North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-12-20
Corporation Proceedings.

RALEIeH. December l6, 1851.
| This Board of Commissioners met. pursuant a
call of the intendant-present, w. Dallas Hay wood.
! Intendant, and John Hutchins, w. H. Mckee, Ed
ward Yarbrough, G. B. Root, T. R.. Fentress, w
w. Holden, and G. w. D. Hutchings, Commission
ers. ~
The 1ntendant said he had called the Board to-
gether Tor the purpose of taking into consideration
the importance of adopting some plan by which the
City may be provided with TO be used in cases
of Fire; and had the honor to lay before them the
following suggestions:
In the first place, he would propose TO them that
water be brought into the City from some Greek or
Branch, provided it can be done. To ascertain its
pracucaoility and cost, competent Engineer ought
to be employed, to make survey from some of the
streams west of Raleigh and report thereon at as
early day as possible. If found to be practicable,
the plan might be adopted and forthwith executed,
at whatever reasonable expense, provided the City
can bear it. The cost would not probably exceed the
enhanced value of the property of the City, prop
ery always Increased in value in proportion to the
protection and security thrown around it. The mo-
ney would have to be raised by loan to be paid so
gradually as not to become burdensome TO tax payers,
and as to throw upon the succeeding generation
part of the burden of paying for an improvement
which they will share alike with ourselves.
IT, however. this should be found impracticable, he
would bring TO their notice the Artesian Well In either
case ought to have large Cisterns or Reservoirs
OF water at some convenient point, Immediately pro-
vided. Our public wells should be deepened. enlar-
ged and increased TN number and Pumps provided of
sufficient capacity, and kept in constant repair, to be
available on any any and every emergency. The
metallic pump should take the place of the wooden
ones now in use, and suitable number Of Fre-hooks
and Ladders. should forthwith be provided for the
City, and the Fire Eng ines put in complete order.
After consultation, on motion, Committee of one
from the Western, one from the Eastern, and two
from the Middle Ward, raised to take the whole
subject into considerations and to report thereon TO
called meeting on Friday night, the 18TH The In
'endant named the following members of the Board
as the Committee. to wit: w. w. Holden, John
Hutchns. Edward Yarbrough, and Thos. R. Fentress.
Mr.. Holden offered the following Ordinance. which
was unanimously adopted
Be 4 ordained by the Intendant and Commissioners
Of the CITY Of Raleigh. and it is hereby ordained by
the authority Of the 'ame That no buildings of wood
shall be erected the square in said City, bounded
on the North by Morgan Street. on the South by
Hargett Street. the West by Fayetteville Street,
and on the East by Wilmington Street; nor shall
any wooden house be removed from any part of the
City, from any other place, said square, under
penalty of ten dollars for every week that any such
building shall remain thereon to be paid to the City
Treasurer to be applied for the benefit Of the City.
published in the newspapers Of HE City.