Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-05-04

The Mayor and City Council and I'M
provement Commission met last night in
| Joint meeting at the Council Chamber TO
receive the report of the Street Commit
tee and bids for paving, The Mayor
stated that no quorum being present on
April 5oih. at the meeting to open bids
for sewers on Murray Hill and paving
Church Circle and Governor street, he
referred the bids to the Committee on
| Streets to be tabulated.
The committee reports the following
as to paving Gloucester street Mack
vitri6ed block-Total estimated cost, ,sI2.-
| ISS. a. Clearfield Block-Total cost,
SII,Sr2 S4 Asphalt Block. concrete
foundation) Cost. SIs,6S4 o2 Asphalt
Block. (sand foundationl Cost, sI3,-
7oo 81.
AS it will be impossible to pave Glou-
cesler street with Asphalt Block inside
the appropriation, viz SI7 400. we rec
ommend that the ordinance providing for
Asphalt Block for said street. be repeal
ed and re-enacted SO as to allow paving
with vitrihed block.
The committee also recommend that
vitrifed brick be used on Church Circle
as all the high grade pavement so far
laid are OF this material, and we think
that all pavements should correspond
The following is the estimated cost for
| the work Mack vitrihed block, S4,-
| I42.4o; Clearheld block. S4,o2I44; As
phalt block, concrete foundation), S.
| 265 90; Belgium block. S4. 600. so. All
these estimates include curbing.
The committee also recommend that
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the same as measured by the city sur
veyor.
The bid of ID. V. Bright for the Muir
ray Hill sewer was as follows For
8-inch sewer, 47H cents per foot; s.
cents for Us and is.
Mr.. Williams said the report should
read "majority report, because the mi
nority was in favor OF Clear6eld instead
of Mack Brick.
Counsellor Moss submitted the follow
ing order
Ordered, That the matter of awarding
the contract for paving Duke OF Glou-
cester street and Church Circle is hereby
postponed until Thursday night, June 6.
unless otherwise ordered by the joint
| bodies, which was adopted.
The question recurring upon the rec
| Communication of the Committee on Streets
TO award the contract to lay an 8-inch
| sewer on Murray Hill to ID. V. Bright,
Mr.. Brewer moved to reject all bids and
| prepare new specifications for said sew
ers, which was rejected.
Counsellor Moss submitted the follow
ing order
Ordered that the contract for laying
an Sinch sewer at Murray Hill be award
ed to d. V. Bright at 421z cents per foot.
provided he will enter into contract to
| put in the necessary Us and is for So
cents each, and that the matter of plac-
ing a manhole at the intersection of
Southgate avenue and Franklin street is
hereby referred to the joint committees
with power to act, which was adopted.
The following bills were passed by the
Joint commission
J. dep. Douw, days service F.. s 81. 90
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The Joint Commission then adjourned.
The City Council met in special session
for the transaction OF such business a:
was before it.
1t was ordered that the sum of So, OF
as much thereof as may be necessary
be appropriated to extend the FIRE plug
out to the curb at the corner of King
George street and College avenue.
| A communication was received from
Mr.. Eugene Worthington, secretary
stating that the Southgate Memorial Com
mission had designated the Hon. ]. Wir
Randall, on behalf OF the Commission tC
make the presentation address on the oc
casion of the formal presentation of the
Southgate Memorial Fountain to the City
of Annapolis on Tuesday, May Il, 1901
at 4 o'clock, p. m, and requested tha
the City Council designate some one OF
behalf of the city 10 accept same. Or
motion, Counsellor Moss was selected OF
behalf OF the city to accept the memorial
The following bills were then presented
and passed
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