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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1916-02-11 Minutes'�➢.;n.w.,..v a •:1 [Y•a ADJOURNED MUTING OF COUNCIL FRIDAY FEBRUAR' 11tk, 1918, O'AMriiED TO csD RAIRUAN C. HEFTY 7 30 P.A. mesc.bers present: C. Hefty, r. G. Irfert F. H. Wharton H. G. Ralatbn L. T. Highleyman HAR?CT:' I: PROVi: ErTS JANUARY ISTI..:ATE DUI C aNTRACTOR ANT ENGINEECR Quanitity of earth removed, 9055.92 cu.yds 1J� „ ro k ++ ".t. i9 " @ 484 Less 12ep Amount due 4815.32 4905.59 26.21 931.80 116.48 Tni. estimate included the extra work of filling in aoross the front of the city property betv,ee.n Lay St any. the north nook line as authorized by ttee city council. The total yardage involved in tnis extra work is 3005.43 which is to be paid for as tarok. This oringe tree post of the extra work to $300.54 Signed S. W. Randolph Ar: roveu I?.�x.R-.�laton Due lakam Randolph and Co. 54 on 931.80, 446.59 Aveveu :.u.n:.laton. ..levee by E. 3. Ralston, seoonued by F. H. Wharton that the estimates due the engineer tzr t,a: eontrautor oe aprroved and pa.iu from the Look Bonet Fund. Motion parried. • v°=1i:GS OVER F. Ji. C. TRACKS CO:LPLAII;T THAT TH)LL RAILWAY CO HAS CONSTRUCTIE FUiTCL :LET. 1,t.ST 5ILY 07 _.I ... F WAY "0'2TH OF St"i!:'TH _TRJi.LT Attorney A. '..or.iey, reprteanting property owners west of the railway traoks and in vicinity of 9ta.:',treet auure:.acd council protesting against the action of the oome _ny ir: tail,.iraL a fencer alonL tu:.ir ric ht of way 6eee and aoroai 9th Street; that me.vc to cro . e tea traoke to R.:et -o the school house, which in on 9th tre_t eat of tee tracks, anu tc tet hick school on 9th Street west of the tracks, tee oaiea e7n naturally prod in,: at Star to get to ea,;k school; that the,Ee people pay their t:.e.te for tn- upke-•I: o; tee city any are feno'ed off from conveniences of the schucls anL ;_uroilea unit, tn,_; come own to filth or 12th or erode trirou,_,h thy: -eepot yards, which is a'eardc,ua, teat tatpeople feel, and aid aiao as he Alai, a daughter ;,no at _ends the *ice a,;nuv1, that tu:y nave a grievance a u eubuit to council that 9th Street aec,uia not oe oloeed an- teat tut e people have a right to have it opened anu the r_11 .may o.n;pany nave no rigrat to fen.: it off, tar people have used it ever since thin vas ato:.n an- It is riatt:- on trio maps and tht eeople eno live en that vioinity and other :,its of to .e an, tee cnie.:lan err ueu ee aiio';.s., to cross at 9th Str:;et anu they insist oe :an.., iloma legal ete.r.upoir.t this council as I unerrsretand the law, au, tie , i= .:t to or_.er Air- t f :nee rtmoveu izi eaiately anu we are here to night to ask counct to tact suer+ steps as they may oe adviaea to hove tat fence rtmoveu as speeuily a$ possible. l.ton: le this fence on tntir ri_nt of way? eorety: 1 teine not. I a.'. not advieed ae to teat. r eon: ..y impreo:ion is tu:t Ste etrer:t is one of the streets inoluued. in the :.t'n.:.,:t i .n tnu raiyrua,. oo,:.;.anu, wnlon oounoii aor erru to keel- closed in oonei,rtration .sbet/4e3 ralii'oa.L op-tnijL 11th itreet A lacy in trio audience: if tmty ke 1. it clostu you must pave Avenue F; we ray taxes anc uc.n,',t olty wile sere ue out. - Au.rtc,n: Teat acretmtnt was ma_.: previous to my coning on council. - r. Cason: if it is oovecid in tat a`rsc;,..tnt I don't think we could interfere with the t :not acro, tat ri_nt of way un.Le:hL you repudiate tke agreement r. 1Ltc'n: 1 ion't think we ever agre-u to kr.ol: tnt;t street eloseu. of In if r. Cason: if it is not ;.ovcrod by the agreement council could eon..emn anu have it opened. -..r. irfert: Tne city is not un- e agret,,.ent to ke:p it closed. The agreement was that ":,::,- thrr yards wore move_: away and th:• ash racks moved