Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-10
For the Benefit Of the Citizens
on Washington Avenue.
AS TO PAVING MATERIAL
Question OF Recon- end alton 70 the
Cuuucii Po.t PANIED Til, Next MEETING
Mr.. Fott-r May Not Come Cn,il
Saturday. Municipal Rfnttcr-.

ton Of the streets of thc city. Al least.
this was understood - be ono of the
purposes g. the meeting. The cha r.
man. Mr. J. +. Hughes. however, *
planned that his reason for calling the
meeting w:s 70 decide. whether CT not
The committee would mike a recon-.
mcndation to the counci: as to street
raving material if So what ma .crial.
DR.. Cooper moved to defer the mat
ter until the regular meeting next
Monday night. stating nat Their, was
no reason 70 decide tn" matter before
that date as the council aid NOT meet
Unit! the following Tuesday.
Mr.. I-enz Seconded the motion OK
Flaming that he vas going away on
the following day TO !'altimr,e ana
Philadelphia He had heard that a
committee was going 70 Washington
the next day. ana If thu, was tue. he
would meet that committee at The Cap
i,al.
What committee are YOU talking
about?" asked the chairman.
We'll. perhaps. / should have said
delegation " explained Mr.. LEM, Mo,
by the way, planned his trip several
weeks ago.
Who told you about it," asked the
chairman.
" ell, WIS lnlOIllleu, though nm
not calling any names" replied MI
1.enz. and the matter was dropped.
I'VE have already made our report:
] don't see any reason for taking any
further action" said Mr.. Ford.
II understand that the council de-
srcs US to make Il rcro.nm endation and
/ am ready to make one" replied the
chairman.
well. / haven't any Recommendation
to make, for my part declared MI.
Ford.
The question was put and the motion
was carried.
The mayor addressed the committee,
calling attention to the wretche,l con
dition of many of the streets. due to the
way in which they had been laft by
companies doing work on them. He also
called attention to the fact that there
We're a great many wooden ..ulvcrts
and drains in the city which were dam
gerously dilapidsrted. He suggested
that terra Gotta pipe and iron boxes
material that would not wear ol:t--bc
substituted.
At this point a letter was renei from
the City engineer. who stated therein
that His Honor had written to Kim on
the subject. The city engineer explain
condition Of the drains and cuIvelts;
that there We're no funds at his COM
nand TO have them repaired with and
he could not do anything until he had
something to do it With. He knew all
about the condition Of the streets. burt
until he was authorized to do certain
work. he could not 90 it.
The city engineer after some dis
cussion. was instructed 10 find out the
cost of iron boxes and terra Gotta pipe
ana report TO the committee at it's next
regular meetings.
The city engineer was instructed to
grade Twentysixth street from Wash
ingtpn avenue TO West avenue.
The committee INDUCED in a long
and fruitless discussion Of the way The
street car tracks are laid, especially
on Washington avenue. where they are
apparently below the grade. but are. in
reality, according TO report at tbs city
grade. There We're members o. the
committee who thought the company
should have been required to lay the
tracks at surface grade until such a
time as the street was ready to be
graded for paving. 1t vas the concen-
sus Of opinion on the committee that
money would have to be spent 10 get
the avenue into shape. The City cngi-
neer explained that there was really
very little difference between the city
grade and the surface grade. bur that
most Of the trouble was caused b. the
sewer people who had pileC up dirt in
hump on one side OF the tracks and
had dumped dirt into numps every
twenty-five feet in making curb con-
nections These humps, and the dirt
that had been scattered from them, he
said had produced most of the nnGe-
sirabe condition now presented by the
avenue. The matter will be further in
vestigateG at the next meeting Of .he
committee.
Every time a city has any paving to
DO. those in authority begin TO hear
from the various concerns which have
paving material to sell or which are
il the business Of putting down having.
The City Fathers are beginning to find
it SO here.
Among the first TO arrive on Tie scene
to do business with the city was Mr..
NJ F. Bra;nley. Of Cleveland. Ohio.
MIR. Bramley is one OF The best known
men in business and political circles
in the Buckeye State. lie is a r?e nber
Of the State Senate ana is the man
who nominated 'Mcksson against Mark
Hanna in the famous fight which
eventuated in Marks getting into the
United states Senate " some means
or other. He represents concerns en-
gagged in the manufacture Of both brick
and sheet asphalt. and also is interest
ed in 9 granite brick company In
addition. Mr. Bramley is q member Of
firm Of contractors, and Will not only
sell material, but will put it down. His
firm now has the largest sewe: con