The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-09


Buckner and Loughery Paint Word
Pictures of Direful Consequence, and
the Bill Goes Back to the Committee.
An adjourned meeting of the CITY
Council was held last night with Presi-
dent r. A. Buckner in the chair, and
the following mem bers present: Boebm,
Duggan, Dupuy, Ecklof, Fackenthall,
Hawkins, Hough, Johnson, Loughery,
McClelland, Moomaw, Psttie, Payne,
Stevenson and Strickland. Mr.. Facken-
thall, the chairman, said the com mittee
on sewers was not ready to report and it
IVES passed.
Mr.. Psttie, the chairman on the
official map, said the map WAS in good
condition and that the appropriation
would run out in August, but IL would
leave the map in shape that will be of
Vas. benefit to the people OF Roanoke
This report was adopted. No other
special ommittees were ready 10 report.
The calendar was then taken up and
the clerk read bill No. SO, which pro.
vides that the bills recently passed
shall 60 into effect August /, and that
all bills and part OF bills conflicting
with this shall be repealed on that time.
This WAS passed as read.
A petition WAS received from citizens
on Sixth avenue asking for an electric
light on III at thoroughfsre near Bethany
Chapel. This was referred to the light
CON miJtee.
petition was read from the citizens
on Park and Grove streets s. W. asking
that location for a sidewalk be graded
on those streets Referred 10 street
committee.
A petition was presented asking for
line ot sewer be laid between Randolph
and Nel>on streets. This was referred
to the sewer committee.
Mr.. Moomaw, in behalf of the ordi-
nance con mittee IN regard to BIZ! "a.
passed and the original bill be laid on
the table.
The new bill provides that Council
shall have the right to Locale lines and
regulate speeds of all rail ways in the
city; THAI no street cars shall run atarate
OF speed OF more than six, or other cars
at sp:ec OF more than eight, miles per
hour unless the crossing shall be
guarded by proper gates and the speed
of any car in the city shall no. be ore
than twelve miles per hour. AS the
clerk finished reading the bill Mr..
Dupuy was called TO the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Moouaw the rules
were suspended and the bill taken from
its place on the calender and taken up
for consideration. Mr.. Ecklof novel
Louehery moved to substitute by taking
up the bill in sections. This was
adopted. section was adopted by
unanimous vote. Section 9, providing
that no shifting engine should run "a
least more than four miles an hour, or
no engine pass at crossings, and that
no cars should run in The city at more
than twelve miles an hour, and fxing
the fines was next taken up.
mr.. buckner said the passage Of this
bill would drive the Norfolk and West.
esn yards out of the city and the idea o.
not allowing the engines to pass grade
crossldg az the same time was absurd.
This fiavcrs OF the mossback. If this
bin passes this Council the Norfolk AMI
Western would take out OF this CITY
1000 nen who are paid OFF in the CITY
and would be .he worst days work eve,
done by Council.
MI Pattie made strong address and
said: do you know the cause OF the
death Of the man that was recently
killed a. the Jefferson street crossing?
There are only Two grade crossings
that amount to anything in the city and
we have no protectlon from them" Mr..
Pattie could not see how that could
drive the Norfolk and Western wards
out Of the town. That cry was an old
scarecrow. The people should have
their rights protected regardless O. the
Norfolk and Western or anyone else.
mr. McClelland objected to the sec.
ton and said it would be illegal; THAI
the Norfolk and Western was chartered
before Roanoke was built and this was
their old road bed. Mr. Buckner wanted
to emphasize the fact that the Norfolk
and Western had never mad hearing
on this bill and any practical railroad
man would see that II would be prac.
tically impossible for the Norfolk and
western TO maintain its yards in the
city The passage of ;his bill will be
blow to Roanoke that she will not get
over in ten years if ever.
Mr.. Moomaw said The point in the
blll was TO require The Norfolk and
Western TO make the crossings safe,
and If the grade crossings were properly
protected by safety gates there need
not be any limit to the epeed of the
trains. but that the shifting engines do
run too fast in these yards. He regarded
this scare about the Norfolk and West
ern moving the yards from the city as a
nurses tale to brighten children with.
MIR. Loughery said this bill passes
from the sublime to the Ridiculous He
said no railroad could cond oct its bust;
ness by running the shifting engines
at a rate Of four miles per hour.
Mr.. Moomaw moved 10 amend bv
striking out the clanse relating to Shift.