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“For the Fourth ward W.M. Kling, Manuel Ramos and Emelia Pons were appointed inspectors and Jose Hernandez, clerk of Elections, and the office of Ybor City Sand Co. designated as the polling place.”

“Messrs. J.B. Wall and S. M. Sparkman, representing the Electric Sight Co. submitted a proposition that the section of the Memorandum of Agreement exempting the it from liability for the interest on bonds to be issued by the Company for failure to…

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On excessive fines charged by the police:

“A communication was presented from Mrs. G.D. Powell, complaining that the bill sent in by the Captain of Police for cleaning up her lot was excessive. Referred to the Committee…

Councilman Wall presented a communication, enclosing a letter from the Traffic Manager of the Plant r.r. co. inquiring if it was deemed advisable by the Board of health to require certificates of vaccination from passengers from Havana who land at…

(partial transcription) “The communication refereed to stated that Mr. Wood (J.A. Wood of New York) and associates were (all in on to?) acquire lands in the City of Tampa and erect (theren?)Hotel building and asked that the city enter into a contract…

(transcription) “Mr. W.N Conoley, representing the Electric Sight Co., addressed the council on the subject of adopting the electric system of lighting the City. He proposed to furnish either arc or incandescent lights. He thought twelve or fourteen…

A series of maps encompassing the Tampa area in 1889.

Maps of the Town of Tampa in 1887, as the city began to expand.

A map of the Town of Tampa in 1884, when it had yet to industrialize.

Even though there is evidence that there was rampant yellow fever in 1887, the Council decides to not extend the pre-existing Quarantine to include Key West, which has been rumored to have had an outbreak of small pox.

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