Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-07
\ [{rE FRANCHISE GRANTED

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Peninsula Railway Company Can Besl
Work. Relief FOR Cl,zsns on Thirty
fourth Street. That Suit "..
fsSsE Against the CITY. ..."
$50 AS anticipated, the meeting OF tn
@ Council last night was prolonged an
interesting one. Considerable bushes
was transacted and the City Father
:5= also had the pleasure of listening t
- several good speeches.
Si AS result of the meeting, the citi
s.! zens on Thirty-fourtf street will &c
the relief they SO earnestly desir
81 from inconvenience caused by the sew
err construction on that thoroughfare
vi the first step toward getting tn
s#s streets of Newport News paved wa
4 taken; the Peninsula Railway Compan
81 mas a fuil-hedged franchise to go ahea
and build its road under an ordinance
the terms Of which were published i
s$I these columns some time ago; the con
dition OF affairs between the Newpo1
: News and Old Point Railway an
&S Electric Company and the city was fur
s%s thers elucidated and presented In 1t
s several lights.
;H session the various phases OF the stree
~ railway and sewer questions ran lik
S tangled threads.
i ~. Those present We're President Bux
ton and Councilmen Burcher. Cafe,
Cory, O'Donnell Powell, McLaughlir
ss$ Hughes, Ford, Mackey, Roane an
SssW ashington.
TKge aaa ay6f sefrt m 'seStfM corn1nu-
nications. which were read.
3ssa The first referred to the city map.
80 which, he said. certain objections
had been made by the representative of
t,,to
account Of several errors, which
Clerk Smith. who was present, said had
been corrected.
This letter was referred to the Fl,
nance Committee. ~ Ik1@
y "a second lelle. from the Mayor set
forth that he had received from Mr..
w. 8. Payne, president of the Newport
News and Old Point Railway and
Electric Company, letter some time
before Offering to take up the track
son Twenty-ffth and Thirty-fourth
streets, and to relay it at the company's
expense in order to facilitate the work
44of putting in the sewers on those thor
soughfares. In this letter the Mayor
STATED that he had not replied to the
letter of Mr.. Payne. but that he had
stte4company. that he did not consider
That the com pany had any rights un-
!, der FRANCHISE having forfeited It.
HeSenclosed Mr. ayne,s letter, whichi
fy1as also "a N
The Council then settled down to the
consideration: OF other extensive BUSH
ness before 1t.
The report OF the Sewer Committee
was read. It was as follows:
AS TO THIRTY-FOURTH STREET.
''The residents and property owners
OF Thirty-fourth street appeared be-
fore the Committee and asked to be
given some relief from the present In
conveniences and troubles on Thirty
fourth street. occasioned by reason OF
their sewer connections being broken.
The Committee visited the section OF
Thirty-fourth street so obstructed, and
after considering their case, unant-
mously decided that 1t is best to recon-
mend to the Council the putting in OF
temporary sewers down the Sidewalks
OF said stress, next to the building
line, as it can be done at cost not
exceeding 5000. provided the residents
and property owners will relinquish any
claim to damages that may have been
occasioned by the putting in OF SAID
sewers, and that they sign an agree
ment with the city relinquishing said
right to damages occasioned In any
way by the said temporary sewers be
ing put down the sidewalks.
This Committee further recommends
to the Council that of the $500 advanced
to Mr. Potter from the Commission,
which he will receive fer supervising
the sewer work, that $3.50 of 1t be de-
Quoted from the amount that Will be
i due him for the work done during the
month Of December.
THE Committee further states that
the work on Thirty-fourth street Is pro
crossing slowly, and at other places In
the city Ii is progressing as rapidly as
can be expected under the circum-
stances"
The Committees suggestion regarding
the :+Thirty-fo street temporary
sewers was adopted.
Some discussion arose as to the prop
Z osition of the Sewer Committee rela-
tive to Mr.. Potters salary, the Mayor
explaining that at the August meeting
II The Council had advanced Mr.. Potter
& s5So to he deducted from the last pay
Ii ments to be made him. He thought
now was the time to do the deduct
Il ing.
Commemorative Attorney Newton
said he thought that the COMMITTEES
suggestion could be adopted with
4 safety.
;sss. MIR. Potter was present and was CIV.
en- the privilege of the floor. He said
~ he was at loss to understand the rea-
5 son for the recommendation. was IT,
he asked, covert attack on MIN ne
could find the $500. If necessary, else
where but it was the motive of the
thing that concerned him. He had
been maligned, he declared, and 1t had
( been openly stated that he was In ca
hoot with the contractor. He wanted
10 say that he thought it his duty tC
help the contractor wherever possible
and in this case. If the contractors
should throw up the job. 1t would cost
81. the city about twice as much to com
4pletesi The question of the contractors
Is making money out Of the contract was
s simply out Of the question. He die
81 want to see the contractors coming ou
with "a whole skin.
He.referred to the resolution adopting
III the first section OF the Committees
current report relative to putting II
VI auxiliary geWers on Thirty-fourtf
81 street, saying 1t was simply recon-
Intending what he suggested at the las
meeting of the Council, the suggestion
& which was unanimously tabled. I
@ looked to him like spite work; want O