that 4th Street would be opened an notnin_ s m,.i_. about eta or Eth but 1..th wax mentionej. to be openedbut council sic not ..;a:.. --it itatif not to open any street:, at all. They have been slow, on aeoount of the e..r tn.: .1..i,c tr,._t atre to v re not opened. • ..r. Cason: if 9th -.lrta y a etre_t tc;re is nu 4uestion but we could stop them f.r.cir. it, but i as un-tr tag impression that 9th street is not a street aoross their ri`i, t of : ay unu nab n.;ve:r been ao etoalreu a.nu we can not so ueciare it over the re_e . of ay un ti.. : ale sure teat part of tne right of way. Lriuiiman: To plo erty o',neri committee:: We are anxious to give you relief as soon as we Beare ou..' ri t,:e in ',Lit; matter. e.ove,. oy e. 3. i ton, ac,on,eu by F. H. Yhwrton, that the matter be .referred to the city att rney for investigation and �e:port to council at next rr_c.tin . .otion barrio,. - r, 4'inL.rton: 1 won't tnl _d that 9th is a street over the right of way. When the railroad was bunt trrc:y .ese.:ve.. ... strip of ianu for their right of way and 9th street among many otr.rw onus on ei-.eor ,1 yet c,f th _ riirrt of way. Attorney F+oaeeyy: Jn.cr this Section 3 of Ordinance No. 153 (Agreement referred to above) tL� pity ha* tu'_ rl_rzt an. autecrity to open any of these streets. I am speaking from a general view an•i ia`i:.i etas. ipoint of the iawa of the state, the right of the public to u.e a pub_ic Ai6mvay anu uric; people have used 9th street without interruption for more t 15 or 16 years, aver sin.,s it 114ai been a town that has been a crossing aacu it has beeort pre,erir.tive ri_et the city can not post with; it oan not be Closed' any citizen liviaa .0 r= ant uain teals atr,.,.t all traeso year ha: a prescriptive xight :p ash that imot04, eitraoat molestation and ocunoil have a ri ht i.i deo7,#rre;t s fe . ott �w-.b+ga.M.r+ pl�iaM(N,rrFln A210 11 Adjourned meeting February 11, 1916. oouncil has the right to order the obetruotioxa removed. I OOn0Ode ybut faSxterrs .iz►:`, leavini; then matter to the oommittee,man and attorney, if action oat. be taken im udiately, and as I understand you melt next Th rsday night that will be satisfaotory if they can have assurance fin= ooumoil, to night, as to what they have a right to expect. To refer it to committeeman and attoney means nothing so far as council is oonoerned if you aro going to be bound by the action of one mix as street oommitteeman and one man as city attorney and wait indefinitely on a report while they people are demaiading and are entitled to immediate relief. I don't wish to be misunderstood or to say that these men will not act wisely but 'theses people are fenced in and it is an un-Anerioan reproach upon the liberties of the people and something, American oitizens are not expected to put up with, and the railroad has gone down there arbitrarily, in tee early morning I am told, and putthiea fences across the streets and left everything else wide open. If council has not the right to move that fence, we all know how to move fences, I am an exponent of that myself (applause), but we want first to give council an opportunity and would like an expree-ion from you whether you will undertake to'"meave theienoe. Party in the audienoe: We are not anxious to work a hardship on the railroad, but we have asked to have Avenue F paved and have been promised a light at loth Street The railroad is fair and we are nut trying to force them to do something. We are aware that council has the right to oondemn any ;rossing and buy the land and we only ask what is right and wil.L thank you to consider this and give us something et an early date. ;sir. Wharton: The position I take is this: If the city attorney so advises that itis not a crossing (it never inns been used as a