The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-04-13
CITY Council.


City Council.
At a regular semi monthly meeting Of the
City Council, held OH Tuesday night. the fol-
lowing members were present;
John 3. Evans, President: Messrs. Witt,
Kayser, Fultz Hoge, Funkhouser and Burke.
The reading of the minutes were dispensed
with, and the Auditing Committee reported
various accounts, among which was that Of the
public schools for $l,552.50.
Mr.. Evans wanted to know how the school
bill was so large.
Mr.. Iogc explained that the Council had all
along been paving the TEACHERS for the calen-
dar month and not the scholastic MONTH
The scholastic month was twenty days, and
as each month, heretofore, had run over that
number two or three days, the excess now
amounted to another month. In other words
it was leap month. After some little talk
the accounts were allowed and ordered to be
paid.
The Street Committee, to whom had been re-
fcrred the petition Of county men, asking the
right of way for a road through the poor house
property, reported adversely to the petition
recommending that It be not granted.
Mr.. Evans said that he didn't see how the
Street Committee could have made their re-
port without first examining the grounds, and
asccrtaining what damage, if any, would be
sustained by the property. The petitioners
had proposed to make Macadamized road be-
tween the Engine house and coal bin, at the
Water Works, which he thought would be Of
service to the city.
| Mr. Burke said that the sense Of the Council
had been we'll ascertaned at the last meeting
with reference to this projected road, and that
| it had been very clearly understood that the
majority of the members were opposed to it.
| He had been informed by an engineer that the
opening of the road would be serious damage
along it, the drainage from them would affect
| the water.
Mr.. Fultz-What engineer told you that?
| Mr. Burkc-Maj. Hotchkiss.
Mr. Fultz--Ah Maj. Hotchkiss has an axe
to grind himself. He has laid off number Of
lots OH the hill, and don't want the road chan
ged. So far as the drainage from the stables
dllu HOUSES w may DC CtCAkC0 s4iVtS e'IS
road, SHOULD it be made, don't see how that
can affect the water. If the whole drainage
from sshorse heaven" which is about q mile
above the works, doesn't injure the water hard
" think that the little from stable or two
would affect it.
Mr.. kayser and Funkhouser were both oppo-
scd to allowing the road to pass through the
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mittee, shat the prayer of the petition be net
granted" was adopted.
l. The Committee on Poor presented the con-
tract made with VIM. Elfch, for the rent OF
the poor house property at 5000 per annum,
payable monthly, in advance. 1t was re-
ceived and approved.
Upon the petition Of VIM. Kinney, asking to
have his house raised to the level of the street,
which had been referred to the Street Commit:
tee, Mr.. Evans asked what the committee pro-
posed to do with it. They ought either to
grant the petition or else notify Mr.. Kinney
that they didn't propose to.
Mr.. Kayser stated that they were waiting
until the pavement was laid. But they did not
propose to raise the house. The best thing
alteration himself aud then present the bill to
the Council for payment.
The petitions OF J. A Waddell and othc:s:
and VIM. Widely and others, asking for an
additional supply of water were granted and
! the special water committee instructed to have
the work executed at once, it being understood
that such work would be a part OF the general
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| Petitions of J. NJ. Hanger for remission of
tax Or bath tub; of Mrs Woo lhouse for re-
MISSION of water tax, and of Burrell Brown for
remission Of license tax, were properly re-
fcrred
| Accounts Of Geo. Harlan and G. II. Hudson,
oycrseers of the poor, amounting respectively to
s66.75 and al34.l0 were allowed.
Mr.. nogc reported that, In obedience to in-
structions, the committee had purchased $50
trees at s75 per hundred, wien were to be set
out at the water works and warranted to live.
mr. Burke, from the committee appointed to
sell the unproductive property Of the city, re-
ported, verbally, that the committee deemed it
inexpcdient to sell any OF the Poor House
property, and asked for further time with ref
erence to the rest of it. The same gentleman
presented communication from the stock
holders Of the Grange Building, asking that a
committee from the Council be appointed to
confer with a committee from their body, with
reference to the exchange of the city's proper
ty for the Grange Building.
The accounts of Drs. Atkinson and McChes-
ney, which had been recommitted at the last
meeting, were not considered but postponed
until fuller meeting.
| The Treasurer's report was presented, and
showed receipts, SO, 264O2; disbursements, 49,
1896, leaving balance of sl04.46.
Mr.. Witt called the attention OF the Council
to the fact that the coupons of the water bonds
were made payable in Baltimore, and that as
yet, no agents in that city had been designated
lie thought that an arrangement could be
made through the Bank with some reliable
firm. The Finance Committee was instructed
to make the most advantageous arrangement.
By permission Col. NJ. G. Hartman appeared
before the Council and asked that the contract
made by the City with him i'll May, 1873, be
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