Asheville daily citizen., 1893-07-22
AN EXPERTS TESTIMONY
0TARNES' LET
TER TO THE JOINT BOARD,
The Former street Committee
Chairman saws The Fund Has
Been 0caatered-Certain Com
nmassees Have Too Much Power.

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Chairman saws The Fund Has
Been 0caatered-Certain Com |
mlasees Have Too Much Power. |
Advisor McCollum attended the meet |
ing OF the Joint Board yesterday. (Which |
opened an hour late) together with Ad- |
visors Gwyn and Redwood, and Alder {
men H. l.. Gudgcr, We.tall. ]. M. Gud-
ger and Jones. business as follows came
up:
The street committee reported that it
had purchashed from the Southern Con
structiou company 10000 or $4,000
bricks at $12.25 thousand and Al bar
rcIs Of pitch at $5.15 barrel. 1t also
reported the completion Of the Willow
street paving.
A committee composed of Mayor Pat
ton. Advisor Redwood and Alderman
II. l.. Gudgcr was appointed to confer
with tho Asl,evilc Loan, Construction
and Improvement company in an en-
deavor to effect an amicablc settlement
on the matter Of the city S appropriation
of the sewer line of the company on
MOntfOrd avenue.
Bids for the rubbc paving on College
street between the Rawls block and
Spruce street. and for 10000 feet of
curbing were opened. At the same time
Il letter from Alderman Starnes, who
was too unwell to attend, was opened
which was about as "salty" as any
thing that has been sent in to the Board
for n time. Mr.. Starnes said:
81 want to axe a suggestion to your
body with reference to awarding any
curbing contracts. | see the amount ad-
vcrtised for is 10000 feet, which will
cost not less than $4,000. You estimate
the paving with rubble of College
street from court square to west side of
Spruce street at ST. 500. and that leaves
So, 500 unprovidcd for. Now, suppose
we reject tu; bing bids and apply $4,000
to extending College street pavement.
1t will then reach to Oak street, or very
nearly. When this is done, all of East
| Ashcvillc is partially accommodated.
Now. why should VIC leave off the curb
| ing 1t is this: At a recent meeting an
| order was made to put down several
miles of plank walks. | am satisfied it
| is not absolutely necessary to put curb
stone alongside of this plank walk, and
if not necessary why not Use it some
where else, where it is absolutely ncccs-
| sary? 1t was always the idea of the
1
Oak, and this Board cannot fail to- sec
the importance OF so doing. hope none
of it's members will be prcl,liccd against
| College street because the old Board
wanted to and would have paved it if it
had had time. think the improvement
funds have been scattered as though
some boy had been shooting them out of
a shotgun for the last two months, and
it is chiefly caused by the Board giving
rtps,
l think a committeeman should be vcrv
careful in properly distributing his work
so that no one could suspicion that he is
having Chestnut and Grove streets made
fine and letting citizens on Starncs
avenue be damaged long after enough
time has passed to have had the work
done. | certainly hope you will reject all
bids this afternoon"
A number of smiles followed the read
ing of Mr.. Starnes' letter and Alderman
J. M. Gudger eyed the ceiling with a
genuine Straightout's eve.
The bids for the rubble paving were
Fl. M. Smith, SLAP a square yard;
Smith s. Venable, $1.44; Corn & Hen
derson, $1.37Ia. On the curbing: IL.
Nj. Smith, 3712 cents a lineal foot; Smith h
& Venable, So cents; Corn & Henderson,
80 cents; ]. II. Stewart. 3S12 cents. The
contract for 5000 feet of curbing. with
the privilege of increasing to not exceed
10, 900 feet, to be completed by Dcccm
bcr 1, was awarded to ii. NJ. Smith
The contract for College street paving
was also let to Mr.. Smith, to be com
pleted within two months. The bid o.
Corn * Henderson on this work was
lover than that of Mr.. Smith, but the
bid was made on granite from the city:
quarry, which stone was not considered
OF sufficient quality.
City Engineer Lee reported assess
mcnts against property owners for paw
ing on Buxton, Roberts, West Haywood
and North Main streets and Merrimoi
avenue, and the reports were referred tC
Advisors Gwyn and Redwood for report
The question of the advisability of put
ting down a sidewalk on the west sid
of Church street was referred to TIN
street and finance committees.
The folio wing bills were ordered paid
Southern Construction CO., 1894. 90; c
L. Moody, $40; Buncombe Brick ant
Tile Co., $911.75; E. H. Britt, $64.S6
street pay roll, $31O.32; French Broa'
Lumber Co., $62.46; E. b. Atkinson
$25.32.
Board of Aldermen.
These matters of city business wer
brought up and acted on in the meet
ing OF the Board of Aldermen:
The ordinance granting the Asheyill
Street Railway company the privilege c
Extending its line up Valley street to TIL
power house and to the gas house wa
passed on first reading.
An ordinance concerning the remove
of garbage, and providing fine of SIS fo
failure to pay for such removal with
'' three days, passed its several reading
on a suspension Of rules. The ordinanC