The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-10-18
THE WINSTON ALDERMEN
BUSINESS TRANSACTED A REG
ULAR SESSION.
The Street Work-A Colored Teacher
to be Removed Because Sho
Can't Control the Pupils

to be Removed Because Sho
Can't Control the Pupils
The Winston Aldermen met in reg
ular session Monday night at O'CLOCK
Mayor Gray presided. The followin
members were present: Gorrell, Wa
ker, Reid, Brown, Ef1rd, Franklin
Clement and LATHE. The minutes o
the previous meetings were read an,
approved.
Colonel Gorrelf, chairman of tn
street committee, reported that the
| first work of Importance done
last week was the putting il
Of the piping on the Gilmel
| finished on account of lack of the T
| for connections. but would be done
soon as the pipe had arrived; that
cleaning and ditching out Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets had
been done: also some street work near
the Five Row factories.
Alderman Efird, for the fire COM
mittee, reported that Spaugh'S shop,
referred from the last regular meet
ing, needed repairing. After consider
able discussion it was adopted that
Mr.. Spdugh be allowed to recover his
shop with tar-grayeled boards; that
the work be done under the direction
of the fire committee.
Col. Gorrell reported that the graded
schools were getting along in first
class order; that teacher in the col
ored school could not control the pu-
pills and the Commissioners would ar
range and have the teacher removed:
that the West End school heater was
/. Il no II IL.
this week.
Col. Gorrell also reported for the
water committee, saying that he and
Alderman Walker were admitted to
the Stockholders meeting on October
9th. He said that work was com
menced Monday cleaning off for the
reserve pond; twenty-one hands are
employees: that he and the city physi-
clan inspected 1T and found it suita-
BILE place.
The light committee was repre-
sented oy Alderman Walker, who
said that three arc lights were needed.
Authority was extended to this COM
mittee to place them in the most
suitable places. Col. Gorrell thought
something ought to be done for the
good citizens on Sixth str eet, back of
where he lives, as they were almost
as good as those on Fifth street," and
suggested that the light committee
take immediate action and bave some
kerosene lamps suitably located in
that vicinity.
In regard to the house of the r. &
D. Railroad Company, on Liberty
street. Alderman LATHE stated that
it ought to be moved as it was danger
Gus tor any one to walk through the
cut as it might fall down on some
body and kill them The committee
on that was continued.
The matter of pipe laying under the
colored Baptist church on Sixth street
was left to the street committee.
Alderman Walker, in regard to
suitable place for the sanitary mules,
ETC., recommended that house about
29X41 feet be built on the ciiy'S prop
erty, in the rear Of n. S. and e. j.
Wilson's factory on Chestnut street
A special police was asked for in the
vicinity of the notorious gambling
and blockadlng district, northeast of
the city, to keep a vigilant watch
over the law-br eakerS. This district
is in the neighborhoOd of Blumtown
and is considered one OF the worst
places the police have to watch.
Commodore" Shut is not dead, nor
does he want to kill anybody, but he
wants to slaughter beeyeS in the ciGy
limits. He asked for permission to
erect slaughter house on the branch
leading from Best'S pond, just below
the Old Town road. His case was re-
ferred to the sanitary committee.
There being no further business the
Board then adjourned.