Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-18
THE CITY COUNCIL
important Matters to be COnsid-
cred at Meeting Tonight.
POLICE COMMlSSIONERsHIP
Mayor May Name SIR. Robinson A gain and
MacKay as Second Choice. Report
OF tie Street Committee on
Paving Preparations.
POLICE COMMlssIONERsHIP

The regular meeting of the City
Council is tonight.
There Will be before the body con-
ing. Chief of this will be the report
Of the Street Committee in the matter
of selecting streets and avenues for
the proposed paving.
The council. of course will have 10
pass on and ra!i?y the action If the.
committee before it can be considered
final and it is likely that The report
will not go through without criticism
IT. would indeed be Il Very remark
able thing should 4 report Of this kind
prove entirely acceptable 10 all of tho
council. for. as q rule. when it come s
to paving streets, each man is liable
to think that his ward has been JUS,
a little neglected or that some Other
has gotten too much.
The committee used its best effort 10
take such action as would prove most
nearly acceptable to all G: the council
| and the people.
The police cunmiSsinnarShi7 Will also
doubtless come before the council
again. No definite assurance has vet
been received from the mayor rs TO his
| intentions. but it is understood that TIL.
mayor may again nominate Mr. f.. s
| Robinson. It is said that he will pre-
Seit the name of Mr.. T.. IS Robinson
| TO the council and that if it is not con-
| tirmed viii nominate Rev. r. r. Mae
! Kay Should the council refuse to con-
| firm either of these. it is not announce /
| what Will happen.
Air! Alexander Potter. .'onSuIin |.
| Engineer Oh sewer constructions alriv-
| ed in The city yesterday for TIN, pur-
| pose OF looking over the work and ais !,
| to meet with the special sewer com
mission Which will hold Il session nj
noon to-day. At this meeting the COM
| mission will probably recommend 10
the council the construction Of add;-
tion;il sewer on Twenty-eishth street
from Jefferson to Roanoke avenue :
and from the Twcn,y-thirl street
school TO the Twenty-siSlh street main,
in order to provide sewer facilities for
THESE schools. The commission will
also recommend that the council con-
delnn the Old Dominion sewer outlet
on TWentS-seventh street 1T the ditch
near Warwick avenue The council
will be asked to take steps to have the
sewerage from this main carried into
the city system at Virginia avenua.
The system is almost completed
There remains TO be finished a little
piece on 1Wenty-sevcnrh street ana
possibly one or two other little patches
and the work under the railroad tracks
az twenty fifth street. This last is
now we'll under way ard is a verv
dl!ficnlt orb. II is III tunnel work 1T
a depth Of eighteen feet. ,rinbcrs 4
foot square have To he used in conn,,.
zion With tha work which will y. ,o,,-
plttcd without stopping 4 single train
The Hast foot Of the $4,000 feet OF
eigHt-inch pipe contracted for has be n
Faid In q short time the work of nnsh-
ing the system will begin. This viii
probably take a couple of weeks and
| Will be by no means Il light Job
movement is on foot to in,ro,lucc
the hrst Improvement to the city build
ing. in the shape Of desks for the use
OF the members Of the Common Cam
ell. when THAI body is assembled in tho
| Corporation Court.
| me plan is to place from sixteen Ia
eighteen individual desks in the Coun-
81 clahlDef. Where THE attorneys tab
| les are at present located. The con
seht OF the judge of the court and the
attorneys Of the city will be secured
and the matter brought before the at
tentlon of the Council for action at an
early date.
There is every reason to believe that
thre VIII be no opposition to the nave
1nent as it is realized as a much need
ed Improvement. 1t is understood thai
Judge Earham has said that il the nj :
torneyS. or the majority of them did
not object. the desks could be nut in
ana already 4 number Of j,rDminan +
lawyers have said that they think the
plan good one.