orossing that I know of except for pedestrians) gnu if it is private property they have the right to put a fence oe it, as much right as I have to fence my own lot. If it is a crossing, anu the attorney will advise on that, -why we will gat the fence away very quickly, but I fear that council has no right to have the fence removed. Then only thing wo oan do ire to condemn ana put in a crossing for the publio. We certainly want to heat tine railroau fairly anu if you have a lot an want to fenoe it, the council w1i ceerteiney not order your fence torn down and if it belongs to the rai road they have the same: right to build a fenve. Atty. Worley: They have no right to maintain a nuisance. r, enerton: That is no ki`lav:ay. At:y. eorley: A private ;:ate is a ii`hv.ay. ..r. Anerton: I az not a laeyer but I don't believe that, it would be ridiculous. About the eavine of Avenue F, as I have told ex. Hardy, we can not do aany paving now but will ine_uue it in the next paving district and will also put in that light We eile certeiniy do west wt can leeeley for these people but I don't think we .heueu take tee lax Into,our own lianas. S :OK ii'JI:ACL PrTITIOe ee. A ORLI''TANO COVERING has ;,ieDrk reau a petition ,Rated enuary 29th, 1916, signed by about fifty people requeeatine col.:cii to pee. an ordinance to prevent the present smoke nuisanoe and tut consequent fag ing of soot from ice factories, laundries, etc. And Mr. L. V. r:la,kman, repreesentine tee petitioners, especiale s the Riveereiue people, au -reseed council urgini; heat tee ordinance be passed. :.ove,. by H. :;. haleton, seconeed by F. H. Wharton, that the petition be received au referred to tots Board of h.alth with instructions to prepare the proper ordinance. .otion oaerleu, iIAeI TRACTION JOePANY [XTiee LION OF LINK ONE :11LE*PROPOSED ROUTE eueiraen: pia arc now ready to take up the :natter of the one mile extension of the street oar lino. T.nti cieerl trien reed petitions from the citizens alone Biscayne Drive and between tee F a J ny, gnu Biscayne Bay north of Waddell Street requesting that the one mile of track be con.atructsa on lsisacayne Drive. Another petition re;.;ueetine teat tee mile be constructed en Avenue D Extension Letter floe C. u. Fisher stating that in hiss opinion Biscayne Drive should remain free of oar tracks, it being the entrance of the Dixie Highway into the City and its wiatt in acme pieces aid not provide spaoe for oar tracks. er. I. Kelley of then North .riia,i Assn. ad reamed council, presenting his arguments fur tat e.:te:naion alone Avenue D ; that several hundred signed the Avenue D petition er:a aeuut lee on Biscayne Lrive, that Biscayne irive runs out this slue of Buena `, ieta and tuxes are but few houses, on either side of tries drive, that moat of the residents c n euteeooiiees and don't require street oars, while the working people live a..jaceit to Avenue D any: the territory west of that street is very large and uuieei.. up rapidly, and e at for ltne greatest good for the greatest number Avenue L le tee location for th ;,'far line eetension. Applause. .r. e. e. :.pro.--ier a.: rerd aeeea ".r. .:sissy where the ...,.t to .ignore ef the ei not any of tee people living; leviee .Beath of Yeaueell have ...ut;.er to oe .iecideed by the nil bona fine resi. nts and etition. council in favor of the Biscayne Drive proposition and verr.. Aunered signers of the Avenue D petition ✓:side; yne Drive petition are residents along that street and south of Wadeell as tki y did not recognize that anyoife any right to sign either petition, that it is a residents along the route; that their petitioners are die not think one half resided along Avenue D who signed .ra, .:utefore spoke in favor of the Biscayne Drive route, stating that thec men