Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-21
Building and Grounds Committee
INDICATED Mr.. Noonan.
*aAYOR MOSS DISSATISFIED
Been Had to Hear tho Evidence on
:uAtcrlal Witness. a skiing f.r
1s:g Arp, OPERATIONS.

The Building and Grounds Committee
.cf the Council held an interesting meet
ing last night to consider shc subject
ars the alleged shortage III consiSn
mcnt of twenty tons Of coal for the
Court House from the Warwick Coal
Company.
1t will be. recalled that some time 60
before the bids on the coal for the Win
1cr We're opened the chairman Of the
com1nj ttee instructed the company u
put IL some coal-twcnty tons. ii they
WISH ed--to keep the heating apparatus
Eol.lg until the regular supply could D."
arranged for.
There arising a question as to ;he
weight of = couple 81 loads being placed
in, they We're weighed and We're EouHd
to be short several hundred pounds.
Mr.. ,Noonan, Of the company explained
that owing to the rain and mud h."
could not load the coal as heavily th:t
morning as usual. and had arranged 70
send the remainder Of the coal down
later on. though the tickets were made
out for two thousand pounds each
I'm weight. The mayor had the coal
weighed the i;,ni.or Asaby. and Mi.
Gonnard. taking the weights. The re
suit was that the ccal WAS not found By
these to weigh up to twenty tons.
There mad been fire in the furnace.
l.c,wevcr, ana it was urged that good
dean Of the coal had been burned.
III order 70 report properly on the bill
affair.
Only two members We're present,
Messrs. Hughes ard stone. The maSnr
made his statement. outlining in effect
what has been stated above. Captain
1'itchctt, city engineer. also made 4
statement TO the effect that he had
measured the coal ana found it shor:
There VAS a wrangle then. over III"
mathematical Iaase % the situation
Mir. G. N Wise. attorney for the con-
pany, intcrroEating The engineer r!csc:y
on bis method Of arriving at conclusions
in tons on premises in cubic feet.
Mr. Command had not been asked :"
appear before the committee. but a
tor, who could not be found. :ls'hby
was a material witness in the inresti-
CATION, while the mayors testimony
VAS largely unon statements made 70
him by ,.Aslby and others, ana the Re
port he received cf the transaction.
Mr. ,Nronan, his b5ul1llcepcr ana Nj
J. NJ. Saunders all went on the StalG
and made positive statements sustain
ing The position o. Mr.. Nuonan. They
testified as to the arrangement 10 send
he remainder Or the coal, due OH the
two last loads. later on. Ii VAS also
stated that the janitor had two tickets
still in his possessions Tnc"c tirllcts,
it was stated We're to be held until
the rest of the coal due on the Two loa is
W:,s sent.
The committee. under the evidence
indicated Mr.. Nnnnan ana mis- COM
pany. ana recommended that the rpun-
Gil pay his biz Tor IN. fun twenty tens.
The mayer protested vigorously
against the committee reaching 4 dc
cision last night. urging continuance
so that the testimony Of the janitur
might be taken. The committee. how
ever having continued the matter once
refused to continue it furthcr. This de-
termination being arrived at His Hon II
expressed himself as very much diss;lr-
fight the payment Of the bill before the
council tn-ni"ht
The committee, in rendering it's deci-
sion. thanked the MAYOR for The inter
est he had taken in The m,tter,cNrr"ss
ing AN aLErrciation Of his efforts to
protect the city. at the same time af-
iilning that it believed HIM honestly
mistaken and risinfnrmcd.
Shortly after the committee adjourn
cd. the iani1or arrived at the court
house. He stated that he had receiv-
~ no notification that he would ne re
CURED By the connittc..
Some time ago che Daily Press pub
lishcd an article giving a sort OF forS-
cast of The appropriations which would
be made for the various committees
fer the next fiscal year. The large in
crcascs mentioned caused the news -
hc received With scme incrcduiity:
However, the Information Was based
good authority.
The beginning of the realization Of
this forecast WAS noted last night at
the meeting OF the Finance CoMmi tee.
when acting upon the request Of that
committee. two other committees hand
Cd in estimates for next year.
The Light and :Wutcr Committees
asked FOR an appropriation Of $4,000,
or just about double the amount no"
appropriated.
The Fire COMMITTEES asked for So $40
This large increase. is to cover the cost
Of puir chasing TWO new engines one Tor
North End and one for YEAST End. The
building Of two ncW engine houses, the
employment OF three additional engi-
ncers, and ,hc purchase ana keep of six
more horses.
The other committees will hand IN
their estimates TO the Finance Com
lnittee at It's next regular meeting.
The committee also passed on some
bills before adjouininG.
Tonight the city Board Il
Health will hold an important meeting
This will be the first one in some
weeks. In addition TO the routine mat
tcrS to come up and a consideration Of
the claim the city has asans the
county for smallpox services in the cpi-
drlnic Of last winter. the board "iil
adopt precautionary measures against
4 possible invasion Of smallpox this
winter.
These measures viii be taken none
too soon Almost every other City and
town which suffered In" ill-eIfccts of
The presence of the loathsomc disease
last winter has taken action 10 keep
off smallpox during tho approaching
cold weather ana already some oC tn !.
places have ordered vaccination and
have made preparations to quarantine
if necessary.
1t is understood thai there are sev-
oral cases Of cr0sill1Ux NDrfpl[