The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-08
PETITION FOR ALL NIGHT
THE TAX LEVY FOR THE PRES.
EMF YEAR MADE.
RALEIGH AND AUGUSTA BONDS SOLD
Proceeds to be Devoted to improving Facilities
for Water in Sections Of the City
Where There is no Wafer
Works Supply.


their tinpling before midnight, or they'll
have to wait till next morning.
The Board of Alderman last night re-
fused to give the bar-keepers the privi-
lege they enjoyed last year of keeping
their places of business open all night.
This year, during Fair week, they win
be allowed to sell drinks only till II
o'clock.
Alderman Correll made a motion to
suspend the II o'clock closing ordinance
for the week, beginning Monday night;
but Alderman Mcdonald opposed it and
amended the motion to make the closing
hour II instead Of II.
The amendment was carried.
The tax levy for the present year was
made by the following resolution from
the Finance committee:
Resolved, That the following taxes
be and the same are hereby levied for
the current year:
Il. On all real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the city,
including money on hand and solvent
credits, and upon all other subjects tax
ed by the General Assembly adj valorem,
except incomes; Il tax for general pur-
poses of 80 cents ON every $500 valua-
ton of property, and Il tax for general
purposes of $40 on each poll Of all
persons who were residents in the city
on the first day of June, 1897, or within
sixty days next preceding that day and
otherwise subject to poll tax: And
special tax of 80 1-3 cents on the 500
valuation of property and 81 on each
taxable poll to be appropriated and set
apart for the maturity of the bonds of
the city as provided by law:
-. That the license taxes upon the
various occupations and vocations au-
thorized by the charter Of the city or
Raleigh and set out in the ordinances
be imposed and collected for the COM
ing year
This resolution is exactly the same as
it was last year.
Steps were taken to provide proper
facilities for furnishing water to the
poorer classes of people in the city.
Alderman Drewry explained that there
were over fifty pumps in the city, and
that there was no money appropriated
for them: and yet, Mr.. Drewry added,
the Street committee had already spent
over $500 on the pumps, and that, too,
when the pumps were properly under the
charge of the Water committee.
With this Introductory Mr. DreWry
introduced the following resolution,
looking to a solution of the pump ques-
ton:
.Whereas, at the regular meeting OF
the Board of Aldermen of the city of
Raleigh. held August 9TH, 1898, the rec
ommendation made in the report of the
Street committee of said Board to sell
certain certificate of stock held by sad
city in the Raleigh and Augusta AIR
Line Railroad Company was adopted by
said Board; ,o-
"And whereas said certificate Of 4Sl
shares of stock in said railroad company
has been disposed of by said city to y.
S. herman at the price of Sl2.oO per
share:
Resolved by the Board Of Aldermen
of the city of Raleigh:
q. That the said certificate of 4Sl
shares of stock, being certificate No. 100,
be transferred to said purchaser, b. ).
Jerman, upon the payment Of said pur-
chase price Of SG0S7.50.
-. That the proceeds Of said sale
be deposited with the Special Fund"
held by the city treasurer for street I'M
provements and that the same be used
exclusively for the purpose Of keeping
the pumps of said city in repair and
other street improvementsg
The resolution was passed unanimously
by the board.
In his report for the Street Committee,
Mr.. Drewry says the grpnalitic pave
ment around Capitol square is completed;
the culyert of the Seaboard road, at the
intersection Of Peace and Halifax streets,
is to be enlarged to prevent further dam
age to property owners from flooding;
four hundred shade trees are to be set
out ON the streets, and property owners
on streets curbed are to DE at once COM
PEELED to pave their sidewalks or pay the
city for having the work. done.
Continuing his report, MIR. DrewPy says
the following work has been done on the
streets since his last report:
The open drain at the CORNER Of Blount
and Jones streets has been paved with
Belgian blocks, also an open drain paved
with Belgian blocks has been put in at
the corner of Wilmington and North
streets.
An under-drain has been put in with
an iron pipe ut the corner of Morgan
and Salisbury streets, Sand also at :hc
corner of Morgan and Edenton streets
The gutter lines on South street have
been paved with Belgian blocks from
Blount street to Fayetteville street.
An open drain has bePn put in and paved
with Belgian blocks at the corner OF
Wilmington and South streets.
The gutter lines on Dawson street have
been paved with Belgian blocks, from
Martin street to Morgan street.
Person street has been graded and
curved from North street to Polk street.
Morgan street has lbeen macadamized
from Fayetteville street to Salisbury
street.
Salisbury street has been macadamized
from Morgan street Ito Edenton street
Morgan street HAS been graded and
curbed from Wilmington street to Blonnt
street.
l1argett street his been graded and
curbed from Bloulat street to Person
street.
The gutter lines ON Davie street have