by ..deans of such improvements and the of.,,Iners of such
lots or parcels of property; and such assessments, Unen "levied, shall be
a first and prior lien upon the lots and parcels of property assessed, and
a personal claim and charge against the ouiaers thereof.
On the ;�—day of 1925 in the Council
Chamber in the idorgan -building in the City o tichi a galls, Texas, at
o'clock, m, all such o-.;ners and their age.Its or attorneys, or
aria of er persons or parties desiring to be heard, will be fairly heard
by the hoard of Ilder Ilen and any protests, objections or claims will be
fully and -Lairly heard, the benefits and da.nages resulting from said imp-
rovements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against each
lot or parcel of property and the owners thereof, are on file in the office
of the City clerk and are open to inspection.
The ^Jstirnated cost of said im-oroveznent is
`the estimated arnount to be assessed against the .�rop-
erty owners is N� gd �.2 ,� •
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
per lineal foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against property
oviners and their property for pavement and excavation is „fey 3d'a
per front foot.
all persons, firms, corporations or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in any
wise connected with said. imlorovecents, the assessment therefor the bene-
fits thereof, the damages resulting therefrom, or the proceedings conn-
ected therewith, shall be and appear before said .board at said time and
place.
q,o
1uone in ,accordance with resolution of the Foal d of Aldermen
of the city of „ichita '+'alls, Texas, on the 12th day of :ianuary 1925.
r . E. ldc3room, city clerk.
and said notice shall be published in said newspaper not
less than three times, and U-he :First of said publications shall appear
not less than ten days prior to the date set for said hearing, not
counting the day of hearing, and the city lilerk shall cause to be
mailed to each otiJier tifhose name a 1pears on said -report of the city
Engineer, a -registered letter containing a copra of said notice, such
letter to be deposited in the -Post office at i4ichita galls, 'Texas,
but such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the notice by adver-
tisement, and such notice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether
or not any other notice be given and whether or not such notice by
letter be received of sent.
gassed and approved this the 12th day of January, 1925.
Bids for raving a portion of Lemp Blvd iias opened and con-
sidered.
i.ioved by Alder.,an clif-ord that ,i,e following resolution
be adopted.
!Notion seconded by itlderman Shepherd and carried by the
following vote: -
Yeas: iilderi.,ian Patton, Young, Clifford, Shepherd.
iti ayes : id one .
R E S 0 L U T 1 0 N
RESOLUTION ACCL'PTING BID FOE IIIPI OVIE IE`NT OF A PORTION OF
Y,EMP BOULEVARD A1TD DI17ECTING EXECUTION OF CONTRACT.
Whereas, the city of idichita balls, has heretofore order-
ed that 1.emp .Slvd. from the aouth property Line of avenue (�, to the
South Property Line of Avenue ii, be improved by installing concrete
curbs and gutters and paving with one course reinforced concrete and
by raising, grading, and filling same, together with necessary appur-
tenances, and thereafter plans and specifications were duly adopted
and approved for such rnprovem t, olds wer advertised for, 'and re-
ceived, and on the t21 day of 192 such bids %,were opened
and,
WHERE' S, the bids received have been fully canvassed and
considered and the city council after duly and fully considering same.,
is of the opinion that the bid of L. E. ,fhitham � Co., is the most
advantageous and should be accepted.
140W THIEREFORE, BE IT ::;SOLVED BY THE CITY OF dyICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS :
I.
That the bid of L. E. 4hitham « co., for the making and
construction of the said improvements on said portion of street filed
with the city, be and same is hereby accepted.
ti.
2hat the form of contract embraced in the seecificat ions
be and the same is hereby adopted and approved, and the+i.ayor is auth-
orized and directed to enter into contract for such improvement with
L. E. iihitham F Co., and to execute such contract for and on behalf
of and in the name of the city, and the city clerk is hereby author-
ized and directed to attest same in the name of the City and to impress
thereon the city's corporate seal.
A
1I.
This resolution shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
1. and approved this 12th day of January 1925.
,roved by ,lderman ulifford that the following .-.esolu-
tion be adopted.
