Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-02-03

TWO years HOm tnc uISt VI MalCu,
1894. the presentation being made so
vigorously that ]. M. Gudger sat up
right with start and the exclamation:
Good Lord! good bye, Liza Jane"
Mr.. Starnes seconded the resolution, and
went on to say of the market that as a
benefit it was failure. 1t created the
greatest monopoly there was in the city.
The place could be rented for two years.
with the privilege of five, for $1,000 a
year. d. M. Luther, esq, speaking for
people in Leicester, the two Hominies
and Reems Greek, also told how the
butchermen had the farmer down and
were rubbing it in."
The Mayor ruled that an ordinance
must be repealed by ordinance and not
bv resolution. MIR. Gudger: appealed
from the ruling and on a division the
chair was sustained: AYES, Cosby, !.
NJ. Gudger, Jones, Westall; noes, H. l..
Gudger, Starnes. A little later Mr..
Gudger changed his resolution to an
ordinance, struck out the words "tor
two years." and submitted it. The vote
to pass it on first reading stood four to
two in favor, Messrs. Cosby and J.. M.
Gudger going over to it in order TO get
it before the house. 1t then went over a
week, and lively time may be expected
next Friday.
Waterworks Superintendent Murray
made report that showed there had
been pumped into Asheville in January
p ,6f0,71S gallons of water. The cost
had been $500, exclusive of the wear Of
machinery. He then went on to figure
that the city derives no revenue from
two-thirds of the water pumped
here. because of waste. etc. A short dis
cussion on meters followed the report.
Smaller Matters.
The street committee was instructed
to put in crossing on Bailey street
south of Carter's warehouse.
Permit was granted T. S. Morrison tu
store guano in his building on the French
Broad below the bridge.
Redmon g. Bro. asked reduction oi
their stall rent in Central market. No
action.
Tax exemptions were granted as fol-
lows: c. B. Richards & Co., error; F
L. lanes, W. E. Galloway, not living in
city; A. B. Ware. error; F. Zimmerman,
error.
A plank sidewalk was ordered fol
Grady street.
To the city attorney was referred the
question as to who should collect thu
paving assessments-the chief of police
or the tax collector.
A petition signed by I. M. Gudger, W
O. Muller. T. W. Branch, W. 7. PENN
man, T. S. Morrison. X. r. Porter ano
W. b. Brown asked that Patrick Nc
Intyre be granted license to sell beer al
wholesale in the Reynolds block, Soutf
Main. License granted.
Chef of Police Harkins reported tha,
he found several property owners or
Short street who would not pay th
amount of benefits assessed against then
bv reason of the extension OF that street
aud he was inst ucted 20 return wha
money he has collected aud postpone th
extension of the street for the time.
Peddler's license transferred: T. S
Cash to r. S Brooks.
Bills to Pay
Financially speaking, here is the wa,
it went: Street department payroll
S14S rs; water department payroll
$22.3o; sanitary department pay
roll, $5S.55; L. II Britt, $205 49
W II. Wcstall, $50 50; H. L. Hall
So so; West Asheville improvement
Co., So so; Mrs. S Inman, $19.l2
NJ Fl. Kelly, So So: E. B. Atkinson
50 so; Randolph Kerr Frinti & Co., So
The CITIZEN. $l7.55; Brown, Northup s
Co., $l1.55; Brown K Austin. 50 c
Woody & Kimberly, SAL co; H. S. Han
kins, 81; B. NJ. Lee. $50 80; D. Nj. Gud
ger, So rs; X. {. CLAYTON, ST.; G. M
White, SO 80; j. I. Wells, $40; G. W
Hall, $12;J. Trcdway. 81 81.