The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
COMMON COUNCIL MEETING
Very Much important Business
Transacted.
NEW TELEPHONE COMPAN Y
A Very Long Session. Street Clean
and Atlantic City Police.
Single Paving Ordered
on Bank Street.

uo oOlulnDn SoUuoil ihct luSt
night in adjourned session with the
President, Capt. Jno. L.. Roper, III
the chair, amt the following mem
beers present: Arps, Brickhouse,
Philpots, Walker, Sheldon, Wright,
Lewis, Leigh, Peelle, Camp, q. W.,
Heath, White. Herman, Borum.
The contract for building the Duke
street bridge was awarded to MIR. Ii
&. Culpepper, the lowest bidder, at
81, 4G5.
The report OF the Brambleton
Board recommending that the l.. j.
Acker Construction Company be al
lowed TO sewer aud drain Bramble.
ton Ward rs per agreements stated.
was adopted.
The Council refused to grant the
request of Ed. Frost to hang sign
3XG feet in dimensions on CRANKY
street.
Mir. Lewis offered resolution
nppropriating So, 900 for the poor OF
the city, WAC discussed ~ lenghth
and on motion OF Mr.. Herman 5000
| was appropriated 10 be distributed
by the United Chart les, Mr.. Arps
voting no.
Tho Committee on Street Paving,
| to whom WAS referred tho dispute
OF Messrs. Brooke, City Engineer,
and busch, member Of Board of
Street, Sewer and Drain, recon-
mended that Bank street be single
| paved with Belgian block and that
| al lanes he paved with rubhle.
Adopted, Mr.. Herman voting no.
| ltngnIntin, l,a SnhnAI lsAnrI
asking $40, 600 to build two school
houses, was referred 10 the Finance
| COMMITTED.
The ordinance appropriating $500
to the Bell Telepn one Company for
running the fire alarm wires on
their poles and approving the loca
lion oil their poles was reconsider
ed, and the request, aloug with u
Request OF the Virginia Telephone
| Company, WAS referred 10 the Ordl.
nance Committee.
y communication from the Police
| Board asking that the ordinance be
so amended us to allow tue Board to
appoint siXty-four men, was dis
cussed, and Il motion to suspend the
rules and pass was defeated by avote
OF & to 10, Messrs. Arps, Hannah.
Herman, Lewis, Leigh and Peelle
voting no.
Report of the Fire Committee up
proving the petitions of sundry per
| sons 10 erect frame houses was
| adopted.
Report OF the special committee
on letting out street cleaning to
contract was read. Mr. Peelle, OF
the committee, said that member
OF TIE Board has appeared before
the committee and stated that six or
seven thousand dollars could be
saved the city. MIR. Camp moved
that the matter be referred to the
Board with instructions to ndver-
tise for bids, TO be reported to the
councils.
The Councils adopted the commit
tee report to put top on the patrol
wagon at cost OF $40.
The Councils adopted anIordi.
nance lnsiructing the secretary OF
the Board of Health to net AS Vital
Statlstlclan,
he semi annual statement OF
Treasurer Hunter was referred to
the Finance Committee.
\ letter from Atlantic City Board
III regard to Smith creek bridge was
laid over.
4 resolution from Atlantic City
asking that SlG3 he transferred from
water account to schoolhouse fund,
was granted.
Petition of Ct. S. Face and Frank
Coinnder for the rebuilding OF GRO.
! Moons taxes, was granted.
acquisition OF Board of Harbor
Commissioners for $500 was referred
TO Finance Committee.
y motion WAS adopted ordering
the paving OF Martins lane.
a petition from Frank busch and
Others to n@ie keed's lane was re.
ferrtd To street Committee.
y resolution to put the old aims
house IN the hands Of the Mayor
and others to be used es an Indus
trial Home was laid Oh the table.
The report of the Grand jury
IN regard to sending police III bar
rooms was laid over.
The ordinance giving the Street
Sewer aud Drain board 81 900 ma
follows: $500 to the chairman aud
500 to each OF the other members.
was lost by a vote OF ii 10 /, MIR.
Peelle voting no.
motion to curb, gutter aud she'll
YORK street extended, was adopted.
The Council after being In session
nearly four hours adjourned.
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