Asheville daily citizen., 1894-04-07
HE DIDN'T PAY HIS TAXES
SD SOME ;sF MAYOR Rl.AN-
TONS I.Ors WE'RE SOLD.
Ana This In Spite OF the Fact
That He Go: n HaIary of 500
Men,h That Might Have Been
GRrnishesd.

t he first regular n.jtlIg OF the Boar
+ OF Aldermen Tor several weeks was hcl
e in the chnmber on the second floor Of Il
Ci,y Hall Yesterday afternoon, with Il
.! The members present
y bill ior professional services wa
rendered by City Attorney f. a. Sont
ley, making an itemizcd stat, ment Of tn
cases in which be has appeared, his ic
IN eacil ranging from 50 TO 500, and i,
several cases there was no charge. Th,
total. which included his yearly salar,
OF $500, was S72O. Mr.. Jones, relerrin.
to the bill, said 1t was most reason, a
HE one and conpimentcd Mr.. Sondey
tor his characteristic painstaking care ii
looking alter the Cas,s. The bill was
ordered paid.
a. ], LYMAN presented what hc con.
sldertiI tic incquitles concerning the paw
Ing assessments against the property oi
Mrs. Lyman ut the intersection OF Pat
ton avvDuc and Has wood street, aud OF
". W. Lyman on Depot street. The
matter was given i0to the hands Of the
street committee for report.
Tax Collector Fapg presented his list
o. de!ilqucnts and was instructed to
consult The CITY attorney as 10 the form
OF advertising etc, Whi!e talking on this
siitlict an Old report OF deli. Qucnt sa!rs
madc by \. A. REYNOLDS, former tax
collector, was presented and read
from, Wherein ;Ee Information was
given that several lots belonging to
MaI"r Bian.on were sold for his taxes
tor 80, 81 and 90 Mayor Patton
sad 10 th" Board that the sales need no,
have been made in this case, rs Mavor
Blanton was drawing his sa;arv every
tnoat!i, and The taxes could have been
gotten from that instead Of from real
estate, as the law rrquiscs the t4x e3llcc-
Tor t. sell personal p:oprty before real
estate.
The Mayor reported ii t nc was m
correspondence with a mau VIII, was
talking OF coming here to pot Up d far
mace iofcrelnatin2 "a bag ari THOUGHT
possibly il hr dii 80 t eci;y ,uii make
arrangements Tor th" disposition ui it,
refuse.
Citizens on Snrug atiu,t sat up
petition asking p4nA .adaW-!& rom
West Haywood s.Ct,t to !lg "c>t End
market. Referred - the ,ucu CON-,
nllttcc
y report tom DE street rumui,lcc
recommended shat work he done ut Il,
lot oi y K r,sJu on sterIlsn,l,u.,
which MAS damaged by the gtadin.! o.
the ayenuc. The work will cos perhaps
Sl-, ana he report wa- adopted.
A petition from Sputh Main street
i IZens asked permission t. have Il beef
market on that street Gcar l:c watering
trough. N action.
Waerworks Sup yiltend-Ql Mulal
III his March report stated that duilu.
tlc month the pumps had sat ingo t .
CITY 22,!3J. $50 gallons %, water. A
talk an the wa'er question: cnsued
during Which Mayor Patton state bat
he lioncd the E2xt ainiais ration would
improve OF this on, in The yny II nut.
ting II water mes"y3 ara thus atoppiag
tn great degree the waste now gDiua
on.
Cobb * Mcrrimrn in letter 10 ,hc
Board complained Of what they call d
uu'hir''' So Ut ie2arl to ther unpaid bill
'i $500 10 iJr services while I. Il. Cobb
was city attorney. Tnrv said other al,
tnrneys who's" bills are Junior 10 theirs
Lave been piih. On motion of |. NJ
Guhgcr The Mavor was uuthori1cu to
reply to Cobb * Merrimon that their
dtbt was on par with all he old bills
standing on the hooks and casscd
among the Ilpatn% dcb, and would be
paid as soon as the city was able to pay
t tht m Mir. hudgcr announced himself
as tavorilig the proposition to bond the
foatlpg debt, on which Ashcyilc will
vote a the Nav elcc ion
w. X. West, ,, asked Tor Il walk on
Buttrck street, aud the street commit.
tee was requested to report to next
meeting, This committee on request OF
5. Il Chapman, was also instructed to +
report on the question of damages ty
.he grading OF Grove street to the prop.
,rty of Mrs. Ella Cnunn.
Matters concerning the West End
market were referred to the market
lousc committee.
Bills were ordered pad in the follow
pg order: W. {. Temp'cton. $40; SAM
,ary department payroll, SSJ.l9; water
! partment pa,roll, $ll 30; Mrs. S.
Inman, SIG 81; II. L. Hail. $3.50; tel
ohon exchange $25; ]. +. DI ktrson &
90, 81 10; II. 7. E.talrook, $1.4O; w.
:. Carmichael, 90c.: Il. NJ. Lee, $3.50.
Brown, N'rthup n Co., $lo13; T. b.
lyman, So. 10; Powell & Snidrr. $4.15;
The CITIZEN $3.50: Randolph-k Kerr
Printing Co 500: b. Burnettc, 81 so;
Prnniman Bros, 50 10: W. II. Wrstail,
81 96; A. ID. Cooper, SIG 60; Kelly &
,llinft 80 "a. - I,J,r 90 -. III.