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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1915-08-26 Minutest sr J. • 1ialstcn seconded b; Motion Carried. DOES OVER MIAMI RIVER. PRESENT BRIDGE AT TWELFTH STREET: PROP0SIT0 LOCATE IT AT FIFTH STREET To Honorable City Counoil Miami, Fla. Gentlemen: - Miami, Fla.,. Aug. $5,191 Pursuant to your instruotions of Aug., 19, 1915 relative to providing a bridge at Fifth Street, I will state that I have examined the swing span now stands at'Twelfth Street t whioh it is proposed to move to fifth Street and have also investigated the Site at Fiftb Street. I find that it is entirely feasible to provide a crowing at Fifth Street by using the old Twelfth Street swing span and oonstruoting timber treetls and earth fill, approaohes thereto. Considering the rapid growth of the city and the Condition of the Twelfth Street swing span whioh is very light and provides a roadway only 20 feet wide, I do not believe bt would be advisable to provide permanent approaohes in oonneotion with th4 use of this span at Fifth Street. ..• In the plans and estimate of cost for this crossing I have therefore figured on providing' timber trestle and approaches. The life of this form of oonstruotion at Fifth Street should be at least four years. I estimate the cost of providing; the crossing in accordance with the general plans sub- mittod herewith at t5350 whioh estimate of cost does not include the oost of pavement and sidewalks on the earth fill approaches. Throughout I have assumed first olase timber oonstrubtion. Should the Council decide to construct the bridge at Fifth Street, the first step to be taken is to pla.oe the natter before the U. S. War Department, whioh I shall attend to pro- vided you so inatruot ;e. Respeotfully submitted, W. J. Kaokley, Moved by J. A. Conrad, seconded by F. C. Romfh that the communication be reoeived and filed for future referenoe. Notion oarried. SHOALING OF THE MIA:II RIVER, ALLEM DUE TO :MATERIAL WASTED I PTO SA, E THROT'GH STORL SEWER. To the City Council of Miami, Florida. Gent r.emen : Miami, Florida, offioe, August .36,1915. Attached hereto I am returning Major Ladue'e oommunioation in recard to the discharge of the storm sewers into the _;lams River at Ave. C. I gather that Major Ladue is under the impression that the river is being silted up with sand and other materials whioh are supposed to be washed from the streets into the sewers. This would be the sage in cities usually and to some extent, although only very °lightly, in Miami until recently; all this has been changed now that every street draining into the sewers whioh empty into the River at Ave. D have been paved with asphalt; so that now preotically nothing is being dieoharged into the River at this point other "than that flowin, from the atreeta and sewers and paesina therefrom in a liquid state", whioh is allow ed by the Rivers and Harbors Aot., Sect. 13. I believe that when this matter is explained to Major Ladue, he will withdraw his ob- jections, Respectfully submitted, B. H. Klyoe, City Engineer. L:oved by H. G. Ralston, seconded ur J. A. Conrad that the Clerk communicate with Major Ladue, giving him the information contained lathe above letter and aeki,.g his consider- ation. Motion oarried. PAVIA'G IN COLORED TOWN. The Honorable City Cont*].,u In response to a request recently submitted to us: we beg to submit that in referenoe to paving, Our principal business street, Ave "V ought to be paved with such durable mater- ial, as will provide most benefioial as well as economical; so also ought Avenue "H" and 4th st. 6 / 36-1915 . We believe that it would be oonduoive to general safety, if lights were placed iu the DARK AREA's of our town; in Baldwin, aloe the R. R. Front. With great respect, (signed R. E. 9. Toomey, for Colored Board of Trade. Moved by H. G. Ralston, seconded by E. 0. Romfh that the communication be referred to Street Committeeman with power to Aot so far as the lights are concerned. Motion oarried. 1 4O STUEMALX AROUND THE PROPERTY OF 'BAIL. 4 'T 14Q Them 01t rk .at$ted that Mr. Young had palled *whin .r10 ntly end wear *Al '. t o', :. sidewalk which was constructed around his property but insisted that the paired and in view of this damage did not think he should be Charged with : tnte of t .� had withheld payment awaiting reps*rs and olai*ed that the datgage welt caused b% tee, roller, There was some disoussion of the emitter es to who wig responsible #'rat tb damage but this could not be fixed. Engineer Elyoe stated that the work was done by the Biscayne Oonstru rtiof 0 SOW stated that they are responsible for the damage er leb is nominal and the tiro t work was being done in that vicinity the damage can be repaired for fifty. dents. INTEREST : CHARGES AND PAYMENTS AND INSTALLMENTS TOR ATh2T1 AND SEWER AND OTHER IMPROTEMEN The Clerk brought up the question am to the time from which interest should be charged property holders, City Attorney Rose suggested that in order to get the matter on an equitible basis' he would.go over it with the Finance Committeeman and submit a report soon. RATE 0? INTEREST ON.INSTALLMENTS AND STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS. The Clerk called attention to the faot that the old Charter Wielded for eight per oent and the nOW for six per Dent rates. moved by E. C. Romfh, seoonded by H. G. Ralston that the Clerk be and is hereby instruot-) ed to make a uniform charge of six per oant on all assessments wherever interest is chargeable. ?Lotion carried. DAMAGE TO SEWER AT TWELFTH STREET AND AVENUE "G". The Clerk presented bill of Rothar Company, amount 034.35, dated Aug. 18,1915, against J. N. Lummus for repair to sewer at his property at Twelfth Street and Avenue.G. The claim -,was made by the plumbers who did the work of repairing that it.waM neoessary beoausi4 ofa broken and badly made oonneotion in the street. Moved by E. 0. Romfh, seoonded by C. F. Filer that the matter be referred to Street Committeeman and City Engineer for investigation. Motion oarried. HEARING OF COIPLAI1 TS OF SANITARY SEWER AND 2R:1ANENT PAVING IMPROVEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN RESOLUTION NO. 883 OF AUGUST 5tb,1915 The Clerk announced that 8 P. M. is the hour at which complaints are to be received and read a notioe of the completion of the improvements as set forth in detail in Resolution No. 863 and asked the following question with respect to eaob improvement: "Are there any complaints as to the manner in which the work was done?" "To the character of the work or to the cost?", informing those present of the cost of eaoh inproveme nt per 80 foot lot. Mayor J. W. Watson, in behalf of the property owners along Thirteenth Street presented the following written protest with regard to the asphalt being laid on that street. Miami, Florida,.August 20,1915. To the President and Membera of the City Council of the City of Miami: uentlemen:-' We, the undersigned, taxpayers and business men adjoining and bodering on 13th Street, between Avenues C and E, protest to your honorable body against the accept- ance and payment for the so-oolled pavement as laid on 13th Street between Avenues .0 and E. This pavement is of such poor texture that a horse, mule or automobile standing on it from ten minutes to half an hour will create depressions thereon from one-half