The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-12
TO WATCA WATER SHED
THE ACTION OF BOARD OF AL
DERMEN.
THE NEW LINE TO AVOID ACID
The Company is Restricted But Has 10 Assume
All the Responsibility Reports of The
Engineers 70 E,ter'ain
ditors.

An adjourned meeting of the Board of
Aldermen was held in the Mayors of
flee last night, Mayor Powell presiding.
for the purpose of considering the hold
ing of an election on the bond issue and
10 receive the reports of the engineers
pany's pipes to avoid the acid deposits
at the Caraleigh Phosphate Works.
Alderman Drewry stated that accord
ing TO the terms of the bill providing
for the issue of bonds. new registration
was necessary and that an election could
not possibly be held before May 10Th. He
stated that as there was to be an election
on the issue of school bonds on the first
Monday in May that he thought the fix
ing of suitable date demanded some
consideration and thought the matter
should be postponed until the next meet
ing.
On motion the matter was postponed.
The following report was adopted after
being amended on motion of Alderman
Mcdonald:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of
Aldermen:
Gentlemen:-YourC Committee appoint
ed to carry into effect the recommended
tions made by the Committee appointed
which investigated the Water Works
beg leave to make their report as fol-
lows:
We recommend that the City Eng
Z neer. Mr. w. u. Blake, be requested
TO superintend as far as possible the
laying of ths new line of pipe of he
Water Company III the location which
may be selected and agreed upon by the
three engineers selected for this purpose
and that he be requested to see thar
this pipe is laid upon first-class scien ifc
principles from start to finish regardless
of cost to the Water Work Company.
We believe that the first consid ,r:i-
ton should be the health. comfort and
convenience of the people of the city
and we do not feel that we should hesi<
tate to assume any responsibility when
these questions are involved.
We recommend that the City Attoi-
ney be requested to investigate 70 til
fullest extent the matter of removing
the dam at Yates mill and that he
Water Works Company be required to
exert every effort known to the law to
remove this constant menace which
threatens the life and health of orr
city as soon as possible.
We further recommend. that the city
employ a competent policeman whose
salary By paid by the Water Company,
whose duty it shall be to thoroughly i'm
spect the Water shed at least once a
week and report promptly and fully to
the Mayor every source of danger or
ina ,.+hi
the water Shed in order that the neces-
sary steps may be taken at once to rem
edy all evils and communicating :hfiu-
ences which may be found liable to af-
feet the purity of our water supply.
We recommend further, that an ex-
prt scientific engineer be employed by
his board at the expense of the Water
Company who shall thoroughly inyesti-
gate and examine the condition of the
water shed ut and near the town of
Gary and recommend TO this Board such
action as may tend to eliminate as far
as possible the dangerous conditions
now existing in that community. which
conditions were so plainly set forth i'll
the report of the committee made TO
this board by the physicians few days
ago.
All of which is respectfully submitted
JOHN G. DREWRY, Chairman.
w. W. PARISH.
&. c. MCDONALD.
Alderman Mcdonald offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved ID That the city of Raj
egh learns with pleasure that Gele-
CATION of New England newspaper rep
resentativGs intend visiting our capital
city Monday. March Goth.
Resolved 90 That we extend TO them