Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-01
BOARD DID NOT MEET
Police Commissioners Held No
Session Last Night.
WANT TO INCREASE FORCE
Important Meeting Of the Ordinance Com
'nittoe OF the Common Council
vii, Be Held at the
Courthouse Nonixht.

Again the Board OF Police Commits
sioncrs failed to get together last night.
| Nh WILSON, the president of the
board. came into the Press office on
"Wednesday night and said that the&
board would meet in special session
last night
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Stuart a
member Of the board. did not know
that the meeting had been called, ana
the Rev. t. ]. MacI<ay had not beer,
notified that there would be 4 session
Of the commissioners. These two gsr-
Itlemen. with MI Wilson, compose the
| board m.'
Mr.. Wilson stated last night 10 A rem
r"sentative of the Daily Press, that the
meeting would not DE held. bur that
| it was Very probable that a session
would be called for next Monday night.
| n speaking of the failure to have a
! meeting last night. he said that he had
| been unabe~,to notify the other mem
beers OF the board. and that Of course.
theE would not put III an appearance
| unless they had been informed by him
'hat Il special meeting was to be held
| MEETINGS PURPOSE.
| AS was stated in the Daily Press yes
tcrday morning. the meeting was to
have been held for the consideration Of
| several matters Of Importance. The
! nature of the business could not no
learned at the time. but last night Mr.
Wilson willingly gave out the desired
| information.
| Inc commissioners We're to have talk
| en- UP the matter or enlarsing the M
| ice force. This is of great moment
| to the city. and is certainly a move
nent that Will meet With general favor.
10 do this the commissioners would
nave TO recommend the move to the
council. and the regular meeting of the
board will not be held until the rrioht
Il aofi nc ~
| reason the special meeting was to have
| been held.
MEET ON MONDAY.
lAfter explaining why the meeting
was not held last night Mr. Wilson sta
ted that he would call a meeting of the
board tor next Monday night The
members have all been seen and will!
be present at that time
bN holding the meeting on that date
the commissioners can discuss the mat
, ,sr ana come com to some agreement. and
present their recommendation to the
council at the meeting of that BODY
winch will be held on the following
night at the courthouse
WHAT IS WANTED.
In speaking of the wants Of the de-
partnent in the Way of an enlaroemant
MI. Wilson stated that, in his opjnisn
the force is now only about half as
| large as it should be OF course he
could not expect, however to have ir
| doubled. rs
What he did expect from the council
| is elner ten. new men for patrol duty
or a patrol wagon and two drivers. to
Dc DC. ready ior use at all times, and the
wagon hauled BY pair of good horses
IN this Mr.. Wilson says he will he
backed by the other members of the
board, and he is confident that a res
concentration to that effect from the
BOARD Vii pc presented to the coun-
{ Hal titr1,t
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
Ihere will be L called meeting of the
Ordinance Committee of the Common
Council held tonight in the courIhous..
at winch time several matters Of the
utmost Importance to the city will b.
| Drought up and discussed at length
There are, it is understood. several
ordinances in the hands of the com
| nlttee Tor consideration. and a full at
tendance is expected. These ordinance
IS are vitally important, and must be
acted upon before the Common Council
meets on next Tuesday night. the reg
! ullr meeting time
( Ffontbly the most important as we'll
as the most Interesting ordinance TO
the public which Will be considered ana
acted upon tonight is relative to the
street paving question. 1t is expected
that the committee will have some rec
concentration OF Importance on this
subject 70 present to the council.
\ meeting OF the committee was to
have been held last week. but was
Commonwealth's Attorney r. X. NJ.
Newton. The meeting tonight Will he
I held, Notwithstanding the fact that
Nh Newton is still out of the city.
Ills advice in the matter would be
valuable, put as he is not here the
tOut it.
" is considered Very probable that
there Will be a number Of very inter
estlng points raised ar the meeting re-
gardlng the paving ordinance.
one point that may be taken up and
at1ve to the kind of pavements which
are pest suited to the purposes and
needs Of Newport News
There are a number Of different
classes and kinds on hand to be looked
INTO and probably the city engineer
this line.
me question as to when the work
shall be commenced and as to the
views Of property holders on streets
TO De paved may also be discussed be-
lore the evening is over
THOSE WOOD TIES
1t is very probable in this connec-
ton that the attention of the COM
| mlttee vii! be called to the fact that
the Newport News and Old Point Rail-
way ana Electric Company are leav-
ing the old wooden ties under the
tracks on Washington avenue.
1t is thought very probable, by those
VINO are best posted and are in a po-
sition to know what they are talking
Iabout that the city will not allow
these ties to remain down for a very
great length Of atimc. They will IN
a duestionably have to come I'D before
the pavements are laid
Il IheSe ties being of wood would SION
1 rot and the avenue would have to he