The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-07
WHO will
RIDE 1T?
Our Police Force to Have a Speedy
Wheel.
MEETING OF THE CITY FATHERS
LAST NIGHT.-THE CITY MAY
BUY THE SMITH BUILDING FOR
A PUBLIC sCHooL-THE CITY
ENGINEER SUBMITS HIS ESTI-
MATE OF THE COST OF INSTALL
ING AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.


The regular monthly meeting of the
City Council was held in the circuit court
room last night, presided over by Presi.
dent JAS. r. Terry.
A message from the mayor was read
and the recommendation that the account
of NJ. G. Morris for going to Cincinnati
for a prisoner be not allowed, was adopt
ed, as it was apparent that this was
commonwealth case and did not come un.
der the jurisdiction of the city.
The report Of the city engineer was
read and the subject matter referred to
appropriate committees. AS it was APP
parent that for sanitary purposes it was
necessary to buy car load of lime, the
Council instructed the city engineer to
purchase the necessary quantity.
The reports of the clerk of the market
aud keeper of the almshouse were read
and referred to appropriate committees.
The committee on finance made it's re-
port. A motion was made and carried
that when Council adjourned it adjourn
to meet Friday night, April 8, to consider
the tax schedule.
The committee recommended supple
menting several appropriations and their
recommendation was adopted.
The bonds of the city auditor and chief
IF police were accepted.
The committee reported a recommended
tion from the school board requesting the
city to purchase the Smith building to be
used for school purposes, and recon-
mended that the matter be refer red to the
finance committee and the public prop.
erty committee with power to purchase
same at a cost not to exceed $40, 000.. The
recommendation was adopted.
Recommendation that the claim of w.
b. Murphy be allowed...was adopted. A
recommendation was made that an addi-
tiOnal appropriation OF 5000 be allowed
to supplement the appropriation of $3.50
to complete the checking up..of the books
of the city officers. After some discussion
the recommendation was adopted.
Consideration of tax ordinance was con-
tinued until Friday night.
Committee on accounts then reported
and many accounts were allowed. The
committee recommended that the account
o. w. n. Wexford for service to the city
be allowed. Considerable discussion was
INDUCED in by the different members of
the Council, but the claim was not al
lowed.
The street committee recommended
that walks be laid on Randolph street
and that Stag crossings be laid on corner
OF TaZewell avenue and Dale, Dale and
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+ Committee recommended that petition
of John Myers and others asking for
grading on Gilmer avenue be allowed and
the grading authorized to be done. Rec
o,2lmendation WAS accepted.
Majority of the committee on streets
reported that they had investigated anu
recommended that the matter of laying
brick sidewalks ON north side of Church
avenue and First avenue from Jefferson
street to the postofice. be laid on the
table. The minority report recommended
that the city engineer be authorized to
advertise for bids to lay these sidewalks
and that the cost incidental to laying the
same be charged to the ahutting property
owners. Considerable discussion WAS in
Obliged in by the members of the Council.
The motion to lay on the table was
called first and the matter was laid on
the table y motion to reconsider was
lost.
The report of the public property com
mittee was then read and taker up in sec
tions. The recommendation that the city
buy IL bicycle for the police force was al
lowed.
Recommendation that an appropriation
he made to repair the Jail floor was al
lowed.
Recommendation that the petition of
Traynham, Dyer and Wingate to be al
lowed to use the lower part of Rorer Hall
rs stable be allowed. was accepted.
Recommendation that the city engineer
be authorized to put fences along the
walk leading from the courthouse gate to
the door of the courthouse and to improve
the grounds was adopted
Committee on sewers reported that
they would report later in regard to the
drainage on Commonwealth avenue and
the balance of the report was adopted
without further reading.
Committee on lights recommended that
the estimate of the.city engineer as to the
cost of the erection and maintaining an
electric light plant be referred to the
finance committee to decide us to whether
or not the city was in position to erect
the plant and how the money necessary
should he raised. The following recapi-
tulation of the cost OF construc ton, oper-