Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-04-29
THE CITY'S DADS TALKING
WORK OF JOINT BOARD ANIs
ALDER EN.
- AIderman 8tarnes Apparently
Carries q CHIP ON His shoulder f
Some Brick to GsO Down OH
West HAYWOOD street.

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West HAYWOOD street.
Mayor Blantou occupied his usual
place in the Jont Board meeting yester-
day afternoon surrounded by his official
family, Alderman Gudger and ADVISORS
Hunt and Williams excepted.
Alderman Starnes was there by a con-
siderable majority and the way in which
he didn't allow anybody to tread n the
tail of his coat was nothing short of
revelation His first sally was at City
Engineer Lee, when Advisor Muller, for
the committee appointed to investigate
alleged damages TO the property of 7. |
c. Mccoy on Park avenue, made a re- !
port recommending that the grade |
be allowed to remain as it Is since the |
street was graded Someone moved
to accept the report. MIR. Starnes then
stated that Mr.. Lee had raised the grade
after he had been ordered not to do so,
and thought it should be lowered At Mr.
Lees expense. Mr Lee piled that he
had mad the grade accordinr to the
profile shown the street committee and
had not been ordered to deviate there
from. Mr. StarneS then moved as SUBJ
stitute tor the motion to adopt that the
report be rejected. The Board was
against him, however. and the report
was adopted, after which on motion OF
Alderman l. onard a committee on da M
ages appointed. The committee:
Starnes and Leonard.
| Getting TOO Cav.
| Alderman Baird to whom was referred
| the question of the proper disposition OF
the So 900 reserved from M H. Kelly
| pipeline contract price, as a guarantee,
| reported that he mad talked with Treas
| urer Rankin, and had been advised that
the money be deposited as that 1t
| could not be drawn on by either party
/ wit OF
| part. Advisor Gwyn moved that the
| committee be continued a week, to eX-
| anime the contract. Mayor Blanton IN
| put ting the question said I'm order nat
the committee may make an Intelligent
report" The laugh was on Mr.. Baird,
| but he got his money back with interest
when M. D. Long brought up the mat
ter of certain improvements about his
property on Park avenue. Mr. Gwyn
moved that the JOINT street committee
look into the matter. Then with a PM
lanthropic smile Mr.. Baird remarked: IL
don't think that committee could make
| an intelligent report" The laugh was
on the other side then, and the Dr. was
as happy. almost, as if he had been nom
| mated alderman. Mayor BlantOn in IN
structing the committee said with
power to act" but Mr.. Gwyn said with
power to report" and that went.
The City Clerk was requested to re
been taken bv the Beard regarding dam
age to the property of Geo. l.. hackney
on Depot street.
Some More Brick.
The request of Jas. ButtriCk and j. l.
Smathers, that the Patton avenue br1ct
paving be extended from Woodcock ';
drug store down West HAYWOOD street
| to the west corner of Mr.. Buttrickt :
property, was taken up, and Mayo
| Blanton said if there was no obJe.tlol
| he would refer the matter to the stree
committee, if Contractor Smith VA
| willing to give up that much of his gr5 n
ite contract. Advisor Gwvn objected
because the space to be paved was 15'
or 200 feet, and. going by the schedul
adopted bv the Board with regard t
THAI street, bids for the paving shoul
be advertised tor. Then Alderma
Starnes got on Mr. Gwyn's neck
I"That's too small a matter" he saiC
"to take into politics Mr.. Gwyn is
candidate on the Reform ticket |; and
don't see any need of waiting MIR. Smlt
said he was willing to give up that much {
the work, and on motion OF MIR Starne
after Mr.. Buttrick had given Alderma a
Waddell few items to think over, tt
contract for the paving was given tt
Southern Construction company {
$2.1O square yard, the price to
paid for the Haywood street work
Grove street Sidewalk.
Bids for putting down a vitrihed brio
sidewalk on Grove street, east side, we
opened. The bidders were Webb. Gate
Eskrdge & Co., 80 cents square var
Girdwood & Lee, 80 cents; w. L. Wolf
941a cents; Belote Bros, 9S cents, for
b. & T. brick. or 81. rs for Virginia COZ
pressed PAYERS The bid first named w
accepted, although ADVISORS Miller al
Cummings thought the brick with t
second bid were better than those offer
by the successful bidders.
The 81 900 bond of A. M Smith. 1
paving West Haywood street, was ;
cepted, with ]. H. Lee security
decided
7 ing at West Haywood and Spring stree
in front of the store of Mr. Simmo>
' that gentleman making the request a
promising to extend the granite paw
back from the street to his store
win a sharp stick.
Alderman Starnes got another shot
g. ity Engineer Lee when a question
grade on French Broad avenue came
Advisor Gwvn said the grade beyo
Capt. Cookies had never been fixed. \
JG | Starnes begged his pardOn-that
- Lee had been told what to do but, AS
many other cases, had refused to foil
instructions. MIR Lee did not hear Il
as he was out of the room
The engineer was instructed to rep
ar on the best grade attainable in open
Hill street from Montford to West H
wood.
Money was ordered paid out on
folio wing bills: NJ. ID. Long, $6.O4; c
merry Boiler company. $50 .64; &.
Blanton, kilograms. 81 SO; Ald-ru
man, So. SO; BeIote Bros. S5S5.75;
Henderson, S4O4 81: ]. r. Ball
S19.OS; Webb & Oates, S31443; crus
pay roll, $1O4.75; Cowan & Dogg
IE Eskridge & Co, $2,952 So; Corn
x. Troy, $54s 5S; L. II. Britt, $623. 80
NJ. Smith, 5000; Kelly & Stracl
$2O7 so.