The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-15
HINTS TO COUNCIL.

The attention of members of Council
and the chairmen of the various COM
mittees is respectfully called to the fol-
lowing paragraphs:
The doors and front wall of the court
house are used as bill boards and in
numerablo notices are posted on them.
These papers are all sizes and and all
colors and present very untidy ap-
pearance, especially on Sunday whom
the doors are closed. Two neat bulletin
boards could be placed on zach side of
the doors and on them could be posted
all these notes, thus presenting q neat
appearance and preserving the looks Of
the building.
Tho courthouse yard and iron fence
which encloses it are in fair way to
be ruined unless stray cows and other
animals can be kept out OF there. There
is no fence back of the courthouse by
the jail and these animals get into the
yard through this opening. A few dol
lars expended in Il little lumber and a
few nails will save tho city many dol
lars.
There is gutter on Kirk avenue, be-
tween Commerce and Henry streets,
that is in filthy condition. There is u
first-class sewer along IIcnry,street into
which this gutter should be drainedA
ax::
The furnace which heats the Second
ward market house is. out of repairs,
and when 4 fire is started there morn
ings the smoke pours up into the
market TO the great Inconvenience of
the ladies and gentlemen who have to
patronizc this place. The public prop
erty committee would receive the
thanks of tho community by giving this
matter their attention and having the
trouble rcmcdied.
On the north side Of Campbell street.
between TIE TIMES building and tho
Ponce dc Leon iloscl. there is IA long
vacent lot, which is about eight feet
lower than the sidewalk. There is no
fence or guard rails To protect pedes-
TRANS, and on dark night one is liable
to receive bad fail and the city may
have to pay big damages.
The sidewalk on the north side iof
Campbell street. in front OF the new
Fiery building, is i'll an almost i'm pass
able condition. The board walk is torn
up and piles OF dirt and sand are scat
tered around in every direction.
The condition OF tho alley back of
Fourth avenue s. c., between Nelson
and Randolph streets, is disgrace that
no city should be made to bear 1t is
filled with filthy matter of all descrip-
ton and the docaying bodies of dead
animals also add their stencil, The
mere sprinkling of lime on this mass of
~ nrr inn
committee should visit tho place and
see for themselves what condition it is
in and use heroic methods to abate the
evil This alley is back of the house in
which three young ladies recently died
of typhoid fever. 1t is wonder that
many more have not caught the san @
disease.
MIN
AT the southeast corner of Roanoke
and Luck streets there is a hole about
six feet deep along tho side OF the
pavement. No fences or guard rails
are here and there is nothing to prevent
persons from receiving dangerous falls.
This is another opening for a law suit.
NM
From the Didier building on the
north side Of Campbell street to Mar
shalfS CATO there Is vacant lot sew
Sihi icVo pSio" VIC siucWalk WHICH Is
unprotected by a fence. Some one may
receive bad fall here some day.
MN
The sidewalks of this city should be
kept clean of merchants's goods, es-
pecially at night. The merchants are
all doing Il rushing business just at
present. and sometimes 1T is imposs iblc
for them to prevent their goods from
being placed on tho sidewalk. Wher-
ever it is possible the goods should be
received at the back doors of the stores,
but where this cannot DO done they
should not be allowed to remain on the
sidewalks any longer than is absolutely
necessary