Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-03
THE REPORT READY
Meeting OF the Special Paving
Committee Last Night.
TEAR DOWN THE MARKET
Resolution Adopted by tho Building and
Grounds Committee. Other Meetings
Held aud Some That WILL be
Held. Police Board.
TEAR DOWN THE MARKET

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Held. Police Board.
The report Of the Special paving
committee. Messrs. Hughes, McLau.h-
lin. Cooper and Ford. which inspected
the paVemcntS of the principal cities
Of III. East. met last night in the e.
flee Of DR.. Cooper ANA Formulated its
report for the council. No intimalion
has been given Of the nature of the re-
! port or it's recommendations, if there
are amy.
The report is a lengthy one and an
interesting one. i; is Believed. 1t will
be read to the councilmcn tonight, but
what Immediate disposition will be
made Of it cannot be foretold.
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The Building and Grounds Crnlmit-
tee Of the council net last night ::nd
adopted 4 resolution ordering the clerk
u instruct Mi. T. Z. Finch 70 tear
down The new market AS erected by
him within 4 week. This notes will Is
served This morning.
=. meeting Of the S,reat Cpn,n:it,"e
was held last night. Among other
things. the committee. III. the reuues: Of
a number of parties living On Thirty
se,cnd street. ordered that in prG:;G-
ing dirt fol. tho ThirtS-tourt1 street
bridge approaches. Thirty-second street
be graded 10 4 proper level between
Washington ana Lafayette avenuas.
The Light and Water Committee has
ieciIei TO ask the council for ut least
six NOR" lights. II the request is grant
ed. some + these lights. at any rate.
Nili be placed On West avenue. whose
electric lights We're replaced With gas
lamps. ..
Wednesday, night is The night for ,ha
regular meeting Of the liVard Of Police
commissioners. The illness Of Rev. II.
J. Nackay may cause Il ~postponement
of The meeting. If it does not do this,
it Will @ubtless have the effect of
causing nothing more than routine
business being transacted.
Had Rev. Mr.. Ma1k.iy not been i'll.
the much talked Of investigation into
the conduct of the office If Chief Of po-
lice would have probably Teen in shape
for Inauguration. 1t s hardly proba-
bic that anything will be done in this
connection until RAY. Nh. Ma,Kay is
able 70 attend the meetings Of the
board. especially as he seems to be the
- $500. - >i'iN' AAANSA
in the move.
The city council Will meet tonight in
rcSular session An immense amount
OF business is to De transacted, and it
is probable that not all of it will DE
disposed of. Among othe: things. there
will be some interesting reports. That
Of the paving committee is the most
Important. Hardly less So is the uues-
ton of the payment ot the expenses
of the COMMITTEES. 1t is generally con-
ct.IEed that the expenses Of two Of the
members Will DE paid. hut there is still
another. There is every probability
that considerable acrimony viii be III
evidence before the matter Is %sr;;ie.i.
In fact. one Of the members of the com
mittee is reported as having said thai
ne would resign from lie :odncil If us
expenses We're not paid. -
The Board Of School Trustees Will
meet Thursday night in regular
monthly session. Considerable business
of a routine nature will come up. in
Guiding. chiefly, the report of the Build
ing and Supply Committee upon it's &C
ion relating to the fitting up Of the
extra rooms in the public school build
ings.
Professor Je!tresS. principal Of the
East End school, will again ask the
board to give him coal stoves. The
professor has been wrestling with hose
Wood stoves ever since the coEd wealth.
er started and is under the impression
that coal stoves are 4 necessity rattle
than q comfort.
h Finance Committee Of the coun-
I'll Will meet early this weak to so
over the books OF Tho. city FOR the last
fiscal year. This meetin.; was to have
been held last week, but dia not ma
1crialiZe.
In the council chamber today the
street committee will hear the property.
owners who have land ubutting on the
streets which are to be paved by the
city with the money realized from the
first bond issue.
Some days 3 City Clerk Massie
summoned all property owners interest
ed in the streets to appear at the Coun-
Gil Chamber at $50 o'clock on the mcrn-
ing OF October Sd for the purpose OF Civ
ing their views as to the division OF
expense for street paving, what part
the city should pay ana What part the
property owners should pay and what
kind 81 material should be used. AS 4
matter Of fact. the summons did not
mention material. bat the property
owners VINO appear To-Day will he ques-
tiored along his line.