The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-08

Council met last night in adjourned
meeting to hear reports of the fire and
water committee on electric alarm and
other business on which they were in
structed to report. There were present
Messrs Buckner, Graves, Huff, Mecca
han, Mcconnell, Sheehan, Scott, Trout
and President Hawthorne in the chair.
On motion OF Mr.. Buckner the report
of the fire and water committee was
taken up. Mr.. Graves. as chairman,
made the report.
The report of the committee recon-
meEded the Gamewell system on ac-
count of its being less complicated than
the Gaynor, and more complete, and less
liable to fail in carrying out the work
for which the systems are intended. Tho
Gamewell exhibited the automatic sys-
tenn, and mountaineering box, while
the Gaynor people exhibited the rapid
central Office system, and a box that will
interfere.
The committee further says:
1--WE would recommend the non-inter-
ferlng alarm boxes as n precautionary
measure should there ever be an occa-
sion to send in two alarms at the Same
time from different boxes.
LAS to the manual repeater and tho
automatic repeater, your committee I'M
hesitatingly recommends the automatic
repeater, 1T being less expensive to the
city by dispensing with the services
of person to transmit alarms coming
into the central Office"
They recommended the GameWcll on
account OF the complete manner in
which the alarm is transmitted to tho
various departments and sounding the
tower bell without the expense of two
men constantly on duty To operate
the manual repeater as used in the
Gaynor for that purpose.
The report closes with tho recommcn-
dation that the contract be awarded the
Gamewell company at their figures.
The report was received, and on mo-
ton of MIR. Buckner, each company Of
fering bids was required to guarantee
their systems for five years. The agents
for each, the Gamewell and the Gaynor,
were present, and said they would road
lily do so.
Mr.. Bnckner then moved that the re-
port be adopted. A recorded vote was
taken and carried unanimously.
Bids for furnishing 1900 feet of "a
inch fire hose were opened. They are
as follows: Trenton Rubber Company,
400 pounds pressure, 6711 cents foot;
William Eaton, 400 pounds pressure,
6T% cents foot; Latter II Nlalcourov,
400 pounds pressure, so cents foot;
Columbia Callahan Company. 300 pounds
pressure, 80 cents Il foot same 800
pound pressure, 60 cents q foot: same,
400 pounds pressure, 60 cents a foot:
Eureka Fire Hose Company, 400 pounds
pressure, 80 cents a foot; Gutta Pcrcha
Rubber Com pany, 400 pounds pressure,
so cents foot; same, $50 pounds pres
sure, 70 cents foot; Northwestern Rub.
Der Company, 40 pounds pressure, so
| cents foot; Eugleby &c Bro, keystone
fabric hose, 400 pounds pressure, so
cents foot, also two other brands at
G716 and 62% cents foot: Boston woven
hose, $50 pounds pressure, 20 cents a
foot; BREWER Rubber Company, 400
pounds pressure, 80 cents foot; same,
$50 pounds pressure, IS cents foot
These bids were referred to the fire
| and water committee with instructions
to report at a meeting to be held next
Monday night.
Mr.. Rugglcs called for the bids on
lamp lighting. They are as follows for
each lamp per month: NJ. b. Vaughn,
Sl.50; Jos. w. Camper, 81; j. II. Camper,
81; j. II. Smith, so cents: NJ. o. Beckner.
Is cents; j. w. Tinslcy, SO cents; c. Il.
Parks, $l.15; L. c. Shade, so cents: NJ.
o. Hern, 56}1 cents; Morgan and Huff
man. 49}5 cents: w. II. Millner, "A
cents Il. Il. Shcehan. 65 cents.
On motion of Mr.. Mcconnell the re-
port was referred to tho committee on
lights.
Mr.. Sheehan reported the lowest bids
for walling Lick run as follows:
Stone work-John +. Cogan, S395 a
/ w nd | M hon I -,
per thousand feet.
Referred to sewer committee with
power to award the contract.
Mr.. Woodward offered the following
resolution which was adopted:
Whereas, James A. Pugh, president
of the Virginia Press Association, THE
ROANOKE TINES, and the Commercial
Association of Roanoke, has invited
the Juniata Association of Pennsylva.
mia, to visit Roanoke in June; there.
fore be it
Resolved by the City Council of Roa-
noke, That we cordially unite in the
invitation to said associat on, and
hereby extend to its members the free.
dom of the city on the occasion of their
visit.
Mr.. Trout presented set of books
for the clerk of the market, which
were accepted, and the public property
committee were instructed to procure
suitable accomu odations at tho market
house for the clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Mcconnell the
street committee were allowed to ad-
vertise for bids for paving jefferson
street from the railroad to Campbell
street, the contractor being required to
furnish certificate check of $500 and
give bond amounting to % Per cent. Of
the work contracted for
Mr.. Woodward presented a petition