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Transcribed by: By R.M. Knebel<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAKEN FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES\n(As they are bound in the book, not chronologically)\nFrom 20 July 1923 to 11 Apr 1940\n                                               \n By R.M. Knebel\n                                                   \n 04 Feb 1993<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Miscellaneous loose sheets and documents:\n     26 Jun 1930: Contract between GRANBURY MUNICIPAL LIGHT AND WATER PLANT and Granbury Reunion Assoc. to supply 15 KW.\n\n     10 Nov 1952: Cleburne TX, news item re: Lone Star Gas rates.\n\n     27 Aug 1900: Surveyor description, Granbury city limits.\n\n     25 May 1914: Extension of above limits.\n\n     5 Nov 1935: Granbury accepts TITLE 28 REVISED CIVIL STATUTES\n\n     - -    1929: Proposal to sell Granbury's city-owned water works and electric generating plant to TEXAS-LOUISIANA POWER CO.\n\n     C. 01 Jan 1952: Lone Star Gas applies for a rate increase.\n\n     C. Jun 1930: Approx. 300 subscriber names to THE GRANBURY MUNI. WATER AND LIGHT (or LIGHT AND WATER) PLANT. L.B. Hiner listed.\n\n     C. Jul 1923: Rates set for services of MUNI. WATER AND LIGHT PLANT\n\nEnd of misc. sheets. Begin numbered pages. \n\nPage & Date    \n1, 20 Jul 1923: Council OKs ML&W bills (this becomes routine).\n\n2, 11 Aug  \"  : Tax rate set for repayment of $47,000 & $28,000 bonds, respectively, for water and ele. light \nPLANT, and OKs routine payment of PLANT bills.\n\n6, 11 Sep  \"  : Foundations at PLANT ready for engines & tank.\n\n8, 20  \"   \"  : PLANT waste contract with Henry Holland.\n\n10, 5 Oct  \"  : Long list of PLANT bills to be paid out of water and light (bond) fund. This becomes meeting a \nroutine.\n\n11, 17 \"   \"  : Ditto, includes a $6880.00 engine.\n\n17, 10 Dec \"  : Ele. rates lowered.\n    1\u016018, 27 \"   \"  : $8534.00 for Fairbanks-Morse supplies for PLANT\n\n21, 15 Jan 1924: Chief PLANT engineer hired @ $100\/mo.\n\n24, 27 Feb  \"  : $2135.47 in taxes collected in 1923 for ele. light bonds\n\n28, 8 May  \"   : Ele. rates set for motors, stoves, & wtr. heat.\n\n33, 13 Oct \"   : Taxes set to establish PLANT bond sinking fund.\n\n39, -  -  1924 : Tax collector reports that in 1923 $3769.22 & $2404.61 taken in for wtr. & light bond repayment\n\n43, 10 Apr 1925: Election returns. Among winners: Mrs. Neil Hiner\n\n46, 13 Jul  \"  : Water rate set\n\n49, 21 Sep  \"  :   \"    \"   re-set\n\n50, 9 Oct  \"   : Tax rates for PLANT bond retirement. Tax collector's report for prior year $3826.7\u00b0 \n\u00a6 \u008d\n               $2398.05 toward wtr. & ele. bond retirement.\n\n59, 22 Sep 1926: Tax rates set for PLANT bond retirement\n\n61, 22 Feb 1927: Houston St. bridge repair\n\n63, -   -   -  : $3685.19 & $2284.05 collected in taxes toward wtr. & light PLANT bond retirement\n\n65, 25 Apr  \"  : A.F. Larned hired @ $100\/mo. PLANT mgr. (a politician on the rise).\n\n66, 9 May   \"  : A.F. Larned now sec. of city council\n\n67, 27 Jun  \"  : Shanley bldg. falling down.\n\n73, 31 Oct  \"  : TEXAS-LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO. offers to buy PLANT. Council to let voters decide.