-otion secolded by Alderman Youn` and carried by the
following vote: -
leas: Alderman Patton, Young, ulifford, Shepherd.
':ayes: .,,one.
tt E S O L U �I I O N
115SOLUlIUI1 DI ECTIN'Q TH] CITY ETIGIN=R 'IO _'r= AND
i+'ILE*1ITH _ THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN SHOWING ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVrE1JE1TT
OF FJ.IP BOULEVARD PRO1.I THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF AVENUE G, TO THE
SOUTH P_02ERTY LINE OF AVENUE H.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERI t'N OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, THAT:
'WiHEREAS, the 13oard of Aldermen of the Uity of `a,ichi.ta
Falls, Texas has heretofore ordered the im ;rovement of 1;emp Blvd from
the South Property Line of Avenue g G, to the South property Line of Ave.
H, by raising, grading, and filling same and installing concrete curbs
and gutters and pavement with foundation, and has caused advertisements
to be tirade for bids for the making and construction of the said ilAprove-
-ments to be made and bids therefor have been taken, and said yoard has
determined to make the same in the manner described, and with one course
re-inforced concrete pavement as shown in the specifications ado .)ted
therefor.
I.
The Uity Engineer is hereby directed, in accordance
with provisions of Uection 106 of the City Uharter, to make and file a
report with the 3oard of Aldermen shoring thereon the estimated cost of
the proposed improvements, the proportion thereof to be paid by the City,
the proportion to be assessed against the abutting property and the owners
of land abutting thereon and benefited thereby✓, and the o�,jners thereof
the rate per lineal foot proposed to be assessed fur curb, and the amount
to be assessed in each case for curb, the rate per front foot of property
proposed to be assessed for excavation for paver-,ent, and the rate for
paving, anL the total amount proposed against each such lot or parcel f
land and the ol;rners thereof, and such report may show any other matter
or thingp, and shall show the estimated amount of damages, if aq , to
each piece or parcel of property, and the owner thereof, which will be
sustained by reason of said improvements. Such report shall in all res-
pects comply with the resolutions and other proceedings of this �3oard with
reference to the proposed improvement of said portion of ;.emp ylvd. from
the South Property Line of Avenue G, to the South Property Line of Avenue
H.
Passage.
Ii.
This resolution shall take effect from and after its
Passed and approved this 12th day of January 1925.
The City Engineer submitted the following report.
'20 THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS•
Gentlernen: -
I hand you herewith report and estimate of the cost of
improving; -temp 131vde from the South Property Line of avenue G. to the
South Property line of Avenue h, and showing the amount to be assessed
against such property oviners, etc., as required by the Charter and laws
and by the proceedings of your Honorable 3ody.
As is shown on this report the estimated amount payable
by the City for this improvemgnt, will be
The estimated amount payable by the mdners of property
•gill be •-rt7 93. 8� ;
the estimated cost to property oviners per lineal foot
of curb is •;;- o . aa
0-61
The estimated amount to be Nassessed for excavation for
pavement per front foot is
The estimated cost to be assessed against property oti-hers
for pavement is per front foot.
The estimated cost to be assessed against property oviners
for avet:ient, exclusive of curb is zJ— per front foot.
The estimated damages are nothing in any case.
This estimate and report is based upon one course re-
in'orced concrete pavementf all in accordance with the specificat-
ions thereof heretofore filed with this Honorable Body.
�iespectfully submitted,
b'. M. Rugeley, City Engineer.
Moved by Alderman Clifford that the following �Aesolution
be adopted.
I:otion seconded by Alderman Young and carried by the fol-
lowing vote : -
Yeas* Alderman -Young, Patton, Clifford, Shepherd.
1 ayes: I one.
EE S 0 L U `i'' I 011
RESOLUTION APPI'{OVING THE 1Tl'OiT :NTH) ESTIIJATE OF 1HE CITY
ENGINEEJF AS -110 COST .-JCD ASSESSMENT .FOR THE I121.?OVEII:�NT OF EMP BOULE-
VARD FROM THE SOUTH PROPERTY LITTE OF AVENUE G, TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY
LINE OF AVENUE H, .FIXING A TINE 1J,,D P-LAC'E FOR A HEARING TO PROPERTY
O'JNERS AND OTII''RS INTEREST D, AND DI ECTING `SHE CITY CLERK `i'0 GIVE
NOi210E `i'HEI?EOF 111D P'_,U]SC'.IBING THE -FORTI OF SUCH NOTICE.
