Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-05-30
THE BOARD FIXES THINGS.
REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING
LAST NIGHT.

Mayor BlantOn Presides-wOrk
On the City Hail and Fire De.
partment VIII Go On-A Good
Deal of Business.
Last night, for the first time in ten
weeks, Mayor Chas. u. Blanton presided
at the meeting of the board of aldermen.
He has lost nothing of his idea of dis
patching business by his illness, as all
who were present last night found out.
Aldermen Reynolds, Starnes, Brevard,
Leonard and Mcdowell were present.
Alderman Gudger was absent on account
Of i'll health.
THE CITY HALL WILL co ON.
Alderman Brevald, for the COM
mittec aepointcd tOshear objections to
the plans Of the city hall and market
house, made verbal report advising
the prosecution of the work as to the
city hall and fire department, but asked
to be continued in reference to the market
house question.
A motion was made and seconded that
the report be adopted.
Then things began to warm up.
1. X. Ransom, esq, arose to argue
few points, not directly for the butchers,
as he said, but for private individual.
He thought that the board, which was a
good common sense set Of gentlemen,
would be making great mistake if it
put the fire department in the building
with the market. He argued that it
would be better to locate the fire depart
mcnt on anotherlot, and thus avoid the
great danger to human life.
J. 5. Adams, esq, talked about the
legal aspect of the case, and said that ac-
cording to the law one department could
not be built unless both were built. He
dehcd any pcrsonto point out city that
had tire department and city hall in
the same building. He offered the board
lot on SPRUCE street which could be
used tor the fire department and which
could be had for 50 900.
W, II. Deaver, member of the fire de-
partmcnt, said he did not see why the
hre department should be moved for the
pleasure of one individual. He said the
mix IN the cOcoanut was that Mr.
Rawls wanted street next to his build |
ings. Mr.. Deaver referred to several
cities i'll which he had been and which |
had fire departments and city hall in the |
same building.
S. 6. Bouis stated that several of the |
fire departments in Washington CITY |
were on the best and most frequented |
PC. McIntire had found something
new in the geography and told the board |
about 1t. He had Travelled from San |
Francisco to the "gulfof Virginia and had |
never seen market house and fire de- |
partment together.
The discussion lasted about an hour,
and Mayor Blanton then quietly put the |
motion to adopt the report and it was
carried without dissenting vote.
SEWER AND STREET.
Several residents on Merrimon avenue |
asked that sewer line be laid from that |
avenue down Seney street to North Main. |
They proposed to advance the money
without interest. The matter was refer |
red to the sewer committee, which is TO |
report at special meeting Monday |
night.
n, B. Atkinson asked for jury on a
street to be opened from Southside |
avenue to Goodlake street, and showed |
The board the plat of the street as pro-
posed. Tho matter was referred to the
street committee.
COMMITTEES.
Mayor Blanton appointed the follow
ing committees to serve two years
Sewers and water-J. d. Brevard, T. c.
Starnes, c. B. Leonard.
Police-W. T. Reynolds, ]. Hamp. Nc
Dowell, ]. M. Gudger.
Streets-T. c. Stanes, w. 7. Reynolds,
{. B. Leonard.
Finance-J. d. Brevard, ]. Hamp. Nc
Dowell, J. M. Gudger.
THANKS, MR.. BREvARD.
Alderman Brcvard made a motion that
he chief of police be instructed to require
he drays which have hitherto blocked |
the street in front of the postofficc to
stand on the south side of the court |
house for the present. The motion was
seconded and carried.
MISSION HOSPITAL.
Judge Geo. A. Shuford for the authori-
ties of the Mission hospital, appeared |
and asked that the consideration of the |
question of granting a permit for the
erection of hospital on corner of Wood
fin and Charlotte streets be postponed |
for two weeks. The request was grant
ed.
THE CITY CLERK S STATEMENT.
City Clerk Miller suggested that the
board of aldermen decide as to the publi- |
cation of the itemized statement of the |
city's expenses and disbursements up to |
Junc |, which would be ready in a few |
days. The matter was referred to the |
committee on finance.
THE SPECIAL TAXEs.
Mayer Blanton appointed Aldermen
Brevard and Leonard com.
mittee to revise the special tax list to he |