use t.. eut.,.eueiiee end iee.ve tee: women and children to walk. That at a,previous discusseon etekl taiit_..L aouut the autowobilos but beat his wife came to a neighbor the other e eenine loukin ror tnt jitney bus, Mr. Stahl having taken the oar to town.that Mr. et;,hi tea. on.yrecently move;. to Edgewater but she has lived there sinoe it was pry eu and furtur..eiy uoea nut have to depend upon a man as she hap her Own oar; that see teinka ae .r. erosaier state ., people from other parts of town have u© right to v1 n either petition; teat if tee people along the Drive had thought.tlae oar line wary nut to Ja a ter..,ed along teat street they never would hs~ive toted for the street oar franoeise out could hove insisted on the phase tra.q 1sss 44re be41g.0QWU1A04. .e..YY5lefteel journed meeting February llth, 1916. ar. L. C. Stahl spoke in favor of the Avenue D extension, stating in hie .bti.nibn ke was voioina the sentiment of 19000 out of the 20000 people of the city; that £era BxOasirr hao questioned the validity of the Avenue D petition and that Mr. Foster, who secured a great many, wee. verify the atatemerrt that a gret many of the signers to the Avenue D petition live along Biacayne Drive and that practically every business man in Buena Vista signed the Avenub D petition, that every one is interested in preserving the beauty of the Biscayne Drive; treat every signature is bona fide and lives adjacent to Avenue Di that the territory along Lae drive is limited, the property extremely high and the residents would ncrt patronize• tee atr.:,t oars anu west of Avenue D the =oom for expansion is almost limitless and the residents wile patronize the street oar as they can not afford automobiles; that the bescayne Lrive prpperty is improved with streets, lights, sewers, gas, water and jitn ey service an.. on Avenue D there is nothing in the way of public utilities. At this point .•.r. Stahl ret.0 ttae following letter from Carl G. Fisher "I notice there ie aome talk of extanuing the street oar line out Biscayne Drive or the Dixie Highway - and it occurs to me that for several reasons it might be better to have the street oar lint fuxther west. The population on the west side of the Bav eventually wile be several biocr.a thick and a street oar line on the extreme easteri edge of this population w_uia not best serve tat community. Ines Dixie HiSh ay should be kept free of street oar lines as much as possible: If you are ever goin: to have any partieuiar Boulevard in Miami that will be a show drive and free from: the dan`er and a. oyancee of street oars, it aeenia to me that tide drive should be the main ontranoe to the oity - now known as the Dixie Highway anu B.acayne Drive. The Dixie Hiahway at the present tin.e is none too wide - and the au ition of a street car line wil_ of course take up a large proportion of the road surface. While i would like in every way to assist the street oar company to extend their linen to the best advantage of all parties ooncorned, I feel that both tract city and the atrte.at oar .ompany wuu,d make a rniatake by having their 'line on teat Nixie Highway." ..i•. Stahl than seeks about factory sites along Avenue D and the workmen would would need oar service and that he has a proposition on hand t.rat if consummated will mean aome ...anufacturine developthent, Nail.