The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-08

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The Board OF County Commissioners Met
Yesterday and Transacted Various Mat
tiers Of Bus.uess-Dr w. D.. Mcmillan Re-
elected Supf- Of Health.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
board OF county commissions was held
yesterday afternoon commencing at
2:30 O'Clock. Colonel F. ". Foster,
| chairman, acted In his official capacity
as presiding officer, with Register OF
| Deeds Norwood attending to the cleri-
| cal work. The entire membership were
| present, Commissioners Moore, Alex
ander, Dempsey and Nixon
The chairman made a verbal report
that an iron column had been placed
in the basement Of the court hous to
| render the standing OF the safe in the
| sheriff's office mor substantial.
Ida Holman, colored, appealed for
| assistance, but her case was referred
for investigation to Commissioner
Dempsey.
DR.. Wright Hall made satisfactory
arrangements with IL board for the
| removal of Ed. Branch, white, from
UQe County, IrOuSC O1 oOIIOCtiOu.
A proposition received from Pro-
fessor j. G.. Holmes, state geologist, in
| regard to placing meridian posts in
New Hanover county, was referred to
Chairman Foster and Commissioner
Moore. Hai
The matter of repairing the bridge
over WThiskey Creek was, on motion,
referred to Commissioners Alexander
and Nixon.
A communication was received from
Mr.. John r.. Marshall, offering to sell
| to the county for $40 a wagon, suitable
to be used as a patrol wagon. This
| matter was referred to the city au-
thorities.
AN election of county physician and
superintendent of health was entered
into, and the present incumbent, the
| ever efficient DR.. w. D.. Mcmillan, was
unanimously elected to fill the position.
"A communication was received ask
| ing that "a piece of roadway leading to
| Federal Point be discontinued and was
| referred to Commissioners Alexander
and Nixon.
Next, election of tax listers We're CALL
| ed for.
Bids were received from Mr.. T. o.
Bunting, Mr.. Geo. d. Parsley and Cap
| tain O. A. Virgins for the position Of
| tax lister for Wilmington township.
| The first manned gentleman was elected,
| Commissioners Moore and Alexander
not voting.
Other tax listers elected were F.. j.
Dempsey for Cape FEAR township; Jno.
A. Holt, for Harnett township; r. H.
| Hewlett, for Masonboro township; Ste
! phen Keys, for Federal Point township.
The following communication was
| submitted, but action on same was de-
| ferred. viz:
The appropriation for OUR road, or
the one i'm which we are directly most
| interested haS been we'll used, so far
| as we know, speaking with respect ito
the improvements made, beginning at
the bridge over Green's Mill creek ait
the National Cemetery. You'll appro-
| priation has made us "a good she'll road
for albou 1-16 to Is of a mile. We can
not speak for that which Wes expended
| ON the same several miles from the city,
except that we think It ought all to
have been used at his end of the road.
| We understand that there is "a reserve
or unexpended part of the possible
available funds for public roads,
and the object of this COM
munication is to respectfully re
quest and urg upon you to APP
| propriate all this balance unexpended
| for the Market street road leading to
| Scouts Hill. We think this road is by
| far the most important one in the
county, and for the further reason
| that part off the appropriation to which
this o a was entitled three years ago
| was diverted to another part of the
county. Exclusive of our personal in
| terest in the matter, we ask your favor
oralble consideration to this request,
Yours respectfully,
S. J. JONES
| OSCAR PEARSALL,
The report of Colonel John D.. Taylor,
| clerk of the superior court, setting
forth that he had collected $50, from the
| Cooperative Buii ding and Loan Asso-
| citation, the Hanover Seaside club and
jury tax.
The report of the superintendent of
health was read and accepted, as fol-
health was read and accepted.
To the Board of County Commission
erS of New Hanover.
Gentleman-During the months of
| March i a treated two hundred and
o (204) patients i'm the health office
and made one hundred and seventy
ONE 171) visits to one hundred and
sixteen (116) patients at their homes.
There was very little serious sick
ness among THE poor last month.
The Jail is in better sanitary condition
than formerly. The temperature is
kept at comfortable standard, tie food
abundant and the treatment of pTis-
oners kind and humane.
The hon1 is we'll kept, clean and com
Portable. The food served us varied
and wholesome. The temperature in
the insane department and prison is
kept at a comfortable standard. The
walls still lack wl1itewash to cope with
| the floors and furniture in a sanitary