The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-11


Meet Agnin Tuesday Night.
The City Council met last night, and
the rain restrained them not. President
HAWTHORN and Councilmen Huff, Graves,
McCahan, Sheehan, Scott, Skinker and
Woodward proved to be waterproof. The
meeting was an adjourned one, and
plunged into the middle of affairs by
giving the street committee power to
act in placing crossings on Campbell
street, near Lewis, along Common
wealth avenue across Wells, Gilmer and
Patton streets, and on the south side of
Campbell street across Commerce.
Mr.. Woodward got some holes filled
given for bridge to BIO built over the
run on Roanoke street, Mr.. Kefauver
offering to pay half the cost.
superintendent Rawn, of the Gas and
Water Company, sent in a letter ex-
planning that gas lamps had not been
erected as ordered, because no official
notice had been given. Hereafter the
clerk will send official notices and the
gas lamps will go up. In the same line
Mr.. Buckncr proposed that bids for
lighting and caring for street lamps be
per lamp good plan and it was adopted.
City Engineer Dunlap urged the
necessity of grading certain streets and
estimated the cost as follows:
Center ave-, ice factory to engine house. so,Oao
Shenandoah ave-, ice factory to engine
house. ..-.....-.................. 2,108
Gampbell ave, Patterson to d.; ........ I,0sI
Henry street, Spruce to Tazewcll ........ 1,705
Iazewell. Holiday to Edgwood..... .... 34l
jefferson, from Mr.; Coxs to Walnut. 424
Gaincsboro street. Patte en- to Chestnut. S5o
Patton ave-, Fifth to S. v. r. R......... LOSS
Wheat street and Dale strcet............ i9)
Mr.. Buckner moved committee of
three to look into the advisability of
ordering the removal of telegraph and
telephone poles from the principal
streets to the alleys. Buckner, Trout
and Sheehan will be the committee.
Then petitions came in to grade
Wheat street, to put down sidewalks
at the expense of property owners on
certain streets. Mr.. Woodward said
that such sidewalks usually fell on the
city as the abutting property owners
had more then once failed to come up
with the money. The gaps in the fine
cement sidewalk on Church street will
be filled. If the property owners don't
pay, the city will and charge the ex-
ponS0 Oh bn6m.
Mr. Huff made an onslaught on
dealers in bad, bogus and rockladen
butter, and the meat ordinance will be
extended to,cover it.
The fire ordinance came up and the
limits recently printed were adopted as
we'll as regulation barring out brick
cased and other nom fire proof structures,
wooden additions and Inflamma BILE roofs
The fine was fixed at from So to $50 for
each days violation.
Four sites were rendered for a fire
building in the Third ward:
lbO feet east of Lee street. ........--. S 1000
South side Fifth ave. Il: OF Lee, 50x2uS. 5000
NV cor Fifth nve.and kimball 21.3X100 $500
N:W-cor. Fourth st. and Fourth avenue
70 1-axl0O-.. Observation-Disclosures. $500
But the lots will probably remain with
their owners, as sti ong sentiment was
shown in favor of rebuilding thu Third
Ward market house, with an addition
for tho fire company. Mr.. Huff called
attention to the poor condition of that
market house, and said the 50, 600 saved
from site would go far toward erecting
q building.
Mr.. Skinker moved that an ordinance
be framed to protect city property from
violation and destruction. 1t will be
done. This is to keep stray dogs from
tearing mp the grass in the courthouse
yard.
Anotknr ordinance indicative of the
immense amount of work to be done,
will have the Council meet on the first
and third Mondays in each month, in
stead of on the first Tuesday.
Mr.. Buckner had suggestions from
the city engineer, in regard to instru-
ments for the city survey and rooms;
sent to tae special committee on the
survey.
The Council wants the street commit
tee to tell why it has mot put that board
walk on Center street. 1t has been Or
dered three times in twelve months.
1t took Some time to do it, but the
special CON mittee to visit other cities
and study paving got killed.
The railroad trespass ordinance came
up again. j. Allen Watts, Esq, made
a statement in behalf Of the company.
stating the fee simple character of
its property the reason why it was not
required to fence ia it's tracks, and the
need to protect its property and that of
shippers in its charge. The ordinance
was sustained.
Then Mr.. Skinlker did good thing.
He offered a motion that proper steps be
taken to widen the Commerce street
crossing to the western limit Of Com
menee street. This will enable dummy
passengers to get to sidewalk in
muddy weather. 1t was adopted.
A LOT Of pptitioua opd r,ipor ot@o,o