* only "5i.;n rows1e with cars live along the Drive. ra. Dostford atat a and wondered way -:r. Stahl did not move over in that section and whi_e an admired ::r Fiauer, yet as resides tetra but a part of the year, anu many of the people . ion;; hiacayne _drive have ehil.,reen ahh grand eeaildren anu '_haac children have a hard time to ,gat tc acnoul a.i.. aid nut think grey anuuid have to wait until .vr. Stahl sells kin _La a along A7tnu: L oefore .:iacayn : .;revs naa stre dt oar service. ...r. A. J. Cuah..,an spoke, atatin.; that both ne anu •Lr. Stahl are ki;;horowa in that their is on the oaok of their aea.cia, but that in his neiaaborhood along tab drive there area t::,:nty tired fa.e.iii :a ino do not own aata,.obil.ea; that one aiue of Avenue D, for neear:.y turd,; .;aartcra of a• mi .e, is oo.:upieu by trs . railroad anu can not be asttlod, and also the city ot::.estary anu city park which oan not be aett'.a.e.i, except tat cemetery which is chin_ aettir_ prett; fast. Trra.t tad people living in tna vast territory went of Avenue D e.r.ea taros is Aleapattaia, e.uid sat to ...ia..i :iuiuk±r by walking than to walk to a oar Ave sue L; '.hat opcoaits his houae, it is 960 feet fro:.; the :.rive to the Bay anu about the aa. d .:iatan.;.: frog th: ::rives to the :.ailroaa aid tat petition is aignei by more people th.; as:Le territory than trr� hvanue petition Yoru1d. , o. Lhiena. 7ista, apoha la favor of tira Aitenue D route, cal.in;.; attention la ... fa t t..at hiacay,.t :.rive is very narrow a,iu tact a car line along the drive would ahicuaay inttrfer.; .vita traffic:, ta-ecially in t.re nrornin,_ an.. at ni rtt. -eat atatta 'heat at tauuG.:rt tad matter o.ula safely oe left to the judgment city cached _r. 1. .heal tit ..a tu.;.i_at the pstitlona raau oten aigno.i under a different ayatdh aaa there ia no halation out if tat city is oanvaaaed tl •_usanua would sign either .strtion out that on th_ ':eaoay_.t _rive petition only those who were eonaidered to have cr.3t ririt +very a.1owz 1 to sign a.,d that at is about true only person wtao signed tee ,eaudyne :,rive petition who uoe, not live tetra; that it has been aug;;eeted :ar. Stahl :rojti:y on Avenue L and that that is his (itani'a) r;aeon, but the fact aceama to teat o _r: ivat ai _nt of t;pat Lrts ext en.ion is to oe ease now anu teat it is not a ah.ation of fatoriei to os built on .tvanu:s L, t.rat it is hoped they will and that great :.u...ua .� ,f hacorinj, peo.:..ea 'hail liv:c trrere a,:a vihen they do they ahould have oar service; that nu..,�_1 of rmilenta la not to of dttcrmintu by tat lot owners but by the houses na if +a _rs..t live in th.; Avenue 72 section as leas bet.:n olaimed, traty must live in trs. or are Dave awalleera as the houses are not in sight while a oenaus showed 181 a.;u.as aeon a_ _Viva to os aerveeu oy tat street car; that ..ir. Stahl had stated hlaeayrr. _ri_.ot la not tnteteta to tad linos 0eeau3ee that section has ao many Other 11*rove;::.cnt4, we, era, liicrta, ate, yet it ia known that tat franehiaea of t;ae oerporatiote r.huird d:-.td.,alon.t to serve tea pupulation and a3 tat improvement,a are not in tat Avenue D a.;,; Lion it people are not to :rs to be served otherwiao bray would toms e,:.:.an_ tee 1,r,i:rov3,Lenta aaa tau fact taat tars improveenenta are along hi eayna rive nhu.W t.i population ia trasro; that tat etate.r,cnt is made that Biscayne .Live is tc na.ru; 1:U +atrtJt oar traeaa whales a ou1u hays oesen developed before the rental _even_ th.; Ira tio,: ,:o tat ri;ht to lay its tracks on tea Drive; pro:.+ •...i :r au..h a -line would draw, the streets leading from tat bay •r.;r,t to _rive are f .ur :ru one half tie the leenath of the give from iadaell to a .:a late. .t:t4 : trust Avsn•az = petition carried names' of residents whose domes are trioutary to '._.: .trs.:t an- uf:ar:ed to a:arce a trip ,vita anyone to verify this; that ad ..r a e.10 i.cwy::d rive .vs:rd ouiat largely by individuals an.. not by tat oity twat ii th_ .ity N:,ie. call an election to aettie tray matter the North idiami Aaan. .tah . _n h r8j.ra�o..t tiV: ui 1z.:3 Y'iata A..n. .teased that it wad Leone on reeora as favoring r. n_aatun: it a _.... everyone has nt,a his any except the parties possibly moat vltaeiy intdr.te. .n_ i r..fec to the repreaentativte of tie Traction Company. All thin_. oe:in equal, ourrc:ia hill nave to he.;iue the question on broad lineal, - eau ar:ata.t o,e f,. 