The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-04-08
SALEM CITY FATHERS.
LAST REGULAR MEETING OF
THE PRESENT BOARD.
Mayor Butner Submits His Report
for the Fiscal Year Ending March
81, 1S97-Report of Super
fntendent of Health.


intendent of Health.
The last regular meeting of Salem's
present Board of Commissioners was
held Friday night. Mayor S. E. Butner
presided. Commissioners Fogle, Crist,
Rights and Vance were present.
Before the Board was called to order,
Mayor pro tenn Crist was sworn in,
the oath being administered by May
or Butner.
The question of buying some hose
for the fire department was continued
Mr.. Vance was added to the Commit
tee and requested to get lowest prices
from one or more dealers. Mayor
Butner stated that it was discovered
a few days ago that lot of hose, ship
ped to the town of Salem, had been
in the N. & w. depot since January.
The freight bill was paid and the hose
taken out, but upon investigation no
one could be found who ordered the
hose, besides, owing to an odd size
they are useless to the town. The
matter will be looked into further to
see il the manufacturers did not make
| a mistake in shipment.
The matter of running water mains
in West Salem was continued for
further consideration.
The Board voteG $50 to build a foot
bridge on the street near Shaffner's
cotton gin.
The Board was requested to place a
street lamp on Academy street, near
the Reed house. Referred TO Light
Committee.
Messrs Fogle, Vance and Fries
were appointed an Auditing Commit
| tee to examine the books of Secretary
and Treasurer Keehln.
MAYOR BUTNER's ANNUAL REPORT.
Mayor Butner submitted his report
for the fiscal year ending March 81,
| 1897 1t reads as follows:
While the amount of street work
done the past year may not equal in
| extent that Of some previous years,
| yet | am gratified to report that 1t
seems to have given general satisfac-
| tion. Bellows Greek street, from
| Church to East side of Chestnut bias
been graded and paved with blocks.
| Marshall street, from Academy to
| West street, has been paved with
| rough stone. The general street work,
| such as sweeping Main street, clean
ing out bitches and general repairing
| OF the streets, has been attended tC
| whenever the need of such work has
been reported. Owing to some heavy
| rains during the year, it has been
| necessary to do more work on the SIDE
streets than in sume previous years
| A large proportion Of the general
street work has been done by convict
labor and by persons paying their tax
All bills for street work have been
paid.
The sanitary work has been faith
| fully carried on and the town is now
in a reasonably good sanitary condi
| tion. The number OF lots cleaned
this year will make daily average OF
twenty, and the total expenses for the
year is $446 88
/ am gratified to state the order o
the town has been, in general, very
good.
The docket for the year just ended
shows that there were 206 warrant:
issued for violations of the town oTdi
cases; dismissed, 80; bound over to the
Superior Court, 6; appealed, l.
! In concluding his report, His Honor
thanks the members of Board, Secre
tary and Treasurer, Chief of Polio,
and other officers for courtesies ex
tended during his term Of Office, ant
for the very faithful and efficien
manner in which they have discharged
their duties.
| ANNUAL HEALTH REPORT.
Supt of Health f e Keehln, reported
that he had received during the pas
year, ending March 31st, 60 burial per
mits and the following were the dis
eases:
WHITES Consumption, 2; stillborn
2; pneumonia, 5; cancer, 2; paralysis
l; all other diseases, 20; menengitis,
dysentery, 2; typhoid fever, 2; diph
iberia, 1; measels, l; heart disease, 5
la grippe, l; total, 46.
CoLORED Consumption, 2; all othe
diseases, 2; diarrh9a, 2; typhoid fever
2; pneumonia, 1; diphtheria, 1; mel
engitis, l; total, IA.
Had received during the year 3
notices of births viz: Males, IL
females, 10; total, "a
Colored children, males, 1; females
1; total, 2.
The Mayor will call an extra sessio
of the Board the latter part of tn
month to close up the years work.