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Transportation Plan 1964-1985: Part B. Plan Development
Report from the San Antonio-Bexar County Urban Transportation Study (SABCUTS) steering committee as part of the plan development for transportation in San Antonio and surrounding areas of Bexar County, Texas. This particular installment describes two studies that explain the development of the transportation plan and the continuing phase to ensure that progress continues.
Date:
May 1966
Creator:
San Antonio (Tex.). Office of the Planning Engineer.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio: Target '90 -- Goals and Decisions for San Antonio's Future
A proposal by Mayor Henry Cisneros of San Antonio to develop goals to be attained by 1990 and decisions to be made during the 1983-85 City Council Term.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Cisneros, Henry G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Report on Population: San Antonio and Bexar County
This report presents an analysis of population trends in Bexar County and the City of San Antonio, and forecasts of future population to the year 1990. Its chief objectives are to provide solidly based data for use by the Comprehensive Planning Division and to make available as much information as possible to public and private organizations and individuals.
Date:
May 1973
Creator:
San Antonio (Tex.). Community Development Office
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Machine.
Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Miller, Emma T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner
Patent for improvements in oil super heating burners used in locomotives and other large engines that require the creation of steam to propel them. The invention describes many improvements involving the fuel ejection and atomizing processes.
Date:
May 16, 1919
Creator:
Henry, Murray
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gradometer.
Patent for a gradometer "which will accurately indicate under the most varying and unstable conditions the inclination and declination at which any moving body is traveling" (lines 10-13). The gradometer is "particularly adapted for use on motor vehicles" (lines 15-16).
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Hall, Sidney Wilson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a brake (as it pertains to vehicles), that is operated by hand and that employs the use of brake bands and a drum to alter the momentum of a vehicle.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
White, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Taft, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for improved pneumatic tires for motor vehicles that will prevent deflation when punctured.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Williams, Harry S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, May 2023
Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date:
May 2023
Creator:
Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 21, Number 5, May 2021
Monthly newsletter of Windcrest, Texas, discussing news, events, announcements, and other information of interest to residents.
Date:
May 2021
Creator:
Windcrest (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 23, Number 5, May 2023
Monthly newsletter of Windcrest, Texas, discussing news, events, announcements, and other information of interest to residents.
Date:
May 2023
Creator:
Windcrest (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windcrest, Texas [Newsletter], Volume 22, Number 5, May 2022
Monthly newsletter of Windcrest, Texas, discussing news, events, announcements, and other information of interest to residents.
Date:
May 2022
Creator:
Windcrest (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER
This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Cabrera, Maragarito
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables
Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle. This design "is to provide a vehicle in which a person can ride over rough ground without serious inconvenience or discomfort incident to travel over such roads. . . . [and] to so construct a gig that a person can get into the same without serious inconvenience, and to this end it is made low, the rear of the shafts being extended in line with the axle and the step secured to the shaft and extending somewhat below it. . . . [and] to provide a gig with springs that will work in two directions—laterally and vertically" (lines 20-34).
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Buckel, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet.
Patent for a new and improved cabinet. This design "consist[s] of the body having a top . . . adapted to support a bread-board, the elevated casing provided with drawers, and an intermediate receptacle, the shelf thereof forming a recess . . . said recess adapted to receive the back edge of the bread-board . . . the hinged cover provided with a hinged shelf, the inclined abutments for said cover, and the cleat secured to one end of this cover at such an angle to the inclination of said abutments that when the cover bears against them the hinged shelf will be supported in a horizontal position by said cleat" (lines 22-37).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Lane, Fernando G. & Acheson, Charles S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Mosby, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire.
Patent for "tires such as are used for automobiles and other like vehicles in which it is desirable to absorb the shocks incident to rapid travel over road by means of an inherent resiliency in the tire" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens Mounting.
Patent for an improvement to spectacles to prevent lens breakage. The change to the design of the spectacles are mounts on the nose piece that attaches to the lenses, as well as mounts that attach to the temples of the spectacles and the lenses.
Date:
May 18, 1918
Creator:
Rees, Charles S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking System For Jail-Doors.
Patent for a new locking system for jail-doors with a unique arrangement of parts, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for an "improved lantern for switchmen and other railroad men for use in signaling and the like, and which is susceptible of being used for prolonged signals without extinguishing the flame and which is not liable to be accidentally blown out by a strong wind or current of air either" (lines 10-16).
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Moore, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Cloth Fan for the Destruction of Insects.
Patent for an improved fly-swatting fan that employs wire mesh to create less of a shadow so that the user has more of a chance to hit the insect. This improved fan also allows for easier flow of air that creates less of an air flow that might blow the insect away from the fan and allow for the insect to avoid injury or death. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1880
Creator:
Taylor, Morse K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History