The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-11-08
OFFICIAL MINUTES
OF CITY COUNCIL

| On motion the minutes Of Oct. II
and 81 were read and approved.
On motion, the error of frontage
of the Witthorne estate and Higgins
property on Lemon street was or
dered corrected before. certificate
was issued for liens thereon for paw
ing, curbing and improving said
street.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Be 1t Resolved, That the action of
the Council in assessing and order
ing liens placed on property abutting
Walnut street be, and the same is,
hereby reconsidered and recinded !.
Be it further resolved that same be
referred to the board of bond trus-
tees for correction.
The city attorney gave his opinion
relative to the assessments made on
North Massachusetts and Tennessee
avenues on different widths being as
sessed in the same amount per front
foot, saying there was no law to pre-
vent same, and that there was no
law to p rcvent sections of the same
street from being assessed separate
ly On motion, Kentucky avenue
and South Tennessee avenue were
referred to the board of bond trus-
tees for corrections, as to fronta ges
and amount assessed per foot. Rep
resenting the Governors of the Board
of Trade, Mr.. Holworthy asked for
disposition of the White Way propo.
sition formerly presented by him to
the Council The light and water
committee reported that it could take
care of the top lights in the proposed
posts, and the finance committee re-
ported that it would be able in some
way to handle the city's part of f.
nancing it.
On motion these committees were
instructed to cooperate with the
Board of Trade in establishing the
White Way.
The purchasing agent was author
lied to purchase check writer as
recommended b ythc light and wa
ter committee.
Petition of W r. Overstreet to
erect steel garage on the rear Of
lot &c" in block II Of Munn's sur
vey. was granted.
The mayor was requested to have
the Lakeland Manufacturing Com
pany's smoke stack properly screened
against flying cinders, etc., and the
pipe in the laundry of the old Tre
mont House made safe; both having
been declared a nuisance and a fire
menace.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
BE it resolved by the City Council
Of lakeland that the city engineer
be, and Is hereby declared and made
inspector of buildings within the fire
limits.
Petition of Cardwell & Feigley was
on motion Granted.
The following resolution was in
troduccd and was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, notice was given the City
Council while in session Nov. 5,
1913, of the death of Mr. J. d.
O'ITern; and,
Whereas, Mr. O'ITern was candi-
date for mayor of Lakeland, and his
name withdrawn on account OF his
serious Illness; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAKELAND:
That the City Council of the city
of Lakeland do deplore his untImely
death, and do extend to his wife and
family assurance of deepest sympa-
thy and coincidence.
That these resolutions be entered
on the minutes OF the City Council,
and copy be sent to the family.
Petition of ] G. McClelland was
referred to the street committee.
Salaries Of the city employees were
ordered paid.
Petition Of August Bewer was re-
ferred to the light and water COM
mittee with power to act. Petition
of F. b. Terrell was, on motion,
granted Recommendation of the
boar If health was filed for infor-
mo'i0a Petition Of Guy Sherrod ct
p, Vas MED. Proposition Of D. P.
Carte filed for reference. Com
PLATA, y. Fiske Johnson was or
corci "ered with the assurance
that sal would be ordered cor
rected.
Building permit was granted to
Mrs. Lena Smith for house on lot
"a" block s of Munn's survey. Re-
quest of the Ladies Memorial Asso.
citation was referred to the cemetery