The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-08
THE ALDERMEN MEET
The City Fathers Listen to the
Revised Ordinances.
WAS A LONG DOCUMENT
Superintendent Howell Wants
More Room in City Schools.

Health Record of the City, and Where
Contagious Diseases are Located
Ranort Of the Street Committee
Some Petitions and Orders.
The Board of Aldermen met IN regu-
lar session Mt the mayors office last
night.
The meeting was long and tedious,
owing to the reading and adoption oil
the new city ordinances. Inc city
laws have not been codified Tor many
wears. CITY Attorney Holding last
night announced that the new eodlned
ordinances were complete. On motion
they were ordered TO be read before
the Board. Mr.. Holding read the en-
fire volume. The reading consumed
several hours. the codified ordinances
being about as long as the Venezuelan
correspondence or the WinsloW bioW-
out.
All the different committees re-
ported. ,;44ao
The report of the street committee
was unite extended; in it are reviewed
and discussed all the questions reialhS
10 street improvement in the city.Ihey
renort that work is proceeding on the
new Morgan street bridge The work
Of grading and curling has been COM
plefed on Wilmington street, from
Homes to North street; it was recon-
,nended that the west side OF Whining
ton street from Jones to Edenton
streets be graded and ctrbed at once.
rrbs rano,t recommends that the task
If making an accurate survey q .ie
boundaries of the city,and marking elle
boundaries in stone he ehtfuseeo ~
Street Commissioner Stake, VINO
also city surveyor. Inc coIiliilabese
recommends that number o. oah
trees be bought, as soon as the sloe7
walks are improved as proposea. anu
SET out wherever spaces occur along
tba r,rineipal avenues; and that sugar
maples be purchased and planted at
corners of the principal cross-sffeets
to enable property owners TO locate
trees when setting them out. MS
viii make uniform rows of handsome
trees. and will do away with the
present ragged" look of the streets,
some of the trees in the gutter, ana
Others on the sidewalks.
The chief of police reported "a ar
rests for the month: for dlsordeFly
conduct. 10: drunkenness, q; larceny.
10; affray, II.
MORE ROOM WANTED.
Superintendent Howell, Of the Guy
Graded schools. made a report, recon-
mending an increase in the acconnno-
dations of the city schools are now
over-crowded. He also recommended
numerous repairs in the Centennial
Graded school, which were authorized
by the Board. The need for more room
in the city schools is pressing. ne
report was referred
Street Commissioner Blake made q
report Of the work done on the CITY
streets during the month.
PROPOSITIONS AND OTHERS.
The Raleigh Electric Go. made q
nroposition to put iii Is electric lights
in place of the 81 gas jets with when
the market house is now lighted.
q. S. Harris applied for PERMISSION
to move his saloon 70 East Rale1gh'
but the Board decided II unWlse 70
allow saloons beyond what y locally
known as the dead line, and refused
his petition.
The liquor license of III. S. Lowry
was transferred to K. Z. Winston,
License TO sell liquor was granted 70
j. A. Adams. -
The United Order Of Kings Daugh-
ters presented q petition regarding
the works of charity in the city. me
petifion was referred 10 the committee
on charities.
The Board authorized the purchase
of q new storage battery Tor the eIec'
rric FIRE alarm telegraph system. ms
will be placed in the new fire depart
ment heaquarters, on West Morgan
street. now nearing completion.
CITY,s HEALTH RECORD.
The report of the city health officer
shows that there were n deaths dur.
ing the month. 10 white and II eolored
3 Of these were under five years and
over seventy years, showing that only
IL persons with average expectation o.
life died during the month. Forty
births were reported, Is white, p col
ored. sixty-two cases Of measles are
reported. 17 in First, Is in Second, x
in Third. Z in Fourth wards; one east
of diphtheria in First ward and cases
varieella in First ward. The city'
average health is better than usual.
YNF, MATT IIErIE