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Sept. 3rd,1913.
Septnd,1913.
Called meeting oe council. Members present; J.A.Conrad,J.A.HcDonald,F.G.
Erfert, E.C.Romfh, E.F.Hol•ies,C.Hefty and R.O.Watson. Meeting call d to order by the
ehairrLan, F.G.Erfert.
To the Hon, E. C.Romfh, F. r,. rrfert , d .A.1 cDonal l,J .A. Con •ad, C.I'.efty, E. F. Holmes and
R.O.Watson,
Gentlemen:
Acting under authority vested in me,as the Mayor of the City of Miami,
you are hereby requested to attend a nceetin , of the City Council to he held at the
Council Chambers at the City Hall, at 7;30 P. . this date,for the purpose of receiv-
ing and acting upon the report of the Equalization Hoard,reeeiving and acting upon
the report of Consulting ;engineer Hazelhurst, as to the several bids for paving sub-
mitted to the Council at a special meeting held Monday, Septe, ber 1st, at 7;30 P.M.
for the purpose of diseu:sing and determining the relative merits of the several
kinds of paving materials recoiw ended,and transacting any business pertaining to any
of the a Dove sub je ets.
(Signed) J.W.Watson,
Attest: (Signed) W.B.Moore. Mayor of the City of '.tianti,Florida.
City clerk.
The chairman requested Consulting; Ing neer Hazelhurst to read his tabulated
report of the bids which had been referred to him the day before.
Mr. Hazelhurst read his report and suggested that as all the bidders were pre-
sent,each representative be allowed 15 minutes to explain the merits of their kind of
paving,and answer any questions and give any information in referenr!e to the same
that council might desire. And th t he thought it would be best to her one at A time.
The other gentles en were requested to leave the hall,after which each one was celled
in and allowed 15 minutes to talk .
The representative of the Rithulithie paving spoke of the merits of his kind of
paving,narriing the different places thatit was now in use,and urged council to adopt
his material.
The Mayor asked the gentleL:an if the heat affected the Bithulithic pavement,
he replied that there had never been any complaint and there were many Texas cities
paved with it,and it was ho.ter there than here.
The representative of sheet ashpalt was next called in and explained the merits
of his paving material,exp1 ining to council that there was only three lakes in the
world where it could be obtainad,and gave valuable inf-rmation along the line of
asphalt paving.
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M .Hudson was next called in and explained the merits of his sheet asphalt.
which came from California and was m nufaetured by a chemical prosess,arguing that
:v it was better than the natural asphalt.
�- The chair next heard from the representative of the creosoted Wood bloc's pavemet
who spoke in favor of his pevingianswering all questions in reference to then.:.
The chair next called on the representatives of the Mrehants Association
and asked them to give their views as the most suitable pavement for this city.
and the kind of pavement they most desired in their loeality.
'ir.E.G.Sewell spoke in favor of wooden blocks and produced letters from 15 or
20 cities *high the clerk read,all being strongly in favor of wooden blocks. He also
produced a petition which was signed by nearly every merehent on 12th street,aeking
that that street be paved with wooden blocks.
E. A .Douglas and Nathan Cole and several others all sp. •ke in favor of the
Creosoted Wooden Blocks for 12th street paving.
Petition.
Sept.2nd,1913.
To the Hon.Mayor & City Council,
We,the undersigned propert. owners and merchants in the business section
of Miami, especially petition your honorable body to adopt wood block paving for the
businese district of the eity,for the following reasons:
1. The initial Bost is reasonable.
2. Extreme durability makes its ultimate cost low.
3 Absolutely noiseless..
4 Absolutely dustless.
5 Absolutely sanitary.
6 Easily eleaned.
7 Requires no plant to make repairs after making cuts.
8 Wood radiates no heat.
(Signed) John Sewell Pe Bros.
and about 60 others.
Mr. E.G.Sewell noted that out of the sixty two mershants that he had approach
ed, there were only two that were not in favor of wooden blocks.
Finance Committeeman Romfh discussed the bond proposition with cohncil.
The manner of handling them,and all details in connection with the issuing of same
Councilman McDonald in the discussion brought forward the real value of Miami
Bonds,and took exceptions to one of the bidders,in which it was stipulated if bonds
were given 15 cents per cubic yard was to be adMed to price of contract. f!e said
that this was a reflection on the credit of Hiami,and was out of all reason,as Miami
Bonds were worth par anywhere.
