1918-11-25 Regular CC Minutes 9
ADJOURNED REGULAR L ETIT ING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAM DA,
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25TII, 1918.
The meeting convened at 8:10 P .M. , with Council President Majors presiding.
Roll was called and Councilmen Latham, Noy, Otis, Probst and President
Majors were noted present. Absent : None .
1. An Affidavit of Publication of the Notice of the hearing of the applica-
tion of the De Luxe Transportation Company for permission to operate freight,
baggage and exnress service through the City of Alameda was presented and
ordered filed.
Mr. George Mastick, as Secretary of the Company addressed the Council and
gave the details of the Company' s business as proposed to be conducted.
A Bill entitled
A Bill for Ordinance No. New Series .
Providing for the granting of a permit to the De Luxe
Transportation Company, a corporation, to engage in
the business of transporting passengers, freight,
baggage and express for hire over the public streets
of the City of Alameda,
was introduced and laid over under a provision of the Charter.
2. V A communication was received from C. C.Kennedy, Secretary of the Con-
ference of City Engineers and City Attorneys of the cities of Oakland, Berkeley,
Alameda and Richmond, which was held for the purpose of considering joint action
on the part of the cities to acquire and develop a water supply for the respec-
tive cities. The communication included a resolution asking that a Committee
of three be appointed to represent the City of Alameda. Mr. Probst thereupon
introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption:
Resolution No. 172
Approving Investigation of Sources of Water Supply
and appointing a Committee to Represent Alameda
for such Investigation.
Mr. Latham seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution and on roll call it
was adopted and passed unanimously. Mayor Majors thereupon announced the
appointment of City Manager Charles E. Hewes, City Attorney A.F.St.Sure and
City Engineer Burnett Hamilton as members of the Committee to represent the
City of Alameda.
S. '' City Attorney St.Sure brought up the matter of the removal of the high
tension power lines on Lincoln Avenue and recommended the passage of an ordin-
ance declaring these wires a nuisance and requiring their removal. The matter
was laid over until the next regular meeting with the request that representatives
of the Alaska Packers Association be present to discuss with the Council the
means of procuring a right of way through the Association's property on which
to place these wires.
4. / City Manager Hewes presented bids from the Times-Star Company and A.
Carlisle 8; Co. giving an estimate on the printing of his Annual Report. The
Times-Star figures were the lower of the two and Mr. Latham moved that that
Company be given the contract for the printing of 1000 copies at a net price
of tir650.O0, seconded by Mr. Noy and on roll call carried unanimously.