3 ~rtatsat nu.noer, but oefore making up my mind, and I believe ot...r at:nbtra of euunuil turina tLld setae way, I ahould certainly like to hoax from the a t1on :.ompany. r.v.;rj one hno\vs we tradth tie Traction Company out of a very fair f ea .melee an.. At Lcnoe tray art not making any money now and if they spend their mo*.ey sneer t,a:r franeraia:. :_:i- ;at notiiin • anu think tam ia way they can increase their returnee aaa satisfy tr..;ir patrona,�tsatir wish.aa would oertalnay have weight with, me, la e p'!I!'1o11'11111tII'ilII1!"IIe1' i'I91i!'1! !OTIII1 44Rp4 ' I gllq 'I �pgRi11'P'g 11 n,9'Ap9II1l''IIGIII p,gp,A �III'I • A210 Adjourned meeting February 11, 1916. eir. B. B. Tatum, reprsaanting Traction Co. We oame, of course, to hear the argumenti from tshe different localities, realizing that it is mot within our 'po.r to diotatt to oJunoil end we have no deeire to do ao, but we believe the disposition of oounoil will be to benefit the greatest number and in order to do that it is our opinion that tide route which would furnish tyre Traotion Company the greatest amount of revenue for the first twelve months or until the lines are extended would be the line that wouli beat benefit all the people for the reason that we have a very stringent franohise anu the pet year has bean stringent financially and it has been very diffioult for us to compite what we have ac.omplia?aed. Asa matter of fact the extension beyond the one mire will be contingent upon our ability to raise funds and in order to m.ise funds it is necoaaary for the Traction eo to show, as early as possible, that we are earning more than expenses to,leeve aomet)aing to rot re our bonds and pay interest, and the sooner we make that showing the aoon+er we oan cover the oity with oar lines and equipment as soon *le we can show the arnings we oan speedily do that We have not bean able to give tat neo$eaary study to the different route to prove to us whioh will be the best paying fqr this extension anu in consideration of theca facts we consider it would be only fair and just, not only to ua but to the people, that the matter,of selecting a route oe referred to tut Traction Company, for you are not oompelled to designate the route, dimply raaerve the right to do so and we feel we should have an opportunity to ca.nvasa tth5 situation and see what wily. be the greatest revenue producer. It is our intention to build as feat as possible. We expect to build on Biscayne Drive because we nava tbt right to do so and expect to get enough business to warrant it, and on otter streets for tare name .raaaons,• and as rapidly as we can finance it. We aid ai.t we Gourd the first year and have aocompliatea what we started to do, to give Riverside_ transportation anu we e:•:psot to go all through tea city and build interurban lines as quioaly as possible. It is not probaole that we wile atop at the oompletion of one mile but ainoe treat is all you oan require, I think we oa, go into it and insure ouraelvee the beat revenue. not era. Botsford spoke a„aiin stating that Avenue C is/aa wide as Biscayne Drive but since C tea ba.:n paved, tkfle er ater part of tat traffic is over that street notwitnetanding that car tra ;ka B.L.Tatum: it is well known that the streets used by street care are most used by all otasr veniclea and. if we mould put a track on L the people would travel that street ',.): u3W4 rsavy the teat pavan` in town. I think I rna.ie myself plain in regard to leaving m.