Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-12-24
Corporation Proceedinss.

HALE IGHs DecemOeI AooAs
The Board of Commissioners met, pursuant to
call of the acknowledgements. w Dallas Haywood,
Intendani, and John Hutchins, W. II. Mckee, Ed"
ward Yarbrough, G.. b. Root, T. R. Fentress, W.
W. Holden, and c. W.D. Hutchings, Commission
ers.
The Intendant said he had called the Board to-
gether for the purpose Of taking into consideration
the importance of adopting some plan by which ths
City may be provided with water TO be used IN cases
of Fire; and had the honor 10 lay before them the
following suggestions;
In the first place, he would propose to.theua that
water he brought into the City from some Creek OF
Branch, provided it can be done. TO ascertain its
practe ability and cost, competent Engineer ought
to he employed, to make survey from some OF the
streams west Of Raleigh and report thereon at 40
early day as possible. If fornd tu be practicable,
the plan might be adopted and forthwith executed,
at whatever reasonable expense, provided the City
can bear it. The would not probably exceed the
enhanced value of the property Of the City. az prop
ey is always increased in value in proportion to the
protection and security thrown around 1t. The mo-
new would have to be raised by loan to be paid 80
gradually to become burdensome to tax payers,
| and SO to throw upon the succeeding generation
part of the burden of paying for an improvement
| which they will share alike with ourselves.
If, however this should be found impracticable. he
would bring their notice the Artesan Well Ineisher
case We ought to have large Cisterns or Reservoirs
OF water at some convenient point, Immediately pro-
vided. Our public wells should be deepened. en!ar-
red and Increased in number and Pumps provided of
sufficient capacity and kept in constant repair, to be
available on any any and every emergency. Inc
metallic pump should take the place of the wooden
ones now in use and suitable number Of Fire-hooks
and Ladders, should forthwith be provided for the
City, and the Fire Engine put in complete order'
| After consultation, motion, Committee OF ono
from the Western, one from the Eastern, and two
from the Middle Ward was raised to take the whole
subject into consideration, 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
Hutchins Edward Yarbrough. and l'hos H. Fentress.
Mr.. Holden offered the following Ordinance. which
was unanimously adopted: -,
Be IT ordained by tie In'endant and Commissioners
Of the City Of Radeigh, and 1t IS hereby ordained oy
he auttor.ty of The same. That no buildings of wood
shall be erected on the square in said City, bounded
on the North by Morgan Street. on the South by
Harcett 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
Civ or from any other place, said square. nnder
penalty OF ten dollars for every week that any such
building shall remain thereon to be paid TO the Guy
Treasurer, to be applied for the benefit OF the CITY
IL On motion, these proceedings were directed to be
= published in the newspapers OF the City.
% MvRE IMPROVEMENTS, Mr. F. N. cWilliams is
building him an Office on the Academy lot IN thia
20 MACE Where he contempates idlbting as soon a. u
n ia finished, which will be about NE first OF February
= Mr. Edward Conigland is building him beautiful
~ family resdence in sight OF town, where ne Will ie
y side in future so soon it is completed, which vii
be in the early part Of the ensuing year.
We like to see improvements going on Hai'fa,
last two CT three years; and are grati6ed to lsar
" tha, the business of the place has improved ALSO
~ Nav her march be onward, and still onward. ..
e. e. Halifax Republican.