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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - February 14, 1910FWRr Public Mall,Lodi3Oalifornia.Peb.14,1910, The Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi convened in ad- journed regular session pursuant to adjournment oi'•P'eb.10,1910,Pres- ident U.E.Lawrenee presiding and the following other members of the Board being present: J.M.Blodgett,P.0.eale,O.A.Rich and L.Villinger. The Minutes of the Previous Meeting were read and approved. J.M.Blakesley was granted permission to repair a porch on East•Locust Street. Dr.A.M.Tower asked permission to out dowry, an elm tree from in front of his property on School Street near the corner of Elm St. Upon motion regularly made,seconded and carried the permission was granted. W.L.MoDaniel called 'the attention of the Board to the cross- ing of Grand and Central Avenues over Lodi Avenue and suggested that Mr.Walter,who owns lot 12 of block 2,would give a part of that lot so that a crossing Gould be made more nearly at right angles. The matter was referred to the Street Committee and the Street Superin- tendent. Consideration of Ordinance No.42,whioh was Introduced on Jan.24th.,was taken up and the following substitute ordinance was read: ORDINANCE NO.42. An Ordinance Prohibiting the Proprietor or Person in Charge of Any Place Where Billiards or Pool Is Played for a Charge to Permit Any Person under the Age of Eighteen Years to Phay Billiards or Pool Therein or to Entex Any IneloBure Where Billiarde or Pool Is Played or to Bet 'an the Result of Any suoh gains cf 5i11iarao 8 Paa1., and Prohibiting'Any Person under the Age of Eighteen Years from Playing Billiards or Pool at Such Place or from Betting an the Result of Any Such-Oane of Billiards or Pool;afd Imposing Penalties. It was moved by Trustee C.A.Rich and seconded by Trustee J.M.Blodgett that the foregoing Ordinance No.42 be introduced as a substitute for the proposed ordinance of the same number,whioh was Introduced on Jan.24th.,and that further proceedings in regard to the old ordinance be dropped. The motion was carried. It was moved by Trustee Blodgett and seconded by Trustee Rich that the subetitute ordinance TTo.42 be laid on the table for not less than' five days exclusive of the day of introduction.The motion was carried and it was so ordered. 16 In the matter og the .purchase of the Water and Light Plant of .Cary Brothers: Arthur L.Levinsky,attorney for Cary Brothers,offered a deed duly executed by Fred L .Cary,Blanche Daisy Cary (hie wife),Fdward C. Cary,Anna Cary (his wife ),and Maria .Sanborn conveying to. the City of Lodi the Cary Brothers Water and Light Plant ( so far as the same is situated within the corporate limits of the City of Lodi); also an authorization for the payment of the purchase price of $35000.00 to Cary Brothers,and a Certified check for $5000.00 qa ,a ,dash bond to guarantee the performance on the part of Cary Brothers of certain stipulations. The deed,authorization and bond were then read to the Board by E.i.Jones Lsq.,attorney for the City. J.M.MoMahon was then duly sworn by the President of the Board and,in response to questions propounded by Judge Jones,teatified as follows: That he was familiar with the City of Lodi and that neither in said City or elsewhere is there+other than said Cary Brothers' Plant,any existing water and light plant or water plant or light plant for supplying the said Oity or its inhabitants with water or light or available for the purposes or any purpose for whioh. Municipal Improvement No.2 of said City was provided. The following Resolution was then read by Judge Jones: RESOLUTION. Whereas,in pursuiance and in consequence of negotiations Con- ducted heretofore by members of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi actingas a committee of the whol ,Fred G.0ary,Blanohe Daisy. ' Cary [ his wie ),Edward 0.Cary,Anna Cary ( his wife ),and Maria Sanborn, now in open''regular meetisig of said Board of Trustees,offer to deliver forthwith a deed of grant,bargain,conveyanoe and transfer of certain land and other property in said deed deaoribed,the same being summarily the entire plant for the produotion,transmission and distribution of water and artifiOial light,situated in the City, of Lodi,and commonly known as the Cary Brothers' Water and Light works (so far as and to the extent as such of.aaid plant is situated within the corporate limits of said City of Lodi ) together with a certain undertaking and check for securing the City under pertain stipulations and agreements contained in said deed,for and in con- sideration of thirty-five thousand dollars and said at*pulations and agreements,and F 'rRD • Whereas,the said Board of Truateea,after long and thorough in- .veatigation and oonsideration,now finds that the acquisition of said Water and Light Plant of .said Cary Brothers and, the further construct- ion and completion of the same by expenditure of funds now in Municipal Improvement Fund No.2 of said City will result in the aoquieition,construotion and oompletion of a oombined plant for supplying said City and its inhabitants with water and electric light,and Whereas,the said Board of Trustees now finds,after long and thorough investigation and oonsideration,that it will be for the best inter- ests of the City of Lodi and its inhabitants and in furtherance of the purposes o± said Municipal triprovenient` Fund No.2 to acquire the land,proberty,plant and goods in said deed deaoribed,and to enter into the stipulations and agreements in said deed set forth,and pay for the same the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars,and Whereas,from evidence taken before it,the said Board of Trustees now finds,as a fact,that neither in said City nor elsewhere is there other than said Cary Bros. plant any existing water and light plant or water plant or light plant for supplying the said City or its inhabitants with water or light or available for the purposes or any purpose for Which Municipal Improvement No 2 of said City was pro- vided,-therefore,be it RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi,at this a regular meeting of said Board,held on the Fourteenth day of February,1910,that delivery of said deed and security be accepted by the. City of Lodi,and that G.E.Lawrence as President of said Board of Trustees be and hereby he is authorized and directed to accept such deed and security for,on behalf of and as the act of said City, and that upon his acceptance of the same,he said President of said Board and the City Clerk of said City be and they hereby are author- ized and directed to draw,in the usual form and manner,a,warrant upon the Treasurery of said City,to wit, upon the City Treasurer of said City,in favor of the grantors mentioned in said deed ( or the person or persons by them designated) for the sum of thirty-five thousgnd dollars,payable out of Municipal Improvement No 2 of said City. It was .regularly moved and seconded that the foregoing Resolut- ion be adopted as read,whioh motion was carried by the following vote: Ayes: T.M.Blodgett,F.O.Male,G.E.Lawrence,C.A.Rich and L.Vill nger. Noes: None. Absent:None. Whereupon the foregoing resolution was approved and signed by the President of the Board and attested by the City Clerk. A warrant in the stun of thirty-five thousand dollors was then drawn upon the City Treasurer in favor of Cary Bros. ,payable out of Municipal Improvement Fund No.2,whereupon the Presddent of the Board of Trustees in accordance with the foregoing resolution accepted the delivery of the deed and securlty,and delivered the aforementioned warrant to Cary Brothers,who accepted the same. It was regularly moved and seconded that this Board do now adjourn until Wednesday evening Feb.lath.,1910,at the usual hour and place. The motion was carried and it was so ordered. Attset: