The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-14
SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL.
Church Street Will Retain Its
Old Name.
a Petition Presented by the Citizens Liv-
Ing on This Thoroughfare-TheB Bond
OF Menafee & Ware Accepted-Their
Sureties Worth Nearly eIOO. OOO-work
Will Commence immediately on the
Fourth Ward Sohoolhouso.

A special meeting OF Council was held
last night. There were present, Messrs.
Bohn, Boswell, Crabill, Duggan, Dupuy,
Eckloff, Fackenthal, Hawkins. Hough,
Loughery, Mccarthy. McClelland, Moo
nav, Pattie, Payne, Stevenson. Strick-
land and President Buckner.
Mr.. Dupuy, chairman of the public
property committee, to whom had been
referred tho bond Of Menafee e Ware
for the construction of the Fourth ward
school building, submitted the follow
ing report:
your committee on public property,
to whom was referred the contract nd
bond OF Menafee & Ware for the con-
struction of the Fourth ward school
building, submit the fol- owing report:
1--WE are OF the opinion that the con-
tract has already been awarded to
Messrs. Menafee &c Ware by the former
Council, and that the only question be-
fore this committee was the sufficiency
of the bond offered by Menafee & Ware.
I'VE have made as careful investiga-
tion OF the matter as was possible, hay
ing written and telegraphed to reliable
gentlemen in Buena Vista uud Orange
county, where the property owned by
the oondsmen is located, and submit
herewith their replies as part of this re-
port. Respectfully submitted,
NV. z. DUpUY, Ch'm'n,
"R. j. EcKToFF,
"E B. CRABII.L,
81. Z. IIOUGH."
Attached to the report OF the commit.
tee were kilograms from John e.. Will.
liams, Orange, Va, and A. o. Burks.
Beuna Vista. stating that the securities
OF Menafee IL Ware, according to as
sessed valuation, were worth nearly
100000. On motion of Mr.. Duggan,
the report OF the con- mitteo was received
and the bond accepted. Mr.. Eckloff
then moved that the contract for the
construction of the Fourth ward school
building be awarded to Menafee e.
Ware. This motion was also agreed to.
and the contract let.
MIR. Dupuy presented petition
signed by forty eight residents OF Church
street, asking that the name OF Robert.
son avenue, recently adopted by Coun.
Gil, be changed so that the thoroughfaro
would bear its old name. In this con-
nection, MIR. Dupuy submitted the fol.
lowing resolutions:
BE 1T ordained by the Common Coun.
Gil of the city Of Roanoke. that chapter
NAllI, OF the general ordinances OF the
city of Roanoke, entitled "An ordinance
providing for the naming and mum ber-
ing the streets of the city of Roanoke"
as amended by an ordinance adopted
June 9TH, 1882, be amended and re-or-
dained, SO that the name of Robertson
avenue, as shown upon the map which
is made part Of said ordinance, be
changed to Church street
Mr.. Hongh seconded the resolution,
which being put TO vote was adopted.
Thts change makes what was formerly
known as Robertson street or Fourth
avenue and what was formerly known
as Church street or Fourth avenue,
"Church avenue" tho whole distant
from from Holiday street to the western
Tho clerk announced tho meeting of
committees as follows:
Finance, July 81 at 10 a. m. in tho
Office of clerk of Council
Streets and sewers, July 90 at 2:3O D.
m. in the Office Of the board Of public
works. to hear the abutting owners of
Salem and Campbell avenues in regard
to sewer and paving those thorough
fares. Council then adjourned.