Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-05-27
THE TWO BOARDS AT WORK
ALDER M EN AND ADVISORS AT
THE OLD STAND.

Reports and Recon- H1a N d ntIOnS
From various Com nnnnitteea-Spe-
cial Meetings. TO 8e Held Next
Tuesday ana Thursday.
Advisor McCollum and Aldermen Jones
and ]. M. Gudgcr were the absentees
from the meeting of the Joint Board
yesterday afternoon. The two latter
| were out of the city on their legal bus
ipcss.
Mayor Patton stated to the Board
that Capt. Thos. ID. Johnston had pro-
posed, concerning the Church street
sidewalk on the west side between
Central church and Patton avenue, that
he would give the land for a six-foot
walk provided the city would relieve
him of his assessments on the brick
paving and sidewalk in front Of his
property on that street. The PROPOSE
tion was accepted on motion of Advisor
Sawyer, and by the same motion the
jury which will go on that street next
week was instructed to find in accord
ance with the proposition of Cant
Johnston. This settlement of the liter
will amount to paying Capt. Johnston
about $3.50 for the land. Advisor Sa wycr
W as instructed to consult with Capt
lohnston and haye the proper agreement
drawn up.
street Com Hnl latsP.
Advisor Gwyn made a report for the
street committee, in which he stated that
the committee had replaced the side
walks on Starnes avenue and Cherry
street, and had the brick paving on
Church street resumed. ]. ID. Henderson
and one OF his teams had been employed
at $f day tor street work, and l. c.
baird had been similarly employed at So
dav. The fence on Mr.. Gwyn's Grove
street property had been reset by the
city, as heretofore ordered. 1t was rec
commended that West College, at Ad-
visor Mlllard's property, be graded and
the banks slopcd, that the curbing on
Woodhn and Charlotte streets be set as
soon as practicable, and that regulation
sidewalks be put down as early as posi-
BILE on streets where curbing has been set,
provided property owners do not want
costlicr walk. The committee wished
tor the paving of College street by Webb,
Oates, Eskridge & Co, and as to dam
ages to property of Miss Raven Lewis on
Bailey street. On motion of Advisor
Gwyn, the grading of West College, and
the setting of curb on Woodfin street
was ordered done Mr.. Gwyn also
moved that the curbing contract for
charlotte street be given to Corn &
Troy, but Alderman Starres informed
him that this firm already has a contract
tor curbinR this street.
request for a retaining wall at Mrs.
Z. eiuder's property on North Main
street was referred to the street committee
Given Authority
The street committee reported these
recommendations: That it Lc empow.
cred to have put down crushed stone
walks where curbing has been set (pro-
vided property owners wish this kind of
walk }; to employ hands and material to
nHlT
committees discretion, the pitch in
tended to be used in the regulation side
walks, and to report to the cost of
a hand or one-horse roller to be used in
making sidewalks. Alderman Starncs
objected to what he thought was dele
eating too much power outside of the
Board proper. The two clauses last
named were then stricken out and the
report was adopted.
The city engineers REPORT on Webb
Oates, Eskridge & Co.'S paving on Pat
ton avenue was referred to the street
committee. Like disposition was made
OF a request tor damages to Mrs. A. l..
Wlley'S property by the grading of Park
avenue. and a request from A. Rankin
that he be reimbursed for resetting fence,
sloping and sodding banks, etc, on
Cherry street.
what Thes'I Have to I'ay.
City Engineer Lee submitted report
showing the total cost of paving on
bSpoI StIScCy avenue and SOuth b
Main street. Property owners along
the two first named will be assessed
about 1915 a front foot, while South
main street owners will be assessed
mething like $4.62 front foot The
report was sent to the finance commit
tee.
Clerk Young reported the contracts
existing at present in which the city is
interested and his report was referred to
the street and watcrworkS committees
The finance committee was instructed
to investigate the claim of back paw
made by Mr.. Israel, granite pavcr
under A M. Smith, and who asked that
800 be retained from Smiths estimate
until the settlement of the question.
VIII Get Nothing Here.
On motion of Advisor Redwood it
was ordered that hereafter nothing
should be purchased from men or firms
who send bills of lading along with the
material ordered. This motion was
made because John Armitage of Virginia
sent car load of pitch here with
bill of laCling attached.
The following bills were ordered paid
Street department, $S.75; L. z. Fort,
$12; kilograms, 1894; water depart.
ment, $16.5O; John Armitage, car load
of pitch, $24O; freight, 500 80.