The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-23

An adjourned meeting CT Council was
held last night with thirteen members
present.
The board OF public works reported
that FIRE plugs could not be placed on
Peach and Rose streets without doing a
great deal of grading and recommended
placing them as near the places desig-
mated as expedient They also recon-
mended that suitable lot be secured
for dump ping city garbage. On motion
the report was received and taken up in
sections.
The suggestion that another place for
garbage instead Of the one on Robertson
street was ref, rred to the committee on
health. The report stated that it was
necessary to have a new wagon for city
purposes or to have the old one repaire ed.
amended by referring it TO the public
property committee with power to act,
and was passed as amended
The report OF the city solicitor was
read. He gave as his opinion bat the
retained 10 per cent. of the contract
price for macadam work done by W. +.
Patterson should not be collected under
the contract. He recommended that
these ordinances for assessing property
owners for improve should be
placed on the calendar. The report was
received and the commentators
adopted.
The report of the city engineer was
read and the request for further time to
compile te the sewerage work on hand
was granted. Chairman Kc0lelland
read the report of the committee on
finance. Under the city charter the
com mit.ee did not think that Council
had right to make an appropriation of
5000 annually to pay interest on city
ospital bonds without three fourths
vote Of the free olders of the city, and
recon mended that the matter be turned
over to the incoming Council. Mr..
Moomaw nade strong speech against
the adoption OF the report and thought
Roanoke was getting hospital cheaper
in this way than in any other. The
ana would have TO stop work.
He quoted Mr.. j. Allen Watts
az believing it would be perfectly legal
| fer Council to vote the necessary S6CO
per year to pay interest on tho bonds.
Mr. McClelland said the finance com
mittee was not only willing but was
anxious to do anything possible for the
hospital, but didn't think the outgoing
Council had right to make an appro-
priation that would rest on the next
| Council. He wanted the opinion Of the
city sol citor or the IL after.
| Mr.. Fackenthall said that guarantee
| ing the interest On the bonds was
| equivalent to making an appropriation
for IL o length Of time the bonds had to
run (twenty years., and the charter
clearly says tina. cannot be done
without the consent of three fourths OF
the freehold voters Mr.. Moomaw
| thought that the matter should be
returned again to the finance commit
tee, and lengthy discussion followed
Mr.. Patio did not think anyone would
! buy the bonds unless they were legally
| adopted, and moved that the city SO
ilc!tor be asked 20 prepare an ordinance
and the mayor be asked to call an cleo
ton of the freeholders June %. for the
purpose OF voting the S6U0 10 meet the
| interest en- the $4,000 worth of bonds
the hospital proposed to place. Ibis
motion was carrie d
Mr.. Loughery read the report of com
Inittee on streets, which tSted that the
manager Of tho Street Railway Com.
pany, concerning the running Of cars on
franklin street and Shenandoah ave.
nue. and about placing electric cars on
the Salem line, was not in position 70
make a definite statement until he had
consulted the other officers of the rail
way company. This report was adopted.
Mr. Dnpuy, Of the public property
committee, stated that the old Opera
House could not be rented permanently
and asked for permission to allow The
CON mittee TO rent it from time TO time
TO parties for place for holding public
meetings. This was granted.
DIR. j. I. Strickland, the chairman OF
the committee on health, read report
which called the attention of Council 10
section 12, Of the health ordinance.
which was not sufficiently explicit,
The ordinance says that no slops, etc
shall be allowed to flow on to the side
walk except where there are no sewer
come ctions, and he re commended that
the following be added to the ordinance:
That in no case should water used for
bathing, washing, washing fruit cans,
and in other ways polluted, be allowed
to run in the cutters at all, and that
cesspools should be made in these
cases" This was referred to the
ordinance committee with instructions
to prepare an ordinance covering the
matter.
The rules were, on motion, suspended
to allow Judge j. O. Shepherd, of
Bnena Vista, to speak to Council. He
said the Washington Land and I'm prove
mont Company have laid Off a hand
some boulevard for the use Of citizens,
but it could not be availably reached
owing to Fourth street II. ". not being
open far enough to allow this street to
connect with the boulevard The stock
holders OF this company are composed
OF men out of the State who have in
vested money, freely in this city and
they presented petition that Council
l take nrOnar n N otr