Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-04-23
BUSINESS OF TWO BOARDS
THE ALDERMEN AND ADVIS
ORs DO SOME WORK.

a Bit of Paving Is TO he none Oh
College street Next- President
FIelcherTelIst the eAIdermeMThat
He Can Get the Reports OF
Births III the City.
When Mayor Blanton raped on his
desk yesterday afternoon all Of the mem
bers OF the Joint board were present ex-
cepting Mr.. Gudger.
Mr. Brevard, for the committee, re-
commended that James Wolfe be allowed
$3.50 damages to the refrigerator in his
market on Depot street, occasioncd by
the widening OF the street. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Cummings the final
vote on the report ofthe water commit
tee was deferred another week.
The assistant city clerk was, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Summey, authorized to issue
checks in the absence of the city clerk.
The city engineer was authorized to
order drain pipe sufficient to supply the
needs on South Main street.
Six Inch Pipe OH South Main.
The city engineer was instruc ed to ad.
vertise until Monday for bids for the
putting in of 6-inch water main on
South Main street. The bids will be
opened Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
at a special meeting of the joint board.
F. NJ. Snyder asked for the extension
of the water main on the cast end Of
Seney street. Referred to the joint water
committee.
T. A. Jones, esq, representing himself,
l.. Z. McLoud and ]. p. Sawyer, called
the attention of the board to damages
which they thought their property on
Depot street had sustained by the widcl-
ing. The matter was referred to the
Joint street committee.
Mr.. Starnes recommended, for the
committee, that the house of Mrs. Harriet
Vernon, colored, on Depot street, be put
on a level with the street, and placed in
as good condition as before the street
was widcncd. The report was adopted
and the Joint street committee was in.
structed to do the work, also to see Col.
J. G. Martin and look after the raising
of the track of the Asheville street rail
way at Town branch,
The board agreed tn put in "ill' to
make the alley running into Depot street
accessible, as it had been closed up by
the erection of retaining wall.
Mr.. B,cvard wanted to know if the
board would pay Govan Presley, the
road roller engineer, for the seven days
in which he was learning the art Of run
ming it. No action taken.
College street Next.
The question of paving on College
street was discussed. Messrs. Webb,
Oates, Eskridge & Co., have a contract
lor certain streets as "lump job" The
contract included the entire street, and
between the rails of the street railway.
But that company proposes to let its
own contract, and the contractors agreed
to relinquish that much of the work, pro,
vided they were given an equal number
of yards of work on other streets. Mr..
Starnes moved that the extra work be
done on College street. Carried.
The joint street committee was IN
structed to investigate the alleged dam
age to the property of Elisha Kemp, on
South Main street.
Capt. Thos d. Johnston asked for an
extension of the water main on Grove
and Phillips streets. 1t was 50 ordered
The following bills were ordered paid:
A. w. Lindsey, keys, etc, So; Govan
Presley, salary as engineer, $50; J. D.
Henderson, pay roll, $73.12; fixtures
and stationery for clerk office, $l3.3S;
freight $37,20; Jas. Wolfe, damages,
$3.50.