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The Council of the City oi:' ~fest ~lemohis in the County of Crittenden, State of Arkansas, met in a
regular mession at the City H37.1 in said City at 7:30 P.M, on the 5th day of January, 1909,
The meeting eras called to order by the Mayor, and the roll being called there were=
Present= Y, id. Dacus in the chair and the following named Aldermen: R. ~,. Garrison, R. li. Morley,
Curtis roster, G. V}. McAuley, C. H. Rorrton, and O. I, Bollinger.
Absent: City Clerk H. O. Goats.
It bein;; determined a quorlrm =vas present, the follcnving proceedings sere had to ivit:
Pili.nutes of a meeting on December 22, 1948, were read and approved.
Mr. G. ~. Ivlasters, who op crates a watch repair shop and sills costume jewelry, appeared before
the Council to protest the X750.00 assessed for his merchants license and stated that his stock was
considerably less than :;71,000.00. After consideration by the Council and checking tivith Chief Holland,
who stated that he had been in the shop and there rovers a very small stock of merchandise; the Council
reduced the assessment to X25.00 provided the stook for the year is less than :~y1,000.00,
Mrs. I~amrnie Robinson also appeared before the Council to protest the. `75,00 assessed for her
cafo license, after discussion vrith the Council she vrithdrevr her protest.
Chief of Police Holland appeared before the Council to recommend the appointment of F. E. Barnes
as a member of the Police Department whose principle duty would be to check parking of vehicles along
Broadway and i'iissouri Avenue. Motion eras made by Alderman Morley that the recommendation of Chief
riolland to appoint F. E. Barnes as a member of the Police Department be approved. The motion was
seconded by Nlderman "~cAuley, upon the matter being cal]e d to wte, the Follotiring voted:
Ayes Garrison, Morley, Foster, McAuley, Rotrvon, and Bollinger.
IJay: None .
Chief Holland was instructed to advise the owners of the hay and grain trucks that park along
High,vay 70 in the City Limits to sell hay and train from their trucks that due to the traffic hazard
caused they would have to move the trucks.
The City «ttorney urns instructed to prepare an information for arrest o£ C, h. P~.,tterson as he
had failed to comply ~^rith the warning given him by the City Inspector to clear his property of the
unsightly condition vrhich his been deemed unsanitary and a menace to the public health, peace and
safety.
Mayor Dacus advised the Council that due to the large increase of population of the City that
it was the consensus of opinion that an additional bard should be created; that there =was a con-
gestion of voters at tyre polling places on election days, and due to this condition it tended to
deter voters, and it would :;e an improvement to rearrange the wards and at the same time to create
an additional vrard. The matter was discussed by the Council and various suggestions made for
rearringement of the wards. The City Engineer was instructed to prepare the necessary plat showing
the proposed rearrangment, and that the City Attorney proceed to prepare the necessary Petition and
present the matter at the next term of Circuit Court so that commis=oners might be appointed to
study the proposed changes and make a recormmendation to the Council on the proposed change.
The IQayor next advised the Council that Mr. T. S. Denton of the Memphis-ldest Memphis Transit
Ccmpany had made application for permit to operate an Intra-City bus system, but owing to the
fact that the Nest r"'emphis Transportation Company held an exclusive franchise that no action
could be taken on that application w=rite +,he Charter to tdest ~'emphis Transportation Company was
outstanding, and further advised that on December 9, 191rg, the rJest I'lemphis Transporation Company
had requested permission to abandon its routes through Compress, 1'yndon, :lorthington park and a
portion of f~endal Subdivisions; that requests for this service had been made by residents of the
affect :d areas and that ldr. Denton had offered to supply these affected areas with an adequate
Intra-Jity transit service during the period of time service to these areas has been abandoned by
Nest ~r3mphis Transportation Company; that the ~1est ~'ern~;his Transportation Company had requested
and been given permission to abruldon these areas for ninety (90) der?rs and that since the people
in the affected areas were wittrout transportation, the Council recomrsended that the Idemphis-
~Vest Memphis Transit Company be given permission to operate in the affected areas until such
time as the ;9est IQemphis Transportation Company laould be in position to resume operations, and
this time trot to exceed ninety (~0) days.
Thsreupon motion tiwas made, passed and adopted ;;ranting the 'nenrphis-tiJest i+lemphis 'transit
Company po-~rrnission to operate over the r~ortirington Park, yndon, Compress and Kendall Subdivisions
for the ninety (90) days period that the Council had granted permission to the uVest '~c:nrphis
Transportation Company to discontinue service over these routes.
The minutes of the proceedings of the Council on December 15, 19118, which pertain to the
first reading of the Major Street Plan ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance indicated that said
ordinances were read together and approved as one ordinance. Now, therefore, the minutes of
that meeting are amended to shotiv that said Major street Plan Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance
uvere read separately and voted upon separately and not as a single Ordinance.
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Mayor Dacus announced to the Council that the meeting was now open for the second read-
in~, of the L4a,jor Street Plan Ordinance. Thereupon Alderman Bollinger made a motion that the
Ordinance be read the second tine, the motion was seconded by it~derman Garrison. The Ordinance
was then read the second time by Alderman Morley. Upon the roll being called, the following
voted:
Ayes Garrison, Morley, Foster, ~~.cAu].ey, Rowton, and Bollingers.
PIa,}:: None.
