The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-25
COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
a Message Was Read From the
Mayor.
He Doubts the Wisdom of Reducing tho
Salaries of the Board of Public Works
at Present Time-NIr. Moomaw Criti-
cized the Action of the Finance Com
mittee and Now Wishes he HADN'T.


mittee and Now Wishes he Hadn't.
An adjourned meeting of City Council
was held last night with the following
members present: Messrs. Clingen-
peel, Crabill, Davies, Dickerson, Dug
gan, Dupuy, Fsckenthall Graves,
Groves, Johnson, Levy, McClelland,
Moomaw, Pattie, Ramsey, Stevenson,
Strickland, Terry and the president,
Mr.. eBuckner. A message from the
mayor was read by the clerk in regard
TO a request Of Council to reduce the
salary OF the board of public works.
The mayor doubted the wisdom of such
reduction on account of existing COZ.
tracts which needed the supervision of
the board; that the question of such re-.
duction he held in allegiance for a
while. There were two inmates, by the
name OF Haycock, in the city almshouse,
who IL the city would pay the expense
of q journey to New York, would leave
at once. He thought it would be wise
to attend to this.
The mayors message was received
and taken up in sections. The section
in regard to the salary Of the board of
public works was voted down. In re-
gard to the people at the almshouse the
mayors request was adopted and tickets
ordered to be purchased.
Mr.. Fackenthall, the chairman Of the
finance committee, said that at meet
ing held yesterday at o'clock report
was formulated which. with few I'M
important changes, is the same as that
presented at the last meeting Of Council.
The report fixes the appropriations and
salaries Of the city officers as published
in..THE TIMES OF Friday last.
The report provides that the city
engineer have one assistant and the
necessary rod and chainmen, and the
SO ~er and street work be put under the
superintendent of the board of public
works, to be paid from the sewer and
street bond account while doing such
work. The report recon nended that
the clerk Of the city engineer be
abolished.
The board of public works was in
structed to collect the amount due the
city from the Roanoke Street Railway
Company by August l, and also to have
the fire horses TO do the street sweep.
ing, and that the city engineers force
be reduced to himself and one assistant
On motion the rules were suspended
and the vote taken on the passage of
the ordinance in sections. After con-
siderable discussion and several votes
the recommendations were adopted as
above
While Mr.. Moomaw YVES criticizing
the action of the finance committee in
making appropriations, Mr.. McClelland
reproved him sharply for his incon-
sistency and said that the clerk OF
Council had sent invitations to all the
members to attend the meeting of the
finance committee and TO aid them with
their advice, but instead of attending
the meeting, Mr.. Moomaw had hied
himself to Botetourt county. Had the
love OF Roanoke been in his heart, as
man he would have staid here, but
when the question OF salaries came up
he was away"
Before the final adoption of this re-
port Mr.. Groves moved to amend by
striking out the appropriation of So, 600
per year for the salary of the board of
public works and to insert in the place
S75 per month. This was lost on vote
of Is to 8.
A communication from the city engi-
neer in regard to the official map was
read, asking for an extension OF time to
August 10, saying the map could be got
ton in good shape by then at cost of
$3.50. On motion of Mr.. Pattie section
was amended in accordance with this
request.
The committee on sewers reported
that w. w, Fortune declined to accept
the contract for drainage work of Sec
ton 49, The work on sewers in that
section had already been awarded to
Sims, Dyer e Co. The combined bid of
the latter on sewers and drains was $500
less than that OF Fortune on the same
work and recommended that the con-
tract be awarded to Sims, Dyer & Co,
and that the necessary papers be pre-
pared for the contract. This recommend
alton was adopted
Mr.. Buckner stated that small
balance was due the contractors on the
Belmont school building. On motion
$500 was taken from the general fund
and placed to the school bond account
to be returned when the school bonds
were sold.
After this motion was adopted Coun-
Gil adjourned.
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Electrical Company, one of the big
enterprises of this city, made volun.
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Failure to collect overdue accounts
made it impossible for the Company to