Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-18
ANOTHER JOINT MEETING
HELD AT O'CLOCK YEsrER-
DAY AFTERNOON.

Contractor Smith Filed His Bond
for the Culyert wOrk-The other
Contractors Given Further Time
Some Billie Paid.
The second special meeting of the joint
board of aldermen and advisors held this
week assembled in the may or's office yes
terday afternoon. The meeting was
mainly called for the purpose of consult
ing with the contractors, looking to the
putting forth of every effort to begin the
street work.
There were present besides Mayor
Blanton Aldermen Starnes, Mellow
ell, Waddell and Leonard; Advis.
ore Cummings, Bearden, Hunt and
Scott.
As soon as the meeting opened W. T.
Penniman. speaking for A. M. Smith, Of
Greensboro, who has the granite con-
tract, said that he had received no Off
cial notice of said meeting. and had only
seen from paper that meeting was to
be held. he had telegraphed Mr.. Smith,
but he could not get here before perhaps
Tkarsday aftepaoon. He asked further
time for execntioa of contract and filing
of bond. which was granted.
Mr.. Oates, of the firm of Webb, Oates
& Eskridge, the brick contractors, also
asked further time, which was granted.
H. M. Smith, who has the contract for
the construction of the culverts on the
streets to be paved at once, appeared
and signed his contract and filed his
bond for $1,000, one-third of the total
amount of his contract. His sureties are
A. Rankin and ]. ]. Mackey. The board
accepted the bond. Mr.. Smith was
given three months in which to COM
plete his work, but was urged to push it
to the earliest completion.
Mr.. Scott moved, and it carried, that as
the law was to be carried out to the letter,
committee be appointed to confer with
the city clerk and see that that official
purchased the proper books of account,
etc., for his work. There was a little
discussion just here. Mayor Blanton
said he did not know whether the CITY
clerk was the clerk of the Joint board,
and did not quite think the clerk could
be required to do extra work for the
Joint board outside of his regular duties
for the city. The mayor was assured by
several members that the improvement
act provided that the city clerk should
be the clerk of the joint board. The COM
mittee appointed is composed of Messrs.
Scott, Hunt and Waddell
W. G. Corpening, the contractor for
the grading, told the board that he
would be ready to sign his contract and
furnish bond by Friday. He called the
attention Of the board to paragraphs 10
and II of the general stipulations, in
which the word facilities was used,
and said he thought the word should be
Opportunities" instead. Mr.. Cummings
said several members of the board had
discussed the matter, and it was deemed
proper to make the change of which Mr..
Corpening spoke. He, therefore, moved
that the word Facilities" in paragraphs
10and II be stricken out and "opportuni-
ties" inserted in lieu thereof. The motion
was carried. Paragraph No. 10, as cor
rected, reads: "The contractor will be
required to afford the necessary oppor-
tunities to the company or companies
owning rail tracks on the line of the
work, or to their agents, for the preser-
walton of the same from injury, either BY
removal or otherwise, without extra
charge therefor. and shall keep said
tracks open for the passage of cars on
their regular schedule" Paragraph No.
1, in which similar change was made,
relates to sewer, gas and water pipes
Mr.. Corpening caused a ripple Of ap.
plause by stating to the board that after
he had signed the contract, should he
get into trouble with the railway com.
pany he would fight the matter himself,
and no one else would be responsible.
Mr.. Starnes, for the committee on
macadam, recommended that the ma.
cadam taken off the streets to be paved
be placed in heap at some convenient
point until time when it may be used
The following bills for advertising for
bids and the sale of the bonds were or
dered paid: Louisville Courier Journal
Sill; Baltimore Manufacturers Record
1925; New York Journal of Commerce
$63; Atlanta Constitution, $11; Balti
more Sun, $8.25; Richmond Times, $40
Richmond Dispatch. $50; Chattanooga
Times, $11.55; Cincinnati Enquirer, $40
Cleveland Leader, $20.90; Toledo Blade
$40; Savannah News, SIG.
Mayor Blanton said the American
Bank Note company had bill of $500
for the engraving Of the city bonds, ant
he would like the board to instruct tn
city clerk to pay it. Mr.. Scott said tha
when the bill was brought before tn
board properly it could be acted upon
The clerk then brought in the bill, whicl
was approved by Cobb & Merrimon, bu
was not classified.
Mr.. Starnes moved that the city clerl
be instructed to ask the company t,
, itemize the bill, and then pay the bill, tn
. amount charged for each series to b
paid out of the fund for which they wer
engraved. Mayor Blanton said it was
, small matter and immaterial, an,
thought the bill should be paid from tn
Improvement fund, ito favor the school
and market house."
Mr.. Starnes motion prevailed, an
= the meeting then adjourned to o'cloc
Friday afternoon.