The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-20

location and such plans as may be al
ready made, make such plans for q COM
plete system of sewerage for the city
as, in their Judgment, may be best, pro.
vlded the expense thus incurred shall
not exceed 81 900.
MIR. Sheehan st ted that he would vote
for this motion, as he was very anxious
to see something done toward getting a
sewerage system for Roanoke. A vote
being taken upon the question, Messrs.
Graves and Buckner voted in tho mega
tive and the motion was also declared
lost. This ended the interceptor debate
for the night.
Council put itself upon record against
the Kent bill by adopting the following
resolutions offered by Mr.. Engleby.
Resolved, That the Legislature of Virginia be.
ana Is hereby, petitioned not to pass any bill
restricting or undertaking to control the manage.
mcnt OF the railroads OF the State.
Resolved; That copy OF these resolutions he
from this district, and tina, a committee of three
be appointed with instructions to present them to
the proper committees OF the house and senate.
Mr.. Engleby also moved that the
president be made member of the COM
mittee, and Messrs. Engleby and Watts
were appointed the other members of
the committee, with Mr.. Camp as alter
nate The committee will leave for
Richmond this afternoon.
City Solicitor Miller reported that Mr..
nj. c. Morris. ex-chief of police, had paid
the city So, 626.n9, which was the total
amount of money he owed the city, in
Guiding interest.
He also reported that in the case of
Fishburne brothers against the city,
which had been submitted to Judge
Robertson aftor argument, the Judge
has rendered an opinion in which he
sustains the right of the city to the
Norman road through that part which
Fishburne Brothers claim to be private
property.
Mr.. Engleby, from the finance COM
mittee, submitted report stating that
the committee had disposed of $4,000
OF street nds, and after checking up
with the treasurer found that it ex-
ceeded the amount ordered sold by Coun-
Gil by IS, 900, and asked confirmation of
the latter sum. which was given. lie
further stated that $4,000 of sewer
bonds had been disposed of.
Messrs. Buckner and McClelland op-
posed the selling Of this large number
of bonds until there was some probable
ity OF tho work being commenced, and,
as Mr.. Engleby stated he was going to
New orlS tho latter part of the week,
the matter was allowed to rest until his
return.
President Buckner stated that the ex-
perts employed to examine the books of
the different officers of the city have
examined the treasurer's, auditors and
mayors and will complete their work
in few days. He appointed Messrs.
McClelland and Watts members of the
examining committee, vice Messrs. Coe
and Eckloff
MIR. Watts presented the bills OF the
doctors who attended Policeman NIabry
during his illness. He thought that
the city should pay these bills if they
were reasonable, and the matter was
referred to the finance committee for
report. The bill Of John Grasty, the
detective who captured Dooley, was
also referred to this committee. The
entire amount of the bills presented by
the doctors is Sl3O.
named Fannie Hidden, who claimed
that she was arrested at the Palace
Hotel sometime ago and when taken to
the station house she was searched by
an officer there and S34 taken from her.
After her case was disposed Of she
asked to Save this money returned to
her, but was unable to get it. Tho
President named Messrs. Welsh, Watts
and Engleby as an investigation com
mittee.
On motion of Mr.. McClelland the
street committee was instructed to
ascertain the cost of grading Shenan-
doah avenue to Twelfth street and re-
port.
Council then adjourned until Satur-
day night when the bids for building
the Jail will be opened and bookkeeper
appointed for the city engineers Office.