Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-20

economical to purchase the necessary
teams and equipment and place the
service with the street commissioners
who may transfer these teams from Il
busy garbage season during the sum
n1er months to the needed street re-
pairing in the winter, and vice versa as
occasion may require: then, too Il
great deal OF cinder and non perish;ible
matter could be advantageouSly utiliz-
ed upon the streets and i'll making fills,
ect. This is Il responsibility that the
city should assume. The preservation of
its public health is Il paramount duty
which should be recognized and dis
charged and to insure this end there
il, IN my opinion. no more important
step than to maintain Il thorough sys-
TEN of cleanliness. / am led to regard
TINS change as an important one and
especially so when the fact is consid-
cred that very mild winter has just
ended. which did little toward the des-
truetion of many disease germs Which
make 1ncursions upon us during the
summer season and which find in this
ctiete matter Il suitable pabulum for
subsistence ana a hot bed for breeding
It is we'll to appreciate also that the
niasua'ic emanations from the dig
ginG ana construction of the proposed
sewerage system are not likely to add
to 4 general physical welfare.
haHe advertised for sealed propo-
sails fox the removal Of the night soil
of the city to be submitted to the cnun-
ell for approval.
await for further instructions from
tn" common council in the matter of
the collection and removal of garbage.
Your most obcdcnt servant.
S-ANL. w. I1ORSON. NJ. d.
... Health Officer
Mr.. I.cnz wanted to advertise. for bids
and dispose of the matter in the usu-
III way We don't want to establish
a navy yard fn,. broken-down and
n
After discussing tho matter briefly
the mayors message was referred to
the ordinance and street committees
Bids. however. Will be received and it
Will be determined later how the mat
ter shall b" disposed. of
Chairman Willctt of the finance com
mitt"e reported, that no recommends
ton could be made on the ordinance
Increasing the salaries Of the policemen,
till the levy had been made He
thought tn" committee would lie ready
to report at the next meeting
LICENSE, oEDI NANCE ADOPTED
The net fixing The license for the wear
W'ls adopted with few changes from
-1ae one in force last year.
Mr. LenZ objected to the fee of fifty
cents allowed the commissioner of the
revenue for issuing license, claiming
that ii should be reduced TO twenty-
five cents.
Messrs willz,r-.2n1 Mclaughlin spoke
against rclucin" the Zee Nc
Laushln said he had examined tlisse.sESssss
diaances OF Norrpik, Richmond WIZ
liamshnr- aud other cities and the fee
was fifty ccnts
What The devil do wc care about
thos" towns" exclaimed Mr.. LEM. II
say it ought tn be rot1uco,! in Newport
Nc"s an! nor" that it he done"
The motion was seconded. but WHEN
nut was lost by 4 vote OF II to 3
MessrS. Ler2. Via and Roane voting in
the Affirmative.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
Ing ufuii.ai.~e CREATING !. Arsl.ie,44se
10 tnc Newport NrMs, 11.Inpluil ~ ola
10 a:iygl.S .tr.llf: ree.',;e;n tho. . i
i;ires was ,eAl taken up.
Alter inc ordinance MAS read by the
CLERK L noliuil WAS adopted granting
the paitle5 ohJecung TO the road ana
tne Representatives, OF the company
e;ici tilrty tnlnuteS TO address the
council. .....
Ms X. q. Bicktord opened the argu-
:ncnt. he s:llii nc appeared rs 4 Cit
zen. III MAS the uulA OF the council 10
scan wcil tAc FRANCHISE before granting
IT. III MS opinion inc iralchlse would
not bear scrutiny. There We're sevcra!
objections, some of which might be
corrected. IN paragraph No. :; there
WAS a serious objection, FOR no time
WIS SPECIFIED as ~ when the road
should be finished. III the consider;l-
ton OF any franchise the first question
was how would the industry be bene-
iici;.l To the city, or how We're the peo-
pic to be benefited: There was a pro-
vision in the ordinance Giving the COM
panE the right to pass over certain
bridges. but there Was nothing offering
any remuneration for the privilege
Look at the peculiar franchise the gen
ilemen asked FOR. How was Lafayette
avenue To be beuefeted? That thor
puSliare would not have railway.
while Washington avenue, which was
already crowded. would have another
railway. Why not give Newport News
the advantage of another business
street? The interests of the city de-
named that Lafayette avenue should
have a railway. Before closing Mr..
Eickford read :, petition praying the
council to have the track laid on La
fayette avenue instead of Washington
avenue.
Mr. u. s. Jones said he intended to
address the council. but Mr.. Bickford
had covered the ground SO Well that he
deemced it unnecessary to say any
thing.
Attorney A. S. segar. counsel for the
Newport News. Hampton X Old Point
Railway Company. consumed the re-
mandcr of the time allotted to the OPP
position. ~ He had but n few minutes
left. His address was in the nature of
ta!i tt!'l'tsil MI lCsilllllS anu MS cou!l-
sci. he said. placed with the ordinance
committee for an unlimited franchise
to extend the company'S tracks, but it
was refused. Now there was a compa-
ny asking for a franchise TO run fifty
wears. Mr. Segar then argued against
the laying of another track on Wash
ington avenue. claiming it would con-
lest traffic. lie did not think it was
right to break down n company that
came to the city in the time when it
required nerve and enterprise.
Attorney Samuel REGISTER. of Rich
mond. q. Stockholders in the company
asking for 4 franchise and also the
general counsel addressed the council
in favor of the ordinance. He said he
had listened to the lectures Of Mcssrs.
RjcEford and ScSar as to the duty of
the council. but he 0Rcgestcr) failed to
bear any representative citizen outside
If the lag:.' fraternity raise his voice
against the franchise. Mr.. Rickford's
argument developed the "nigGcr in the
woodpiIe''-hc owned property on la
fnyettc avenue. when the city COM
nenced to build bridges he (}egester)