Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-07-08
MUST GO TO THE MARKET
OLD E1UCK8rExR0 ORDxNANcE:
TO BE EpSFORCED.
reorganization OF The Fire De
Gsarasnemt BeGun-The streets
TO ne 0EsrinI<leu-Vvork of The
Two Boards FRIDAY.

GSartsmemt BeEun-The streets
TO Be eprinI<led-VvOHk Of The
TWO Boards FRIDAY.
Starnes were absent from yesterday s
meeting of the Joint Board, when and
where these proceedings were had:
Advisor Millard for the water commit
tee reported that the standpipe had been
satisfactorily completed, and recon-
mcndcd that 81 900 be paid Contractor
Connery, reserving 5000 which will
DC paid as soon as sundry small leaks
have been closed. The committee
also reported it's opinion OF the
tests made of the new Worthine-
ton steam pump. 1t figured that the
pump when in full operation would con-
sumo $22.42 worth of coal a day, but
tho committee hoped this could be re-
Tduccd. 1t recommended that, as the
contract was satisfactorily completed,
the pump be accepted and the remainder
due Henry X. Worthington, some
$4,000, be paid. The report was
adopted, and the clerk was in
structed to notify the contractor
OF acceptance of the machinery. A third
report recommended that the bill of HI /.
M. Smith, for certain work claimed as
extra at the water works, be not al.
lowed, and the report was adopted
Inc finance and street committees
recommended that So 500 worth of curb
ing be set on certain streets; that Willow
street entire be paved at cost of ST.
800. and that College street, from the
cast side of Spruce street, be paved with
rubbic, the cost to be about ST 500. The
report was adopted. This work will con-
sumo all of the street fund except about
So. 500.
The street committee was instructed
to put down brick sidewalk around
the Rawls block, on motion of Alderman
Jones. This walk is considered tempo
rary, should Mr.. Rawls wish to put
down cement walk later on. The
vote on this question was a tic and the
Mayor voted aye.
advertise for two weeks for bids for curb
ing ordered at this meeting and the paw
ing of College street, as ordered.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Street pay roll, $275.4o !. II. Board
m man. S4S 80; L. c: Brown & Co.,
300; Southern Construction company,
VI PIG IL (there was a deduction from
this estimate of 500 on account of a
clause providing for forfeit of $40 a
day over the time allowed by contract
Ior paving on West Haywood, but on
| motion of Advisor Gwyn, who said that
travel had not been interrupted and no.
| body had been damaged, the forfeiture
was not deductcd); b. M. Lee, $145. SO:
]: T.. Dickerson & Co., $780,; Buucombe
brlSk and Tile Co., $6+; Henry r. Worth
The Aldermanic eoIons.
In the meeting of the Board of Alder
men the following business was tran
sacted:
The report OF the light committee,
ommending the discontinuance of %
lights now in use, among them one
lamp on each of the four towers was
read and adopted.
Building permits were granted to X.
II. Lee, house on Lake avenue; w. B.
Clay ton, house on Highland street.
The street committee was instructed
to report next Friday on the request of
Receiver Maddux, of the Asheville Street
Railway company, for a permit to extend
the Valley street line to the power houses
| and to put in a branch to the gas house
Ihe hrc committee recommended the
following names of men for election to
the city fire department:
Hose Co. No. III. c. Fags, Jesse
Patton. E. E. McDo we'll, L. W. lean
neret. o. M. Coston, ]. L. Murrv, I. c.
Swink, 6. l.. Guischard. Arthur Mellow
ell. ]. ID. Henderson, w. H. Shipe, AL.
Gherkin.
Hose Co. No. 2.-J. II. Woody, w. E.
Wolfe, j. T. Justice, d. Kimberly, ]. f.
Austin, Geo. Poor.
Hose Co. No. 3.-James Baird, G. A..
Henry. Clod Holder, E. l.. Henry, Rufus
McC Cullsm.
Hook and Ladder Co. No. I'M. H.
Kelly, E. E. Elicit. VIM. Strachan. G. S.
Henderson, p. A. Casenave Pinada,
| Ernest Israel. John Wheeler, Ioel Dernid.
| The committee recommended that the
different companies be allowed to COM
plete their membership and thereafter
| keep 1t complete by allowing each CON-
pany to present to the Board of Alder
| men for election the names OF such men
as will in their judgment make desirable
| hremen.
The recommendations were adopted.
| The vegetable ordinance, which pro-
| vided a $50 license tax on hucksters,
came up on third reading. ]. M. Gud-
ger hoped it would not pass, because it
would be a blow at every poor person in
the city. Mayor Patton said that tax
laid upon necessities fell upon the con-
sumer. The question came to a vote
| and the ordinance was killed. Then
J. M. Gudger brought out the old ordin-
ancc. moved that it be published for a
| week and then go into effect, This car
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| whatever kind must go into the market
house. This is the ordinance incorrectly
printed in the Gazette, and which has
caused the Board lot of worry. The
ordinance is printed in THE CITIZEN to.
day.
The Board decided to make new
entrance to the market house, by using
the north door of the city hall and a
passageway through the fire de Gartment
On motion of Mr.. Westall the fire
horses were ordered used on the sprink.
ling carts, the teams to alternate in
service. Sprinks will be in order from
the square to the government building
to Spruce street, to the Swannanoa
hotel, to the Farmers warehouse. The
divers will thus have to do duty as fire
drivers, as cart drivers and as cleaners
of the market house, and are expected to
pull through without an annual2O days
leave of absence.
Bills to this extent were ordered paid
r b. holland & Son, $3.4O; CaroIins
Coal Co., $21.35; S. II. Inman, $27.25
j. Il. Dickerson & Co., $8.2S; Health
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