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1913-12-02 Regular CC MinutesREGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. TUESDAY EVENING,DECEMBER 2ND, 1913. The Council convened with Mayor Frank Otis presiding. The Roll was called and Councilrnon Bartlett, Bullock, MacRae, Morris Probst, Roth and Stewart, (7) answered present. Councilman Hammond and Morgenstern (2) were noted absent. Councilman Morgenstern arrived during the reading of the Minutes and was noted present. The Minutes of the regular meeting held. November 18th were approved as read. (241 report from the Auditor under date of November 29th, 1913 showing apportionment of taxes for 1913-1914 was received and filed. `I Mr. Bartlett introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption:- RESOLVED, That the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) be and the same is hereby transferred from the Recreation Fund to the General Fund, the same having been transferred by resolution October 7.. 1913, from the General Fund to the Recreation Fund, as a loan, to be repaid upon apportionment of the taxes; and the Auditor and the Treasurer are directed and authorized to make the said transfer upon their respective books. Mr. Stewart seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution and it was passed and adopted. by the following vote:- Ayes:Councilmen Bartlett Bullock MacRae, Morris, Morgenstern, Probst Roth and. Stewart, (8). Voes:Uone. Absent:Councilman Hammond (1). Claims against the Genera 0 Ulla amounting to %0161.25; against the Police Fund amounting to 0.65; against the Electric Light Fund amounting to 02139.85; against the Street 3treet Fund amounting to 02062.00; against the Library Funa amount- ing to 0701.48; against Local Improvement Fund. No. 772 amounting to 046.90; against the Recreation Fund amounting to 0266.11; againet the Health Fund amounting to 048.70 and against the Fire Fund amounting to 01,000 (Contract for repairing auto fire engine) having been audited and apnroved by the proper officials were read by the Clerk as follows:- GENERAL FUND. Brewer, H. S. Leather cushion 6.00 Carlisle ,9,; Co., A. Book 3.50 Gee c Son, R. 3. Block Books 20.00 Lubbock, 3. Services rendered 35.00 Noy, W. H. Meat for pound 2.80 Otis, Frank Allowance as Mayor 50.00 Peoples Water Company Water 7.15 Purity Springs Water Go. Water for Auditor & Assessor 1.00 Russell, Eleanor Notary fees .50 Schneider Henry Supplies 1.75 Times-Star Co. Advertising 19.30 IT It 13.25 Underwood Typewriter Co. Repairs 1.00 Total - 161.25 December 2nd, 1913. POLICE FUND. Conrad, John Incidental expenses 4 7.65 iZECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Blake PI Knowles Steam Pump Works Supplies 11.90 Board of Electricity Incidentals 56.72 Commercial Union Assurance Co. Insurance 91.12 Crane Co. Supplies 5.21 Degen Belting Co., L. P. IT 4.00 Fisk Rubber Co., The 2.66 VT 9 TT 22.91 General Electric Co. If 22.10 TV TT TV IV 313.79 Gutta Percha & Rubber .If g. 00. Fire Hose 118.75 Holabird-Reynolds Co. Supplies 8.71 Marshall-Newell Supply Co. 14.69 Pacific Mill PI Mine Supply Co. Paint 49.69 If If TV TV TT IT 6.50 TV 11 IV TT TT IV TV 25.48 Pacific States Electric 00. Supplies 6.29 If 10.29 TV 12.35 TV 14.17 TV 25.14 TV 9.37 11.62 TV 26.15 4.05 TV 45.92 It 184.63 TV 21.03 50.27 TV 71.31 It 10.63 IT 5.68 IT 19.14 TV 22.78 Plummer Pc Son, Geo. 2. Lumber 38.28 It TV IT II It IT 1,70 rr TV 9 TV 9 TV 30.26 TI If II IT It It 1.10 IT If TT TT IV TV 5.51 IT TT TT TV IT TT 30.40 Soules, Ad C. Auto Accessories 11.97 Standard Oil Co. Oil 16.25 TV TV TT Gasoline 9.30 TV TV VT TV 9 .30 IT IT II TV It TT TT TV TT III TV It VI TT IT TT IT TT TT It TV IT TT IT II TV TT IV IT II TV TT TT IT IT IT IV IT Ii II IT TV IV TT If IV VT TT If VT TV IT V/ IT TT IT IT It If II TT TT TT IV IV VT If December 2nd, 1913. TimesStar Co. Printing and. Advertising 53.80 IT TT IT TT 39.50 Whittier-Coburn Co. Oil 25.58 Total ------------- 2139.85 STR2ET FUND. Adans, John Labor ' 30.00 'Amorosa, V. 11 54.00 Anderson, R. Teaming 68.75 'Austin-Western Road Mach. Co. Scarifier 562.00 Britt, W. Teaming 88.00 Felt c Tarrant Mfg. Co-. Calculating machine 250.00 Fischer, C. F. Supplies 2.16 