The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-05
HABEL FOR SCHOOL, BOARD
No Action Taken on Hours and Pay
Of City's Employees.
ATTY. WATSON ON TELEPHONE POLES
Many Communications From Labor Organize.
lions Of the City Endorsing Alderman
BOgasse's 9 Hour and SIPS Or
dinance For CITY EMPLOYEES.
dinance For City Employees.


At last nights meeting Of the Board
of Aldermen, it was ordained that
there shall be no more splitting upon
the sidewalks and hotel corridors of
Raleigh. This ordinance was offered
by Alderman Cook at the last meeting
and held over until last night, when it
was passed after some good-humored
discussion Che alderman rather fear
( ed it as infringing upon the rights OF
a citizen. Another. feared it would
{ keep away much of the country trade.
Anyhow, in the future we shall have
to walk to the curbstone, unless we are
sufficiently gifted as to be able to
carry clean across the sidewalk One
dollar is the penalty for expectorating
in your tracks.
Alderman Bogasse's ordinance reg
nlating the maximum number OF
hours to constitute days work for
the city's employees, ard the mini-
mum days pay, viz: nine hours and
$l.25, was rot acted upon, much to
the disappointment of sevehal of the
members of the board, and Of quite
large gathering of interested citizens.
The report of the Police Commit
tee, read by Alderman Parrish, re-
commended that license be granted for
retailing liquor to j. NJ. Dixon at No.
33l S. Wilmington street, j. Hamlin 4
Co., at the old stand, and W. II.
Broughton at the Capital Club. Lii
cense was refused Hugh Parham at
the location requested, but would be
@e1 I, OF MI "a
the committee.
The report of the Inspector Of Mar
lzets,. which has been published, was
presented BY Alderman German.
City Attorney Watson submitted his
report upon the matter of requiring
all the telephone companies TO use the
s2Ane poles. He thought this unwlse.
<y0SAaouble would be liable to arise
Ne,kdamage- caused by crossed wires.
~ ,scsnggested that a committee be APP
ed and instructed to have the man.
ayers of the three telephone companies
appear before them. and ascertain if
they would agree voluntarily to string
their wires on the same poles. LII not,
10 consider the matter of charging
them rental for ground occupied by
poles. and to forbid them cutting
down or iniuring shade trees. On mo-
ton by Alderman Drewry, this report
was accepted, and the committee
appointed ordered to act with the city
attorney. Messrs. Drewry. Andrews
and Crocker compose the committee.
The anti-spit ordinance was opposed
by Messrs. Wynne and Croker; Messrs
Drewry and Andrews spoke in favor
of it. Alderman Cook amended 1T by
striking out all but the last section.
1t now reads as follows:
That it Shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to wilfully eXpec-
torate or spit upon the floor or steps
or other walk-ways or approach TO
any hotel corridor, hotel Office, pubic
hall, bank, public building, pubic
office, court house, street car, or any
sidewalk in the city of Raleigh, and
any person violating this ordinance.
upon conviction shall be fined one
dollar.
Alderman Cook introduced a reso-
luton providing for the taking of a
census of the population of the SUI
burbs. After some discussion as to
whether or not the board ought to ex-
pend any funds ON work outside of
the city limits, the resolution was
tabled on motion of Mr.. German.
Alderman Jones, for the Finance
COMMITTEES, reported that the commit
tee had been unable to arrive at any
recommendation in regard to the reSo-
luton fixing the hours and wages
Z city's employees, and asked for
thirty DAYS more in which to prepare
n full and detailed report upon a mat
ter of so much importance. Mr.. Cook
offered an amendment that the reso-
luton go into effect March 1st, 1901.
This was accepted by Mr. Bogasse,
who moved that the committee be
granted the time requested. This was
done.
Alderman Wynne nominated Mr.. r.
W. Habel for member of the School
Board to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Mr.. r. o. Burton There was
no other nomination and the election
of Mr.. Habel was unanimous.
On motion of Alderman Hamilton,
the board appropriated the remain
ing $3.50 of the $500 granted to the
Committee on Cemeteries. The first
$3.50 was appropriated last fall.
The Health Department reported
City Charity Practice for December.
1900, as follows:
Number of patients, white. .... 20
Number of patients. colored. ..... 81
Total &c
Number of patients visited 49,. 1l2
Number of office consultations. 30
Number OF prescriptions. 10
Number of patients continued. 3
Number of patients discharged. 81
of patients sent to hospital
Number of patients died. ......... !
Communications endorsing Alder
man Bogasse's proposed ordinance
were read from the Central Labor
Union of Raleigh, the Allied Labor
Organization, the Typographical Tn
ion, the Carpenters and Joiners' I'm
ion. the International Association of
Machinists,. end the Raleigh Printing
I'ressmen's' Union.
The report of the Street Committee,
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