to two and one half inohes deep by actual measurement, and this after the expressman, by request, had remained off of it for ten days, giving the pavement ample time to set, if it was ever going to. H. U. King, D and 13th W. T. Beruer (The Tire Shop) K. P. Carter The Eleotrio Garage B. F. Lasseter & Co., Southern Feed Co., Julius Smith L. J. Alien J. W. Watson. Chairman Hefty asked if all who signed the petition are property owners. The Mayor re- plied that they were all property owners and business men along that street. Council- man Romfh stated that if the asphalt was not laid soft it would go to pieces very quickly.' Mayor Watson: Idon't know whether it is good paving or not but it looks wrong. It may be that after a while it will Dome out and be a good street but the property owners are kioking about the way it is tearing up now. If a horse is stopped for fifteen minutes I guarantee his feet will go through the asphalt to the dement or very closely. Why, I do not know. It has been rolled out five times and that did not seem to help any and aOat is wrong I don't know. In going along in front of the Hefty Press building this fternoon I n,teioed four prints ,.f horses feet and I reached doom a ploked up a piece of a the asphalt and brought it along with me and you will iv tide that it has'come all to pieoee; 'while this on Avenue E, apparently, you oannot break with an axe; it has been four or five weeps and has not ooze out yet. Chairman Hefty: I have tried to keep teams and vehicles from stopping on that street; express wagons stand there all day and I have asked them to move several tines. iCouneileee Roma; 41 think all this asphalt will mark for: saee ties. • ••A• l'"" 1, Of b leinte , nc +i rib l*Wet tos01104* 0.:5 tMAU t Watson: 1t, may.be beoause Z8tb Street .is tUsed mote thus .tit nets. Chairman I3efty: 1 was somewhat uneasy until it was'eXplained to Me. layer Watson: It is in worse ocndition today than the first time it, was ironed out. hdounoilman Ralston: With the first permanent paving laid this same thing happened and con ditions were just as bad at llth and 0 and we were beseiged by angry property owner* but all those marhave ironed out in the traffic and the street is just as good now as any we have. 'Mayor Watson: I have never found any so soft. Opntraotor A. O. Proudfoot was present and upon invitation from the Council made the follow- ingstatement: The probable p obable reason the marking on the first paving was not to notiosabis: is beoause the work was $one in colder weather; we have taken the temperature and Aetna, tests have registered 139 in the morning on the surface of the streets, while the initia} beat is only 2255 degrees and the penetration is specified at 55 degrees. We have oom- { plied with spebifibatooar in every way and have followed the City Engineer's inetruotions in every manner and I believe, from nine years actual experience, the City Engineer's methods are correct and I know they are recognised by those in the asphalt business as being the onfjr possible way of putting it down and expeot:durability. This pavement H could very easily, and with the same expense, be put down so hard that you oauld not mark it at all. It would not cost one (sent more in roiling or material to boil out the lighter oil but if we did so the first cold weather that comets with a temperature of 50 degrees say, the pavement that is laid bard will undoubtety oraok. When I heard of this petition 1 told the City Engineer about it and requested him to get information front all others as I did not want you to take my word for it but I say to you that I have put in streets for nine years, have always been paid for the work and hate not had to o back and put them in again and have never put in any paving that was not soft for six months or a year and 1 would not say that this paving will not be soft for one year. This marking doss not amount to anything. If I did not touch these streets with a smoother I guarantee these marks will disappear entirely in time. That is hard to believe, of oourse, unless you Witness it. In Chicago the penetration required is much higher on account of the difference in temperature. We laid that at 72 as against 50 here, which is twenty degrees harder and we could have as well used 45 or 30 and get it so bard I could not roll it. But the method to follow is to find but from the experienoe of people who know and who have made a study of the best possible method of construction and that we are doing. The Pittsburg Testing Laboratory is testing this work and is doing the testing for practically one half of the paving work done in the United States. Mayor Watson: I hope it will for I never saw a better job of paving in my life but the people on that street who see it down for sevcral weeks and see you sending your wen to iron it out every now and then think it will not come around. Mr. Proudfoot: Five or six weeks is practically no time for the penetration of the light oils. We could do that by the use of heat but it has been proven by experienoe, test and construction that evaporation by natural means is the only permanent method whereby you get durable streets for fifteen or twenty years which we expect these streets to last. This marking will snow all summer but the first cold weather you get it will disappear and whether I touch the marks with an iron or not they will smooth out, but even next summer the streets will probably mark a little. We could make it as bard as concrete and a horse could not mark it and you would say that it is an exoelient job but next yar there will be oraoks an inch wide clear across :he street but under present conditions you will see next year that it is right. Engineer Klyoe: The oontraotor wanted to make the asphalt harder beoause the people would be better satisfied, no doubt, for the present but I would not let him do so. It is always this way where asphalt is put down, the people do not understand why it marks and I would get along much easier to let them make it hard. Upon inquiry in Jacksonville 1 find there was a street marked so badly they thow—ht it never would come out but it is now all smooth. This method of laying asphalt is standard everywhere; the streets are hardening ail the time but if you made them hard to start with they would crack in short time. This work has been done most carefully. 1\e h•ve a better sand than we had in the first permanent paving and a very much better grade of stone. 