Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-21
MUST PAY A RENTAL
City Will Own the Tracks on
the Bridges.
WORK ON SEWER SYSTEM
material Is on the Way and Grnnnd WIN
ne Broken In Il Few Days. Money
Tor the Bonds Now on De-
postt In New York.

II the recommendation of the Oral,
nance committee is adopted by TN,
Soli!inon council at the regular meat
81, ~ Steps VIII be taken inlmedi
az 20 nave the viaducts built acros,
the chesapeake &: Ohio railway tracis.
a. the intersection OF Twentv-f;r,l
ana Ihirty-fourth streets, for a resonn.
.ion wltl be offered empowering ,no
ulrectlns City Engineer George 4 AL
3ep 20 prepare at once plans and spec.
ioatioils LOT the two bridges, and IN
oruer that the work may be exrelltan
ne CITY engineer is empowered to EN-.
pioy SUCH assistants as will be neces-
exceed SIS. ooeS i'oe
The ordinance committee transact
eu oiHer business at the meeting held
last night. Besides the members nres.
eLt mere were CONFERENCE.-The Al
lorney j. X. NJ. Newton, Mayor ". a
Post, MIR. Alexander Potter and COM
Gilman j. A. Buxton
me committee had prepared a res
oiutlon giving the Newport News ond
ga Rolnt Electric Railway Companv
me exclusive use of the bridges for >
$4,000 ''Ae sum oi
Chairman Hughes passed the paper
over to Mayor Post for his opinion
t ta; scanning 1t over Mayor Post ad-
'lSeu the committee not to make the
He was interested IN
the new railway company and real:za,J
mat an exclusive privilege would he
ol great value to the company. there
ny affecting him personally. but he
= . ~. ia.t IL was his duty to adv,s,
against making any such recommends
tlon. 1t is a dangerous thing to give
away exclusive franchises, said H..
and though I am Interested in this
railway l feel it my duty to put YOU or,
your guard. city should never give
an exclusive franchise. for when II
1oes 1t signs away a right that cannon |
BE retrieved We may not suffer uv n
out those who come after us viii
mere are several reasons for not civ
ing an exclusive franchise Suppos-.
or instance. that the old railway |
company should absorb the new COM
oany, and that is quite tmprohahia
hen one corporation would have con
rol OF three avenues connecting tn.
lty for period of fifty years. Thar
you'd be unjust. OF course, + use this
IS an Illustration. for haven't the
llghtest idea that such a thing WIN
ccur. but 1t is well for us to alwav.
ESQ., On our guard.
ouch IL an exclusive franchise would
e legal.
Chairman Hughes and the Other
members of the committee said they
i'd not wish to freeze out" the new
ompany by putting hardships on IT,
hey wanted to be fair and yet the
ity had to be protected. The gentle
hown Willingness to invest in tho
lty and they thought they should u"
The COMMITTEES after considering tho
natter, decided not to recommend the
,ranting Of an exclusive franchise pu'
he question that puzzled me ine1ilnela
vas how the city would be compensa-
ed for the use of the bridges. Thls
natter was discussed for some time
Finally it was agreed not to accep3
.ny money from the company as "
toward constructing the
s,aducts. but to charge an ann m,s
rental for the use Of the bridges. me
.1ty will lay the tracks on the viaduct1
and for the first Ave years will charge
Inc company $3.50 for the privilege OF
the briggs and for the succeed
ing five years a dental OF Sooo LOT e;icn
will be charged. After tn;s
the company will be required to pay
The city two per cent of it's earnings
or such amount as may be agreed upon
by the company and the Common
Council. "a
After the ordinance committee ao-
iourned a special meeting OF the sewer
was held when the contracs
With Mr.. Alexander Potter, the consult
ing engineer who devised the system OK
sewerage for the city. WAS closed AZ
this meeting it was learned that tn"
work on the system would be com
menced in a few DAYS. M. Honan q
sons. the contractors have shipped seS
eral carloads of piping to this city' anu
It should arrive in a few daya
At this meeting it was learned ,naN
a telegram had been received lroll1
Kleybolte & Company. OF Cincinnati.
Yesterday stating that the money TOT
the bonds had been placed on depos,e
in the New York bank to the CITY
credit This means that the city mas
s143175 ready to expend for pubic m
provements. .+;,,,
There will be some delay In startlns
the work on the new high school biuid .
Ing. DR.. w. r. Cooper. president OK
the Board Of Trustees. stated yesterday
chat he had been advised that Mt. r
r. Finch. with whom deal had peen
pra ctically closed for the purchase OF
site for the schoo, building. had soin
one Of the block OF lots the board hao
selected. 1t will now be necessary fot
the board to select another site ano
! It is probable that none OF Mr.. Finch,s
land will be purchased. as the mem
hers Of the board favor the seiect,oI
of the land offered by Mr.. Coins r
| Huntington.