paden cash, post: 387786, member: 20 wrote: We all know how concise (picky) Kent is about his surveys...but geezus, you really didn't have to say that....now Kent's gonna have to buy a bigger straw hat at the five and dime. And I bet he goes home tonight, trims his cookie duster and spends and extra 15 minutes in the mirror telling himself what a good looking sumbitch he is...
You mean more than he already does? Can't happen. He has bills to pay.
Hey, I'm sure that I'm not the only Texas surveyor who writes Surveyor's Reports. Obviously, it would be a novelty in Oklahoma, but so many things are.
Andy Nold, post: 388117, member: 7 wrote: Kent, what will become of your survery records when you shuffle off this mortal coil? Have you planned for the eventual? Your work ranges widely across the state with meticulous control and point numbers. How will you pass your footsteps forward?
I can and will attest to the truth that so long as Kent and the rest of us share a mortal coil that he is forthcoming with his information and it has proven exceptionally valuable for me in a personal sense, and I suspect for many others locally who've had the initiative to ask him.
BTW, in case there are any Austin surveyors unaware of this resource, the early minutes of the Austin City Council are available on line. Unfortunately, the index to the minutes has apparently not been digitized, which is beyond annoying, but at least the minutes are there. For example, here is a link to the minutes for 1912:
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/city-council/archive/1912_council_index.htm
Those for the meeting of August 1, 1912 contain both a report from the City Engineer, George S. iredell, regarding the location of Holly Street and a resolution adopted by the City Council officially fixing the location of Holly Street. Link to minutes of August 1:
http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=117729