0n the saute streets just oonupleted where the same grade of asphalt was used conditions are even worse in this,re- speot than on 13th Street and streets that are laid with exactly the same kind of asphalt as rhat which was used last year are marking worse than 13th Street. Mayor Watson: What kind of asphalt was used on 13th Street? Engineer Klyoe: Mexican. It is exactly in accoriance with specifications. The Mexican is not priced the same as other asphalts. Councilman Hefty again called attention_ to trade -men and expressman standing with their vehicles along 13th Street and Avenue D some times for a whose :nay. Councilman Ralston suL Bested that as Ur. Hefty is acting police oon:nissiuner this can be controlled by an order to the Chief of Police. Engineer Klyce: It will not cost one cent more to make the pavement as hard as you want it. We allow 350 degrees for :iexioan and 325 degrees for other but we oan, of course, make it as hard as you desire but it would not be durable. The streets north of Twelfth Street will mark up a :-reat dual worse than 13th. The higher priced asphalt was used north of twelfth Street and it will mark a great deal worse. Mayor Watson: Why is it higher priced? is it supposed to be better? Engineer Klyce: I do not care to argue about that ilr. Watson but the Company that sells it claims it 1s. It is merely the nature of the asphalt. Doth are good grades of as- phalt and there is no defect in either and the paving can be made as hard as you w.nt it. It ono be made hard in two ways: by more heat or by leaving out some of the asphalt, the bast manner being to heat it more for it would surely break up if you left out some of the asphalt. Oilman Romfh: I have fifty feet on 13th Street and am perfectly willing to accept It 40 good paving. a� ants on eeglutl:on 1o. $63 (Con O t1 nsn Ralston: I bel_ understand it. I saw the ob' e di ion on Moved by E. 0, Romfh, seoonded by H. G. Ral,atoa that theWritten' the Thirteenth Street paving be received and tiled and spread oh objeotion be not sustained. Motion carried.' T Ili R QUEST FOR PAVING FOURTEENTH STREET. To thi Hon,, City Ooumi1: 1de*i, Florida. Gentlemen: We the abutting property holders and residents on that part of Fourteenth Street, between. Ave. NUt and Ave. i , reppeo$fully petition and urge your Honorable Body to pave a read.* way 18 feet wide with Miami Rook. Also sewer. We will pay.our assessment prompt When work is completely, This part of street in question has now about seven or a ght houses on it and is growing eery fast and a street is greatly needed in this part of the city. Young Menlo Intertainment Co., by G. L. Brossier, Prest. Carl Kohner, Jr. Can. Hormer, L. F. Klekamp E. W. Ohtah A. M. Ohtah J. C. Wayman and others Respectfully submitted, Moved by O. T. Filer, ..seconded by E. C. Romfh that petition be received and referred to Street Committeeman and City Engineer. Motion carried. REQUEST OF F. G. PROUDF00T TO THE CITY TO PAY BARBER ASPHALT COMPANY $6,722.04 COVERING ASPHALT USED 3Y'PROUDFOOT IT' STREET PAVING. The City of Miami, Florida: Pleasepay to The Barber Asphalt Paving Company, the sum of Sixty Seven Hundred Twenty Two (e6722.04) Dollars, for aephalt furnished by the said Barber Asphalt Paving Company, wbioh amount is to be deducted from estimates due us for work performed and materials furnished on paving oontraots in this City. Kindly pay this amount from first paving estimates due us after this date. Miami, Florida, August 36,1915 SOUTHER:: ASPHALT & CO?'STRUCTIOrI CO., F. G. Proudfoot, By A. F.Proudfoot, Attorney in Fact Loved by E. C. R,omfb, seoonded by J. A. Conrad that certificate be put in the Minutes and copies be furnishes City Attorney, City Auditor, City Clerk and Finance Committeeman.' Lotion carried. BILLS AGAINST CITY: Bill of A. J. Rose for writing City Charter , amount $250.CO, Councilman Romfh stated that Council allowed Atkinson & Burdine $2 .00 for writing the last Garter. ;coved by E. C. Romfh, seconded by H. G. Ralston that bill be paid. Notion. carried. REQUEST OF SOUTHERN UTILITY C0_C?ANY TO PUT A SECOND GRADE ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF THEIR STEAM PLANT DURING ABSENCE OF THEIR CHIEF ENGINEER ON VACATION. Lr. Brown, of the Southern Utility Company addr.essed Council stating that the Lolier Inspector had o a..plained be &use of the manner in which they are operating their plant No. 1; that their Chief Ergineer is away on a vacation and will be gone until about September lSth; that they have a Chief Engineer of all plants and three assistants f©. each plant, one assistant of each plant being oalled"first assistant" and the other two"second assistants" and each assistant has secondclass licenses and the Question raised it that the lioense of the second assistant will not cover our operation, while we interpret the law it will cover us because second grade license men can take oherge of a 300 H. P. Plant and we are operating with 300 E.P. We have three boilers in this plant, two operating at the same time and some manafaoturers rate the power at 150 R. P. each and others less, but in my opinion it is impossible for a boiler of that sise to evaporate enough water to develop 150 pounds and this is where the oompAaint cones in, that our men have not licenses for 300 pounds and we only use 200 pounds at a time and I interpret the bedinanoe we are in tho law operating as we ars. Tor us to put on an extra man with a first oleos license it would mean that we would simply have t4 tot hln-galk the streets as he would not get sufficiently familiar with the plant to be safe to put in *barge in the time our chiet engineer will be gone. Each of the pen W9Iiiek ing parp�ialanffamiliar with othe plant and the man we have as Chief Engineer is a firs o pa making every.part of the machinery used. There, is complaint nide as to Whether the men are oapab: • .car not. They admit every man we of tali are of the tat;bi:e#�i' ;+'iar fats e ordinance, trheiher'we elihu a 'be al '+ to CD*Xat ir' th+xut .,tita D ire Oilnee does not seem to me to be in keeping with thr! ittt 'ion off` _the o�kd3Baaoe which pproteot lite and peopertp and the new c.extiri ill► xoaild not be stis capable as Woe *e baY1. I am an engineer and haveA0 f rattolieas:7tioenes in Mobile, Alabama, or much higher horse power, under United States License and while;? have not keppt up e license I. am oabable of handling the plant and understand everything tkoroughland new man, so matter how good, oan come in and run the plant right off. Re would have to spend thirty days there before it would be safe to turn him loose. We are not endeavoring to save a few dollars in this as we are paying our Chief Ingineer wbi;�e he is on his vacation and we are also paying one of the men who holds'seogrid grade license first oleos pay and I would like to be allowed to have this man operate our plant during the absenoe of our engineer. They are capable ofrunning it. The Boiler inspector admits they are and the pnly question that he brings asp is that their lioense is not first class. h Romfh: How long is your man going to be away? ti Brown: Probably two weeks, we let him off for thirty days and be has been off since middle of the month. Ralston: Has the Boiler Inslpeotor ordered you to put on a first class man? Brown: He has not but told me he would request me to do so and if I did not he would turn the matter over to the Police Department; If the Council says for us to put a man on we will do so but it looks like an inposition on us because there is no man capable of going in there and handling the plant right off. It takes quite a while for a man to learn the lines of x plant of that size. It is simply a difference of opinion as to what I thir is the horse power of the plant and What the Boiler Inspeotor considers the boilers 'et rated at. Our machinery is not large mouth for more than 300 H. P. City Attorney Rose: I do no+ see how you oan do anything; you cannot waive the lava or the ordinance, youraction would be futile and if the Boiler Inspector wanted to bring aotion before the Munioipal Judge it would be a question for the Court to determine whether this gentleman is violating the ordinanoe. You passed the ordinance and I don't think it is