-.tter Nita the Traction Co to decide and we Will guarantee. that the one mile • ir.. nut be - •i r t of the ,;aver. r, ..rfert: ::ot au ions as triia coun:;i1 is her:2, no air. weir -an ;:efty: Ta.rs nag otan someetnin-_ Quid aoout taking it up ao tat one mile would . oe .:onatrutel i._ time. 1 think could take dais up with tat Traction Co and hear your au__zationa. Ho.; on until you will be ready to recommend a route. .r. Tatum: It ill not rug re great time. 'Ve nave not a great deal of time in order to ; uniplett tale mile, but N 5 5-:12ect to uo it an .will put it where council says within t:r3 apecifieu time. i tarok two week: would be time enough for ua. I sug;;eat you postpone tas ,:,xtt_._ until aome oth:Ir :nesting, but if you de•;ide tat Traction Company may desolate deuce tad miles ouraelvee, we can reply within t:vo wetka. r. h laton: i Blinn -r. Tatum i.a &eking ratter a broad favor of council. Wu would like to a:;ar your re .oru..eii,..atrona as yuu are tat party at greatest interact and I for one ua,: oe tide t by you.: . ;o.;. e:i.i.. _ions, but as to ;riving you tad riiilt to designate tiled rout: .,fetch brining it base to council, I ✓gourd not favor that. I think we ail ✓ altzr til .t a property which is ..n..;t :nacin; a. profit ccLn not sell bonds and think we might active at acme .,:euiu:a tit will hello you anu at tau aaaue time satisfy aome of txicdae ur.: wnt as:..ands. i a:. -: irijng to wait fur y..ur re .om...end._ .ions. .r. Tatum: Of courat it is rea.iizea treat what is said to night is merely a suggestion and to present are largely in the minority and are nerU for ael.fiah motives and oan not agree, .r_ .mince we have to put up the money, tie sooner we begin to earn money the w a oon4r ail parts of te- ,ity will be provided with oar service, ao I do not see way it modes net ow left .sitar tea Traction company, except of oouret building to any lands in waits .,5 are interested. Tna council would not of course be in position to a.aaist ua fina.noia ly en.: we mi_at oe aa.iated by allowing the Company who will finance us to say •.a re err, first mile anould us laid. If we can go into a territory and pay more than fixed cihargca and operating expenses, we will be able to secure enough money to build to all pu,ta of .a.. .;ity ar•itnuut .:clay. Teat is all we ask, and I think it fair that we be _iv..n teat opportunity. er. n-latun: We realize te.: various etatementa have been made from selfish motives and you.:: :et..t9:..ent is .,,:;_ .itu the dabs motive and for treat reason we 7,ive you the same consider- ation as to.: otetra anu as soon you outline tare route yuu prefer, I believe it will be iaa careafu..ly consiasre.: as anyotu.r route. I believe you have a route in mind entirely uif..scent from teJ two offered to night. ..r. Tatum: Th:, difference between aeslfiahaeaa on our part and the others, I think the ;,pro.:o.ition wW are .raking is in tad interest of the entire city and not an individual. • Nou4, „erta.inly, if we :.an, aalect a routs that will pay better than the others and in '.oan: that beenafit the -,mole city. You are now waked to decide between. two speoifio routed, repre4_ntsu by a fe people, while on the other hand oounoil represents the entire .;ity. ,Col . 1 am willing to abide by the decision of the Traction Co. and the Biscayne :rivs peupl5 till not day a woiu ar;ainet their decision. chair;..arl: i think tea Traction Co should aslect a route for our consideration. .turn: i think Wa will be rea.ry to recommend a route next Thursday night. Suva: oy E. . ;_rfert, ece:oneed by e. Ralston, that we give the Traction Co. until :'n.raeey 17te, to eu seat a route for tie next mile of traoh. .potion carried. )n ...otion _uly one cerrite, council aejourned until Thursday Feb. 17, 1916. etteat: President City Council. ...ogee �T+ ;ity Clere. •r �t