Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-31
ATLANTIC CITY.
Local Board Held a Lengthy
Session
And Transact Much Business Approve Pc
tItion for an Additional Voting Precinct
= Elect Ward Employees and Police
mon.

An adjourned meeting of the Local
BOARD of Improvement was held at S
O'Clock last night. with the president,
Mr. j. ID. Armstrong. in the chair.
The minutes of the meetings of the
old and new board were read, and after
correction. were approved.
Mr.. S. c. Collins appeared in the in
terest of the property owners on Free
land avenue. He stated that there
were no water mains on the street and
that he owned a number of houses
there that he desired to have water run
into and asked the board if 1t was pos
sible for II to help him out of the
Dilemma. He said that he had been
under the impression that the former
board had stated that there would be
no need of his getting petition from
the property owners on that street for
water. as that had been provided for.
On examining the records of the May
meeting 1t was found that the matter
had been referred to Messrs. Williams
Hitchings and Riddle. but there was no
record of any report having been made
by them.
DR.. Newbill complained of garbage
being dumped at the end of Avenue r,
and said that 1t was a serious menace
TO the health Of the residents in that
section of the word. DR.. Favlie cor
roborated what DR.. Newbill had said.
Mr.. Minter complained Of COWS being
tied to the trees in front of his prop
erty on Central avenue. and asked for
relief from it,
ON motion of Mr.. Nottingham. both
complaints were referred to the Street
Committee with power to act.
Mr. Bunting from the committee ap-
pointed 10 look into the condition of
the pumps and engines at the pump
house reported them to be in n very
bad condition. y motion was adopted
authorizing the committee TO write to
Northern manufactory and get IL to
send man here to examine and asccr-
tam tho cost Of putting the engines and
machinery OF both pumphouses in pro-
per condition. the examination to he
made under the consultation and adj
vice Of the City Engineer.
Tho secretary reported that he had
obcycd the instructions of the board
and had the report OF the receipts and
disbursements for the two years end
ing June 50th printed and would mail
a copy of them and to each property
owner i'm the ward.
ME- Shumadine reported that he had
purchased the hose and pipe for the
pumphousc and had turned them over
10 the engineer
The rules were suspended. and Mr..
ltuiiin school trustee, spoke on the
subject 70 the erection of new school
mouse. lie suggested that q committee
from the board. to act with the trus-
tees, in looking into the needs OF the
ware as to the kind of building 10 he
erected. lie said that the present
school population was 1913. an increase
OF 453 in five years. He also called at
tentlon TO the leaky condition of the
colored school building. and suggested
that something be done with IT. Mr..
Alinter also spoke. and urged that
steps be taken to build school in the
eastern section of the ward for tho
white children and that the colored
children be also provided with better
school accommodations.
on motion of Mr.. Nottingham. the
matter was referred To committee to
look into the matter of the erection OF
the white school building and to repair
the colored school house, and to report