for the Council to interpret the ordinance at all. Romfh: I do not think they would be running that plant and takenc any risk. It may be a silent infraction of the law and while I know it would not be legal for Council to tell him to o ahead for a oouple of weeks until their man Domes book unless the Boiler inspector gi*es us a different opinion and I would like to hear from him. Conrad: It seems to me it is a reasonable request because there is a competent man in charge, more so than by getting a new first class man. I think we should take it up and stop prooeedings. Romfh: We oannot stop the proceedings but we oan omit the fine. Ralston: I think the Counoii would be setting a very unwise preoedent. There was a long discussion about the Boiler Ordinanoe and we finally got one that we thought correct and it is unfortunate that 11r. Brown has not another first class man in his plant. He has a copy of the ordinanoe and knows what is reauired. Roufh: He contends that he is not violating the ordinance. Ralston: The Boiler Inspector is in charge of interpreting the ordinanoe. It is a provision of safety and if carried out at all should be oarried out for two weAa as well ae for tau months. 'Romfh: It does not seem that it would be a violation if he is running with 200 H. P., if he has three boilers of 300 H. P. and is using only two he is certainly not using 300 H. P. +� the Mr. Brown: The highest rating given by any manafe►oturer is 150 eaoh and some rue,nafaotur ere rate them as low as 125. We are using two boilers and have the third in reserve. The ordinanoe does not say .in regard to horse power but reads steam engine .plants and if figured on steam engine power we have only 200 which is the maximum development we can get. The Chief engineer stands no watch at ail. Ho simply supervises the runn- ing of the plant and these other men are our regular foroe to operate the plant. Filer: I thirk the objeot of tie ordinance was not to pera„it the operation of a plant without a chief engineer. Mr, Brown: It is still under his supervision. He laid out the work to do while he was away and if anything should happen we should immediately wire his for instructions. We are paying him his salary right alor.g. Filer: Suppose the man was sink for a few days, it would be the same thing. These people are not trying to run their plant on a cheap scale they are paying this man and his lioense, I understand, are atiii there at the plant, I would *bleat if it was for two or three months. Roafh: If they put a. new Chief there now it would be useless. Filers The ordinanoe should provide for the first assistant to take Charge in emergency Romfh: Is there anything; about the plant you don't understand Ur. Brown? Br : No Sir, nothing. I have no license for this State, I did not think it would be neoessary for me to keep my license up. If the Chief Engineer of an ocean going !euae3 is disabled the first assistant is given a permit to take out the vessel. If you want to work a hardship on the people it'oan be done but I think we can permit for the first assistant in case of necessity. tapdt When this ord1Aat►oe was passed this very sublict was the bone of aOntent- Ad o'ure4 meet C7,11rrilman introduced the followinf resolution: RESOMTIOm ro. 878 Whereas, the City Enzireer hue ocrz:tified, under date of August 2$t21. 1915,:to the a,..onnt o: each of the following contracts between the City of Mia.;.i and.t Southern Asphalt & Construction Company: Resolution No. 364 -B 47,818,10 Resolution :10. 367 -B 11,193,05 Resolution "o. 370 -6 11,087.F3 Resolution 369 -B 15,479.42 S_,sol,.Itior 7c. 371 :A 14,675.78 and that the estir:ated cf incidentl expense for zdid contract is Low, The':efore, Se It Fasolved, 3y the :ity omoil of the City of 14iam1, Flori64 that the certificate of thu city Fnr7ineer, dated August 25, 1915, containing and ahowinr- the amount cf the corAracts aforesaid and the estimated cost of in- cidental expense for it contrac7ts be and the same ie llreby received and that the sumo be filed with the city clerk for 1entifiation. Paaaed and adorted t:,is 26th day of August, 1915, Caerer Hefty Actin Preeioent City ('ouncli Attest: City (.71erk. A true copy fi:17.ed) W. L. City Clerk. :oved by ueconaed by , that Seaclution "o. E75 be a:orted as re:d: On roll calI, all voted "yes". 7,17SOLUTIW PRO7IEIN'7; F07 C70,000. E077% ,ouncilman Romfh introduced Sesolution Yo. 876-A aq follows: RFSOLT.ITION !.M. 876-A • Ad WHEflus, Sy Resolution ?*c. 364-H the City Council of the City of :Ziami, Florida, ond-2red the luiprovement of the Boulevard from tie north side of Twelfth Street to F. C. Fy track between Fifth and Sixth Streets within sai. city, by grading' cnd paying with asphaltic concrete, and the construction of a concrete curb I utter; and, tins Of Council Thure :yo. 876-A (Continued) t, By Resolution ''o. 367-R the City Council ordered the improvement of Avenue B from e, south silo of Tenth Street to F. F. C. Ry. track between 5th and Sth ,Site., within wild by ranuralinr and paving with asphultio concrete euidoonetruotion of a cono rate curb and er; and .EA", By Resolution 10o. 369-A the City Council ordered the improvement of Seventh Serest the wee' side of the Boulevard to '. E. C. By. except the intersections of Avennue B, Avenue C and Avenue D, within said city by grading and i:e:virE• with asphaltic conerdto and construction of concrete curb and gutter; and, IMPEAE, fly Resolution No. 370-B the City Council ordered the improvement of Eighth Street f•-on the east side of Aveune r; to the we aide of the Boulevard, except the intersections at Avenye C and Avenue 1, within said city, by grading and paving with aepbaltio.concrete and the construction of a concrete surb and cutter; All aocording to the plans, profile., details, drawings ant specifications of each of said ta- •provements theretofore determined upon; the cost thereof, exoept street and alley inter sections, to be payable by apeoial aseeesments heretofore pr hereafter ante upon property within said city for any part of the cast of aaid improvements; and ARFAtAE, pursuant to due advertisement, in a,ocordance with the Charter, bids for the oon- etruotion of acid improvement were reoeived and a contract therefor duly let; and FEE EAC, all the proceedinge for ;aid improvement up to and including the lettere of maid con- tracte were hue under the provisions of eeotions of the City Chart r re laded by the present City Charter of the City of Miami approved by the 3overnor of the State of Florida, May 29th, 1915; and WH":'?'tAS, the said above described luprovements for radina and pavi nues will be continued under section twenty-six (26 of the present of Miami by virtue of resolution eo. 879 of City Council of geld Ci ments under Bahl Section 26 of acid hurter; and uat 28th, 1916. said streets and Ave- ity Charter of the City y continuing said improve- en-TeEAS, aerie eecti_n e6 provided that in a.l cases in welch improvements have been hereto- fore ordered ,..::.1 eentrects for the conetructiOn thereof have been let, it .hall be lawful for the City t. enter into a new contract with the contractor providing section 26 where the amo>>nt to be paid the contractor for his work shell be reeuced by an amount equal to at leant five per cent (5(e) of the origir,t:l contract price, anu the oricina contract price for said improvemente amounts to seventy thou -end two hu:idr.eu fifty one dollars and ninety-eiht cents (70,251.98) and the eetimr tted cost of incidentals thereof amounts to roux thousand nine huialred seventeen do ens an. ci.' ty-four oente (4,917.64); and elierEAS, the _t;i•:i City of .'iani and ti',a contractor to whop, the said con'racts for Avid im- provements aforeeeid were let eev, c.rtere: into a: nee contract under mid provisions of said Section u6 providin for the ray ert of the cony of said improvements . e provided in s.