Blacksnjthing 20.50 Jamison J. S. Teaming 122.40 Johnson, C. TT 121.00 Martin, Arthur L. IT 126.50 Norton, Geo. W. Labor 35.00 Pennock, M. Teaming 126.50 Plummer 9:7 Son, Geo. E. Lumber 1.15 IT It If IT TT IT 4.24 Remy 1Llectric Go. Auto repair 8.70 Sanday, 4. Labor 32.50 Schneider Henry Supplies 10.20 Labor 170.00 Teaming 132.00 Gaspline 15.50 Supplies 38.60 If IT If Stackler, J. Blacksmithing 5.50 TT IT If II 9.30 Teaming 27.50 Total ------------ 2062.00 LIBRARY FUND. Alameda Pree Library Petty e;Epenses %,') b 13.45 Tv n II TV I? 6.42 Towel service 2.00 Daily newspapers 5.25 Plumbing 9.50 Harper & Bros. Books 44.10 Jacobs, I. A. Subscriptions 2.00 James, George aharton Book 7.50 Johnson, 61m. M. Subscriptions 6.00 Koerber A. H. W. Fuel 25.00 Konigshofer, L. Supplies .50 Law Press, Publishers Book 3.50 Lihrry Bureau, Inc. Supplies 2.40 Gay, A. T. -Serralunga, L. Shedd, J. H. Smiles Ed C. Thurston, • 1+11• Alameda Steam Laundry Ass'n. Feldhamer, L. Fischer. C. F. December 2nd, 1913. Payot, Stratford ,!1. Kerr Supplies Peoples Water Co. Water San Francisco Bulletin Newspapers Times Star Co. Printing and subscription Volberg, C. C. Rent Wink, 31sie M. Services as Substitute Sutton, James E. Times Star Co. Frodden, V. M. Pacific Tel. Pc Tel. Co. IT IT TT IT Peoples Water Co.' It Plummer Fc Son, Geo. 3. Total - LOC,IL IMPROVEMENT FUND NO. 772. Services rendered 40.00 Printing 6.90 Total ----------- 46.90 R0RiATION FUND. Rock and oil 21.50 Telephone service 2.25 2.25 Water for parks 101.56 9 9 9 30.49. Lumber .50 Sand for Washington Park 13.72 Supplies 1.45 15.00 5.50 2.70 TT 9 7.00 Powell Bros. Construction Co. Riley's Drug 3tore Rowe, A. E. Ryan, M. A. 9 9 9 1 t 9 Sunset Lumber Co. Goldstone, John Hauch, H. IT TT Purity Springs Water Co. Rickerson, Al. Secretary Board of Health Soules, Ed C. Sutherlands Pharmacy Times Star Co. Citizens National 22.50 2.23 2.40 10.30 25.00 8.00 701.48 If Athletic Goods Lumber Total - - HEALTH 62.19 - 266.11 Gasoline 1.70 Water If Supplies Transportation Repairs Bottles and corks Printing and advertising Total - FIRE FUND. k, Assg. F.Kahn Apparatus repairs 1.20 2.75 3.00 2.25 12.80 2.50 11.00 11.50 $ 48.70 0.000.00 Mr. Bartlett moved that the claims as read be paid, seconded by Mr. MacRae and carried by the following vote:- Ayes:Councilmen BartlettV Bullock, MacRae, Morgenstern, Morris, Probst, Roth and. Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent:Council- man Hammond, (1). `IReports of the Municipal Electric Light Plant for July, August, September and. October 1913 were received and filed. +1,„ fn-r. Mn-Trn-p-hnr 101 rA wac. reznniv-cari I:171A -Pi-14%A 2 December 2nd, 1913. 7 the action taken by the City Council November 18th, 1J1, 1j adjourning out of respect to the memory of her late husband, Frank Sumner Loop, at one time a member and President of the Council was received and filed. --A A communication from the Alaska Packers Association acknowledging re- ceipt of a letter from the Clerk informing the Association that the complaint with regard to the sewer emptying into the basin at the Association's yards on the Estuary had been referred to the Street and Finance Committees, was received and filed. `11. communication was received from City Tax Collector Oswald Lubbock asking the Council to ratify his action in appointing an assistant in his office for two weeks during an illness which confined him to his home. Mr. Bullock moved that the action of the City Tax Collector be ratified, second- ed by Mr. Bartlett and carried, by the following vote:- Ayes:Councilmen Bartlett, Bullock, MacRae, Morgenstern, Morris, Probst, Roth and Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent:Councilman Hammond, (1). A communication was received and filed from the Waterous Engine Works Company in which the Company gave notice of receiving its certified check for 200.00,retnrned bz- the Gity Clerk after the Company had entered into a contract with the City to furnish a motor driven fire engine. A communication was received from Joseph Milburn, 1510 Schiller Street, Alameda, soliciting a share of insurance on the Alameda City Hall, when next placed. Ordered filed. A communication was received from the City