Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-12-10
MEETING OF TWO BOARDS
WHAT ALDERMEN AND ADVI-
SORS TALK ABOUT
There was no Quorum Xes'er.
day. So Meetings Were Held
This MOrninH-Mr. Penniman
Makes Members Talk.

day. so Meetings We're Held
This Morning-NHr. Penniman
Makes Members Talk.
When the time for the meeting OF the
Joint Board arrived yesterday afternoon
exactly Onc-half OF the full force of Alder
men and Advisors was in sight-Mayor
Blanton, Aldermen Mcdowell, Waddell
and Baird, Advisors Beardcn, Miller and
Hunt. With one more Aldermen busi-
ness could have been transacted, but
neither of the truant members, Messrs
Starnes, Gudgcr and Leonard, put in an
appearance.
Mr.. Waddell made fun for ~ crowd
while it waited for something to turn
up. He said the three missing Alder
men had been beaten in lawsuit and
were afraid of being "guyed" if they
came to the meeting. He raised another
laugh when he said Advisor Hunt was
for a bridge on Atkin street until he had
learned that the cost had to he assessed
against the abuttng property (Mr,
Hunt's) after which he didn't care SO
much about the bridge.
There was good attendance of out
siders. Walter b. Gwyn was there ready
to prove attendance; W. T. Penniman
was there and begged pardon for having
missed two or three meetings; then there
were w. H. Penland who came to see
l I,,, Il
who came just as an evidence of esteem,
and Contractors Corpening, Eskridge,
Key and Smith.
Presently Mayor Blanton raped for
attention and announced that a meeting
would be held Saturday at 10 O'Clock,
and promised to have quorum il he
had to send the entire police force after
the members.
| The Joint BOarH Meets.
At 10 O'Clock this morning Mayor
Blanton called the Joint Board to order
There were present Aldermen Starncs,
Baird, Leonard, Gudger ard Waddell;
Advisors Beardcn, Cummings, Green,
Williams, Miller and Hunt.
The Asheyille Street Railway company
was given permission to pave between
it's rails on Patton avenue with granite
blocks under direction of the City Engi-
neer, according to a request MADE by
Receiver Maddux.
The question of damages to The Straith
building on Patton avenue was dis
cusscd, and Messrs. Williams, Leonard
and Cummings were appointed special
committee toinvestigate and report next
Friday.
Bids for the construction OF the roof of
the house at the water works were
opened. The bids were as follows: J.,
A. Tennent, $3.50; I. P. Griggs, $7S7 so;
Edgar A. Poe, ir., $542.50; J. {. loyner,
lS5SO; N. p. Cora, 1891 6l, Joseph
Chunn, $999.61. The contract was
awarded to Mr.. Poe, and the bond for
execution of the contract was fixed at
$3.50. He was given until January Ii
to complete his work.
!. A. Porter, one of the bondsmen for
A. M. Smith, contractor for the granite
paving on Depot street, asked the Board
to declare the contract completed and
relieve the bondsmen, because the work
called for by the original contranct
had been completed, only small
amount of work remaining incomplete
and that could not be done
until the Board and the street railway
company arranged matters so that the
work could be done. w. I. Pennlman
another bondsman, made similar re-
quest. He incidentally dropped bomb
shell by saving that the Board certainly
had full confidence in Mr.. Smith, as it
had given him all the paving on Buxton
street without bond. This raised q
buzz, which brought out the fact that
Mr.. Smith had never signed either con
tract or bond. Then Mr.. Starnes movcC
that the Mayor and City Clerk be re
quested to sign the contract and bond
aud that Mr.. Smith be required to give;
bond in the sum of two-tifths of the to
tai amount of his Buxton street work
This carried. Then the request o
Messrs. Porter and Pennimun was re
ferred to the Finance committee.
Messrs. Baird and Green were ap
pointed to consult with Chairman ]. L
Rankin OF the County Commissioners
with regard to the construction OF re
tanning wall at the eastern approach O
Smiths bridge.
A petition was read from Spring stree
residents asking vitrified brick side
walk. Action deferred.
The following bills were ordered paid
!. A. Tennent, doors, ETC., $9.15; j. L
Murray, salary, SIS; Asheville Loan, I
& |. Co., sand, $62 20; Jos. L. Dcker
son & Co.. hardware, $22 30; Tno. Pow
ers. extra work on Merrimon avenue
$2O,35; rock crusher pay roll $685.
street pay roll, $56725; p. E. Everhar
- $6.1O; Corn & Troy, curbing, $999.7.
Carolina Coal Co., $3.50; Gazette, az
vertising, So; Penniman Bros, brick