The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-07

them poor. and without wells, living
around this pump. For the first time i'll
twenty years the well is practically dry,
and has been SO ever since last August.
The petitioners thought the well needed
being dug deeper.
Mr.. Drewry said the trouble was that
il would cost several thousand dollars
TO have the wells of the city dug deeper,
and the Street committee was willing to
have il done if the amount were charged
up TO the Water committee, where it
properly belonged, and not to the Street
committee.
On motion of Alderman Parrish it was
ordered that the pump on East Edenton
street be fixed and charged up to the
Water committee
Complaints were now made OH all
sides-on Martin street, between Swain
and Bloodworth: corner Davie and Per-
son: corner Worth and Manly.
These were also ordered fixed and
charged to the Water committee.
City Clerk III. f. Smith submitted
statmcnts of the accounts of the collect
ing and disbursing offices of the city.
together with an itemiZed statement of
the receipts and expenditures for the
fiscal year. ending February %, 1898.
The report of the city physicians for
April showed - patients treated, 101
visits made. IL office consultations, 100
prescriptions written, ; sent to hospital,
90 discharged as cured, 10 continued and
, died.
Finance committees report showed
collections by the Tax Collector for the
month to be S4.36S.0S. as follows: Tax
list. 1897, S3.630.22; costs. S145.39; mar
ket rents. S24S.07: paving, 1893; telephone
tax. S246.40. Expenditures for the
month amounted to $12,4ST.62. as fol-
lows: Street Department. 81 ,529.41: fire,
$24S.32: health, S355.1S; park. S7S.32;
sewer. So: miscellaneous, S7,2243S.
The annual report of the Finance
committee. yesterday published in these
columns, was presented by Alderman
Mcdonald
The report of the Street committee. read
by Alderman Drewry. was as follows
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Aldermen:
Your Committee on Streets beg to sub
nit the following report herewith:
The work on the streets has been pro-
crossing to our entire satisfaction since
our last meeting The work around the
Capitol square is still in progress. We
hope to complete it within the next few
weeks
. The following work has also been
done since our last report: Salisbury
street has been graded and curbed from
Morgan street to South street, and Daw-
son street has been graded and curbed
from Edenton street to Martin street.
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has been covered with stone and other
wise improved
The gutter lines on lakewood Avenue
have been paved and the street graded
from Person street to Linden avenue
Linden Avenue has been graded be-
tween Lane street and lakewood Avenue.
Under drains have been put in on Oak
wood Avenue, at the intersection of
Jones and Bloodworth streets. Also on
Blount street, at the intersection of Polk
and Peace streets.
y stone culvert has been put in on
North BlOodworth street, at the inter
section of Lane street Lane street has
been graded between East street and
Person street.
Lenoir street has been graded and
otherwise improved. where the South
ern railway crosses it. Also new iron
bridge has been put in over this street.
at this point by the Southern Railway
company, which company has also ex-
tended their iron bridge over South
street, making an opening for the side
walks on the street at this point
South street has also been graded and
otherwise improved, where the Southern
Railway crosses it.
The gutter lines on Blount street have
been paved from Peace street to Eden
ton street, and the street graded.
Cemetery street has been graded, and
the sidewalks improved from Polk street
to OakwooI Avenue. All of this work
has been done largely since our last
report.
On April 10Th we addressed the fol-
lowing communication to Mr.. J. NJ. Nor
wood. chief of police:
N.Y. J. NJ. Norwood, Chief of Police,
Raleigh. \. c.
Ny Dear Sir: At meeting of the
Street committee. held this morning. it
was decided to request you to notify the
property owners. in accordance with the
city charter, on thcsstreets named below
TO repair their sidewalks along said
streets. either with hard brick, paving
stone or cement. The sidewalk must be
at least ) feet wide. except in front of
business houses it must be the entire
width Of the sidewalk, and on Halifax
street it must be feet wide.
Where there is IL driveway crossing the
sidewalk. it must be paved the entire
width of the street. Please notify the
property owners in accordance with the
above Instructions on Halifax street, be-
tween Edcnton and Jones streets, and
on lakewood Avenue, between Person
and Elm streets.
We notice that some of the property
owners on Fayetteville street, also some
OH Davic, Blount and North streets,
have not yet complied with instructions
issued several months ago. We presume
that this failure is due largely to the
fact that they have been unable to Sc
cure the needed brick for the work, and
hardly believe that it is through any de-
sire to neglect or disregard of the in
structons of the committee.
We will ask You to look into the mat
ter. and in future, whenever orders are
issued through your office, we will be
glad to have you follow them up and see
that they are obeyed or else some good