•.id eec _ion S6 ane reeecir.: tit amount to be i:..id the cc tractor for hit, stork by err. amount equal to five (5%) per cent t i < original contraet price, ani WFFPFAS,no bon er other eb1 i- gtior.e heve beer. ienuee for the payment of any kart of sr.id. cost, ?' ov, Tt•FrF`F) F, 1 E; 17 7.7r)LvEr by to City 'ourwil of the City of ,:1ar:.i, Florida: e.ect i on 1. Teat for the reeoti b1e c ::r er ( 70,000.00) eollare, bor..-s of one teeurar..: in.l.;eive, weigh in.13 five ane one-half ear and July cf ach note principal ane ir.t etand rd of wr irebt sne of ew Yc..rk, end a1:e1.� the .urPeee of eeyin_ tee cost of self imerovemente there to be ieeued bones cf eeie City of ;'.i .:r.i in tee eerecate...count of zeventy theueend o:.ie bonus to ee denominate;. "C_riec A" t.ru to ceesist of seventy (70) (1,C 0.) dtl1:i' ra c ee, neeee_red free ene (1) to j_.ven'.;y(70), both ton shell bear ;L.te J.:ly 1st, 1915 ane carry interest at the rate of certum (5-ir:;) per ar.nur ; piyabl:: semi-ernur_11y tee first uL-.y of January - such interest to be evil .need by couture et' eceed to said bonne; ereet to be payable ie eole coin :,f t eriecd etu.te-s cf 1.1. ereeent fineness, at iced Otatee eoregftee an:, Trust ''o;:.pany, in the City mature err..: be, payable a::, fc..iowe: Sever. ('A) cf ':...iLi eon e, ntimberee fror., one (1) to seven (7), both ire iuolve, shall .,:Mare e:.i be eay:::b1 within one (1) year from: Bete tee eof. _even (7) o.f ...i. ben•:+, reennere:.i.from eight (E) to fourteen. (14), bote in c:ivaive, et .:. .,,e.tur .. µn be pt.ytable within two (2) yeezr i fro .-;a.te thereof. ..even (7) efeeie eonee, nu._bere.l froe fifteen (15) to twenty-one (21), both in lusiv,, eha.l: ,.situ:c ane be pey5.bie it '}nee years from d:.te teereof. :,ever. (7) cf -..1 bon1s, nurubeeed from twenty-two (e:) to teenty-eieet (2E), both inclusive, sea:, mature t. :, ::.e eapable w1ti,1r. four (4) y€.ers fro.. aets thereof. .even (7) of eei.: bor.:e, nu.b rem from, t::er. ty-nine (29) to t lrty-five (35) , both 1:;c1eoive, s::;:1. :••:=tux• 1 be peyabl,.=_ eitblr, fivr. (`) yeere fro:.. ;late the.;.eof. Beven oi' aai.i eee.e, n :t:here, : feom thirty-six (36) to forty-two (42), bete in- clusive, sh:;I i mature, be payable within eix (6) ye re fror.. ;1 .tc the; eof. .even (") of ee.ie bcr, e, numb' re_. from forty-three (43) to forty -nine (49) , both inc:u:3lve, shed:. mature ..:.^..: be ,payable within seven (7) years from .lute t_ treof. .even (7) of eel.: ne=ed from fifty (50) to fifty-eix (56), both, in- clueive, eheli nature en., be payable Zvi*.•lain eieet (E) years fro,.. ::ate thereof. :'even (7) of eel' ...onda, nueibe::ed from fifty-seven (57) to sixty-thr::e(6P), both inclusive, shrill :r:atur- end be pe:ye.ble in nine (9) yeape free ate thereof. ;'even (7) cf eel. bon..:.e, nuebe:. e:i from eixtp-fourxi servrr.ty (''0), both in- clusive, shell r:.e+tuie :.re be payable in ton (10) eeers from lute thereof. 4FC'!T r. 3: 3aic! bor.eeshell be signed t: the ;mayor xnz city clerk, a''eeted.by the city 4.a- ditor and sealed wit:, the corporate seal, and the coepone attached theieto shall be signed by tl,w city clerk, whJe;: ai;;ratu:e upon such coupons may be faceimilee cf the original. tECT10r.. 3: That ,tor the payment of the principal and interest cf said bon3s ar the a:u:e Ad48112ne WO, Resolution No. 878 (Continued) Miami, Florida, approved May Ofth, 1915: NOW,TMFFDRE, BE IT mom), By the City Council of the City of k1amil:120141 That all assessments oolleoted for such improvements aforesaid are herebyorder- ed to be placed in one fund to be known and designated 411 ImprOvement !NMI 110..1, which said fund shall be maintained, pledged and applied to the wient of the principal and interest of the bonds issued by the Oity of gt&mi or the payment of a portion of tbe cost of said improvement. Passed and adopted this 26th day oaf August 91 . Casper Hefty, AotinE President City Council Attest: W. B. Moore, City Clerk. A true copy r7. D. iloore. City C1rrk. Moved by J. A. Cnrad, seconded, by C. F.Filer, that Resolution No. S76 be adopted as read. On roll oall all voted "Yee" PEF107,77I0 AUTRO7I1ING Nv- :707-PA1T wITI4 soir-rpr ASPHALT A7r, COrSTPUCTIOF COMPANY Councilman ,. :.fh introduced Resolution 1To. 879 as follows: RESOLUTION '10.879 A 7770LUTTO7 AUTHOr.I1rT) A 77T ^077-1ACT 7IT!-! 7nE SOUTF7TY ASPHALT Ar-, 71':;=1T77;r7T7%77 ANY 17:777 SFCTIctK 26 OF THF '7ITY CFARTF7. BF :T 71L7Fr, By the ty Council of the City cf :Jiami, Florida: Section 1. That the prover oficers of the ,71.ty be ar' they are hereby directed to enter into a nev: oo-tract with The Southern Asphalt & ..)nstruction Company Froviair: for tTie paymnt of a portion of thc cost of t.,e imrrovement described in ,:ontract, PAd contract to h folJowe: Where_s, thrl City Council of the City of :7iami, Floricia, on EepteyLber 7th,1914 uwarded the 0,,i_thern Asphalt Constrwtion Company, a corporation, contracts for th foLiowinr, 1;-,11-oveents in :3,1., city, to witt- 1. PAVin: fro.. Twelfth S,treet tc. F. ▪ ry. tracks between Fifth and 7ixth 2. Pavan:: Avenue B. Tenth 2tre(A to t. Ry. tracks between Fifth arv, Sixth 7treets. 3. Pavinl. Ceventh Stre, t fr. :".za-vard to 7. ▪ Ey. tracks, except thr inter- octions at Avenues B,C & B. 4, ?twin: -treet fro Avenue : to 3o.1.1.vard except tLe intersoctins at 'Avenue C 5. .Favin: Avenue T.!, to .oulevard excert t.e.rtersections at !.venue s E. L,;(,-Yrac- pric for said iuurovements beitc not lieu thun the sug of /0,251.9E4 :,nd the estimate,: coat of 4r,-;:i ntal tJxponscs Lein: not less tn.:. tht. $ th of ,,4,917.57, 4:d reJs, contracts were luly enter ej I: tc s:Ad City ri 'Thc, Asphclt :-:.nstructio;1 mp,.,ny for the ; -rfor. cc of said work an- carryinr- out said contracts, on l'ovb,r '„5,:th, 1914. aesachu-Eqts ondi- I evrance ;3o:„pany, a corroration, enterrd into *n und rtk1,ao surety for sc.it! The South- rn Asphat Construction ,`c_pcx.y, for th benefit cf to 1 7ity of :Uami, ,ach of thc,foreroiry contracts an, for e folowln: sums, to wit: 1: c,ntrat nuber on. afore', id bo-,d for ri-Lteen thous,nd and fidteen do_.,are ninety-ei:ht centelE,015.CA-.). In contra.,-t n'1,41:,r two aforP,id bon: for Twelve tht.1-,.;11,1 tir-e hun-ared four dollars an, five cents, (;',1Z,,704.C5). ,:o7'ra,:'t ri:r three for -said bond for firte. thoun),,nd thrse forty-t_vs dollars riy-six cents, (i15,345.66). In con'racnlimber four afo:esalcbon:. for eleven t),•,1,.nd seven undred sevn'nty-six ,Icalars ft:kr-six ,,r.te C;1:;,-76.55,, and 1: nu,a,or five bon,k for tw,lve t ous:ald L„r. sevrnty-fc..,r do_aars and sicht o,nts,( 1-,,014.OE) hercL.s it i 1:rov1-ed by the Cat: 'ha ter of t,:w ,aty of 710-1 a, now Ir. fui, force an, ef'ect, an,; arproved by tlie cvernor of State of 29, 1915, amo% other thinre, ue ^Iv AL AsrIr "'RICE IUPPOVT11,-NT5 RAVF 71-177 7277,7F7 'T-TA1TS TOE 1 TRU OY TFITREor 7'."" T=FAIL TiF "A717 Tr110 EN A cormAcT To' 1 Annn;' • , jo„.