The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-05
WANT EXTRA ALLOWANCE
The Cemetery Committee Fishes Out
an Extra $500.
FINANCE COMMITTEE FIGHTS A DEFICIT
A Franchise Granted For Railroad to Com
Further Into the City, Also For a
Structure to be Built Across
Harrington Street.


The meeting of the board q Alder
men last night was what would iC
labelled as humdrum.
1t is true that there was general
raid upon the treasury by the various
committees for extra appropriations
for pet schemes, but the raid was
made with such unanimity that the
incident was devoid of dramatic fea
ture.
To be sure Messrs. Jones, Wilder
and Andrews-the Finance Committee
opposed it, but every other member
present voted for it, and upwards OF
81 900 of taxes went the way that 1t
goes every year-toward making big
ger the deficit in the treasury.
OF this amount $500 went to the
Cemtery already having
$1,000 appropriation; $50 to the Llght
committees with its $500. and S120 to
the Water committee, with its $4,000.
If this keeps up the city, instead of
paving off the $1,000 of it's debt pro-
posed. will at the end of the yea be
that much deeper in the hole.
Business transacted last night was
as follows:
/. Ordered that no contract shall be
made binding on the city. unless first
approved by the board.
2. Ordered that an arct light be put
at once in each of the two city parks,
Nash and Moore squares.
3. Gave permission to any citizen
to put up electrict signs. provided
they are first approved by the street
commissioner.
4. Created a number of assessment
districts for having the sidewalks
paved and paid for as required by the
city charter.
). Appointed board of appraisers
to condemn the part of East Hargett
street now occupied and claimed by
G.. NJ. Spence.
These appraisers are J. NJ. Monte.
V. C.. Register. w. b. Mann, &. +.
Leach and F. w. Habel.
Another thing that was done and
done as lightly and with as little
consideration as if the board We're
granting a street ear franchise or max
ing contract with the light or water
company. was to give the North Caro-.
lima Oil Company permission to eN-
tend the Southern Railways sidetrack
across at the corner of HARRINGTON
and Davie streets on to the Moore
property. on which it is proposed to
erect a storage warehouse. Nor did
these wise city fathers stop with this.
They granted permission to the OH
Company to build across Harrington
street an overhead conveyance from
the oil mill to this proposed ware
house.
An investigation of the petition 70
the board for these privileges showed
that it was signed by all the members
of the board present. except Mr.. IN
drews who declined to sign it. One
or two other petitions signed il, the
same way were presented and acted
on during the evening.
The board inspected samples OF
metal signs for streets. bu5 on &c.
count of the depleted condition Of the
treasury declined to make any sach
much needed Improvement, for The
present.
The monthly balance sheet present
ed by the city clerk shows: Receipts
S3.7593S; disbursements $5,71S.24
Street improvement Fund-receipts,
$707.97: disbursements. $5.575.60.
The report of the Finance commit
tee was read by Mr.. w. f. Jones. chair
man. 1t showed total receipts from
all sources for April. 1920: total eX-
penses, 5000.
Attention was called in this report