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

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.92, . i life incident to accidents at such crossings. Councilman Jones stated his opinion that gates were much better than any other kind of signals at grade crossings. Finally, Coun— cilman Fletcher offered resolution protesting to the State Highway Commission the closing i of any of the four streets mentioned. The motion to adopt the resolution was carried, with Councilman 14cCarthy voting "No". The City Attorney was asked to prepare appropriate argument and represent the City at the hearing in San Carlos, Thursday morning. Carl Stoner supplemented the discussion of the Council, stating that it was an absolute neces— sity to combat this closing with actual data, and indicated the willingness of his Company to cooperate with the City. The Council took up again at this time the report of the Citizens' Advisory Board concerning the desirability of acquiring the Electric Public Utility. Councilman 1;1cCarthy spoke at some length concerning the advisability and the profit of acquiring this utility and urged the Council to get the matter started. Councilman Eva stated he had not mane up his mind either for or against such a project, but thought it best not to spend the money necessary to make any evaluation of the physical property of the P. G. w E., affecting the Electrical portion, until some effort had been made to ascertain whether or not the people of Redwood City desired such acquisition. In this he was supported by Councilman Fletcher. Louis Jenkins, Jr., appeared before the Council to protest submitting such a proposal and offered certain figures to support his argument. W. 0. Tyson also indicated that he was not in favor of it. Councilman McCarthy proposed, seconded by Councilman Jones, who considered that the acquisition of such a utility would be a profitable venture, that the City take the first step toward acquiring this property by having the Railroad Commission evaluate the physical property of the Electric Utility. The motion was carried four to three, Councilmen Christensen, Eva and Fletcher voting HN011 W. 0. Tyson asked for certain information concerning the cost and location of the Tennis Courts at Mazes Plaza, and reply was given him by the City Engineer and Councilman McCarthy. On motion of Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, the City Manager was instructed to proceed with the work of surfacing the Tennis Courts on the High School grounds pro— vided the School Trustees furnish the material. Councilman Jones,said he had been told that if the City levied any special assessment for the payment of 1915 Act delinquencies, that no citizens of Redwood City could obtain the benefit of the Home Owners' Loan Act. The matter was referred to the City Attorney to see Attorney Morrisey who,it was said,had made the statement. The City Treasurer asked the Council to select the Special Auditor for the ensuing year as the end of the quarter was near. On motion of Councilman Jones, seconded by Councilman Chris— tensen, it was decided to retain C. G. Uhlenberg for another year at his proposed price of $425.00. The Clerk read a long communication from the 1915 Improvement Bond Act Committee and a report from the special counsel appointed by this committee. The correspondence told of the present status of the litigation and of certain points which had to be cleared up, to— gether with recommendations to be followed by the cities. It was requested that each