Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-10
BOTH COUNCILS MEET.
Half Fares for School Children is
Objected to.
Joint Session of Councils to Rc-elect Mr.. A.
p. Thorn Police Commissioners MIR.
Jacobs VIII Move to Reconsider the
Vote on the Halt Fares Next Meeting.

at melting of the Select Council
last night at z o'clock there were pres
ent as follows: Nlessrs. Greenwood.
PRESIDENT; Consolvo, Jacobs, Panni1l.
Oberndorfer, Reed, Cashin, t. NJ
Mayer and O'Keefe
Report of the Fire Committee allow
ing the Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal
company to build on the corner of City
Hall avenue and Atlantic street. was
approved.
The petition of the Norfolk and At
lantic Terminal Company asking TO
connect their lines with the station at
Atlantic and Plume streets. which WAS
adopted by the Common Council with
an amendment requiring the railway
to carry school Children at cents foi.
one fare and cents for two fares.
ment was objected to.
THREE CENT FARE.
Mr.. Pannill of the Street Committee.
stated that the Common Council took
advantage OF the condition of the bill
and lacked iii an amendment which
would handicap the sale OF the roads
bonds. MIR. Lowenberg, he said, is the
only man who could have carried this
road through. He ought not TO be
treated in that way.
MIR. Jacobs argued that the amend
ment IS reasonable. ana If 1t amounts
10 nothing, as the road claims. il should
| be urged by the Councils.
Mr.. Reed objected To the amendment
! because no such restrictions have been
put on the Williams syndicate road
Mr. Pannill insisted that lie Is OPP
posed to handicapping IL new enter
| prise.
MIR. Lowenberg. being invited to
| speak. said he had little to say. His
road is not Il paying one Ii is run at.
loss. Would not like to disgust those
/ who put money here. When a road is
doing well the amendment would make
| little difference. But 1t makes a great
difference To this road.
On motion of Mr.. Oberndorfer. the
ordinance and amendment were voted
on separately. The ordinance was
adopted without dissenting vote but
the amendment failed.
Ate: the failure of the amendment.
Mr.. Jacobs asked TO change his vote
| in order to move Il reconsideration OF
the vote at the next meeting.
The report of the Finance Committee
on the appropriation of $lSO0 for the
use of the Queen Street school build
ing by the colored people, was adopted.
Here the Common Council asked for
joint session, and. business being
suspended, the two Councils met with
MIR. Greenwood in the chair.
MIR. THOM ELECTED
At this meeting of the joint session
of the Councils the letter of Mayor c.
ioioOhS JoIllSlOl WIS ltlu, ASKING mat
Mr. y. p. Thorn be reelected as Ipo-
lice Commissioner. Mr. Thorn WAS
elected before. but not having quail
fed he had to be reelected. This was
done, so that Mr.. y. L. Thorn was de-
clared to be elected Police Commits
sioner.
The joint session adjourned, and the
Select Council resumed.
SELECT COUNCIL
Report of Fire Committee to appro-
pirate S75 for making fire alarm boxes,
was adopted.
The resolution of the Common Coun-
Gil to appropriate 900 FOR the widen
ing of Atlantic street. was concurred
in
The ordinance restricting the storage
of oils and that prescribing rules for
pans. We're approved.
~ letter was read from the Water
Department in regard to sale of Lake
Joyce farming land for SLIGO. 1t was
referred.
The petition of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Company to place an
engine and boiler in property on
Brooke avenue. and petition of the
same company to build n stable, were
referred to the Fire Committee.
The report of the commtte of the
Board of Trade on the telephone mat
ter was referred to the Special Tele-
phone Committee.
Adjourned.