Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-22
TO REMOVE MORE TRACK
THE JOINT BOARn GETS
TIRED WAITING.

and Bearden; Aldermen WaddolI, Leon
ard, Starrcs, Baird and Mcdowell.
w. T. Penniman asked for instructions
about his work on Depot street. The
granite paving had reached the track of
the Ashevlle Street Railway company,
and the work had been stopped, as the
track was not in the middle of the
street. This brought out a discussion
that involved the same old street rail
way trouble that has ranked in the
Boards side for moons and moons. Mr.
Cummings said that he was in favor of
pitching the track out of the street. He
moved that Contractor Smith excavatc
down to sub-grade, and when this is
done the street force shall move the
track to the middle of the street, up to n
point near Bartlett street. Mr.. Starres
asked if the city had a right to do this
work for the company, to which Mr..
Cummings replied that the Board must
take the bull by the horns. The ques.
tion was then on the adoption OF Mr..
Cummings motion. The vote stood
ayes, Cummings, Baird, Miller, Williams,
Leonard; nays, Mcdowell, Waddell,
Starnes, Bearden, which carried it.
Reading clerk Cummings.
Mr.. Cummings, who has really earned
the title of reading clerk, read a letter
from L. B. Welles, of the Southern I'M
provement company, asking that Depot
street be reduced in width from sixty
feet to fifty feet, between the freight de.
pot and the Glen Rock hotel. No action
taken,
Then Mr.. Cummings read another pc
tition, this one from Messrs. Thos. d.
Johnston, J. II. Carter, J. L. L. Slagle and
J. b. Bostic, property owners on Patton
avenue, asking that concrete Sidewalk:
be put down on the south side of Patton
avenue from Church to Bailey. This was
granted and the Board extended the
present contract OF L. 7. & Y. T. Belote
so as to include his work.
Still another petition was put
into Mr.. Cummings hands. This was
from Mrs. c. McAtee, asking that wall
be built in front of her property on
Spruce street, where the grade has been
raised. No action.
The regulation pavement for sidewalks :
was changed from four inches of crushed d
stone, a coat of tar and two inches ot
fine stone, to three inches, tar, and orc
inch.
May Change the Grade
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street in front of the Rawls property
was taken up again. twas stated that
MIR. Rawls proposed to pay for the grad.
ing Of the street and the lowering ot
water pipes, as well as third Of the
cost of lowering portion of the north.
east court place paving Mr.. Starnes
moved that a committee of two from
each Board be appointed to see Mr..
Rawls and get his proposition in writing.
Mr.. Cummings moved that the proposi-
tion be accepted and that Mr.. RawlS he
asked to file written obligation with
the clerk. Mr.. Starnes withdrew his
motion, and Mr.. Cummings motion
was put to the house. 1t was lost
Ayes, Cummings, Miller, Williams, Bear
den; nays, Baird, Starnes, Waddell, Ne
Dowell, Leonard. Mr.. Starnes then re
newed his motion aud it was carried
unanimously. Mayor Blanton, how
ever, forgot to appoint the committee.
The city engineer was instructed to
prepare an estimate of the cost of re.
tanning wall in front of ]. X. Baird :
house on South Main.
On motion of Mr.. Starnes it was or
dered that PROPERTY owners on Haywood
street who wish 20 pay cash for their
sidewalk paving shall have City Engineer
Lee make an estimate Of the work and
pay the amount over to L. I. & Y, 7
Belotc, the contractors.
Going to Pave Anyhow
Mr.. Williams moved that Webb
Oates & Eskridge & Co.. the brick paw
ing contractors, be required to appca
and show cause why they had not be
gun work on Patton avenue, as ordered
on last Friday. Mr.. Starncs cxplaineC
that the contractors could not go t
work because the street car track wal
not in the middle of the street, and tha
as notice had been given the company tC
put the track in proper condition 70
paving it would be best to wait unit
the five days allowed for the beginnin,
of the work had expired. The tim
would be up, he said, Saturday, (today.
This brought MIR. Cummings up with !
resolution, which read as follows:
Whereas, the Asheville Street Rail
way company has been notified to NOV
its car tracks to the center of the stree
and the same has not been done, and;
Whereas, The contractors are read
to pave on Patton avenue, but canno
do the same on account of the said stree
railway track not being in the center O
the street, and
Whereas, The said track is rotter
and in such a condition that it canno
be either paved or removed;
Resolved, That the street hands be il
structed to remove and take out of tn
street said track, the said hands remoy
ing from time to time rot more tha
, 800 feet of said track"
Mr.. Leonard moved the adoption {
the resolution, which motion prevaile
by the following vote; Ayes, Gun
mings, Mcdowell, Waddell, Miller, Wi
liams, Leonard nays, Baird, Beardcr
Starnes.
. AS a sort of supplementary act to tn
. foregoing, Mr.. Waddell moved that
the contractors arc not paving on MOI
day the contract will be taken from then
. Carried.
want BiItmOre Brick.
Mr., Cummings read Que mere petition
that of property owners on Merrimo
avenue, requesting that that bouIcvar
be paved with the Biltmorc brick. Tt
:. petition was referred to the Joint stree
committee for report next Friday.
The chief OF police was instructed I
notify the property owners on Merrimo
avenue to put down sidewalks.
A bill for SIS rs was presented to Il
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