Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-07
Mr.. POTTER TO COME
he Was Wired for Yesterday by
Mayor Moss.
FORMIDABLE DANGER SIGNAL
S-n~cf VI the Storm Upon the Line or liz,
Ssw,r on Lafayette Avenue. P-rilou.
Roles. Committee cn the
lsxgby v. r.iIcC.

Mayor Moss has telcgraphal to New
York to MIR. Alexander Potter re-
nuest1ng him to run lJw1. 70 Newport
News and advise with The ity aulhor-
tiles relative to the l.,.en: develop
Gents in the seuct. CONSTRUCTION pro
blsm. Mr.. Potter may possible arrive
'ouaE, or he may rot come before
Monday.
There has been little or 10 2nanse
an the situation. which may be s..;I ;G
BE in statu QUO. Very little work is
being done and the prchabili.t is rlat
very little will be done until the pres
ent controversy. IL there l.: q cpn:ro-
Nersy. is settled.
The notice served on ,l:,. ity by Tie
trust company az tie last nesting II
the Council will be pc irll;rl t. ar
Potter for his inspection. as no vt;ll
fe asked To II Sc in The r.;j:,,.i,v g
an expert IN 1.,lt rara-ciiv. Mir. Poi
ter is, in g sens. ~ vi.N ATTORNEY
50 Tar as -hc ..:ar 12;.:ra.1 is con-
rcr.led
Ihe technical aspects IF this case are
Tor these experts, legal end engineer
anE. to pass upon. and do r51 at this
CINE come within the province Of a
news article. Money is in the treas
Will the company fulfill ITS part of the
contract as well as the aity has full
filled hers? This is really. 4 most per
1inent question.
In this Connection it may DC said
that Lafayette avenue yesterday morn
ing looked to b" the most dangerous
thorou2hfare an ordinary citizen ever
SAW. The line Cf the sewer. laid by
tie present contracting company. was
marked With danger signals for blocks
These signals guarded roes Of greater
or lesser size. all Of them peri!ous to
limb.
There may be different explanations
Tor the presence CT these holes. The
one given yesterday by the Mayor,
who made some Invests ation into the
subject, was that when the sewer WAS
iushcl with water some days ago,
many 4 the joints of the main were
strained and some Of them opened in
such fashion that the crust was UNDER
mined. Tho rain yesterday morning
did the rest causing the crust to fall
in With the result that the line o. the
sewer is dangerous, if picturesque.
So1Ee fault WAS found With the orig
alal contractors, who threw up the
job, because Of the holes that appear
ed along the line of their work. 1t
was said that they We're due to inn
proper construction. Insufficient lamp
ing. or something else that oughtn't to
have been.
The decision Of the Mayor in the
EaSby case provoked much comment
in all circles yesterday. The written
opinion Of His Horror vas compliments
ca pretty generally for it's terse and
logical presentation OF the subject, and
IL had the result OF convincing some II
the justice of the decision, who were
not previously convinced. The uncon-
Vinced however. We're in the majority.
most Of them failing to realize the ex-
ton.
AS for Dr.. Basby, himself, be was
warmly conssra tuiated on all sides by
his friends.
The Street Gang undt:' Superir;end-
cnt cf Streets 3. j. ketton is at work
on Thirty-fourth ana Thirty fifth
streets, between Virginia and Warwick
avenues. The force is working in the
direction Of Washington avenue, clean
;rg out the boxes and bitches.
The bicycle path whi3h was re-
Gently laid off on the north side 81
Twenty-eichth street. leading to East
End. is now practically worthless for
the purpose for which il Was intended
This rath was made by order OF thu
Council and the street iorcs. made a
F.reditable place for the use o.: bicy-
tlSts. but the drivers Of wagons soon
found that il was better place To
drive than the south .:!Gr and COM
lnenced TO use it. There vas no inter,
y