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Councilman Conrad urged thet council that in designating the kinds of pave-
ment t Miami wanted i+hw best.
Consulting Engineer TTazelhuret was asked if he had any report to make as regard
the kind of paving material he would recommend to he used,he replied 'that he thought
it would be better for council to meet and discuss the ratter among the:selves,before
any action be taken in reference to the kind of paving material to he used.
Moved by E. C.Romfh and seconded by J .A.McDonald that the tablated report of
J.N.Hazelhurst,showing the approzimate amount of the different bide be accepted.
The chairman notified council that he had a report in
Equalization,which he would like council to act upon.
enr:e to the Board of
Miani,F1a.Sept.1,1913.
To the City Council of the
city of Miami,Florida.
The City council,acting as an Equalixation Board as provided by the city Char-
ter,and pursuant to legal notice, begs to report that on August 25th, 2Gth and 27th,
1913, between the hours of 8;00 oclock A.M. and 4;00 o'clock P.I. did sit as a Board
of Equalization for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalizing valueemand that
it hae fixed the taxable value of the property in the city of Miami,for the year 1913
at the following amounts:
Real property
Personal pnpperty.
$4,097,160
540,885.
.4,638,045.00
The detail value of such property being set forth in the books of the city tax assess
or.
(Signed) W.P.Moore,
(Signed) P. G.Erfert,
President.
City clerk.
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loved try end seconded 7a ,a . a.lcnr)n+;il,i r'let the report Of 'hair
mar. .R.Frtert, im ref-erenr".e to r.he Fnar•i of. F,qualizetion,le eccepted and ^.opied in
the minutes. ',fotinn ci rr:eri.
Att qqt:
The chair ordered as re, -.ells until Wednesday, ,',ept.'r(i, 131". at 2;7i) P. r.
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lrtin,; :!iH it T,5 "niirmp.Lrt ch1.1�Y: ';n tt.8 ^Uns1J1 ti_ n C?er ,t) explain t,
r;ounr; ll the rel. at i• e r-artt s f U. different 'finds of pavi-�;^net�
tier) received bide on.
tdr. razelhurst wont t,n+,rrru.; hly ir,t„ the merits of ea,^1- of the '17e kinds of
pavirg materiel whirr, 7-,A'1 seer, a 1ver;ise1,answerin;; R11 r}u,-stions from the different
oounctlmen,amrt producing letters +nrl opinions r,_' experts in the ;Devine, line,fro3
most, r,f the ' erg'e c;ties,r)f t.h meri",s of thr 'liffernt kinds. After hearir.r- ``r.uazel-
hurst,And discussing r:r:',np, the: ::elves for some tL e, *he merits ,f the different
R,'terial :,it ea decided to cut 'nit rr.f; brick,Bitr.ulithir; en': asphalt 7.locks,and the
question now K.tminererl down to wr,r,'i *locks and asphalt for paving, . The next ,.Jestion
hens 'rp WA" whet.er they moult* use the In e asphalt or the ,.anufacture'i asphalt
These tyro kin'us ,f aspheit were :i:;ruaseri for sor',etire.It ,,ee.2-4.A hard to .rrive at
the 'a'.J9Rtit,n of the better of ;he two.
Council next discussed ed tfle ri1i=-:atir,n ')` .i:+inw; wood blocks on certain streets and
Asphalt on certain streetr,.After some tir.• tr.e followinj; notion was rrede:
WW1 by F..F.Holmer and seconded by ;.I1eft j that all pevinE done on 12th street
In paving, district tfo. 1 from the railroad east to east line of avenue B,anri on Avenue
B hetweer, the south line of lOth street and 12th street thertcreosoteri wood bloc's be
uaed,srul on n11 other streets in paving district No. 1 paved,shall be paved aritr;
asphaltic, r:'xlr;rete,neturel lave sophist tr) be used. Upon roll callthe vote was. as
follows: ,i.A.Conr•Ad yes, F.F.1Folrner, yet,, r•:..;.Rorr,Ph yes, C.:%e'ta yes. carried un-
amismus1.y.
Attest:
Moved by f,;.C.mwxIft, and . econderl by-.Tlefty that council adjourn.
City clerk.
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council.