Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-09-24
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.

l prOvement commission was neiQ iaSt
night in the Council Chamber to consider
some important matters pertaining to the
street improvements.
The Mayor called the Joint Commits
sion's attention TO the proposal OF Mr..
William z. Feldmeyer and the action OF
the joint building committee with regard
to underpinning the foundation OF the
Assembly Rooms. preparatory to build
ing the new FIRE engine house in the rear,
| recently contracted for by the Joint Build
ing Committee.
Il will require the underpinning OF
| about sixty feet OF the foundation to
depth OF not less than one ioot below the
| excavation with a wall two feet thick.
with a nine inch footing. the underpin-
ming to be done with arch brick and
| Portland cement, at a cost OF SI4o. The
Mayor said this was absolutely necessary
Tor the safety OF the building. He also
called the Commissions attention to the
action OF the Committee on Fire Depart
ment OF the Joint body to pay Mr.. Lewis
| Gardiner $50 extra on his original con-
tract for additional work necessitated by
the underpinniDg OF this wall. and asked
that the action OF these committees be
ratified by the joint bodies.
Alderman Williams raised the question
as to the right of the city to use the As
sembly Rooms for any such purpose. He
claimed that the City Council had no
legal right there, and that they could
not touch brick in the building. He
said the City Council were squatters upon
this property--that they had taken poses
sion of this property without authority of
law, and he was opposed to touching
brick in the building. Counsellor
Claude moved that the action OF the joint
building committee be ratified, which
was adopted by yea and nay vote. Mr..
Williams gave as his reasons tor voting
against the underpinning OF the Assem-
biy Rooms that IN his opinion 1t was
unlawful.
ORDERS.
| Counsellor Claude offered the follow
ing Ordered - That a committee of
three citizens be and they are hereby ap-
pointed to make an examination and re-
port of the present status of the financial
affairs of the Permanent Improvement
Commission, said committee to constitute
the following named gentlemen l.. j.
NJ. Boyd, James w. Owens and Grdon
II. Claude, and that they be required TO
| report the result of their investigation at
the earliest possible date to the Mayor
without charge, which was afterwards
withdrawn by Counselor Claude.
MIR. lanes M. Munroe offered the fol-
lowing substitute OTdeTed-That the
4 l.. IS kAA A.t
audit all the accounts of this joint body
aud provide proper ledger account OF
the appropriation and expenditures author
lied by the ordinance OF May, 1900.
which was adopted by ayea and nay vote.
Counsellor Claude offered the follow
ing amendment-That the Mayor, Coun-
sellor and chairman of the Street Com
mittee assist the finance committee OF the
| Improvement Commission in making the
| examination of the books and accounts
of the Commission, which was rejected
by a yea and nay vote after an animated
discussion, participated in by CounselloI
Claude, Alderman Henkel, Messrs. Jas
M. MunIoe, Edwin A. Seidewitz and
Charles G. Feldmeyer. The vote was as
follows Yeas, Mayor, Counsellor, AL
dermen Henkel and Thompson, T. A.,
on the part OF the Council. and Jas. M
MunIoe of the Imp. Com. Nays, AL
dermer Williams. Thompson. f. H., and
Feldmeyer, and Munroe, F. A.. Seide
wtz, Feldmeyer, Chas. G., Steele and
Brewer oil the Imp. Com.
Counsellor Claude offered the follow
ing Ordered-That the City Engineei
be and he is hereby directed TO place
upon curbing some mark by which new,
old and TedTessed curbing may be dis
ting uished one from the other when tn,
Street Committee makes an inspection o
the same, and be it further ordered iha
) the Street Committee shall inspect tn,
same before the street bed is paved bl
the contractor. which was adopted.
Counsellor Claude offered the follow
| ing Ordered-That the Fire Marsha
be and he is hereby authorized and EN-
powered 10 act as the representative o
the Fire Department Committee of th'
Ioint Improvement Commission in look
ing alter and seeing that the specihca
tions set out in the contract for the i'm
provement OF the Fire Department ar,
carried out by the contractor, and tha
the said Marshal shall be immediatel,
supplied with copy OF said specifica
tions without charge, which was adopted
REPORTS
The bill OF Charles A. Howard & Co
for sSo4 o4 tor furnishing and running
I,7z4 feet OF 8-inch sewer on Murray
; Hill was, on motion OF Mr.. James M
Munroe, referred to the Joint Street Com
, mission with authority to order the pay
ment thereof il the work is found cor
rect, which was adopted.
; The City Engineer submitted a repor
on the additional costs of paving the be'
= of Northwest street, from Calvert stree
to Washington street, to be S575 70. whicl
on mo,ion OF Mr.. James M. Munroe. wa
referred to the Street Committee will
a, thos.tJ to order its payment if foun'
correct, which was adopted.
Mr.. Brewer presented the bill of Mis-
Jennie Wohglemuth for typewTiting con
tract for Duke Of Gloucester street, OF 81 $
Counsellor Claude raised the question a
] to the fund from which said bill shoul'
| te paid, and claimed that under the ord