The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-15
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Discussing Public Improve.
ments.

at an adjourned meeting of the City
Council last night Messrs. Buckner,
Huff, McCahan, Graves. Scott, Skinker,
Shcehan, Mcconnell and President
hawthorn answered at the roll call.
The city engineer was instructed to
employ sufficient number of hands to
put the principal streets of the city in
passablo condition, and that the inter.
section of Gilmer street and Moorman's
road, Harrison street and Moorman'S
road and Salem avenue and the Nor
folk and Western railroad should have
precedence.
A bill of 5000. sc for sewer pipe was
referred to the finance committee with
power to act.
On motion OF Mr.. Skinker the finance
committee was requested to supplement-
the appropriation for streets to the
amount of $1,000 to tide the committee
tor, in answer to an inquiry said the
street committee had overdrawn the
amount of the original appropriation
about 81 1000.
A petition from L. l.. Powell and
others for grading Rorer avenue from
Park to A street, so the Water Company
could lay main on that thoroughfare,
was referred to tho street committee
and city engineer to ascertain the prob
able cost and report at the next meeting
Mr.. Graves, Of the public property
committee. asked for a supplemental
appropriation of 81 900 and the finance
committee was requested to make it.
Tho recommendation of the public
property committee, that the fire engine
house for the Third ward be placed on
n Inv n oil l.. ~
Third ward market lot," was adopted,
and tho committee was instructed to
have plans and specifications for an
engine and market house prepared.
Mr.. Huff said irresponsible parties
had caused annoyances and trouble by
bidding n stalls at the market house
10 avoid anything of the kind in the
future he moved that stalls be put up
by public auction, the successful bidder
to pay one fourth of the amount of his
bid in cash, and to give negotiable notes
for the remainder with security APP
proved by the public property com
nnittes. All ordinances in conflict with
this motion was repealed, the Third
ward market was exempted from it's
operation and it was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Buckner the finance
com mittee. in conjunction with the
auditor, was instructed to investigate
the system of bookkeeping employed
by the clerks of the city market, and
to investigate system which would
show the daily receipts.
petition from superintendent Rawn,
OF the Gas and Water Company, for
permission to lay wator main under
the.fooring and masonry of Park street
bridge, was referred to the special
bridge committee and engineer with
power to acc.
The report of the special street COM
mittee, as published in THE TIMES, was
received and after lengthy discussion
adopted by sections. The section speci-
flying the particular kind of pavements
to be used had a close shave and was
adopted by vote of to +.
City Solicitor Miller addressed the
Council on the recommendation of the
committee that the cost of paving, ex-
cepL at the intersection of streets, be
borne by owners of abutting property,
and advised that when improvements of
this kind were petitioned for the owners
be required to enter into a contract to
pay tue cost thereof. The recommends
tions of the committee and solicitor
were adopted and tho ordinance COM
mittee instructed to prepare an ordi-
nance enforcing them.
Mr.. Sheehan's motion to advertise for
bids to pave Jefferson street from the
Norfolk and Western Railroad to Camp
bell street with belgian block, pro-
voked some opposition, but was adopted
with the votes of Messrs. Mcconnell,
Skinker and Scott recorded against it.
Council adjourned to meet on next
Monday night. as required by the ordi-
ance requiring semi monthly meetings.
Grip Van WInKle."
Robert McWade, an acknowledged
com edian. will appear at tho Opera
House on Friday night next in Wash
ington lrvings beautiful story of rip
Van Winkle," of which the Dayton
(Ohio) Journal Of recent date says:
"Robert McWade was greeted by
large audience last evening, when he
appeared in his well-known characteri-
cation of rip Van Winkle," he was re-
ceived by repeated applause. Mr. Nc
Wades RIP Van Wrinkle" was written
by himself, and is decidedly the most
natural Interpretation of the pre- tty
vagary which Irving dedicated to the
CatskillS. There is moro marked
vein of pathos in it than in Doucicault's
version as played by Joseph Jefferson,
and more agreeable picture of Rip
and his Frau.
The new steel bridge at Radford is
being rapidly constructed. The fourth
span is in place. The long span. or the
third one, which is los feet long, re-
quired the building of difficult false
work, so called. This has been done
and the work OF building the iron work
proper of this span is progressing. This
will connect tho second and fourth