„' t ,n -'•:' '04,- • `,'";b 4 r 6 .- A • 11- • nid beetinz of Council Thursday, Aucust 26th,191e. , lution Ko,079 (C!ontinued) min For 'ITY PEr!!,77T OF TVE nrIT oF T-F Ar PPOrIDFD In T!'IS STIP 717' nrA-T 273ALL 1.1P UrF UMSS Trr. AntYYT TO DE PAIr sio"-rA7Tor For. !!TF1 ITOFF nALT, Br TPFTTBY rrnT717,7 !ST .A"! fl!T EQUAL TO AT LEAr.4T FIVr i 'r cv,) oF ORT(JT-Al ':"0”-PA7' PI", and Whereas, said southern Apshalt Construction Company desires to taie advantage of the pro - 'vision of eo,id 'ter so ae to be paid for it's work under sal contracts in cesh, ae provider_ said Charter, and Aa,Aachosetts Bendin,t Insurance ompany, suretyLtforesaid On said con. - tracts is wt..in in consideratimof sold change in sa1 contracts, as to ths' Manner of payment of the cosy of so.id improvorente that the chance aforesaid as to the thaal,ler of pay- ment shall in norJiee effect it, Or it's Jurety on .4aid contracts CiX 44.f00%11* TIo,Threfore, in Cooeideration of the preniscc and cf the sum of one (11.00) aoil each to the othr in hand paid, oeceipt whereof is hereby ackowled7s1, it is greed that the above '1.soribed five contrFets for said improvents shall be and remain' in all thites as therein provided and set forth in full foroe and affect and bindinz upon the ,:,,spectiVe parties th:,reto, except that in c000lilsrotion of the enterinc' into this new contract 'rile 'Southern Asphalt ", Construction 7:ovpany hereb, aL'rees 1in2e itself that the amount to be paid o it udder the said contracts for Its work shall be und is hereby reduced by an amount equol to five per cent of the original oontra7t price of said. Aive contracts and eaid Uassaohusetts Ur I.Aurance •^*:,17arly oy assentino to thin cortract hereby azrees and bini.e itself aforesaid des:;r1.1 bonds executed by it for Sootherh AapZalt Constructich Or4mpany, for the 1::2nefit of ths it; of niami, Florida, in the amounts herein - before set forth shall in aH thinze apply to thid oontra7t hereby entered into and the said bonds of t'i,! conpny so (rot,ered into aforesaid on :7ovember 30th, 114 are lac!rebu adopted and incorporated io'to and 410.de oort of tis 000traot» ref('rence as fUlly ancloto all lotents and purposee as if the oe e fully ,:(1011 1-1Aor2orated into sinea by 8id InGurunce And t it ftr t*L, nsideratione aforosaid c.crees to :....11t1.1,2rn As- phalt 7, f%)1. the c,o!4t f iov,,.!nts in ct..-11 for in Section Z3 of th- :iy 7 ;,..rter. In V;Itneo, 7hreof,t 6,ii <;f: caused th1,3 ,-,:ree:lent to ai7no1 by the corrte to b,d- affixes, aol t1 othor parties nereto have oaysed t-ie azreement to be 012'..!LI by them VII. orT,orte 6,42 of Ch cf ,4"1.J. iei fficeA, a.a of tof J'xne Sjri1,anj aolivered, in the of ls: VEAL) es:rj „ ..... Seoticn O. TO1 nt ..511;:.11 under the viiion9 of -C. cti-)-„ W.) f;:r ,..1,Tlie4 to of 0;6a.zent, of bonds and -I, ot:er tails required by SectirJ,„ ,f tb.! 'Thurtor, ao.w.; 6L, far as ,:.ny cf atips hJ1 :!tofore have lo oesoeot A est: ".--„•.-ie •Ty,.. .„ • O'C, City Clerk. CaoTor_H.ufty . . Sil City Could 'Ooved ty n, 2? 7. E7.9 Oe' y_s". .fh 7117:,01:7TT(7- 6E0 A r,;t:oluti-,:-, ;-ovidi,L7 fr the oay_ent of a portion of the oost of and pavina' of the ooulevTA fro,. Twelfth Ctrootto 71o:ide East Coast 71ailway track, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, and Avenue B street to Florida East (oats Pailway trhok, between Fifth and 2ixth Streets, an Seventh fOtreet fro- the liooleovrd.to Florida Tast ,Coast 1-tailway track, except intersections at Avenoes 73, and 2 nd Fichth Street fro: Avenue D to the Houlevard, exoept intersections at ;venue 0 and 2 and ::inth '17treet fro- Avnue E. to 7oole- yard, except intersectiono3 at Avenues 2, 0 and 73 by the issuance of sevent' thousand (170,000.) dollars '.2onds undor 8tion 23 of the City oharter. WTJOA9., ty resolutions ,o. 364-5; .357-D, 3a.o.-2.; 370- and 371-71 the City r-uncil ordered the improvement of the 7,oulevard fro T'velfth Street to Florida East 7,oast Railway traok, between Fifth and Soith Streots; Avenue 1.=, roc... Tenth FAreet to Florida Last :',oast track, between F.tfth and Sixth 2treets; Zevent-, Street from the boulevard toFlorio Last Coast Railw,..,y rck otersactione ,Wenues2., C r„;; Eichth 2treet from Avonoe to Boulevard, except intersections at Avenoas C z,:r.,•12. nd rinth Street frozu Avenoe E to Boulevard, excapt 1:-Jersectione _t Avenaes 2, .77 and 3 zaid accordinr tc ;lane, profiles, AstaLlso 4rawincs arAd specifications theretofore deter:. •,a4 ,41.***41001MititStiovot - • •, v - ( the ale- t Adjourned "Seting.Of o Resolution NO. 876.4 (Continued) fall due, there is hereby oreated.a ompatate fund to be known'', FUND NO. 1, into whioh shall be placed all iporued interest received Upon e id the date when they begin to draw interest and the date of their delivery; and tn sha41 also be placed the principal and interest of all asessements colleoted forsi improvement., and the said sum shall be used for to other pUrpose than forthe PO of the prtnolpal and interest 4said bonds until:thereWr shall have beet redeopsd paid. SECTIC.'N 4. This reeolutionahall be in force on and after its passage and Approval, the Mayor. Passed and adopted this 26th day of August, 1915, Attest: Cam et Hefty_ Actg. --Ties eni dIty Council City ClrIc.--- A:.:roved ti1a 26th'day of August, J. W. Watson, Mayor Oityrof Miami. ea. * * • • * • • • • • • * * :..oved by H7 G. 7=.1ston, seconded by C. F. Filer, that resolution No. 876-A be adopted aa reaa. On roll call all voted "Yes". FECOL7TION FROITIrINO FOF TUE EOM AND EXECUTION OF SPECIAL IZROVEMENT BONDS. Councilman Romfh introduced Resolution No. 877, as follows: RFOOLUTIO7 70.87? 717 A RESOLUTIrT PROVIDI.G For THE FORE Arr EXECUT- ION OF SPECIAL IUPDOVE!!ENT BONDS, TO BE ISSUED UNDFR SECTION 26 OF THE CHAPTER OF THE CITY OF IT 7-Fourr FY TIT cITY 7=M OF THE CITY OF FLOPITA: oecticn 1. That unless otherwise provided by resolution, the form of Special Improveme :3on18 and coupons issued under the authority of Section 26 cf the City Charter shall be substantially 0.0 follows: urITFr STATES CF AfERICA State of Florida, County of rade City of Improvemcnt Bond Series Issued under Section 26, CityChartcr. No. . ." AL, ::r BY TM7E PR-sErTe: That the City of iaL,l in the County of Dade ani State,,: of Florida, is juatly indebted for value received horeby prowdses to pay to the bearer on the day of , 19 , the principal au w of DOLLARS with interest thereon at the rate of per centum per annum., oayable 19 and semi-annuaily thereafter onthe daye of • d in each year, upon the presentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as th etveroliy b-oome due. Roth principal and interest of tOis bond are payable in c.-01,21 co of the United Ctated, of the present standard of weight and flo.enese, at the United States ,lortue.oe and Trust Company, in the City of New York and State of New York. Thie bond is one of 4 series of bon a of like date, koregatino and is lisued for the purpose of payInt: a portion of the cart of certain improvements referred to on the reverse ef'this bond, or cf reimbursing one or more City funds for payments fade therefrom upon such portion of cost, tin-Ie.:the authority and within the limitations of and in full compliance with the oharter of saiO City and in particular Section 2r7, thereof, and resolution No. , duly adopted by the City Council than on , 191 , The full faith, oreait and resources of said City of itiami.