Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11

river had been reached and that

river had been reached and that
grading was going on on the
third section. He referred to the
great cost of constructing road from
here to Martinsville and said that the
100000 appropriation Of Roanoke
and the $4,000 Apr cent bonds 81
Henry county, which was all the
funds they had. was not sufficient to
construct the road He denied that
the rold could be built without fur.
Their help, and laid Rstress uponI the
point that both the people of Winston
and Roanoke wanted the road built
as soon as possible. From construc
tive standpoint he said if they should
cut their force in two and begin oper-
ations at this end OF the road while
working at the other they
would nearly double their expenses.
The average cost of the con-
struction from this end would
be not 5000 per mile. but
$4,000. Six miles from here they
would have to cross the Blue Ridge.
The cost of that part OF the road
would necessarily be very great.
Mr.. Fries then answered the ques
ton as to where the Roanoke and
Southern road would go after leaving
Winston. 1t would proceed, he said,
to Monroe, and there have southern
connections with Atlanta and Florida
and also with Charleston, s. @.
Mr. Gibson, the city solicitor, asked
when the bonds would begin to draw
interest.
Mr.. Fries: From the date of de-
livery"
Col. Penn then addressed the coun-
Gil again, speaking of the necessity of
immediate action. He also said that
the entrance to the city would cost
the road at least 100000, and that the
first ten miles would cost $3.50, 600.
Mr. r. A. Buckner then called the
previous question, but yielded to Mr..
Mcconnell. After further remarks
Mr.. Buckner insisted upon the ques.
ton. The ordinance was put and car
ried, all the members voting except
Mr.. Andrews, who said: Excuse me,
I don't know what am voting on"
During the consideration of other
business the construction Of Mr.. Nc
Connelrs motion came up, and MIR.
Evans objected to the Roanoke and
Southern railroad having precedence
over everything else. He had not
understood the motion in that way.
He thought that all the measures
were to fare proportionately in case
there should not be money enough
for all.
Mr. Scott then moved to reconsider
the vote and the roll was called. The
detail vote in the reconsideration
was:
Navs-Andrews, Buckner, McCahan,
Ruggles, Sheehan. Woodward-6.
Yeas-Hanthorn, Graves, Mcconnell,
Scott and Evans. f,
Mr.. Trout refrained from voting.
The motion to reconsider was lost,
however, and the ordinance remained
adopted.
Mir. Trout said that all the evening
had been spent in talking about e1-
pending money. He proposed now
that steps be taken to the enlarge
ment of the corporate limits of the
city. He said that the Belmont,
Lewis and other property desired to
come in, and upon his motion
special committee, consisting OF
Messrs. Mcconnell, Andrew and Scott
was appointed to have charge OF the
matter.
The council refused to open Gilmer
street from Holiday to Common
wealth avenue.
Mr.. Thos. w. Miller presented Pc
tition from the members OF the bar
asking that the salary of the judge OF
the Hastings conrt be increased from
81, 200 to $4,000 per year. Mr.. Miller
pointed out the fact that the present
salary was entirely too small, and
resolution was adopted to petition
the state legislature asking the mem
bers to alter the present law that this
could be done.
A communication was received from
Mr.. Thos. w. Miller asking for the
grading of Ferdinand avenue west of.
the residence of William WEIGH. The
communication stated that this would
cost from $50 to 500 only,
and that first rate drive would
then exist all the way from
Franklin road westward through
a considerable portion of the city.
It was referred to the street COM
mittee.
The chief of the fire department.
sent letter asking for the purchase
of new set of harness for the use OF
the department. It was referred.
A petition from Mr.. j. Allen Watts,
asking for the establishment OF tel
ephone in police headquarters and
also in the clerks Office, was likewise
referred.
A communication was received from
the street railroad stating that it
would bear one-third Of the expense
of building the condemned bridge over
Lick run, at railroad avenue. Re-
ferred.