Iviayor Dacus announced to the Council that the meeting tas nosy open for the second reading
of the coning Ordinance. Thereupon ~rlderma.n Bollinger made motion that the (~x•dinance be read
the second time, the motion was seconded by Alderman Garrison. The Ordinance was tYren read
the second time by ~ilierman Pdorley. Upon the roll being Called the following voted:
Aye: Garrison, k'~orley, roster, McA~xley, Itotivton, and Pollinger.
Nay: Norre.
The Building Inspector presented the building permits he had authorized to be issued.
idotion was made, passed, and adopted to confirm the actions of the Building inspector i.n the
issuance of the following building permits:
Ida Davis
James Clark
C, >+;. Conway
Fred Gibson
H, F. Spicer
~+nnie Jackson
Idotion eras made by Alderman (>,arrison and se conded by 2lderrn<an Foster to approve,
authorize, ratify, and/or confirm payment of the following bills:
Ivgerchants ~ ilanters Bank y~1,088.79 0. J. Hatton ~'235.U0
'~'J, r'. Hall 35.00 J. F, '.fright 255,00
Henry Palmer 40.40 Idlx•s. J, r', ,Irirht 21:6.85
John I~icCullar (11.25 L. P. Bernhard 50,00
x'xrly Fope 35,75 prince Freeman 35.00
Clyde Hill 33.15 i~-IercLants-Planters Bank 165.00
L. B. Hicks 33.15 Iuerchants-Planters 3arrk ]_62,54
Sarah Y. Smith 42..00 To*~Uny Johnson 180.00
0, P, Sides, Jr. 60.00 Lloyd Cole 85.00
Mack Howell 40,00 John "`cCullar 51.25
Perry Rogers 46.00 Early Pope 40.75
Lewis Hathcock 42.50 Clyde hill 26.95
Frank H, Lee & Company 4,081.36 ''. B. Hicks 25.03
~J, F. Hall 35.00 ILd ~`clleal 28.20
Henry Palmer 40.40 Ralph Taylor 28.20
Essex Holt 20.00 ~-.roy Johnson 20.40
John P.~IcCtrllar 41.25 Sarah Y, Smith 67.00
'sarly Pope 35.75 O, F, "ides, Jr. 80.00
Clyde Hill 32,90 Idack iio~.vell 50.00
L,~B, Hicks 30,55 Perry Rof,ers 12,55
,nd 2dcNeal 25.50 Lelvis I~athcol;ck 57.50
:Ralph Taylor 25,50 kvi, H, Ilea! 29.09
Sarah Y. ''mith 42.00 James '3, crovm 22.00
U, p, Sides, Jr. 60.00 ~~. '°l. r'ire Dept. 604.00
!,lack Howell 40.00 St. Louis-San r'ran. I2R 24.?1
Perr;r Rogers 46.OO iiernard High ~kxtors 6.12
Louis Hathcock 4.2.50 !.lid-South Oil "3,26
James L. r;rovm 12,1)0 Lel;gett Service Station 95.13
Otis Ball 15.00 Bil-l~oy Station 101.43
D~nme Dodd 150.00 Bragg ,Hato 53.18
Jeatx Hillencaml~ 197,5G Southwestern Telephone Co. 88,y2
Ii, ll, Holland 285.00 Central Service 26.15
H, ", Holland 30,00 IvN.ssouri Pacific RR 149.35
p- NI, ilacus 150.00 Jim Iliehl, Inc. 103,75
H, 0. Coa+,s 50.00 Paxvners Supply 29.46
Dayton Sackett x0,00 John i~kcCullar lt1.25
Ivirs. M. B. Currie 40,00 early Fope 35.75
C. 0. Burrow 230.00 Clyde hill
` 33.25
i„ ~. Kietzman 335,00 L• B. hicks '
Ecl '"c'veal 1!1.30
25
50
N, H. Cushman
C. Ii. Rowton 335.00
60.00 Ralph Taylor .
2,',50
G, ,l, i~~cHUley 60.00 Leroy Johnson 28.50
L`ttrtis roster 60.00 Sarah Smith
Sides
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~ 42.00
60.00
0, I. $ollinger
Ray L. Garrison 60,00
60.'JO ,
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hkxck fiovrell 40.00
R, R, Morley 60,00 Lewis Hathcock 42.50
J. II. Spears 100,00 l+l. H. i~ea1
James E. Brown lt0.00
12.00
;,~, r'~ 11311 °35.00
Henry Palmer 55.40
Ben ~,arrett 20.40
Farmers Supply 2,82
Jim ~tieiil, Inc. 71.28
R.ieclunau-L'rosby Company 21.80
Bill Terryts Inc. 13.Li6
lwilton 3rn~rers l'lelding t~o .251.87
Bowers and good Melding 82.20
T. H. 1+1cGough 1t50.0U
Road Buildingers 22.65
Union Planters Bank !, ,363.70
~;j, F, Hall 35.00
Henry Palmer 1t0.1~0
Far~;uson Henry 20.40
Pete ]Atatkins 15.30
2fierchants ~ Planters Ban k 39.97
Charles J. Upton ~= Oo. 187.50
Upon the matter being called to"vote, the following voted:
Aye: ~,arrison, i1~Iorley, Foster, Mctiuley, Roxrton, Bollinger.
Plays None.
No fltrther business appearing, tyre meeting eras adjourned.
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