Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-02
IT is SETTLED NOW
The Street Railway Will Go
Over 28th Street Bridge.
LAST OBSTACLE REMOVED
Prolonged Session of the Council. Sewer
Problem Solved. The Mayors RECON-.
mendat.on.. Ordinances Prone
s's,ons and New Petitions.

The city council last night transacted
much business of Importance and set
'leu several knotty problems. AS Il re-
u,. hil oillcuities i'll the way of the
sewerage work have been removed and
also the last stumbling block was re-
moved from the progress of the contem-
niated bridges across the c. Il o.. this
belng brought about finally BY extend
ing to the Newport News and Old Point
hallway and Electric Company the
right to use the bridge at Twenty
eighth street for their tracks
When the council convened there were
present in addition to President Bux-
ton and Clerk Massie. Councilman Cory,
Doherty, Hughes. Mclaughlin. O'Don-
nell. Roane. Rurcher, Powell Ford. CAT
fee and Washington.
Clerk Massic stated that the bridge
bonds had been forwarded to Cincin-
nati and would be accepted as soon as
:: Autographed error could be corrected!
in coupon No. 6. in which the date was
1891 instead of 1901.
The ordinance committee reported
recommending the passage OF an ortii-
rance to approve and adopt n map OF
the city of Newport News and to pro-
vid" for recorda ton of the same: an or
'linance providing for the sealing Of
weights and measures Of the city is re-
ferred to the city attorney; the bill of
r. \. Mitchell is referred to the police
commissioners for action. The commit
tee also reported unfavorably on the
Recommendations of the health officer
that section 3 part " be amended to
read 30 instead of 6 as for the time of
reporting births.
The map ordinance offered by the
committee. in accordance With the
above. was referred back to the COM
;)littee
ing of weights and measures was adopt
ed. The ordinance committees report
on the recommendations of the health
officer was sustained.
The airpshouse committee reported
verbally that the almShouse in Warwick
county was in pretty had shape as re-
CARDS furniture and bedding and tina
the almShouse was full and had all it
could accommodate.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The finance committee recommended
that the insurance OF, the poor-house be-
longing tnstts city. 81 tua ted at Denbigh.
Warwick county, Discontinued and thar
s36.45 be paid for three year policy. 1t
was also recommended that the city pay
70 the city sergeant for the keeping and
maintenance Of prisoners convicted IN
der tsle ordinances twenty-five cents per
day. his bills for the same to be certI-
fled to s.y the police judge and then de
iiyered To the city auditor for compar,-
son. to be afterwards submitted to the
council.
The report was adopted . the latter
portion being referred to the ordinance
committee.
The ordinance committee offered an
ordinance setting forth that all persons
hereafter employed in any of the de-
pnrtnlents of the city. or elected or APP
pointed to office by this council shall
= &I
year and shall he qualified voters. This
gas properly referred.
An ordinance to amend the ordinance
providing for the imposition and col
lecting taxes ON licenses 10y the inser-
ton of a paragraph requiring q license
AJAX Of S23 on persons and corporations
doing business as plumbers or gas
steam and hot water filters or both
was introduced and took the same
course
THE SEWERAGE TANGLE.
The report OF the sewer committee
was as follows:
I'VE. the members of the sewer COM
nittec. beg leave to submit the follow
ing recommendations. That at the re-
quest of the persons living along the fol-
towing streets that no new sewers be
put in there at present. on Hampton av-
nnue between Roanoke and Chestnut
avenues: on Chestnut avenue. between
Twenty-first street and Hampton ave
nue.. we instructed the engineer Mr..
Potter. not to lut sewers on those
streets until notified by the council.
THAI the city have the tracks of the
street railway moved for NJ. Honan &
Sons wherever the tracks have been laid
since Honap & Sons began work on the
sewer system.
THAT the city pay to the Old Romn-
ion Land Company the actual cost of
the pipe as laid on Twenty-ffth street.
between West and Washington avenues.
to give the present lots connected free
connsction With the new sewer. includ-
inE Hotel Warwick
.'.rhat the city Of Newport News pay
10 the Old Dominion Land Company
5000 in full Of all damages to sever pipe
on Thirty-Fourth street and be respnn-
siple for the CONNECTIONS heretofore de-
str2yed an Fhirty-foprth street
sions. the Old Dominion Land Company
is to give to the city the right to lay
Twenty-ffth street and undeir. its pier
at the end of Twenty fifth. street. the
City to repair all actual damages done
to said company by laying its pipe
throngh it's land and under the pier at
The end Of Ewenty-fifth street.
t'{ln' consideration Of the said cances-
sion the land company gives to the city
the right 10 lay its pipe through the
lands OF the company at the end Of
Thirty fourth street. said city agreeing
to repair all actual damage accustomed
by the laying OF said pipe and in con-
sfderatipn of the payment of said sum
of $500 the SAID ola Dominion Land
':nnmpAny releasrs 70 the pily any and
every clhitn for any damage heretofore
done or occasioned by the removal or
destruction Of its sewer pipe on Thirty
fourth street.
:"The said company agrees to permit
the city withoopt charge, To maks TEN
ir pipes the city agreeing to repair all
ACTUAL damage"
This report was referred to the ordi-
NANCE committee with instructions to
prepare'an ordinance covering the COM
tnittee's Recommendations
Yhe city engineer was instructed to
dispense with the sewer On Hampton
avenue between Roanoke and Chestnut