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172 Considerable discussion was entered into concerning the traffic situation , the use of gates at crossings , etc . , and the Mayor appointed Councilmen Christensen and Fletcher , the City Manager and the City Attorney , to serve with him as a committee to discuss this matter with the Southern Pacific officials , and the Clerk was asked to write the Southern Pacific Company to ask if the Company would consider moving the freight station from its present location to some other site where it would not be so closely adjacent to important business activities and heavy traffic . The Treasurer explained to the Council that no money had been paid to Mr. O ' Dea as rent on the Airport property nor had the Lease been executed due to the fact that no response had been received from the W. P .A. officials concerning the requested assis- tance . The Council agreed that no Lease should be entered into until this assistance was granted , and the Clerk was instructed to write Mr . O ' Dea concerning the delay in signing the Lease . On motion of Councilman McCarthy , seconded by Councilman McNulty , there was adopted a resolution accepting Deed from the General Petroleum Corporation granting right-of-way for laying storm sewers and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute agree- ment in connection therewith. Councilman McCarthy , speaking for the committee , reported what had been done about the Harbor site and proposed, seconded by Councilman Fletcher , that the City Attorney provide necessary papers to ask the property owners for options for six months or a year at a rate of $1 , 500 an acre . Specifically the Clerk was asked to write Peter turn Suden , representing the heirs of A. A. Brown, to ask that he proceed to obtain , if possible , an option at $1 , 500 an acre . The Clerk was asked to write Clarence E. Choate , of the Volunteer Fire Department , express- ing to him the sympathy of the Council members in the loss of his wife . This , on motion of Councilman McNulty , seconded by Councilman Jones. The departmental reports were ordered filed. The approved claims were ordered paid on motion of Councilman McNulty , seconded by Councilman Fletcher, Adjournment . City Clerk (p" BEM : MR