Council of the City of Richmond asking that the City Council of Alameda adopt a Resolution, a copy of which was attached to the communication, said Resolution having to do with proposed improvements for the harbor of the City of Richmond. Mr. Probst moved that the Resolution be adopted as requested and returned to the City Council of Richmond, seconded b- Mr. Bartlett and carried. A report was received from City Engineer I. N. Chapman relative to a request made by the East End Improvement Club to the City Council that tests be made to ascertain if a local underground water supply con1d not be obtained for general and municipal use. Mr. Bullock moved that the re- port be received and accepted and that a copy of the same be sent by the Clerk to the East End Improvement Club, seconded by Mr. Bartlett and carried. 4 A communication was received from the Board of Electricity to which was attached a copy of a letter from the Adjutant General s ofi'iee having to do with the action of the City in discontinuing free electric lighting service in the Armory of Co. G, Fifth Infantry, N. G. C. Mr. Morgenstern moved that the matter be referred to the Public Utilities Committee to in- vestigate and report back at an eraly date, seconded by Mr. Probst and carried. 0 communication was received from the Board of Health recommending the construction of a garbage incinerating plant for the disposition of Mr Mnrn.nrcal-nrr mnwori tilf4 mktter be referred to the Health 26 (-) De cember 2nd, 1913. Council relative to a garbage incinerator manufactured by a firm that he re- presented. Mr. Morgenstern moved. that Mr. Briggs be invited to address the Health Committee of the Council at a future date to give him an opportunity to explain his proposition in further detai l, seconded by Mr. Probst and carried. A communication under date of December 2nd 1913, from the Board of HeWth was read in which that body gave notice that it did"not approve of the dumping of garbage in Peach Street in violation of the City Ordinance". Following the reading of the communication Mr. Morgenstern moved:- "That the Board of Health be advised by the City Council to see that the sanitary laws of the City are obeyed and that if the Board has any knowledge of the violation of the same it proceed immediately to apprehend and prosecute the violators," seconded -by Mr. Roth and carried. A communication was received from the Board of Health under date of December 2nd, 1913, giving notice of the resignation of Henry L. Alves as City Chemist and the appointment of Walter C. Leigh as his successor; also, of the resignation of W. H. Carpenter, Assistant to the Veterinary and Food. Inspector and of the appointment of Melville Herspring to succeed him. Ordered filed. A report was received from the Street Superintendent certifying that the work of gmding,curbing, macadamizing and otherwise improving Jose Avenue from the eastern line of Post Street to the western line of Peach Street, done by Hutchinson Company under private contract had been completed to the satis- faction of the Street Superintendent, Ordered filed. An Affidavit was presented showing duo posting of Notice of Award of Contract in connection with street work to be done under Resolution of Intention No. 15, New Series. Ordered filed. 4 An Affidavit was presented showing due publication of Notice of Award of Contract in connection with street work to be done under Resolution of In- tention No. 15, Nev' Series. Ordered filed. An Aereement,with Bond attached, between the City of Alameda and the American Dredging Company relative to a hydraulic pipe that had been laid across Webster Street with the permission of the City Council was received, said agree- ment having been signed on behalf of the City by Frank Otis,Mayor,and T. C. Coughlin, City Clerk, and by Marshall C. Harris and N. R. Harris on behalf of the American Dredging Company. Mr. Probst moved that the action of the Mayor and City Clerk in signing the Agreement be approved and that the Agreement and Bond be filed, seconded by Mr. Bartlett and carried by the following vote:- Ayes: Councilmen Bartlett ullock, MacRae, Morgenstern, Morris, Probst, Roth and Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent:Councilman Hammond, (1). An application for a license to conduct a liquor business at 1205 Lincoln Avenue was received from H. A. Borchert who addressed the Council. Mr. Morris moved that the application be referred to the License Committee, seconded by Mr. Stewart and carried. ,a rA44-,, m/c!lilta December 2nd, 1913. looking to the vacation and abandonment of a certain alley sixteen feet in width running between Pacific and Buena Vista Avenues in the block bounded by Palm and Hibbard Streets, (known as Block 40). Attorney W.T. Hess addressed the Council on the situation. Mr. Morgenstern moved that the matter be left with the City Attorney and with Mr. Hess,and to empower the Mayor and. City Clerk to sign a Quitclaim Deed from the City to the alley in question, in the event that the City Attorney advised that the same would be legal and proper, second- ed by Mr. Stewart and carried by the following vote:- Ayes:Councilmen Bartlett, Bullock, MacRae, Morgenstern, Morris, Probst Roth and Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent:Councilman Hammond (1). A communication was received from the City Attorney relative to the question as to whether or not motor vehicles of the City will be liable to license tax under a new State law, to become effective January 1st 1914. Mr. Probst moved that the matter be ' left with the City Attorney for observation as to the operation of the law, seconded by Mr. Roth and carried. A communication, under date of November 28th, 1913, was received from the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners in which notice was given that the Commissioners had accepted,as repairedlanto fire engine of the Fire De- partment. The Commissioners also recommended in the communication the pay- ment of the demand of the Citizens Nationsl Bank, Assignee of Fred Kahn for 1,000.00 said amount being the amount of the contract entered into by said Kahn with the Police and Fire Commissioners to repair said engine. Follow- ing the approval of the demand by the Finance Committee Mr. Morris moved that the claim be pait9, seconded by Mr. Stewart and carried by the following vote:- Ayes:Councilmen Bartlett Bullock, MacRae, Morgenstern, Morris, Probst,Roth and. Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent:Councilman Hammond, (1). A,. was received from the Board of Police and Fire Commission- ers to which was attached specifications and advertisement inviting proposals for Tractor for Hook and Ladder Truck No. 1, and which also contained the request that the specifications be adopted and the advertisement ordered published. Mr. Probst moved that the specifications be adopted and the Clerk authorized to advertise for bids for desired Tractor, seconded by Mr. Bullock and carried b the followin g vote:- Ayes:Councilmen Bartlett, Bullock, MacRae,,Morgenstern, Morris, Probst, Roth and Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent : Councilman Hammond, (1). A report was received from the Street Committee recommending that the bid of the Howard. Automobile Company of 1250.00 for furnishing a motor truck for the 3treet Department, be accepted. Mr. Bartlett moved that the report be approved and that the bid of the Howard Automobile Company be accepted and the contract awarded that firm, seconded by Mr. Probst and carried by the following vote:- Ayes:Councilmen Bartlett, Bullock, MacRae, Morgenstern, Morris, Probst, Roth and Stewart, (8). Noes:None. Absent:Councilman Hammond, (1). \, Mayor Otis called the attention of the Council to the need of a board walk along the bay frontage embankment at Lincoln Park and suggested. 270 December 2nd, 1913. President Morgenstern of the Council also spoke in connection with the same matter. \I Mr. Bartlett moved that the Council, through the City lerk, request the County Board of Supervisors to see that the approaches to and the floor of the Webster Street bridge are kept in a cleaner and safercondition, particular- ly during the wet weather seconded by Mr. Probst and carried. There being no further business to transact the Council adjourned until its next regular meeting time, Tuesday evening, December 16th, 1913 at 7:30 p. m. Ci e k.