BE IT EMLVED BY THE 3OARD OF ALDERIIETI OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of ', ichita
�Oalls has heretofore ordered the improvement of Lemp -boulevard from
the South Property yine of avenue �, to the South Property Line of
Avenue II, and has received estimates, plans, and specifications from
the City Engineer, and after adoption of stlme and after due adver-
tisement and notice, competitive bids were -received, and it has been
determined that all of the cost of construct'n curbs along said por-
tion of said street, and not exceeding ninet�r cent of the remain-
ing cost of such improverr.ent, as determined at the hearing hereinafter
mentioned, shall be assessed against the property abutting thereon
and against the ouners thereof, and that said property is the property
that will be benefited by mieans of said improvements; and the City
Engineer has made and filed with the juayor and Board of Aldermen his
report and estimate of the cost of such improvement and estimated
amount to be assessed a�;U.inst each lot or parcel of lazed, and the owner
thereof and showing other matters and things required by law and the
City Charter and the proceeciizigs of this board for such reports, and
same has been examined and corrected:
I• -
That said report of the Uity Engineer filed on the 22nd
day of Decmaber 1924, be and it is hereby adopted and approved,.
lI.
That a hearing shall be given to the property owners
proposed to be assessed for the said improvements, being the prop-
erty abutting on said portion of said street, and to all others in-
terested, and shall be given are held in the Council Chamber in the
Base:xnt of the _..organ building in the City of ti�_ichita malls at
7:30 o'clock on the 1;_2" day of 1925, and at which
hearing and at said 71-m—e and place the owne-ra/lof said property, or
any of them, their agents or attorneys, or any one else in any man-
ner inuerested either in said property or in said improvements, or
in the manner or method of making and construe ing same, or in the
contract therefor, or the proceedings with reference thereto, or
the benefits or damages to said property, shall be fully and fairly
heard as to any or said matters and as to the amounts to be assessed
against the said property and against the ovJners thereof, and as to
the benefits to their property in enhanced value b,, means of said im-
provement, and as to damages to said -property or the owners thereof
resulting from or to be lust: fined by reason of said i nprove::icnt, or
as to any other matter or thing in army raise incident to or connected with
the said improvement, contract, proceedings, or assessments thereof, or
method or manner or paying for same.
III.
That any claim for damages shall be made in writing
and shall set forth the matters and things in the manner and form pro-
vidied and required by law and the provisions of the amity Oharter. And
other claims or matters may be presented either orally or in writing
and at such hearing; all claims protests and objections whatsoever will
be passed upon by the -roard and said 'nearing may be continued from time
to time until all desiring to be heard have been fully heard, and after
all have been fully and fairly heard, the said hearing will be closed,
and at said hearing and from the facts before it the Soard of Aldermen
will determine the amounts to be assessed against each lot or parcel of
property and against the warner thereof, and will determine the lots or
parcels benefited by means of said improve:ent, and will determine the
amount of damages, if any, to _each lot or parcel of property and the
owner thereof, the enhanced value of property by meads of said improve-
ment, and will correct any errors, mistakes, or invalidities in any
proposed assessment, and in an., proceeding with reference to the :raking
or construction of staid improvementp, or the levying of assessments txxx
therefor, and will thereafter, by ordinance, mare and levy assessments
against each such piece or parcel of property and against the owners
thereof in the proportion provided and in the manner and form and in
accordance with the terms required by law in fo--ce in this City, and the
City Charter., and the ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings of
this board.
