The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-06

At the regular December meeting of
the City Council held last night the fol-
loving members were present: Messrs
Boehm, Clinginpeel, Davies, Duggap,
Fackenthall, Graves, Groves, Hough
Moomaw, Ramsey, Stevenson, Strick-
land, Terry and the president, Mr.
Buckner. On motion the reading of the
minutes was dispensed with.
The report of the board Of public
works was read and unanimously
adopted. The clerk then read the re-
port Of the city auditor. to which was
added the treasurer's report and it
was adopted. The report stated that
tho appropriations for several things
were about exhausted and recommended
that several appropriations be increased
as follows: Elections, SlOO; Ere ex-
penses, $1,000; paupers, $500; health,
$500; stationery and printing, $500;
schools, $500. This recommendation
was adopted
The reports OF the city sergeant and
OF the overseer and keeper or the aims
house were read by the clerk and
adopted.
The chairman, Mr.. Terry, read the
port Of the committee on accounts,
which was received and the recommen-
dations were taken up separately. The
usual routine accounts were allowed
unanimously without discussion.
The second recon mendation was to
the effect that a bill of A. Il. Sholes, of
81 for city directory furnished the
board of health, be unpaid. Pending
this Mr.. Stevenson moved that it be al
lowed as the board of health got no paw
for their services. The motion was loss
by vote Of 2 TO l3.
The bill Of Il. S. Kennerly for street
sprinklinR, amounting to SEC, was re-
ferred 10 the street com mittee.
bill of S25 was presented from Dr.
Chas. G Cannaday and DR.. Ralph w.
Brown for holding post norton ex.
animation OF the body Of tho late N. C.
Dyer. Ten dollars each were allowed
them for their work.
A bill of w. l.. Williamson for horse
loaned by him to the Friendship Fire
Company, amounting to Sl12.5O. was re-
ferred to the fire committee for investi-
CATION
The judges of election who had re-
Gently sent in their bill for SIS each, at
a recommendation Of Council, reduced
the bill as follows: Judges. 80. 25 each,
clerks, S2seach, and com mie sioners, 81,
vas ordered paid
Mr.. McClelland. chairman of the
finance committee, was absent on &C.
count OF sickness, and no report of that
committee was read. The report of
the street committee was read By the
chairman, Mr.. Crabill. The report was
received. There were no recommends
tions, but the report contained state
ment that 1t had not been able to meet
the finance committee in regard to Mr..
Groves resolution to employ twenty
five heads of families to work on the
streets during the winter.
There were no reports from the com
mittees on public property, sewers and
ordinances. The report of the com
mittee on fire and water was read and
the recommendations taken up sepa-
rately The resolution was adopted
allowing j. M. Mangus to erect Cor.
rogated iron shed adjoining the Dixie
Steam Laundry on Salem avenue.
resolution was attached to the re-
no other officer of the city who had tho
authority be authorized to refuse to paw
any and all bills OF the Gas and Water
Company for water furnished any of the
city buildings.
motion that this resolution be re-
ferred to the city solicitor for his writ
ten opinion was adopted.
There were NO reports from commit
tees on lights, schools and education
and health. DR.. Strickland. the chair
man OF the last named committee, re.
marked that the smallpox scare had all
died out.
There being no reports from special
committees, the calling Of the calender
was taken up. Bill No. 70, providing
for the repositories of city funds, was
passed over.
Bill No. II was read and placed on
the calender. A petition from Arthur
Enock and others, to place lights on So.
Eighteenth streets, was referred to the
committee on lights
committee from the Roanoke fire
department Informed Council of an
election held on the first meeting in
December at which James McFall was
made chief engineer; II. O'Conner, first
assistant, and Jas. e. Rucker, second az.
sistant.
minority report signed by Messrs.
Hesser Angel and Whaling, was read
in which they protested against the re-
port as far as the election Of chief was
concerned and asked that John Engleby
be substituted and gave as reasons thu
Mr. Engleby was the only man voted for
at the meeting Monday night who was
eligible to the office. The minority re-
port also stated that the rules and
regulations OF the department. required
that the chief must be 80 years of age and
four years an active member of the de.
partment Although Council had re.
voked the general law to that effect,
the regulations Of the department. on
that subject had nauar hnan raunkod