Transcribed by: By R.M. Knebel
TAKEN FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
(As they are bound in the book, not chronologically)
From 20 July 1923 to 11 Apr 1940
By R.M. Knebel
04 Feb 1993
Miscellaneous loose sheets and documents:
26 Jun 1930: Contract between GRANBURY MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND WATER PLANT and Granbury Reunion Assoc. to supply 15 KW.
10 Nov 1952: Cleburne TX, news item re: Lone Star Gas rates.
27 Aug 1900: Surveyor description, Granbury city limits.
25 May 1914: Extension of above limits.
5 Nov 1935: Granbury accepts TITLE 28 REVISED CIVIL STATUTES
- - 1929: Proposal to sell Granbury's city-owned water works and electric generating plant to TEXAS-LOUISIANA POWER CO.
C. 01 Jan 1952: Lone Star Gas applies for a rate increase.
C. Jun 1930: Approx. 300 subscriber names to THE GRANBURY MUNI. WATER AND LIGHT (or LIGHT AND WATER) PLANT. L.B. Hiner listed.
C. Jul 1923: Rates set for services of MUNI. WATER AND LIGHT PLANT
End of misc. sheets. Begin numbered pages.
Page & Date
1, 20 Jul 1923: Council OKs ML&W bills (this becomes routine).
2, 11 Aug " : Tax rate set for repayment of $47,000 & $28,000 bonds, respectively, for water and ele. light
PLANT, and OKs routine payment of PLANT bills.
6, 11 Sep " : Foundations at PLANT ready for engines & tank.
8, 20 " " : PLANT waste contract with Henry Holland.
10, 5 Oct " : Long list of PLANT bills to be paid out of water and light (bond) fund. This becomes meeting a
routine.
11, 17 " " : Ditto, includes a $6880.00 engine.
17, 10 Dec " : Ele. rates lowered.
1Š18, 27 " " : $8534.00 for Fairbanks-Morse supplies for PLANT
21, 15 Jan 1924: Chief PLANT engineer hired @ $100/mo.
24, 27 Feb " : $2135.47 in taxes collected in 1923 for ele. light bonds
28, 8 May " : Ele. rates set for motors, stoves, & wtr. heat.
33, 13 Oct " : Taxes set to establish PLANT bond sinking fund.
39, - - 1924 : Tax collector reports that in 1923 $3769.22 & $2404.61 taken in for wtr. & light bond repayment
43, 10 Apr 1925: Election returns. Among winners: Mrs. Neil Hiner
46, 13 Jul " : Water rate set
49, 21 Sep " : " " re-set
50, 9 Oct " : Tax rates for PLANT bond retirement. Tax collector's report for prior year $3826.7°
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$2398.05 toward wtr. & ele. bond retirement.
59, 22 Sep 1926: Tax rates set for PLANT bond retirement
61, 22 Feb 1927: Houston St. bridge repair
63, - - - : $3685.19 & $2284.05 collected in taxes toward wtr. & light PLANT bond retirement
65, 25 Apr " : A.F. Larned hired @ $100/mo. PLANT mgr. (a politician on the rise).
66, 9 May " : A.F. Larned now sec. of city council
67, 27 Jun " : Shanley bldg. falling down.
73, 31 Oct " : TEXAS-LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. offers to buy PLANT. Council to let voters decide.
76, 30 Jan 1928: A.F. Larned now fire chief. Council donates $200 for a cemetery "saxton" (sexton,or, grave
digger) out of PLANT fund.
77,27 Feb " : A.F. Larned promoted from fire chief to fire marshall.
81, 14 May : A.F. Larned now city secretary. Meeting minutes very brief and not informative.
94, 15 Apr 1929: Minutes now 1/3 to 1/2 as long as before. Poor details. New mayor elected.
95, 29 Apr " : A.F. Larned resigns as PLANT mgr, city sec, and fire marshall. End of politician.
98, 28 May " : New plant ENGINE @ $14,034.00.
99-10² µ Jun¢ º COMMUNITY NATURAL GAS CO granted 25-yr franchise to furnish gas to Gby for the first time.
Consumer to pay $0.20/100° cu.ft® for 1st 70° cu.
then $0.75/1000 cu.ft. thereafter.
104, 24 Jun " : Council decides to hold election to sell PLANT.
110, 15 Aug " : LOUISIANA LIGHT & POWER now offers $100,000 for both PLANTS and agrees to rates; calls city incompetent.
132, 16 Aug " : J.L. Brooks of Birdwell, TX, to drill a PLANT well for $350.00.
135, 30 Sep " : Voters defeat sale of "GRANBURY MUNICIPAL WATER AND LIGHT PLANT" by 144 to 116.
155, 26 Feb 1930: 180 HP diesel electric generating set to be installed by Fairbanks-Morse.
171, Sept 1930: PLANT financial and operating detailed report for the month: took in $1309.71. First in a series of monthly statistical operating data.
172, 6 Oct " : Tanks for 500 bbl. fuel storage for PLANT OKd.
180, 29 Jun 1931: Mr. Zwiefel asks for a back tax reduction on Gby. MILLING CO. and got it all removed.
182, 2 Feb " : List of all Gby fire dept. members.
212, 19 Mar 1932: List of people running for city office.
