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“The Committee on Wharves, Bridges and Ferries submitted a report accompanied with prposals , specifications and plans for a bridge over the Hillsborough river from
Louis M Lean, bid for wood and iron draw $12, 500
King…

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“A report was received from the Committee on Police and Fire Department recommending that the Police force be reduced and recommending that the rumors of unbecoming conduct of the marshal and officer Burch be investigated.…

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“The report of the Committee on Cemetery was read. The Committee recommended the purchase of the S.W. 40 acres of the Kammere tract for cemetery purposes, the price to be paid being $3,500 payable one half in one year and one…

transcription) “The Marshall being absent and the Captain of Police and several members of the police force being sick the clerk was directed and empowered to act as marshal during the existing emergency.”

“On motion of the Clerk was directed to…

(Transcription) “It was announced that on account of the illness of the City Physician he would not be able for the present to comply with the request of the Committee for a report as to the sanitary condition, of the city.”

“On motion of…

The Council granted rights to four of its members, including the president of the council, to appoint members to the council in the event of their deaths during the epidemic. This meeting would be the first of several toward the end of 1887 to…

(Partial transcription) “The special committee on Electric Sights presented a report recommending that the proposition to furnish the City with twelve arc lights, at 60 (cents) each per night, be accepted, but that the length of time for which the…

Black and white image of a Tampa Street Railway Company engine and its workers.

The photograph shows a few shops on a nearly empty block, namely W. A. Givens Druggist and R. U. Ferris & Co. in the John T. Lesley Mercantile Building

The Quarantine is officially announced and May 10th is established as the date of its official implementation. The regulations establish the position of Quarantine Inspector for the city, and that this position be given to Dr. D. M. Burgess. The…