Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-07-09
NOISlEST OF THE NOISY
THE MEETING OF THE: TWO
BOARDS YESTERDAY
The Joint Board Gets Into Al Fer
Inent and for Awhile IL Looks
as Though the Sergeaut.at- arms
Must be Summoned.

Iment and for Awhile IL looks
as Though the SerGeant.as- arms
Must be Summoned.
Mayor Blanton and every member OF
the Joint board of aldermen ana advisors,
including the new ones, DR.. Williams and
Judge Green, attended the meeting in the
star chamber Of the city hall ycstcrda!
aitcrnoon-a meeting that was, with
out doubt, the noisiCSt one the board
has ever held. In fact, it is doubtful il
the board cverexpericnccd the like before,
1t was not the board particularly that
made the fuss. 1t seemed that every
body had gone there to talk, to talk
plain and to talk loud They were com
PEELED TO talk loud anyway, OH account
of the racket made by the carpenters i'll
the other part Of the building.
r'he jubilee CpSHs.
The jubilee began when a. X. Eskridgc,o ,o
the contracting firm ofWcbb, Oates, l>sk
ridge & Co., asked the board to arrange
matters so that when the PAYERS began
work on any street they would not bt
eternally bothered by people who wanted
to put in water and sewer connections
after they, the PAYERS, had spread The
crushed stone-aS in the case of Pattor
avenue. He said the paving of Pattor
avenue was costing % per cent. more
than it should have, by reason O
the delays to which the firm ha:
been subjected. They woull looE
to the city, he said, for damages on this
account.
Two Years Late.
Mr.. Eskridgc also complained of lhC
rapid manner in which the cars are run
over that part of Patton avenue nov
being paved, cndangcring the lives Of his
workmen. Mr. Cummings moved that
the clerk be instructed to insert notice
in both city papers giving property own
crs notice to make water, sewer and ga!
connections in reasonable time. Blu
the motion was somehow lost III tn,
muddle and nobody ever found out wha
became of it. MIR. Cummings was free t.
state along this line that some pcopl
were always about two years behinc
the band wagon, or words to that effect
Now MIR. Gudger!
Then Mr.. Gudger volunteered littl
light on the subject, saving that Capt. 7
d. Johnston was the cause of the della,
on Patton avenue at the present time
and that he was putting in the connet
tions at his vacant lots now because h
could have it done for half what he coul
after the paving was done.
Capt. Johnston entered the room abou
that time and addressed the board upo
the vital Importance Of putting in thes
"I's" or connections at every 25 feet {
the main, all over the town. "Wha
does the cost amount to, when compare
to the saving to the pavement" he il
terrogated. Then all of the member
had say. They got out their litt
books and calculated and each one ha
his own estimate of the cost, rangn
anywhere from $4,000 to $40 600.
"If You Can't DO Better, Steal 1t.
Capt. Johnston was firm in his pos
ton and said the board would bette
spend money in this way if they had t
steal it. One of the members rcmarkc
! in an aside that the speaker lad cost tn
city 5000 to save himself SO, rcicrrin
to the delay on Patton avenue.
Mr. Waddell and Capt. Johnston ha
some Cross.tiring and parryiug, but notl
ing came of it. For time, however,
was almost impossible for anyone not
the circle to herr anything thai was b.
ing said or done, so great was the hui
bub, Mayor BIanton raped for ofd(
until it sectAed as if he would burst h
gavcl And after all. he matter was lc
just where it was when it was broachc
by Mr.. Eskridge.
Lots of Sidewalks.
Mr.. Beardcn, for the street committc
reported on the streets on which curbir
and sidewalks should be put, as follow
Charlotte, from Woodtin to Broad, We
side; French Broad avenue from Pattc
avenue to Haywood, west side; Groy
from Patton avenue to Phillips, we
side; Flint. from Haywood to Starn
avenue, east side; Starnes avenue, fro
North Main to Cumberland avenu
north side; Mcrrimon avenue, fro
North Main to Broad, east side; CheS
nut, from Charlotte to North Mai
south side; Woodhn, from North Man
Pine, south side; Cherry, from Nor
Main to Montford avenue; East, fro
Chestnut to Hillside, east side; Spru
from Woodin to College, cast sid
Central avenue. from Chestnut to Woo
fin, west side. The report was adoptc
The curbng specifications were then re-
and approved.
The city engineer was Instructed
have retaining walls constructed on t
alley running through Mrs. hilliarC
property on South Main street.
The report of the committee reco
mending that Market place and spi
of fifteen feet extending all round
q market house be paved with Belgian bio
was adopted, and the contract given
~ A. NJ. Smith, at $2.55 square yard,
work to be done at once.
This Looks Like sand.
The Joint board ordered the city
gineer by resolution to notify the AS
vile street railway company of the cit
intention to pave North and South M
and Depot streets and also to notify
company that the city was ready to {
nish material for the paving between
rails, at cost; also give notice that if
10 company does not begin paving betw
~ its rails with Belgian blocks, accord
to agreement with the city, within thi
days, the company's charter shall be
8 clared forfeited. The resolution v
~ simply to get the matter in precise lie
shape for the step the board will tax
v the declaring of forfeiture OF the cl
y, ter, The resolution was adopted un;
mously.
, small Matters.
" The alleged damage to the Baird pr
ert, on South Main street.was refer
to the street committee