\n\n76, 30 Jan 1928: A.F. Larned now fire chief. Council donates $200 for a cemetery \"saxton\" (sexton,or, grave\ndigger) out of PLANT fund.\n\n77,27 Feb  \"   : A.F. Larned promoted from fire chief to fire marshall.\n\n81, 14 May     : A.F. Larned now city secretary. Meeting minutes very brief and not informative.\n\n94, 15 Apr 1929: Minutes now 1\/3 to 1\/2 as long as before. Poor details. New mayor elected.\n\n95, 29 Apr  \"  : A.F. Larned resigns as PLANT mgr, city sec, and fire marshall. End of politician.\n\n98, 28 May  \"   : New plant ENGINE @ $14,034.00.\n\n99-10\u00b2 \u00b5 Jun\u00a2   \u00ba COMMUNITY NATURAL GAS CO granted  25-yr franchise to furnish gas to Gby for the first time. \n Consumer to pay $0.20\/100\u00b0 cu.ft\u00ae for 1st 70\u00b0 cu.\n then $0.75\/1000 cu.ft. thereafter.\n\n104, 24 Jun \"  : Council decides to hold election to sell PLANT.\n\n110, 15 Aug \"  : LOUISIANA LIGHT & POWER now offers $100,000 for both PLANTS and agrees to rates; calls city incompetent.\n\n132, 16 Aug \"  : J.L. Brooks of Birdwell, TX, to drill a PLANT well for $350.00.\n\n135, 30 Sep \"  : Voters defeat sale of \"GRANBURY MUNICIPAL WATER AND LIGHT PLANT\" by 144 to 116.\n\n155, 26 Feb 1930: 180 HP diesel electric generating set to be installed by Fairbanks-Morse.\n\n171, Sept 1930: PLANT financial and operating detailed report for the month: took in $1309.71. First in a series of monthly statistical operating data.\n\n172, 6 Oct \"  : Tanks for 500 bbl. fuel storage for PLANT OKd.           \n\n180, 29 Jun 1931: Mr. Zwiefel asks for a back tax reduction on Gby. MILLING CO. and got it all removed.\n\n182, 2 Feb \"  : List of all Gby fire dept. members.\n\n212, 19 Mar 1932: List of people running for city office.\n\n213, -  -    -  : List of out-of-town people. Reason?            \n\n214, -  -    -  :  \"   \"  firemen (and prob. poll tax list).\n\n243, 30 Jan 1933: Council decides on handling fed. aid money.\n\n274, 24 Apr  \"  : City officers elected.\n\n284, 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 \n(the Works Progress Administration) Page 394.\n294, 1 Jul  \"  : $40.000 in revenue bonds to pay for above.\n\n320, 30 Oct 1933: Citizens sign agrmt. to comply with hwy. dept.\n\n326, 1 Mar 1934 : List of people running for city office.\n\n343, 12 Apr  \"  :  \"   \"    \"    elected  \"   \"     \"\n\n350, 26 Jun  \"  : PLANT well to be drilled to 200 feet.\n\n370, 21 Jan 1935: City begins to think about cheaper electricity from hydro-electric (future) Brazos River dams.\n\n377, C. 4 Mar \" : People file for city election\n\n378, 1 Apr   \"  :   \"    elected to city offices\n\n385, 4 Jun   \"  : ele. rates set\n\n386, \"  \"    \"  : Decision to pave downtown and Houston and Crockett streets to depot.\n\n413, C. 5 Dec\"  : List of real estate owned by city of Gby\n\n414-427 Missing\n\n427A-464, 1 Oct 1935: Sewer project documents  \n\n504, 27 Feb 1936: Still working on sewer problem\n\n527, 17 Mar  \"  : \"      \"      \"   \"      \"\n\n549, \"  \"    \"  : List of city officers\n\n557, \"  \"    \"  : Still in the sewer\n\n558, -  -    -  : Sewer plant grounds\n\n566, 17 Mar  \"  : Still in sewer\n\n577, 11 May  \"  :   \"\n\n578, 11 Jun  \"  : City officers.