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Adjourned regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Riverside, held in the
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<br />1944.
<br />Council Chamber, City Hall, on Tuesday, April 4, 1944, at 9:00 o'clock a.m., Pacific war time.
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<br />Present: Mayor Davison, presiding; Councilmen Williams, Carter, Pickett, Dales, Rathgeber,
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<br />and Harris; Deputy City Attorney Ford; and City Clerk Mills.
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<br />The Lord's prayer was recited in unison by the assembly.
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<br />Invocation I-
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<br />The minutes of the meeting of March 28, 1944, were read and approved.
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<br />A motion offered by Councilman Dales, Chairman of the Streets Committee of the Council, that
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<br />the bids heretofore received covering the proposed purchase by the City of Riverside, for use of the
<br />Motor
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<br />Street Department, of one new motor grader be taken under advisement, and that the Superintendent of
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<br />Streets be instructed to execute Form 1319 of the War Production Board applying for a release of any
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<br />one of the motor graders described in the said bids first found to be available for delivery, receiving
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<br />no second, was declared lost by the Mayor. -
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<br />It was moved by Councilman Williams, seconded by Councilman Harris, that the bid heretofore
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<br />received from Smith Booth Usher Company, No. 2001 Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, California, covering )
<br />Motor
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<br />grader
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<br />the proposed purchase by the City of Riverside, for use of the Street Department, of one new motor
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<br />grader, be, and the same is hereby, accepted at the price named therein, excepting, however, that the
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<br />allowance for trade value for one used Austin-Western Motor Grader, Motor No. AP=1796, shall be dis-
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<br />regarded, and all other bids therefor are hereby rejected, and the Street Department is hereby author-
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<br />ized to proceed with the purchase of the said equipment in accordance with the terms of the said bid.
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<br />This motion carried by the following vote:
<br />Ayesi Councilmen Williams, Carter, Pickett, and Harris.
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<br />Noes: Councilmen Dales and Rathgeber.
<br />- Absent: Councilman Rawlings.
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<br />10:00 o'clock a.m. This being the time set for a public hearing, before the Council,
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<br />relative to the application of W. Paul Butler, No. 3822 Seventh Street, for a permit to operate an
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<br />automobile for hire within the City of Riverside, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 610
<br />Auto for hire
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<br />(How Series), as amended, the said hearing was opened and proceeded with, oral objections being made
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<br />to the issuance of the said permit by L. W. Oldfield, Manager, Tanner Motor Livery, on the grounds that
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<br />public convenience and necessity do not require such additional service; whereupon, it being the desire
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<br />of the Council to further consider said application, it was moved by Councilman Pickett, seconded by
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<br />Councilman Williams, that the said hearing be, and the same is hereby, continued to Tuesday, April 11,
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<br />1944, at 10:00 o'clock a.m., and the matter of the said application is hereby referred to the Public
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<br />Safety Committee of the Council for investigation and recommendation.
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<br />This motion carried by the following vote:
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<br />Aves: Councilmen Williame, Carter, Pickett, Dales, Rathgeber, and Harris.
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<br />Noes: None.
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<br />Absent: Councilman Rawlings.
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<br />10:00 o'clock a.m. This being the time set for the opening of bids for the contract
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<br />of furnishing to the Street Department, for use in the construction of the Washington Storm Drain,
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<br />northerly of Dewey Avenue, 600 cubic yards,.more or less, of Class A, Transit !-fix Concrete, to be
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<br />delivered in quantities as ordered, bids were received from the following: Concrete Rock & Send
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