Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-07
DON'T WANT A STANDPIPE
SO THE JOINT BOARD DE
CIDES RY VOTE
The COnnerv Boiler Company
Makes a Bid of SA.O95, But bv a
Vote of Five to Four II Is RE


HS injecting VI thS
Joint Board was held yesterday after
noon, Mayor Blanton presiding. Advi-
sor Williams and Aldermen Leonard and
Mcdowell were absent. Assistant City
Clerk Boiling took the place of Clerk
Young, who was detained at home by
illness in his family.
Duff Merrick. representing Mrs. S. {.
Duffield, called the Boards attention to
damages to his clients lot on West Hay
wood street, opposite the Melke house.
by reason of the widening of that street.
Referred to Advisor Hunt and Green for
report next Friday.
Alderman Gudger moved that a 4-inch
water pipe be put down on Pine street.
that Water Works Superintendent Ingle
be instructed to repair the pipe on that
street where it had frozen and burst, and
the substitute was adopted.
Standplpe Bids.
Mr.. Gudger then moved that the meet
ing 60 into the consideration of bids for
the construction of a standpipc. This
was opposed by Mr.. Starnes, who
thought the Board should wait until it
had heard from it's reservoir committee.
before it came to a vote he had forgot
ten what his motion was. A bid was
submitted by Walsh & Weidner of Chat
tanooga, who proposed to construct a
| standpipe rs feet high and As feet in
| diameter, using the old steel, for SIS, ,141.
The Connery Boiler works. of Philadel-
phia, made bid for the work, the
price being So, ,O95. This firm also offered
i the city $500 for the old steel if the
| standpipe should not be rebuilt.
The extremely low bid of this firm, the
| head of which was present, favOrably
impressed several members. Mr.. Starnes
moved that the Connery bid be accept
cd. This brought out Alderman Wad-
dell, who thought the replacing of the
| standpipe q waste of money. "Whv,'
he said, "the filth and dirt which accum-
ulated in the old pipe should deter us
| from putting it back. There was no way
| to clean it out"
City Engineer Lec-"There was place
for that purpose. but it was never
cleaned out"
"What," continued MIR. Wnddel. "do
| we want to build an artificial storage
basin for, when God AL Eighty has put in
| natural one near the standpipe? ?"
Advisor Hunt concur, d i'll MIR. Wad-
dell's remarks.
Wants NO Temporary work.
Alderman Gudger opposed the propo-
sition for the rebuilding. Said he while
my position on the Board is temporary,
l don't want to do any temporary
work."
Alderman Starnes-"You'rc mad be-
cause they've raised your salary"
Mr.. Gudger-"The reservoir known as
'Pattons Baby is as good as ever. The
one built by Lusk, we hear. is leaky.
yet when we give up our ofhcial lives
this with a tone of pathos and sit
back as critics we will have to acknowl-
edge that the reservoir is all right-and
even then Mr.. Standpipe may bust.
Mr.. Gudger was opposed to expending
any money on standpipe, and this
objection was shared by Advisor Cum
mings, who wanted to see twin reser-
voirs, we'll cemented, which, he believed
would last forever.
MIR. StarneS' idea.
Alderman Starnes then took the floor
in support OF his motion. He argued
that the city had not the money with
which to build a reservoir. Owe have &
little money" he said, land we need {
pressure for water in case of fire. W.
can put up this standpipe cheaply, ant
it will last probably ten or twelve years
If we go to buy land for a reservoir W.
| will have to pay exorbitant prices foi
it, and besides the cost of the reservoir
will have to put in pipe at cost OF a
least 81 200. We cannot rut in reser
voir at the quarry, because that woult
stop the supply of stone, which is an i'm
portant thing now. If we use ou
quarry until next year we will have du,
out splendid reservoir with capaclt.
of several million gallons. In the mean
time we want the fire pressure, and
think the standpipe idea the best an
cheapest way out OF the difficulty"
Alderman Baird favored the standpipt
and Advisor Hunt said man in AsEt
Vile had said he would put in rese1
voir that would hold five times as muc
water as the standpipe for $4,000.
1t Is Defeated.
The discussion concluded at this un
- ture and the motion to accept the bi
was put to the house and killed. by tn
vote: Ayes, Miller, Green, Starnes an
Baird nays, Cummings, Waddell, Gu
ger, Bearden and Hunt.
o Advisor Hunt then moved that tt
proposition of Mr.. Connery to purcha
the old steel for $500 be accepted. I
this Alderman Waddell tered protes
1.-The Bible says" Mr.. Waddell declare
astonishing his hearers with his know
edge of Holy Writ, "that when ma
goes to buy anything he says it is wort
nothing, but after ne mas DougnI IL, II
different" Alderman Starnes here calf
point of order on Mr.. Waddell,
Advisor Hunts motion had not be-
3 seconded. Mr.. Waddell sat down, M
Starnes seconded the motion, and t
vote resulted as follows: Ayes, Hur
Miller, Green and Starnes; nays, Cui
mings, Waddell, Bearden, Gudger al
Baird. Then on motion of Mr.. Starn'
Messrs. Cummings and Waddell we
appointed a committee to dispose of
y old steel used in the standpipe.
" These bills were ordered paid: B.
Lee, salary and help, S A. 65 Buncom
Brick and Tile Co., $15.75.
The Aldermen, Briefly.
The Board of Aldermen held a ve
short session, to hear the petition of
my number of market men, who asked th
the market bours be left as they W.
last week, open all day with the exc
tion of from IL to 3. The market hot
&c. committee had on Friday or Saturd
ordered the market kept open all ds
Mr.. Gudger moved to rescind the acti
requiring the market to be kept open
day. The vote on this stood: Ay
Gudger and Waddell; nays, Baird a
ATounr RIautOn united