213, - - - : List of out-of-town people. Reason?
214, - - - : " " firemen (and prob. poll tax list).
243, 30 Jan 1933: Council decides on handling fed. aid money.
274, 24 Apr " : City officers elected.
284, 30 Jun " : MUNI. ENGR. CO, Dallas, bids cost plus to construct sewer & wtr. improvements under NRA (the National Recovery Act. Work to be done by WPA
(the Works Progress Administration) Page 394.
294, 1 Jul " : $40.000 in revenue bonds to pay for above.
320, 30 Oct 1933: Citizens sign agrmt. to comply with hwy. dept.
326, 1 Mar 1934 : List of people running for city office.
343, 12 Apr " : " " " elected " " "
350, 26 Jun " : PLANT well to be drilled to 200 feet.
370, 21 Jan 1935: City begins to think about cheaper electricity from hydro-electric (future) Brazos River dams.
377, C. 4 Mar " : People file for city election
378, 1 Apr " : " elected to city offices
385, 4 Jun " : ele. rates set
386, " " " : Decision to pave downtown and Houston and Crockett streets to depot.
413, C. 5 Dec" : List of real estate owned by city of Gby
414-427 Missing
427A-464, 1 Oct 1935: Sewer project documents
504, 27 Feb 1936: Still working on sewer problem
527, 17 Mar " : " " " " "
549, " " " : List of city officers
557, " " " : Still in the sewer
558, - - - : Sewer plant grounds
566, 17 Mar " : Still in sewer
577, 11 May " : "
578, 11 Jun " : City officers.
589,590,591, 16 Jun 1936: City officers past & present
613, 1 Dec " : Sewer
623, 2 Mar 1937 : Poll tax list
629, 12 Mar " : Maybe sewer entries finally over. What an involvement in government red tape. It dominated!
638, - May 1937 : Peddlers ordinance
653, 7 Apr 1939 : City officers
656, 25 " " : Sale of PLANT water to Santa Fe RR.
657, 30 " " : Financial and PLANT operation rept. for Apr. shows income from water and electric service;
cost of and hours run for 3 engines. Santa Fe used 1,516,000 (gals.) wtr.
660, 8 May " : Water rate set. New well pumps cost $1541.00 & $807.00. Pages 673-74.
666, 20 " " : Financial rept
668, 26 May " : Well drilling contract @ $1.75/ft; depth open ended.
670, 30 Jun " : Fin. Rept.
676, 30 Jul " " " "
681, 31 Aug " " " "
689, 30 Sep " " " "
693, 31 Oct " " " "
696, 13 Nov " : Considering extending ele. service to Thorp Sp
697, 30 Nov " : Fin. rept.
701, 30 Dec " " " "
705, 30 Jan 1940 " " "
707, 12 Feb " :Install traffic light @ Pearl and Morgan. Cemetery lots selling for $20 ea.
710, 28 Feb " : Considering drilling well on J.A. Overton land
711, 29 Feb " : Fin. Rept. Also, list of people running for city office.
716, 30 Mar " : Fin Rept.
718, 8 Apr " : Vote talley in city election
720, 30 Apr " : Fin. Rept.
723, 11 Apr " : Winners in city election
725, 30 Apr 1938: Fin. Rept. BEGIN A SERIES OF OUT-OF-PLACE DATES.
728-730, 17 May ": City wants to get rid of privy vaults; install SW Bell phone system
731, 30 May " : Fin Rept.
735, " Jun " : " "
739-746, 14 Mar": New electric bonds @ $59,000 to cancel old debt.
747, 11 Jul " : "Oil Mill" mentioned
748, 30 Jul " : Fin. Rept.
752, 1 Sept " : Fin. Rept.
755, 12 Sep " : To sell water to Santa Fe RR @ $.10/1000 gal/mo
756, 30 Sep " : Fin. Rept.
759¬ 1° Oct ¢ º Mention Girls NYA (National Youth Admin.).
760, 31 Oct " : Fin. Rept.
762, 14 Nov " : WPA to pave the "Public Square".
763, " " " : Need new 150 HP diesel Fairbanks-Morse engine to replace the old 100 HP diesel
764, 30 " " : Fin. Rept.
767, 12 Dec " : J.L. Maloney to be NYA foreman
783, 31 " " : Fin. Rept.
785, 14 Feb 1938: Dairies to comply with health standards
787, 28 " " : Fin. Rept.
790, 2 Mar " : People running for city office
793, 30 Mar " : Fin. Rept. & operating stats on PLANT
799, 6 Jul 1937 : Fin Rept
800, 12 " " : Light & Water Plant to buy one $75.00 gov't. baby bond/mo. and place in emergency/dept. fund.
801, 9 Aug " : Fin Rept
805, 13 Sep " : " "
809, 30 Oct " : " "
814, 7 Dec " : City in default on interest and principal payments on $59,000 of Water Works and Electric Light bonds issued 10 Apr 1923. Will issue 41/2% Refunding Bonds instead of increasing taxes.
817, - Nov " : Fin Rept.
820, - Dec " : Fin Rept.
827, 31 Jan 1938: Financial Report.
829, 24 Feb " : R.R. Miller of Miller Ice Co. wants 1932 tax refund.