Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-04-12
AND FINALLY, BRETHREN
THE CLOSING SCENES IN AK
EvENrFUL HISTORY

Final Chapter in tue BOOK of
Chronicles ER<la'inx the Two |
Yeara' work of tine Admimla- /
sraalOn.
The last chapter in municipal doings /
in Asheville up to date is printed today. |
The story of the official acts OF the city's
lawmakers is always interesting. and the (
recounting of deeds of an administration |
such an the city has had for two years
past is especially so.. The story goes:
At the meeting ON March 4, 1892, the
city treasurer was directed to retain ST.
s5S.4o from he amount due Gen. r. M.
b. Young, until the overpay matter was
ettled.
On March Mayor Blauton laid down
the rule that there should be no more
smoking during sessions of the Joint
Board from that time on. This has gen
orally been observed.
1t was.decided at the meeting on March
II that damages arising from street
widening should be paid out of the gen
eral fund.
In the March 1 8 meeting it transpired
that Contractor Oates had been paid in
fuil for grading East street, although it
had never been accepted by the street
committee. At the same meeting the
Board Of Health ordinance passed final
reading.
esVmGTG 10BA ADOG k&aHAV8y SOVVS'
On March 22, after a great deal of
| talk, the Asheville and Biltmore railway
company was given permission to come
/ to the square over Valley. Sycamore and
Market streets. The road has never
come, however.
| The meeting of March 25 heard an
opinion from City Attorney Cobb to the
effect that damages incurred by the wild
| ening OF the streets should be paid out OF
| the Improvement fund. The Aldermen
ON this day elected Drs. 81. Longstreet
and ]. A. Burroughs Board of Health
| On the first day of April the opinion OF
the city attorney that damages should
| was disregarded, and a motion that
| they should be paid out of the general
fund was adopted. The Advisors were
April 4. However. a resolution was
passed that the damages should be paid
from the Improvement fund: The Alder
same date. under the genial influence OF
| Col. Jas. 6. Martin, the Asheville Street
| Railway company was given permission
to pave between it's rails with granite.
| Mr.. Starnes made a touching speech, in
| the Aldermanic meeting, about how a
IyounR man had lost his coattail on a
was adopted calling them (the wires)
down. A few still remain in the city
Just for luck. The chief of police was in
structed to require dealers in newspapers
their doors closed on Sunday. Very lit
tie attention has been paid to this.
- water supply.
The report of the committee on the
Improvement of the water supply was
read on April Is, and the present plan
outlined.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Starnes at
the meeting on April ~ the West Ashe-
vile and Sulphur Springs Railway com
lpany was given the right to come to
Patton avenue by way of Phillips and
Bailey strcets.
Along about this time there was a
fruitless discussion about Bee Tree as a
source of water supply.
On the 9Th of May the Board of Alder
men decided that Scratch Ankle must go
and the Advisors decided that they
would excurt to Bee Tree with Brothe,
Hunt. Nobody can now be found who
saw Scratch Ankle go. THE CITIzEr
printed a column account of the Be-
Tree piigrimage, which was very inter
esting.
At the meeting of May 1S it developed
that the city surveyors had been on tn
route i've days aRd by vote they were call
edi in. In the same meeting it was resolved
that the next street to be paved shoul'
be Haywood street from Patton avenu
to Spring street. 1t was also decide
that the Ashevil1e street railway shoul
not be allo wed to run down South Mai
street for the sake of getting into Valley
On May 20, ON motion ofMr. Starnes
two of the city health inspectors" wer
instructed Ito 60 to the city wate
works every three months and examin
the Swannanoa and it's tributaries an
make report with view to keepin
even the slightest impurity out of tt
twater."
PO0r Bee Tree.
The Bee Tree scheme was lost by
vote Of 10 to on the I'D of May, A,
visor Hunt proving fait hful to the las
i May 26-Advisor Sumnaey drifted OF
of the Joint Board and left it without
Quorum. In the course of an hour, &C
J Martin called the Boards attention
the fact. and the meeting dissolved, n,
knowing what that 1T had done Wi
with quorum and what was not.
On tune 3 ]. M. Campbell called Il
= Boards attention to the impassable CO
dition of East street w hich had been a
cepted some time before. On motion
Mr.. Starnes an ordinance declaring thu
iron spikes on window sills to keep loafe
6. away was unlawful. was adopted.
sanitary inspector, superintendent
water~orks and 10 policemen we
- elected at this meeting.
At the June 10th meeting e. Bal
was elected Alderman In the place
r. Mr.. Brevard. Mr.. Gudger gave as
reason for electing Mr.. Baird, the fa
that "he had nothing else to do"
On June II George s. Powell W
elected FIRE chief and l.. p. McLoud
sistant chief, by the Aldermen. This w
the end OF a long wrangle on the subje
York trip bill aud made an explanati
that was not satisfactory.
On June "a the fight with the Ashevi
Street Railway company about the pa
ing OF Patton avenue began. May
Z Blanton announced that he would
e the recorders work for So, 600 a ye
and that the Board could not reduce
salary during his term of Office.