Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
sTRANeLrNe AN UNBORN STREET.

Guy, HOge, Kerr ana nelson.
sTRANGLING AN UNBORN STREET.
A communication was received iron
Vice President Wickham Of the Chesa
peake & Ohio r. R., stating that he hao
| learned that the Council contemplated con
| demning some of the G. & O. Co.'S. ground
| to open a street along it from Augusta tC
New st., and that his company would not
consent to part with any of their land
except the city gave it as much in return
| by e~xcavating the hill South of the road
and then only on condition that the rail.
road ground so given should not be occu'
| pied by the track of any other railroad.
The members around the board said
| Gen. Wickham had mistaken their propo.
sition, and that their action contemplated
| only the condemnation of the property of
citizens, and not even that unless the G.
&. o. Co. agreed to release to the city as
much of their ground as, with the land
condemned would give a 40 foot street.
There was no proposition to condemn any
| railroad land.
Chief Engineer Whitcomb, of the C. 4
| O. road, who bore the letter Of the Vice
President, being present and called on.
saidthe Company owned the vacant ground
in front Of the American Hotel to within
four feet of the porch of that building, and
their line ran by Bumgardner's warehouse.
in a line that was 8 feet from II cornel
of the lot and Is from the other. To ex-
cavate the southside of the railroad would
cost about $4,000, as estimated by one OF
their engineers, though the excavation the
city would have to make would not cost
so much probably, not being longer than
from Augusta to New streets. He said
the opposition to ~surrendering the street
was based solely on the fact that the ground
would be wanted by the Companyfor other
tracks, and from no opposition to the Val
ley Railroad Co. The Company had ex.
pended from $50, 600 to $4,000 in getting
the room it now had and could not be ok
/ pected to surrender it.
Col. Hartman, who was also present, said
the letter of Gen. Wickham had taken him
entirely by surprise. He understood Gen.
Echols to say that there would be no trou-
Die with the G. & 0. Co. about the ground,
and from an interview with Gen. Wick
nam he hadfelt SO certain that there would
now be no trouble about the street that he
had ~telegraphed Mr.. Garrett, saying all
was ready for the erection Of the ValleyR.
R. passenger depot, at the corner of New
ST., but this letter of Gen. W. written since
the interview, had, he feared, settled the
matter against his hopes.
MI. Whitcomb said he had always been
opposed to giving up any Of the ground of
the Company here because it was sure to
be wanted hereafter, but in this case he
had not advised with Gen. Wickham.
whose letter, indeed, was written when he
was sent for to bear it.
A resolution of Mr.. Nelson was adopted,
referring the letter of Gen. W. to the street
committee, with the assertion of the Coun-
Gil that they never intended any condem-
nation of the c.. & o. land.
Col. Hartman left, saying he gave the
matter up. He took with him the sympa-
thy of all, for having made n of the ga
NEST, most persistent fights we have ever
seen in the matter of railroad depot loca-
ton.
WATER WORKS.
The report of the Superintendent of
Water Works for February, was handed
in showing 8 inches of water above the
pipe, and $26 worth of work done for pri-
vate citizens. Mr.. Guy, Chairman of the
Committee on Water, offered a resolution
which wa adopted, instructing the clerk
of the Council to make out those accounts
against private citizens for work, and put
them in hand for collection.
The question of the Mt. "Holly' works
for the new water works was mentioned by
several members, and MI. Guy said the Com
mittee would report referring to that
among others at the next meeting.
CITY T~REAsURER's REPORT.
The report of City Treasurer John M.
Carroll, for February, was received, show
ing receipts Of $2,65O.51, and the expendi-
lures of $2,149.5 so. Of the balance o hand
only $32 was in cash, the balance being in
scrip. The amount of $364.50 redeemed
scrip was ordered to be burnt.
THE POOR.
The accounts Of Overseer Harlan, for
Ward No. 1, for $40 81, and Overseer Hud-
son, for Ward No. 2, for $780, 80, were al
lowed.
A Member-Why what makes Hudson's
SO much larger.
Mr.. Gorman-Why he's got more pau
pers. That's the reason.
In reply to a question from Mr.. Burke.
Chairman of the Committee on the Poor,
as to where the Council desired the new
Aims House to be located, the general eN.
preston was in favor of n on a farm
some distance from the city. ga
MISCELLANEOUS.
A petition Of the West Augusta Guards
through Capt. S. T. Phillips, for the use Of
the Market house a few nights for squad
drilling, was granted.
The petition of Jno. D. Shomo, for per
mission to erect a frame building outside
of the fire limits was granted.
The remonstrance Of Mcmahon & Nc
Quaide, o. g. Morris, and others, agains
fish pedlars, was laid on the table.
A petition for the grading of Green st.
was referred.
A petition of Holmes Irving, relating t.
the grading of Market ST., was referred.
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