Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-08-14

PAYMENT Of charges in AID
VANCE.
CITY CoUNCIL.-A special meeting Of
the City Council was held Tuesday night
Present Messrs. Echols, Burke, Guy
Hoge, German, Witt, Evans and Bag
by.
Mr.. Evans was called to the chair.
ACCOUNTS.
The Auditing Committee presented
number of small accounts which were al
lowed.
STREETS.
General Echols, from the Committee OF
streets, submitted a communication from
Donald, Allen, City Engineer, setting
forth the necessity of having an imme
date survey and map made of the City
in order to regulate future grades, the lay
ing of gas and water pipes, and the estab
ishment of proper street lines and recon-
mended that the work be DONE So ordered
at an expense of 100000.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Guy, from the Committee on fire,
presented communication setting forth
the action of the Board of Control at it's
recent meeting, and report endorsing the
suggestion of the Board that the Council
take Immediate steps to purchase one thous-
and feet Of gum hose and appropriate one
hundred and fifty dollars additional to-
wards the purchase of an alarm bell.
Mr.. Evans opposed the action on the
heel Of a fire. He wanted some practical
evidence Of the utility Of gum hose The
leather hose had not been taken care Of,
terest in the organization.
Nh. Burke strongly urged the step sug-
gested by the Board as a measure of safe
ty. No less than five sectionSDf the old
hose had bursted at the Sublett fire and
this should prove the necessity of getting
new ones. The Chief Engineer was salts
fed that gum hose were the best. They
did not require greasing.
Mr.. Evans wished to know if the house
of MI. Subett did not burn down before
water was gotten on.
Mr.. Burke. No sir. Besides, they, the
Fire Company, saved the surrounding
property They first had plug attach
ment which would not furnish water
enough to reach the fire. The bursting of
the hose caused what delay there Was.-
He considered that the Company was COM
posed Of splendid material land they did ex-
cellent work at the fire.
Mr.. Guy agreed with Mr.. Burke as to
the necessity of purchasing the hose.
MI. Evans wanted to know who was to
take care of the hose.
Mr.. Burke. The engineman When he
last inspected the hose and apparatus it
seemed in perfect order.
Mr.. Evans stated that when i'll Phila-
delpllia he saw light engine, warranted
to throw water two hundred feet and suck
twenty feet. He was i'll favor Of a proper
ly organized Fire Department, but wanted
the matter further investigated. The
present steamer was always out Of OF
der.
Mr.. Burke considered that it made no
difference whether a new engine was nee
essary OF not /; even if the City purchased
a new one they must have hose.
MI. Witt suppoI ted Messrs. Burke and
Guy.
Nh Evans wanted to know the cost of
gum hose.
Mr.. German thought if they were nee
essary the cost did not enter into the ques-
tien. They must be had.
Mr.. Bagby suggested the purchase of
500 feet as an experiment.
Mr.. Burke was satisfied that 500 feet
would not answer the purpose. If a fire
were to occur at certain points in the
City, the creek could not be reached with
that stretch of hose; besides the boxes had
not been sunk in the creek as ordered by
the Council.
Some one suggested that the engine was
an hour in getting to work at the Sublett
fire, but Mr.. Burke knew this to be
mistake.
Gen. Echols stated that he did not wish
to be placed in the position of leaving the
City unprotected, but thought the Fire
Committee would feel better satisfied
with themselves if they would re-eXamine
the subject and report at a called meeting
OF the Council.
The report was finally re-committed.
NUISANCEs.
A general discussion then ensued on null
sances, and q number were reported about
the City, such as allowing chicken cOops
and decayed vegetables to stand on the
sidewalk, emptying fish brine in the gut
terS, &C..
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Mr.. Witt, from the Committee ON wa
ter, submitted a report from the City En-
gineer giving specifications of the cost of
increasing the water supply from the
.spring,a at Bowman s mill, both by pump
ing and gravitation. and showing differ
ence in favor Of the latter system OF S32,-
OOO Also a supplementary hurried re-
port to the effect that he had that day Wis
tied a spring Oh the place of Peter Edison
near West View, some miles nearer the
City, from which the supply would be three
times that of the Bowman mill spring,
and that the water was very superior. In
view of the facts set forth in this report.
the whole matter was re-co1nmltted for
report in detail. The Council then ad-
journed.
ROBBERS IN THE CoUNTY.-On Mon-
dav ntoht the Doth of JulV the spring.