After such hearing is closed anyone desiring to appeal
therefrom shall prosecute and appeal to any court having jurisdiction
within t..enty (20) days from the date such hearing is closed and final
assessment levied and not thereafter, and all persons, firms, corporations
estates, and other parties _shall alter the expiration of twenty (20) days
from the levying of such assessment, be forev.,:r barred and estopped from
in any mannerrdoubting or resisting same or asserting any error, irregul-
arity,, mistake, or invalidity therein.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of
the time and place of said hearing to the owners of said property and to
all others in-�,erested by causing such notice to be published in the off-
icial newspaper of the City, ti,,rhich notice shall be substantially the
follo-,Jing z-orrri, to -wit:
YTTO 'SHE 0l11NERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON TKE11' BOULEVARD
FROM. THE SOUTH P ?OPERTY LINE OF AVENUE G, TO _l IE SOUTH 2ROP RTY LINE OF
AVENUE H, AND TO ALL OTHERS INTER:L]STED".
dotice is hereby given of the intention of the City to
proceed with the improveiaent of Lemp -blvd., from the ;youth �roperty Line
of Avenue G, to the South 2roperty Line of Avenue F,., by raising, grading
and filling same and installing; concrete curbs and gutters and paving
with one course reinforced concrete pavement and all lots and land bene-
iited by means of the said improvement, and such assessments, when levied
shall be a first and prior lien upon the lots and land assessed, and a
personal claim and a charge against the ovaiers thereof.
On the day of g_t., A. D. 1925, in the council
Chamber in the "'iorgan Building in the Clt� o: ,1ichita galls, at 7:30
. 11. o'clock, all such owners and their at-ents will be fully heard by
the -Board of Aldermen, and any pribtests, objections, or claims will be
fully and fairly heard. The benefits and damages resulting from said
improvements will be determined and the amounts to be assessed against
each such lot or parcel of land and the owners thereof will be deter-
mined and an assessment therefor will be levied.
Mans and specifications for the improvement, and
form of contract and report of Engineer showing estimated cost thereof
are on file in the office of the city Clerk and open to insxpection.
The estimated cost of the said improvement is
The estimated amount to be assessed against property
owners is %? 7, 7 q3. B o
The estimated amount to be assessed for curb is
O.�o per lineal :Foot of curb; and,
The estimated amount of the assessment against prop-
erty owners and their property for pavement and excavation is yr ,34 a
per front foot.
All persons, firms, corporations, or estates, their
agents or attorneys, desiring to be heard in any matter or thing in
any wise connected with said improvement, the assessment therefor,
the benefits therefor, the damages resulting therefrom, or the pro-
ceedings connected therewith, shall be and appear before said Board
of said time and place.
Done in accordance with the
of of the Uy of Wichita Palls,
o f dermei . D. 192e
resolution of the and
Texas, on the t day
4. Eo LcBroom, City Clem.
And said notice shall be published in said paper not
less than four times, and the First of said publications shall a ,pear
not less than 14 days prior to the date set for said hearing not
counting the date of hearing, and the Oity Cler! shall cause to be
mailed to each o .ner whose name appears on said report of the city
Engineer, a registered letter containing a copy of the said notice,
such notice to be deposited in the Post Uffice at 'Wichita Zalls, but
such notice by letter shall be cumulative of the advertisement, and
such no ice by advertisement shall be sufficient whether or not any
other notice be give and whether or not such notice by letter be
received or sent.
gassed and approved this 12th day of January A. D. 1925.
,loved by Alderoan Shepherd that the Street Depart gent
be authorized and instructed to grade the following streets for
pavement tinder private contract with D. E. vhitham Co., and property
owners.
Denver Street between and the i� line of of 4,%�
Lemp :;ackson sub -division.
8th Street between Demkbr and Baylor.
Baylor street from the north mine of lot I Aof�Warford
sub -division to 8th Street.
l otion seconded by alderman Young and carried.
Loved by Alderman Young that the 2enick-Hughes tax
assessment for the year 1924, be reduced from Q75,000.00 g to
,66,000.00, and the taxes on over assessment be remitted.
Zoti on seconded by Alderman Shepherd and carried.
I:'!oved by alderman Patton that the tax assessed against
Lot 15, Bloch 13, Sibley Taylor Addition for the year 1924, be red-
uced from yr500.00 valuation to Q200.00, and the tax on over assess-
ment be remitted.
The Board of aldermen then adjourned.
;read and approved this A On day of January A. D. 1925.
Mayor.
ATTEST : -
City clerk.
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