- bre heek;y irmyoably iiiidged to the prompt payment of the prinoipal and interest thereotw.:1. as the eameJUTI'due, and to the application to said payment of a1 assessments hiretofer *, .•P or hereafter maOe uron property within said City for any part of the ooat of said improre:— mantis, It is hereby oertified and recited that all acte, conditions and things req , to exist or be done precedent to and in the issuance of this bond by said charter and laws and constitution of said State have duly haplened and been rformed; that pr v has been made for the :1,e vy an4 collection of a 1 rlitam941 erty within said City sufficient to pay the inte e Pet IttAletfttAstii4b tin CitY Council, 'Onirsda►y, August .,88th,1915. gut ion No. 87, (Continued) ,l;•btoome due; and that the total indbbtednee$ of said City, including this bond,, doe xa..4 any constitutional or statutory limitation. *V'1`NESS W""Enop, said City of Wami has caused this bond to be simn.ed by its « yof' 0,, Clerk under its corporate seal, and attested by its Auditor, and the interest coupons hereto :'attached to be sicned with the faoeimile signature of said Clerk, all as of the day cif , 19 . mMelf;'tie stk..... A.TE6T: W. B. Moore City Auditor A true Copy W. B. Moore, City Clerk. ********************* C O'JPON ON TIC CITY OF ':'A:'I, FLOF.IDA wi11 pay to bearer at the United States ::"rteaCe and Trust Company, lee. York City, the su, of ^r)LLAFS,"in cola coin an provided in and for the interest then due on its n ront Bond dated and numbered J. W. Watspn major • W. B, more, .._,.. City Clem. Clerk. (On reverse of bond) The improvements for a portion of the coat of which this pond is issued are: 'i'ne improvement of from to by uner Ft eolution This resolution shall ee ir, force on and after its paesar•e aed approval b; the eayor. pawed and ;or ;ed tele 26t day of Au-uet, 1915. Attest: W. b. ,:oore City Clerk. A true copy, CaepLr Hefty, hctlnr Fre idt nt ^ity 'ouncll� Aprroved this 26th; day of Aucuat, 1915. :.!ayor, Miami, r10 i. . . ;,ioure, City Olerk. Moved by J. A. Conrad, seconded by C. F. 711er that resolution No. 8"7 be adopted as read. On roll call al voted ^Yes". Councilman Romfh 1n`.rod.uoed resolution No. r7P ae fo1 owe: 7.:7oL`rrI7 70. 8?8 Whereas, the improvements of trading and i:avinc of the follow'rc described luprovem,.nte to wit: - The Boulevard from Twelfth Street to F. e. F:v., track between 5th and 6th Streets; Avenue B from lOth Street to F. V. C. Ry. track between. 5th and 6th Streets; Seventh Street from the Boulevard to P. :.. lv. track, except the intersections at Avenue B, Avenue C and Avenue Di EiCht Street from Avree ". to r'oulevr.rd, except the intersections at Avenue C and Avenue B; and :"ir.th Street from Avenue E to theeeeev:,rd exoe7et the inter- -' 'potions at Avenue r, Avenue C and Avenue F, under authority of Resolutions -of the City Council of the C+ty of :•`:i..ml, Floriaa, nurcberes 364-B, 367-B, 339-B,370-1 and 371-B, will be continued by th-r, city council under Section 26 of th City Charter of the ,:Tty of i e t 1! e. er= e: o' r St nt be Se of pa to in ;lt Se, fa 1, th a1. cif SQC 1;ht Pao ei_ let tn,ente ets; nth ue D, rseotions the inter ie City 1Tty of Adjourned melting pt 'l 1`e `, Jl{ a iitb,1915►'. Resolution No. 660 (Centintied) upon, the cost thereof, except the etree and alley interreotione, to be payable by assess- mente heretofore or hereafter made upon property within said City for any part of the octet said improvements end, 1eenEA9, pursuant to due advertisement, in accordance with the Charte= bide for the cone uotion of aexid improvement were received and a contract therefor duly let;' and WHEREAS, al. the proceedings for said improvement up to and including the letting of aald contract were had under the provlsiond of sections of the City Charter repealed by the ;resent City Charter of the City of :Matti approves by the governor of the State of Florida, ;iay 29th, 1915, and !gnus, the e,eid above deeoribed improvements for Gr:►ding anti pavinE said streets and Avenue:i will be continued under section 'twenty-six (ii6) of the present City charter of the City,- of Miami by virtue of resolution '1o. 879 of City Counoil of eaid City oon- tinuin: said improvements -wader said section 36 of said Charter; and. 'r'i?EFFAS said seotion ?6 provided that in all cases in which improvements have been hereto- fore ordered and contracts for the conetruotion thereof have beem let it shall be lawful for the City to enter into a new contract with the contractor providing section 26 where the ;:mount to be paid the contractor for his work shall be reduoed by an amount equal to at 4 least five (5%) per Dent of the original contract prise, and the original contract price for said improvements a.rarnunta to seventy thoue:.nd two hundred fifty one fol:are and ninety. eicht eente ($70,351.98) and the estimated coat of incidentals thereof amounts to four thousand nine hundred seventeen dollars and sixty-four cents,($4,917.64), and 1.v1 17,3FAS, the said City of Mani and the ,contractor to whom the said contre+.ote for said in rovements aforeeaid were let have entered into a new Contract 'alder said provisions of said 2eotion 28 providin- for the payment of the coat of -aid improvements as provided in said section 36 and reducin the -mount to be raid the contractor for hie wor:• by an amount equal to five (5 ) par cent of the ori'ine,l contract price, and whf;reae no bona or other cvliSatJ.one have '.wen issued for the payment of any Fart of 90d:I last, ' Fr BE IL ';'i:.rcLV'TT by the City C :uncil of the City of :.iismi F3 ri•1 v .a: Section 1. That for the purpose r.: ot1 bie coupon bunJe of i.aid ),t`:`C.CC) dollars, s.i_t bons to be^.!s of ore thus nd ( 1,000.) .:oll pryin the cost of .,,.i.i i; : ov'.:;.ents there be issued the of :iiar..i in the at; `'c:.:lte al,ount of r,evonty thou:ttu 1 denominated "aeries A" a:-: i to consist of seventy (70) each, nu,.bered fro::. one to seventy, both inclusive. Motion L. That the bonds provided of Juay 1, 1915, and „a'ry interest at r:,.. ole semi-unn ally on the firs`, day to b.. evidenc.:d b., coupons to b, uttaH coin of the "..7n1t,.ed Statee cf t: 'totes _.wrt.a�e & Trust Company it r3y for ir. cction 1 the rate of five of January a.r.. ;e;i to eai.t '.307". a e present stars.:.. Cit`• of ....t, York of this esolut .on shall bear date .:.,,:i '.:ne-half per centum pc r arnurn, July of .ach y_,r, with interest ; both principal and inter.:ste payable rd of 'AeiTht u.nu fineness, at United 'ectical 3. That for the ra_,'ment of the j_rinclp.4 and inter of said '' o;11- as the name fall due there is herby created a special separate fund t' be : nown ao I' 017:.7 T ^ ?C. whi,b shall be placed all accrued '_r:tcrest re:v.ived .arbn the ..:i.i bon.:R between the :late they ''ecin to dr..w interest ee. the ate ..f their delivery, and into which shall s:: be plc:mad the princlpa1. and interHt 'f a 1 :.,' 't';BI.l!"rts co.cted for improve- r„ n`, ar:i the a._i . euru steal be used for no th. r p ncee t:,st far tc4 ;,tymort ;f the irin- ci al and _' ter st of ^3:tl.i bons until all ? hereof shall have ..eel'. ::('.L e:.,A a d )2cti .n 4. T.-)10 raoiut.o3, ei,.'