The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-10

III AAeSA eho ONnftcE 10 Ahichucu
At the regular January meeting of
the city solons last night these council
men were present: Beohm, ClingeDpeel,
Crabill, Dickerson. Duggan, Dupuy.
Fackenthal. Graves, Groves, Hough,
Johnson, McClelland, Moomaw, Pattie,
Ramsey, Strickland, Terry and Presi-
dent Buckner.
The reading of the journal was dis,
pensed with and the minutes of last
meeting were approved. The mayor
sent in bis monthly communication an
nouncing the appointment Of Hugh n.
Dyer chief Of police, and Robert II. Gold
sergeant Of police, and stating that Ser
Reant a Ii. Griffin had been reduced to
the ranks. He stated that the Vigilant
Fire Company had withdrawn from the
fire department. of the city; and returned
without his approval the resolution Of
Council passed at former meeting
providing for raising money for the
poor.
In the report were the accounts of ].
f. Terry, ex-chief OF police, and A. III.
Griffin OK SERGEANT OF police. for sal
aries during the time they were sus-
pended. Mr.. Terry's account was
Sl0s 40, and Mr.. Grifin's S1O9.22 APP
pended to this was the opinion OF CITY
solicitor Glasgow that the accounts
should be paid.
The report was taken up in sections,
and the appointment of chief and ser.
geant of police wero approved and their
bonds accepted The accounts of Terry
and Griffin were allowed by a unani.
nous vote. The mayors veto was sus-
tanned by vote of ayes S, noes H.
communication was read from tho
Union Benevolent Society to the effect
that able bodied men and boys were
being fed at their commissary and il
was tho opinion of the society that
work should be furnished them. This
was received and laid on tho table.
A communication was read from City
Solicitor Glasgow giving es his opinion
that should suit arise between the
city and the Gas and Water Company
over the refusal Of the city to pay for
water used in municipal buildings, it
would be extremely doubtful il such
suit would be decided in favor of the
city. 1t was decided that the troubles
between the Gas and Water Company
and the city be referred to special
committee of five to be appointed by
the president.
The board of public works submitted
their report for the month, ontaining a
recapitulalion OF the work DONE The
report was accepted and the recon-
mendations referred to the different
committees.
The report of the city sergeant showed
that there were during the month 1879
prisoners in Jail, divided as follows:
State, 80; city, 93; United States, 6.
Mr. Terry, chairman of the committee
on accounts, examined and found cor
rect and recommended that they be paid !:
Criminal charges, $226 80; elections,
Sl.5Q; fire expenses, S442 IT; insurance,
Sl92 so; Jail expense, S322SS; lights,
Sl,072.s1; street cleaning, $3.50. 35; police
expense, S1,0s3.5O; paupers, S2IS7 6;
street repairs, S50.5l; health, S37 OF;
stationery and printing, Sl03 90; sal.
aries, 81, 6S6.G6; water, 81 ,623 50; public
property, TO- 81; sewers, $5,945.5s;
schools. S40S al; contingent, $40; total,
Sl3,7Ss.90. Pay roll during month,
$SO1.1S.
The committee recommended that the
claim of II. M. Hume for 81, for return
ing poll book, be not paid. The bill of
DIR. S G. Sta pies, coroner, for SIS was
included in the report. which recon-
mended that he receive $40.
The report of the committee was
adopted as u whole.
The bill of Sergeant j.. b. Traynham
for S2l0, for conveying prisoners to and
from Lynchburg and to and from Salem
before the new Jail was built, came be.
fore Council, and was referred to the
com mittee on accounts for inve stiga,ion
Chairman McClelland, of the finance
committee. submitted lengthy report,
which contained the following report of
City Auditor Noble:
Charged to the city treasurer in December,