Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-20
NEWPORT NEWS.
Light and Water Committee Rec.
ommend Contract for Lights.
City to Have 30 at $50 Per Year-s State
Board of Public Works Assessing VAL
uos Of Railroad and Steamboat Proper
ues-various News Items.

Newport News. Va, June 1s.-At
meeting of the Light and Wat Com
mittee last night the following letter
form the Citizens Railway. Light and
Power Company. was read:
Mr.. j. l.. Dougherty, Chairman:
Dear Sir-Desiring to meet the wishes
Oh your committee in their endeavor
to get as low a rate as possible for the
new arc lights which are to be INSTALL
ed for lighting the streets Of your city.
We beg to submit the following PROPOSE
ton:
we Will make you a rate of $50 per
lamp per annum for the new lights.
the contract covering the same TO be.
entered into for period of three years,
OF. we Will enter into a new contract
covering period of five years. and re-
duce the rate to $50 per annum instead
or SS7 now paid. Under the latter
agreement you Will effect a saving of
1915.
On account OF the large expenditures
necessary for machinery. lamps, wire,
ETC.. to provide for these additional
mittlnS proposal for even three wears
as first mentioned
Respectfully,
w. A POST, President.
Inc committee voted to recommend
10 the Council the adoption OF a five
year contract for 50 lights at $50 per
year, to be void IL the company should
use power for lighting purposes from
any plant outside OF Newport News
The Council meets tonight and the
ordinance and contract are to be inn
mediately prepared and submitted at
that time
ASSESSING VALUES.
Governor j. Hoge Tyler, State Audi
tor Marye and State Treasurer Har-
man, constituting the State Board of
Puplic Works. spent the afternoon yes
lerday In assessing values of the rail
road and steamboat properties in the
city. This year the Chesapeake and
Ohio assessment will be greatly in
creased on account of the additional
terminal improvements that have heen
made recently. The benefit of these
improvements. however. will go to
warwick county. and not to the city
as the new elevator and new pier prop
crty are located in tho county. The
assessed valuation of the property OF
the Newport News and Old Point Rail-
way and Electric Company will also
be Increased on account of extensive
improvements. The property of the
new Citizens Railway. Light and
Power Company. which owns the pc
ninsula road, will be assessed for the
first time.
In this connection It will be recalled
that within the next few weeks sev-
raj new buildings Will be begun In the
city that will cost 100000 or more.
Before the first of August contracts
are to be given out for q hospital, two
school buildings, two fire engine houses
and a garbage plant. and very proba-
bly, by that time work will have been
started on the new building of the Y.
NJ. c. a.. which will cost about SIS, 900.
OF INTEREST.
Col. Baker. of the counsel for the de-
Tense in the Gilligan murder trial,
spent Sunday In the city. Col. Baker
stated that the trial would probably
consume another week
Work was begun on the new city
sewer on West avenue yesterday morn
ing by force OF ten men. under d.
rection Of superintendent O'Donnell.
but the Indictment weather forced a
suspension of operations shortly after
the start
Mr.. Yohannon. n native of Persia.
who is in preparation for the ministry
in Union Theological Seminary at
Richmond. preached in the First Pres
byterian Church Sunday night and last
night delivered a lecture on the habits
and customs of his people. in the same