\n\n589,590,591, 16 Jun 1936: City officers past & present\n\n613, 1 Dec   \"  : Sewer\n\n623, 2 Mar 1937 : Poll tax list\n\n629, 12 Mar  \"  : Maybe sewer entries finally over. What an involvement in government red tape. It dominated!\n638, - May 1937 : Peddlers ordinance\n\n653, 7 Apr 1939 : City officers\n\n656, 25 \"   \"   : Sale of PLANT water to Santa Fe RR.\n\n657, 30 \"   \"   : Financial and PLANT operation rept. for Apr. shows income from water and electric service;\ncost of and hours run for 3 engines. Santa Fe used 1,516,000 (gals.) wtr.\n\n660, 8 May  \"  : Water rate set. New well pumps cost $1541.00 & $807.00. Pages 673-74.\n\n666, 20 \"   \"  : Financial rept\n\n668, 26 May \"  : Well drilling contract @ $1.75\/ft; depth open ended.\n\n670, 30 Jun \"  : Fin. Rept.\n\n676, 30 Jul \"  \"  \"    \"\n\n681, 31 Aug \"  \"  \"    \" \n\n689, 30 Sep  \"  \"  \"    \"\n\n693, 31 Oct  \"  \"  \"    \"\n\n696, 13 Nov  \"  : Considering extending ele. service to Thorp Sp\n\n697, 30 Nov  \"  : Fin. rept.\n\n701, 30 Dec  \"  \"  \"    \"\n\n705, 30 Jan 1940  \"  \"    \"\n\n707, 12 Feb  \"  :Install traffic light @ Pearl and Morgan. Cemetery lots selling for $20 ea.\n\n710, 28 Feb  \"  : Considering drilling well on J.A. Overton land\n\n711, 29 Feb  \"  : Fin. Rept. Also, list of people running for city office.\n\n716, 30 Mar  \"  : Fin Rept.\n\n718, 8 Apr   \"  : Vote talley in city election\n\n720, 30 Apr  \"  : Fin. Rept.\n\n723, 11 Apr  \"  : Winners in city election\n725, 30 Apr 1938: Fin. Rept. BEGIN A SERIES OF OUT-OF-PLACE DATES.\n\n728-730, 17 May \": City wants to get rid of privy vaults; install SW Bell phone system\n\n731, 30 May   \" : Fin Rept.\n\n735, \"  Jun   \" :  \"   \"\n\n739-746, 14 Mar\":  New electric bonds @ $59,000 to cancel old debt.\n\n747, 11 Jul \"   : \"Oil Mill\" mentioned\n\n748, 30 Jul \"   : Fin. Rept.\n\n752, 1 Sept \"   : Fin. Rept.\n\n755, 12 Sep \"   : To sell water to Santa Fe RR @ $.10\/1000 gal\/mo\n\n756, 30 Sep \"   : Fin. Rept.\n\n759\u00ac 1\u00b0 Oct \u00a2   \u00ba Mention Girls NYA (National Youth Admin.).\n\n760, 31 Oct \"   : Fin. Rept.\n\n762, 14 Nov \"   : WPA to pave the \"Public Square\".\n\n763, \"  \"   \"   : Need new 150 HP diesel Fairbanks-Morse engine to replace the old 100 HP diesel\n\n764, 30 \"   \"   : Fin. Rept.\n\n767, 12 Dec \"   : J.L. Maloney to be NYA foreman\n\n783, 31 \"   \"   : Fin. Rept.\n\n785, 14 Feb 1938: Dairies to comply with health standards\n\n787, 28 \"    \"  : Fin. Rept.\n\n790, 2 Mar   \"  : People running for city office\n\n793, 30 Mar  \"  : Fin. Rept. & operating stats on PLANT\n\n799, 6 Jul 1937 : Fin Rept\n\n800, 12 \"   \"   : Light & Water Plant to buy one $75.00 gov't. baby bond\/mo. and place in emergency\/dept. fund.\n\n801, 9 Aug  \"   : Fin Rept\n805, 13 Sep \"   :  \"   \"\n\n809, 30 Oct \"   :  \"   \"\n\n814, 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.\n\n817, - Nov  \"   : Fin Rept.\n\n820, - Dec  \"   : Fin Rept.\n\n827, 31 Jan 1938: Financial Report.\n\n829, 24 Feb  \"  : R.R. Miller of Miller Ice Co. wants 1932 tax refund.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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