BOOK 17_1933-01-03 to 1938-12-29

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411 Mr. O'Keefe, the other owner of the property, in an effort to get some action. The Attorney also presented a resolution accepting a deed from the Sequoia Union High School District for the property now known as the library, and Councilman Fletcher moved the adoption of the resolution, which was seconded by Councilman McNulty and unanimously carried. Mr. Walter Vandervort made report to the Council concerning the operation of his bus line and indicated that while there had been a slight increase of patronage from week to week, he was still running considerable of a deficit.. The members. of the Council expressed a willingness to cooperate with him, feeling that there is a definite need for such a bus service. While, according to the City Attorney, it would be illegal to subsidize the operation of the bus line, it would be proper to use city funds to hire Mr. Vandervort to work for the interest of the bus lines, and it was decided, on motion of Councilman Anderson, seconded by Councilman Pletcher, to engage the services of Mr. Vandervort for the months of August, September, and October at a salary of $75 a month. S. Kertz, representing Kertz and Son Peed and Fuel Store at 160 Maple, asked permission to construct an annex of frame with galvanized iron covering to his present build- ing. Permit granted on motion of Councilman Hohn, seconded by Councilman Anderson. H. W. Treichel again appeared before the Council concerning the additional construction he wished to make at the rear of the present laundry property. After hearing that the north side would be filled in with hollow tile and the south side principally of galvanized iron, permit was granted on motion of Councilman Anderson, seconded by Councilman Jones. There was considerable discussion, lead by Councilman McCarthy who reported for the 1915 Bond Committee, concerning the acquisition and handling of lots which the City intends to take over because of delinquencies. T. J. Hallinan of the Calif- ornia Pacific Title and Trust Company offered to the City the services of his organization for the handling of the detail and preparation of papers incident to formal proceedings for taking over the lots. This work, he assured the Council, would be done at approximate cost, a tentative figure being set of $5 per owner- ship, where property had already been transferred by Quit Claim Deed, and $7.50 per ownership for others. The question was raised whether or not the expenditure of the amount of money which this would mean (there being something like a thousand lots) should not require bids, the San Mateo County Title Company being especially mentioned. Mr. Hallinan said that the San Mateo County Title Compww had agreed to his organization doing the work. To substantiate his statement, Mr. Woodhams of the Title Company was called in, and he personally indicated