The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-12
VARIOUS INTERESTING REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES.
Message From Mayor McClel-
notwithstanding Report of the City
Engineer-The Bonds of the New CITY
Officers Approved by the Couucil-Res-
olutions Requesting Franchise for
the Roanoke Telephone Company.

The City Council held its regular
monthly meeting last night in the circuit
courtroom, with the following members
present.: Messrs. Andrews, Wilson, Mays,
Mullen, Minnahan, Boswell, Bachman,
Starkey, Evans, Guy, Oney, Hawkins,
Mays and Terry
The session was opened with prayer by
Rev. DR.. w. c. Campbell, which was
something of a departure from the rule
heretofore followed by the city fathers of
Roanoke. The reading of the journal was
dispensed with.
Mayor McClelland's report was read.
which recommended that the pound be
enlarged, rs the present quarters were too
small for quartering stock, and that
much complaint had been made on ac-
count OF stock being injured which had
been inIpounded.
In regard to the streets, the MAYOR rec
commended that they be attended to- He
stated that at many places the street rail
way company is to blame for the condi-
ton of the streets and in others the city
is to blame.
He also recommended that an effort be
made to take up all six per cent. bonds of
the city, and reissue instead bonds bear
ing interest at the rate of four per cent.
The finance committee and the MAYOR
were made a committee to examine into
the feasibility of the recommendation.
The mayor further recommended that
the city solicitor or commonwealth's at
torney be required to look after the ap-
pealed cases from the court of the police
justice until finally disposed of CITY
Solicitor Glasgow was present and was
requested to be heard on the question.
He did not think it part of the duty of
the city solicitor TO look after the matter
any further than to look after the valid
ity OF city ordinances. Judge Woods, of
the police court, was also given the floor.
who thought in justice to the city solic.
itor that he should make a statement.
The recommendation was referred to the
ordinance committee.
The city engineer reported that the va
rlous improvements had been made in
various parts of the city by the chain
gang, at a total cost to the city of S:}61. As.
The report was very exhaustive and
shows that much time and labor was nee
essary in its preparation. The report was
received and the recommendations taken
up, all of which were referred to the ap-
proprate committees.
The Norfolk and Western railroad com
pany asked permission to construct steps
four feet from the building on the Shen-
andoah entrance of the new Office building
and fourteen feet in length. The request
was granted by the Council
The committee on accounts reported
claims and accounts against the city as
follows and recommended their approval
and payment: CIR minal charges, $40;
interest, $19,S90 salaries. 81, $40. 30;
commissions, 81, 900 60, and various other
accounts, elections, fire, interest. jail,
lights, paupers. street reports, etc, to
the amount of 50, S26. II.
The'bill of the Roanoke Electric Light
and Power Company, amounting to
S9n.20, was not approved owing to the
non. existence of a contract between the
city and the company.
The committee also recommended that
the city blacksmith do the horse shoeing
for the various fire companies. The rec
concentrations were taken up and APP
proved The account of the electric light
company was allowed under the restric-
. ions formerly made in allowing the ac-
count
The report of the committee on finance
was read and was found to recommend
that the city board horse for the mayor
at the city stable at the rate of 81 per
month. In regard to the checking up of
the books of the city auditor and the
treasurer, the committee recommended
that competent person be employed for
this work at a cost to the city not exceed
ing SO. said work to be done under the
supervision of the committee
The committee also offered a resolution
requiring the city auditor TO furnish the
city sergeant with a list of the nsolvent
personal and captation tax for the years
1891 to 1894 inclusive, with authority to
collect same and pay it into the treasury
monthly, for which he shall be allowed
commission of % per cent.
The committee recommended the APP
proval o. the official bonds of the follow
ing officers: Chas. W. Thomas, city
| treasurer, $50, 600, with the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland as surety;
JAS. u. Coon, tax collector, SO, 600, with
the Fidelity and Deposit Company of
| Maryland as surety; Thos. NJ. Wood, po-
lice justice, 81 900, with the American
Building and Trust Company of Balti-
more as surety; VIM. a. Noble, auditor,
$4,000, with j. Allen Watts and Louis y.
Scholz as sureties; w. f. Thomas, clerk
of the Council, 81 900, with I. T. Fish.
burne as surety; VIM. \. Glasgow, city
solicitor, 81 GOO, with Lucian II. Cooke
as surety; X. f. Coleman, clerk of the
| markets, 81 900, with j. Allen Watts and
Thos. w. Miller as sureties W. NJ.
Miles, pound master and blacksmith,
$500, with j. \. Hoover and Thos. j.
WEIGH as sureties. The report of the
committee was received and the recon-.