The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-06
SAL
THE TOWN COUNCIL.
Many Matters of Interest Con-
sidered.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU, [
SALEM, Va. Nov. S. ,


Council this afternoon there were pres
emit Mayor w. t. Younger and Messrs.
Harveycutter, Francis, Shipman'
Chalmers, Duncan and Preston, Score
tary Thomas Boon, the city engineer
the city sergeant and tho superln0eh-
dent of water works.
Under tho head of reports of commit
tees. tho street committee reported as
to progress of grading and gravelling
certain portions of Main, Broad and
High streets, and suggested that all
forces outside our own teams and sufh-
cient hands to work them be dis
charged as speedily as possible and
that no large jobs be undertaken this
winter"
Mr.. John A. Francis, overseer of the
poor, reported the death OF George
Meadows; stated that tho six inmates OF
the town poorhouse, were in good
health, and that they cost the town for
rations ST. 93 per head per month: also
that the new annex building to the
poorhouse had been completed and was
in need of furniture.
Mr.. Shipman, from the water commit
tee, reported that certain fire plugs,
which had been ordered by the council,
had not yet been put in place, as he was
waiting for the electric lights, so as to
put them in at night without inconven-
fence to the citizens. He also stated
that his committee contemplated put,
ting up fire plug on the corner OF
Broad and Clay streets, near the Baptist
Church, and ono on High street. near
the residence of Mrs. G. G. Tompkins.
The finance committee reported
number of bills, which were allowed
and ordered to be paid.
A paper from tho board Of health
making sun5ry suggestions concerning
cesspools and hog pens was read, after
which the following resolution was
passed:
..Resolved, That the ordinance in
regard to penned hogs be repealed, and
that parties keeping hogs in the cor
porate limits of the town be required to
conform to the ordinance of the board
of health in regard to same, and that
every violation of said ordinance be
subject to fine of IS, and, in default
of payment of fine, the offender shall be
committed to jail"
petition was read from MesSrs.
Allemong, Stras, Worden, Speicht, Au-
msr and others asking that well
graded thoroughfare between West
Salem and the passenger station be
opened by extending Fourth street to
Roanoke avenue at Hickman block, as
ing been in the hands of the city
attorney for the past three months, no
action was taken.
Mr.. Thomas A. Kasey, of West Salem,
appeared before the council to ask that
water pipes be laid to his residence.
The matter was referred to the water
committee.
Prof. Guy asked that some change be
made in the special tax for water of the
S25 charged the Female Seminary,
which he thought was excessive on an
infant industry. After considerable
discussion the water superintendent
was authorized to charge the same rates
ON the Seminary as on boarding houses.
Mr.. Charles Il. Towson came before
the council to inquire what action had
been taken by the town for laying water
mains from the orphanage system to
the upper portion of broad street, and
inhabited sections of the Monteiro prop
erty.
He was informed that the council
fully realized the Importance of this
work and they would extend the four
inch pipes as soon as possible, but that
rs it would cost some 800 or $500 and
as the town expenses were very heavy
at this juncture, whilst taxes we're slow
coming in, they could give no definite
answer. In view of the foregoing, the
following resolution was passed.:
Resolved, That the treasurer be in
structed to have printed forty improve
ment bonds of the denomination of $500
each.'
The tardy action of the Salem Elec.
tic Company in not furnishing light for
the past several weeks was severely
criticised by several of the councilmen
in an informal manner, and Messrs.
Duncan and Francis seemed to think
that the sale Of tobacco and cigars in
Salem on Sunday should be prohibited,
but as supper time was drawing near
the council did what many other DELHI
erative bodies have done. adjourned
because they were "grubstruck.'
Row on North Alabama Street.
Wednesday night about 8 p. IN. some
excitement was created on North Ala
bama street by l.. N. Bunch entering
the house of Mr.. C. II. Collins while
under the influence of liquor and rails
ing considerable disturbance therein.
Sergeant Frier was sent for and arrested
and Jailed Mr. Huncb whO IN 1'hurcdov