The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-13
The SELECT COUNCIL
The Regular Monthly Meeting Of the City
Fathers Held Last Night.
Mr.. COOKE MAKES AN EXPLANATION.
He Tells what Became of tho Old
AHmshouse MatertaIAThe Resolu.
tion TO Appropriate Money for
Opening Holt Street Defeated
The Holt street Bridge Matter.

! The regular monthly meeting of the
Select Council was held last night with
President Winston In the chair and the
following members present: Messrsl
Beasley, Mallory, Treadweli, Womble,
Wrenn: Cooke, Broughton, Goodridee
and Grub.
The minutes of the last meeting were
| read and approved.
The minutes of the last meeting of
the Common Council were read and
concurred in, except as follows:
| Concurrent business was then taken
up, and except as below noted the
Council concurred in the action of the
Common Branch.
| In the matter of additional street
railway facilities for Brambleton, MIR.
Goodridge moved to refer all tire papers
to the Local Board of that ward
| Mr.. Wrenn took Mr.. Goodridge up on
his assertion that there were no other
applications to lay tracks on Chapel
street. He referred TO the two appli-
cations previously before the Council.
Mr. Goodridge differed his position
His motion to refer prevailed.
In the matter of the extension of
Scott street from James to CRANKY by
condemnation proceedings, the Council
adhered TO its former action in passing
the ordinance providing for the i'm
provement.
The issue of $4,000 of per cent. 30
year bonds for city purposes was au-
thorized, Mr. Beasley voting no.
The ordinance providing for the OPEN
ing of Holt street. from Church to Cum
berland. and approprlatng s29,63O for
that purpose. came up and was lost.
The ordinance providing for Commits
sioners TO ascertain the cost of Holt
street bridge and to take the proper
preliminary steps for obtaining the
bridge was adopted.
a petition asking for a free armory
for the city military was received. The
Finance Committees report advocating
concession OF $500 per year and the
remittal of 500 was received.
Messrs. Goodrldge and Grub advocat-
ed the passage of the resolution.
Upon motion OF Mr. Goodrldge. the
ordinance was adopted.
| Mr.. Goodridge offered q resolution pro-
viding for the closing OF city offices at
O'Clock on Saturdays after June 1st
The resolution was referred to the
Ordinance Committee to bring In an
ordinance.
Mr.. Goodrirge thought Friday would
be better payday than Saturday.
!, MIR. Wrenn opposed the resolution.
which was adopted
Mr.. Cooke thought an explanation of
the disposition OF material from the old
ulmshouse, In view of certain insinua-
tons appearing in the press in order,
and offered a report from the committee,
showing the disposition of same
This report was in part as follows:
Acting under instructions from your
, honorable bodies, your committee adver-
t!sed In the daily papers for bids for the
purchase of the materials in the old aims
house and smaller buildings. all of which
5 We're to be taken down and removed.
These bids were received and opened on
April ". 1895. with the following results:
~. l.. Webster bid for the whole 5000;
Nj f,Nt he. ,xl,i
Your commMtee, deeming these
amounts too small. and with the knowl-
edge that many OF the bricks would be
required In improving the cemetery en-
tensions, rejected both bids, and on nj :
t!on of Mr.. Walker the City Engineer
was directed to have the buildings taken
, down, the bricks cleaned and hacked.
and the lumber piled on the most advan-
tageous terms to the city.
The City Engineer reported that the
whole work could be done on basis of
So cents per thousand for the bricks
hacked. and II was so ordered, and done
at a cost of s429.40
AT meeting of your committee on
July Il. 1895. the City Engineer, in con-
, Junction with Mr.. Walker. was directed
TO sell as many bricks as would leave a
suttoency for our work. which We eSti-
| mated would require about 100000 and
we also allowed the Park Committee to
use about 10000 bricks, and such lumber
as w.uld be useful in constructing the
pavilion in the park. = Il low estimate
the material furnished the Park Commit
tee was worth $3.50, and had 1t been pur-
chased new would have cost three times
that amount. In the walls built around
the exposed sides of the cemetery were
used 906,OO0 OF the old bricks. which we
estimate as worth at least 81 per Thu
sand, and which would have cos, us
IS d We had not mad them. Besides.
as shown by the Treasurers books there
We're sold $137 worth of old material so
mat even under the most Conservative
estimate, and taking the materials used
oy The city at minimum prices, the ac-
coun; WILL stand as follows: Amount re-
ceiVed for old lumber, bricks. &C, s737:
amount furnished Park Committee $3.50:
amour. for bricks in cemetery walls
S6lS-total, 81 COS
me report further shows that The civ
gained about s1.10O by disposinF of the
material In this way.
The Council approved the committees
report.
MI GoodrIdge gave notice of o. mo-
non 10 reconsider the vote on Holt street
opsning at the next meeting.
me Mayor announced the apnoin+-
meht or Sarah Bridgeport as matron of
me police station, and the Council adj
journed.