The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-13

The City Council held ON adjourned
session LAST night. All the members
were present except Messrs. Bachman,
Clark and Houston.
Bills on the calendar were taken up
for consideration. A resolution for a
board sidewalk on Twelfth street n.
W.; Henry street n. W., and portion
OF Dale avenue 8. g., was passed; also
bill for board sidewalk on q portion
Of Rorer avenue.
The ordinance imposing licenses for
certain privileges WAS then taken up
Tho following are the changes: Real
estate and rental agents, $50; quack
medicine vendors, SIS per day; bowling
alleys. $50; commercial agencies and
reporters, S25; carriages and hacks,
two horse, $3.50, and one. horse, SIS;
lsundries and laundry agents, SIS; stall
lion and jack keepers, $40; bill posters,
$40; storage houses, $751; barber shops,
IS. and 81 for each chair exceeding one;
marble yards, S25; dyeing establish
ments, $40.
!, The council refused to tax planning
mill establishments.
= On motion of Mr.. Loughery the tax
on junk dealers was placed at $3.50. Mr.
Andrews endeavored to tax the Electric
Light Compan $3.50, stating that as the
Gas Com pany WAS taxed $500 this COM
pany should pay more than S1OO, the
rate 1t is now taxed, but the council
voted down the amendment. Motions
made to tax contractors and sign paint
ers were also voted down. The bill as
nmandQA kaa
Bills levying the final assessment for
the construction of sidewalks on Jeffer-
son street, Mountain avenue. Elm ave-
nue., Washington avenue and Edgewood
street were adopted.
a resolution was adopted directing
the city engineer to repair certain brick
sidewalks on Campbell avenue Jeffer-
son street and Salem avenue that are
In dangerous condition a. the expense
OF the abutting property owners.
A resolution providing for q board
sidewalk ON Elm avenue, southeast,
was also adopted, but the ordinance
providing for board sidewalks in front
OF tho Calvary Baptlss and United
Brethron Churches, was referred back
to the street committee to ascertain If
such walks will be acceptable to those
churches, and alsoSto ascertain the cost
An ordinance imposing a fine for
throwing stones at electric fixtures,
lamps, globes, wires, or damaging any
property used in the public lighting.
was adopted.
An ordinance to restrict the rate of
speed of street railway cars on Center
avenue northwest, was sent back to the
committee for further consideration.
Mr.. Moomaw introduced resolution,
which was adopted, postpouing any
further board walk construction until
the beginning of the next fiscal year.
Mr.. Moomaw, from the street com
mittee, presented q report making a
settlement with the Common wealth
Land Company for the encroaohment
on Holiday street. north OF the Ran
dolph street bridge, question which
mas been pending in Council for nearly
TWO years. The settlement provides
that tho city shall pay SO the Common
wealth Land Company S262 so for suffl-
G,ent lana Tor the proper enjoyment Of
Holiday street.
Mr.. Terry, from the committee on
accounts. reported the bill for street
cleaning, amounting to 500 AT, which
was approved.
Mr.. Groves, from the committee on
public property, reported adversely to
the petition of II. @. Deal to be allowed
to sell fresh fish outside OF the fish shed,
which report WAS adopted.
Several petitions, communications
and other papers were referred to APP
propriate committees.
Mr.. Stevenson INTRODUCED a resolu-.
ton rectting that certain houses of i'll
repute existed in the vicinity of Holli.
day street below the market house; that
the occupants and persons visiting them
had become nuisance to the COM
munisy, and requested the mayor and
police force to tske action and have
that part OF the city riddad CT the nuis-
ance. The resolution was adopted. The
Council then adjourned.