The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-06
THE COMMON COUNCIL
The Regular Monthly Meeting Held at the
City Hall Last Night.
THE OPENING OF HOLT STREET ORDERED
The Increose I'm the Fire Department
Force and Equipments Ordered
The Purchase OF the Holt Street
nridge-Sevcral Other Matters Dis
pozed OF Before Adjournment.

Rokeu VI beIore AdJOurnmentS
The monthly meeting Of the Common
Council was held last night. with Presi-
dent Roper in the chair and the follow
Ing members present: Messrs. White,
Walker, Rtickhouse, Sheldon, Phil
potts, Frost, Arps, Simmons. Small,
McManus, Peele. Borum, Hyslop,
Redd. Shellhouse, Camp and Harmon.
The minutes of the last meeting OF
the Common Council were read and ap-
proved.
The minutes of the last meeting of the
select Council were read, and all mat
ters were concurred in except In the
matter of double tracking Chapel street.
between Highland avenue and Queen
street, which was taken up The petl-
ton OF the people of Brambleton was
adopted. and the ordinance prescribing
the route over which the new line of the
Norfolk Street Railway Company shall
pass was read
MI. Small took occasion to score the
street railway company for it's failure
10 give lo-minute trips on Main street
as promised. and said that the Bank
street service was not what had been
promised. He also said that open cars
hed been promised during the summer
time. but they had not come, and would
not come He was very severe on the
| Al NHol ne termed ltS broken
promises. He afterwards said that he
nad seen In newspaper year age
that the company would give oper
cars, put that this was the only informa.
ton he had had on the subject.
Inc matter was discussed at some
ishgth ana amended so as to allow
the company to place q single track or
chapel street, from Highland ayenue
TO queen street, and after striking out
section 3. which debarred any Other
company from using Chapel street fol
street car purposes. it was adopted.
me ordinance increasing the salary OF
ahe ely Engineer to $4,000 per annun
was adopted. - -
HOLT STREET OPENING.
communication was read from the
city Attorney, giving the figures agreed
upon In the Condemnation proceedinrs
tor opening Holt street as 1850. witt
ordnance TO make the same effective
pay for theEproperty. TX
Mr. Sheldon characterized the effor,
70 open the street as a high handed
piece of Encouragement He detailed
me present urgent needs OF the cit,
when could not be secured, because III,
flhance Committee cou,- not recon
mend ine appropriations He said tina
Norfolk was more in debt than an>
city in the United States, and IT wa.
time TO practise economy. He vigorous
ly fought the measure. $500
Mr. Walker deplored the fact that the
chairman of the Finance Committee had
opposeG the measure so strenuously. Ht
sara that when the matter first cams
up ne (Walke) had agreed to vote
against 1t If the amount exceeded $40 900
Inc ngures were within that sum. The
FIRST Ward, he said had never gotten
anything since the paving OF Holt street
which was only done after n member
from the Fist Ward had declared thu
nothing would be done on CRANKY stree,
unless Holt street was paved. He gave
notice that he would fight in the same
way.
Why Is It that $40, 900 will now bank
rupt the city when short while ago
Mr.. Sheldon voted for a free bridge To
Berkeley at cost of sl35, O0b?" he added
Mr.. Sheldon said that In the Berk-
ley bridge scheme he saw promise OF
great returns; here he saw none.
MT. Peelle was opposed to opening
the street only as far as Cumberland
street, but he would like to see II 90
| through TO CRANKY street, If the city
was able
Mr.. Walker-"Our idea was to open It
| through TO CRANKY street and If we did
not have 10 get out so soon we would
show you that we would do 1t. Mr..
| Frank busch owns seven houses along
the line of this route and these houses
are always occupied, yet he agrees to
give enough of this property to open
| the street"
The appropriation was then made
ayes, 10; nays, Sand Mr.. Walker was
made happy.
HOLT STREET BRIDGE.