The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-01-13
The following bills against the tow

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Paulett. Son & CO.. mds for streets. SH
Then came the bill Of the Lynchburg
Paving Company for the balance due
them for work on Third street.
The Street Committee, through its
Chairman, Mr.. Bugg, stated that the
work had been completed and that the
committee desired that the Council
should formally receive it.
Mr.. Gillian called for the towns
contract with the paving company,
which by reference to the minute book
of the Council it was seen that the
Street Committee had been instructed
to enter into before the work of paving
was begun.
When told by Mr.. Bugg that the
specifications and the letter accompa-
nying them from the paving company
were virtually contract and one that
would stand i'm any court of the land,
Mr.. Gillian differed with him in this
opinion and characterized the letting
Of the job by the Street Committee as
loose land WORCESTERSHIRE, adding that
no member Of the Council would think
of doing business for himself i'm such
manner. During the discussion a lit
tie unpleasantness arose between
Messrs. Gillian and Bugg, and Mayor
Blanton was constrained to remon-
strate, saying that personalities would
not settle the question at issue.
Mr.. Gillian stuck to the position
that there was no contract and that
the committee had been dereect in its
duty.
Mr.. Davidson, of the Street Com
mittee. said that it was the only piece
of public work which he had ever seen
done where the cost did not exceed the
original estimates, and in this in
stance it did not reach the amount es-
timated it would. Mr.. Davidson called
upon Mr. Gillian to say what he would
now have the Council do about the
bill. It had to he paid, and rs for that
matter the paving company could force
"A settlement. Talk, back and forth, be-
tween Mr.. Gillian and the two gentle
men Of the Street Committee, Messrs.
Bugg and Davidson, continued for sew
eral hours and it began to look as
though the electric lights would be
"set out" and nothing accomplished
when Mr. Erambert calmed the storm
with the observation that while the
Street Committee should have had a
written contract with the company,
yet the fact of its not having it did not
release the towns obligation to pay the
bill.
Mr.. Wall regretted also that there
had not been made formal contract
yet there was nothing, he thought, that
could be done other than To pay the
bill. But he preferred not to do this
until the sunken place in one end of
the street be repaired by the company.
/ was explained 10y the Street Com
mittee that $40 had been deducted
from the paving company's bill for
repairing the sunken place. 1t was
finally agreed that the Paving Brick
Company be paid "A sum sufficient to
reduce the account to 5000, and for
that amount two notes Of $500 each be
given bearing interest from January
md, 1899.
DIR. Robert Frazer Of the Normal
school was before the council with a
number of requests He said there
we're plans on hand for increasing the
efficiency of the school and the muni-
cipal government could render ma
lerial assistance. Every dollar, he said,
had to be watched aud sayed in order
that one Of his plans be perfected, viz;
that of reducing the cost for board in
the school. If the cost for board is
reduced he could look for much larger
attendance of young women from all
over the state. The first thing asked
M Era1ar was the eXemptiOn