.11 e in force o:'. ..nd :e ..!-von. i'A air.a adopted t?tip? 23th jayof Au:'i t, A. D. 1915. ff ty .k Approved this 26th i v of AeTeet, A .,.. 1915. Pr its pries .,..rprova by £ctinr i'r eiient sit 'uun^il t s .,ayor, ,fit_ of ..ia.:a:i, oved by R.r: Ralston, sec..uec by C.. r Filer, tbe.t I:p-•ove:Lr.nt 1-solution .'o. 6E0 OC adopt :1 ua rea.i. Or: roll cal: all voted "yes". ever bothered with eave that ralirtV ort MMM • •" ..O , Outbe*hUt*lit 'b dhrfhg eenoe ,of :Chief Patti* ** i ion. , MX,` broelsn¢ wanted some one to be pi&c i4' in:. eherge.'rrhein; his.'040fIneir 1 titiuAr this ordinance settled that question. Pile's: This is certainly a hardship and it ought to provide for 1i4dted.peridt Moved by E. 0. Homfh, seoonded by C. P. Filer that the Boiler Inspector issue s potmi-, good until September l5th for the assistant to cot as Chief Engineer Wt I0e1'1s*t No;, 1. xotion carried. t CITY CLERK PETTY CASH BILLS: moved �C. Cler`k,amountingRto $185,00nbedpaid, PMotionViler oarriedbe pettyrne►rA bills of the City rift DEPARTMENT: DELAY IN SECURING WATER THROUGH HIGH PRESSURE MAIMS ON NIGHT 0P impST S$TH. Aoting Chairman Hefty stated that there was considerable troubled the fire Minh destilW ed the McDonald and Henderson Lumber yards last night, because the high pressure main WU shut off. "1 had an interview with a representative of the water company and was informed,:; that several days ago an extra valve was installed and the fire department notified that the high pressure would be shut off and that the department was also notified that the wot had been completed and the valve Opened but it seams last night when we tried to get water from the high pressure servioe the valve was closed. The contention, of the water company is that they had opened the valve after makinc the repairs and no one knows, how it happened to be closed. I' understand that a speoial wrenoh is required to turn it but I have not been able to find out how it was closed or who did it. Councilman Romfh: There is a hydrant sight aarose the street from tie Fir. Station here on Twelfth Street and 1 would like to know if they went to ewe if it was all right. There are two oheok valves and when the main is in working order water flows into the high Ares. sure main and if it' cannot flow it would show at these red plugs. When the pump is started the pressure exceeds the City Pressure and the check valve in the City main abuts; off. If they notified the Fire Department that the valve had been fixed they should have tested one of the plugs to see that the water was in the high pressure main. It is a very serious matter. Chairman Hefty: I think a committee should be appointed to investigate this matter and should like a motion to that effect with the names of the committee. Romfh: My observation last night was that the personel of the fire department is good but I think there is a lank of system of administration some where and would like tp talk to the Chief and assistant chief. The Chief is not here now and I should like to know what drill they ere put through and what records are kept. The high pressure is the most important feature of the department and every effort should be made to see that it is working. If that high pressure had failed entirely last night we would have lost. the whole business section or the City. I understand that the main was moved in order to put in tnia check valve in the city water works and if a fire had occurred durinc that: time we would rot have had high pressure at all. 1 think it is the best investment we ever made. Ur. Duffy or the water company eteted that the heeh pressure was never out or commission except on Saturaay from B to 2 o•olock and the fire department ens fully notified about that. Foifb: :,id you close that vllve. Duffy: No air, 'e had no occasion to do so. Romfh: What did you do with th- water that carve out of the pipe whe e you ... -,fro it. Puffy: We flooded it out to the :may. We had no coebeicr to touch the valve whatever. Hefty: Which valve did ycu e1Alt off when ycu made the connection. Duffy: Thee are two gate valves and one check and we stet off the v..lv ee ;_1WLyc do, we @nut off the one nearest to Avenue C, the re 'i:e t has been in th _ire and"we broke the pipe there and ir brtakine it we shut off that valve which let u; do all our work v,ith an eicht inch opening. romfh: You are of tee opinion that the valve was al.: right. e Duffy: So far as we know to never tcuched that valve. Kelston: What did you have to do to open the valve and how did it beoo,e closed? Duffy: I did not ,o ne;:ar the valve until afterwarde. I was at ti;r reservoir to Bee that the three pumas were kept `ring. I went to the rower Louse afterwards and then to the valve and the bJ. th pressure was eorklec at that time. Zr.:Avery opened it. Romfh: I understand the man -bole had a lot of cement around it. Duffy: They did not strike the right magi -hole, they found a sewer when they opened it. Ralston: Either the Fire Department of the Dater Corpany must have turned the valve off but I am not saying that the Water Company ;lid it. Mr. Derma ny: When I oame down ar. Avery wa.k, trying to fins where the high pressure was , turned off and we had to get a crowbar to get the top off the man -hole, concrete was round the edge; the fire wagon was there also and they had a wrench in the wagon and we not the wrenoh from them. Ralston: No one ever handles this valve except the fire department and the Water C Or vai./4 Q33P� eno e it is ' osed� toi l$ did not water company ent leave tbatev&3i with h "t' to aiome way, the Fire chief Ind him to leave the its vO tar 010'w 'Would be rater et any time., but he the' valve get olefted l t. eawy Ve l►e pert+ t``.., had exitthing to do with that valve and the fire :department 6ttended Striel 1 to iti ` ,2 know that they opened it but. don't know that they ever Dias it Yt.e d be closed for repairing a fire hydrant. Moved by E. C. Romfh, aeoonded.by H. G.Aa'lston that we ooamisiidate with Fire Ohief by P 'wire and find out when he would be here and that fire deepertaai+ nt to be instructed by committeeman to open one valve every day and see that the b1 b preeeut* is working &ad that the valve is open and the department keep a record of it and the man who is to make' the teat to sign the r.eoord. Motion oarried. Mayor Watson: I think we should also motorize the old fire engine; Romfh: There are not enough men in the department to do it and to inoresee the number it will inoresee youx budget expense. We have not enough men in the department, this was shown last night when we had uto oall on citizens for aely to get the steamer out,, Ralston: I do not think there is any oritioism to made of the personel of the de tme n but I do think there is some oritioism to be made of the system a end operation of the department. Romfh: I do not think anything could have been saved last night further than what was saved except the Ramsey Novelty Works. ALLOWANCE 10 THE PARENTS OF JOHN THOUPS017 WHO WAS KILLED. CCounoilrtan Hefty stated that sometbina should be done toward the benefit of the family as Thompson was its only support . CounoiLman Romfh suggested that gr. Hefty go into the matter with the Mayor. Moved by E. ^.Romfb, seo,ncied by H. G. Ralston that council adjourn. Motion oarried. Acting President City Counoil Attest: city Clerk.