The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-02
CITY AFFAIRS.
Mayor Wright's Board of Aldermen Met
yest~erday-The Democrats Still Absent
Themselves - Committees Appointed
The Board to Meet Next Monday.


yesrerday-The Democrats Still Absent
Themselves Committees Appointed
The Board to Meet Next Monday.
Pursuant to their adjournment on
Friday, Mayor S. P, Wright and his
board of aldermen met yesterday at
IL a. m.
The members OF che board in attend
ance were Aldermen Norwood, Keith,
Twining, Hewlett, Benson, Walker
ard Green.
Aldermen Springer, Fenneli and
Yopp, who have r~efrained from par
ticipating in the organization and
meetings Of the board, were absent.
The boards attorneys, NJ. Bellamy,
Esq, A. G. Ricaud. Esq, and E. K.
Bryan, Esq, were present.
City Clerk F. 3. Rice was at his
post.
Mayor Wright stated that before he
would call the board Of aldermen to
order he desired to issue the following
order, which he read and handed to
Chief Of Police John r. Melton, to
wit:
The chief Of police is instructed
while the board of aldermen is in ses-
sion, not to permit nyOne except city
officials, persons having official bust
ness with the board and reporters of
city newspapers, to enter within the
enclosure south Of the railing dividing
the city court from east to west;
and while the mayors court is in ses-
sion, not to allow anyone to enter
within said enclosure except attorneys,
reporters of the city newspapers, de-
PENDANTS and witnesses as they are
called to testify.
SILAs P. WRIGHT,
Mayor"
The board was then called to or
der, and the minutes of the last meet
ing were read and approved.
c.. P. Jockey, Esq, appeared before
the board and stated that he repre-
sented Mr.. j. S. Sneeden who about a
month g put in a claim of $3.50
against the city for the death of his
horse which broke it's leg at the drink
ing ofuntain at Front and Market
streets. He stated that the claim was
presented to the old board of alder
men and was by it referred to the fl
nance committee. The committee re-
ported back a recommendation that
Mr.. Sneeden be paid SIS, but no ac-
ton was taken by the board upon the
report. Mr.. Jockey informed the board
that Mr.. Sneeden would not take $75,
but in a. spirit of compromise would
accept $1OO. AT the same time he would
produce abundant proof thai the horse
was worth $3.50, but he would compro-
mise instead Of worry the city or him.
self with q suit. Mr.. Jockey desired
this board to take action on the mat
ter before Friday next, as that would
be the las day for issuing
for suits at the April term Of the SUI
preme court.
Alderman Keith said that as far as
he was concerned he accepted the de
cision Of the finance committee which
had investigated the matter.
Mr.. Jockey asked that a special COM
mittee be appointed to investigate and
report the case for action by his board
before Friday next
Alderman Walker suggested that the
committee be given power to act, so
that it would not be necessary for
the board to meet again this week..
Mayor Wright stated that he would
later appoint a committee to consider
the matter.
Mayor Wright announced that he
had appointed the committees, but he
was sorry to see that the three demo-
cratic aldermen, Messrs. w. E. Spring
er, Owen Fennell and w. E. Yopp, were
va - oh to ~ 4 7 .o;l ho xx-0,11I
however, name the committees and if
the three democrats were not in at
tendance at the next regular meeting
Of the board, he would change the COM
mittees accordingly. The following is
a list Of the committees appointed:
Finance-Mayor Wright and Alder
men Keith and Springer.
Observation-Disclosures Hewlett, Yopp
and Walker.
Police-Mayor Wright and Aldermen
Twining and Benson.
Lights-A1dermen Keith, Hewlett
and Green.
Public Buildings-Aldermen Yopp,
Benson and Norwood.
Sanitary-Mayor Wright and Alder
men Keith and Fennell
Streets and Wharves-Mayor Wright
and Aldermen Twining, Keith, Walker
and Green.
Water Works-Aldermen Springer,
Fennell and Green.
Fire Department-Alder men Yopp,
Benson and Walker.
Hospital-Maycr Wright and Alder
man Springer.
Observation-Disclosures Keith, Spring
er and Norwood.
The clerk read the record of the old
board with reference to the report Of