Asheville daily citizen., 1892-08-08

lnerc is no doubt OF the duSOiulC H.
of the republican party on the
issue of protection.
THE TATILER.
Some Things He Secs And Hears
Worth Talking About.
learn that Webb & Oates have been
awarded the contract for grading side
walks on perhaps twenty streets i'll the
city. This reminds me of 4 contract this
firm had with the city for the widening
of East street. Everybody who read
THE CITIZEN at the time will remember
the trouble there was about the work.
1t was for months uniiuishcd-thc side
walk had been torn up and burned it
was cold weather thrn) and what work
had been done WAS rarcI,ssly
done. And only month or two ago
several hands, horses and plows were
put on the street aud worked a little
while, for the purpose, | suppose, OF rak-
ing up the dirt and making Il show Of
doing some work. Yet, as understand
it, they need not have done this if they
hadn't SO desired. They were paid for
tie work long time ago, before it was
complete, and I'll gamble that the city
had no regular contract with them, spc-
cityiug Just what should be done. may
be mistaken in this, but ordinarily Il ct
of this kind would win every time.
Yes, the payment to the contractors
was made by Mayor C4as y. Blanton,
without authority from ANYBODY. The
settlement was in the hands of com
mittce OF fuur from the board OF alder
men, as | remember, one OF whom was
the mayor. Three of these members
looked over the work and decided that
the final payments should not be made
until the work was properly completed.
The fourth committeeman, Mayor Hlan-
ton, decided otherwise, however, and
gave the clty'S notes Tor the payment III
full of thc amount at that .lmc rcmaiu-
inG unpaid.
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provided they are not going to do an
other East street Job. There is not so
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fore the work is done. with the Joint
board standing by inspecting everything
with an caGH eye, (which, as Dave
Hanks, senior or JUNIOR, might say, hit
ar good thing,
I would like to ask the mohiltionists
;rthc,, b,v,. hc,r1 ofCl IusL,s rcmork
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read that Rudyard kiplng has pur-
chased a lot in Brattlehoro, w., and
will hr;Id , housc tbcrc Iyordcr ,ha+
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SCI Ne SUCH d" ''''''et'o"'
There is too much OF this mo quorum
business in Ashcyillc. And it is a fact
that Il can meyer Inc laid nm oroiust tbe
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adVIS"rY ooard' II Is a 'a't u nave the
word of a member for it) that men on
the board of aldermen have stood on the
runner would have to be sent to ask
tic'h 10 atlcr'u thG lnecl"s-ah" even
ienrr about %o;ng ynn sec There mnst
be at least four aldermen to transact
business: There is one alderman who
should either resign or arrange his other
business matters so that he might be
able to attend to the city's business once
in while. He averages perhaps meet
ing month, or maybe one meeting out
of three. | refer to Mr.. GudSer. Right
now he is on the committee that has
under consideration the payment of the
expenses OF Mayor B!anton's New York
trip, and his absence has delayed the
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