The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-12
Mayor WaddeIl Reappofnts HIS Conn
mittees-Only One Change Made-AI-
derman Bailey Chairman OF the
Streets and wharvesC ommIttee-The
Sewerage Question In Another
shape.

All the members of the board were
in attendance, viz: Aldermen Spencer,
Aaunder, West, VonGlahn, Harriss,
Mann
The reading of the minutes of the
last meeting was dispensed with.
The mayor asked if any gentleman
had any thing to report or any matter
for discussion. He said there would
be no committee reports, as there had
been some little difficulty abou the
committees.
Alderman Bailey, of the committee
on sewers, said the committee was
ready to report on the ordinance re-
Gently submitted pertaining to the fran
chise of the Wilmington Sewerage Com
pany.
Alderman West stated that it was
not necessary now for the committee
to report, as the Sewerage Company
authorized him to withdraw the propo-
sitiOn and let the matter drop.
ADVERSE REPORT ON SEWERAGE
Alderman Bailey said that had moth
ing to do with the report of the COM.
mittee and he then read and handed
the clerk the following as the commit
tees report:
Wilmington, n. c., April 8. 1901.
TIC the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
Wilmington, n. c.:
Gentlemen: Your committee or sew
ers beg to report adversely on the pas
sage of the ordinance presented by the
Wilmington Sewerage Company for
consideration by this board.
f. P BAILEY,
W. E.. MANN,
w. c. VonGLAHN.
AlaA-Donn III rricc CoiI ha woo in fa-
Vor of sewerage but not in the manner
proposed by the ordinance which had
been offered, as the franchise seemed
to be a speculative one. He thought
a franchise is granted the company
ought to give bond for the faithful per-
IN of the work, it intends to do,
inasmuch as it will nave to dig up the
streets. He said he would like to
know the alderman's reasons for the re-
port, as he had investigated the mat
ter.
Alderman Bailey replied that the
committee had gone just far enough to
make this report
Alderman Harriss then seconded the
report and it was unanimously adopt
ed.
Hon. Joh D. Bellamy, counsel for
the Wilmington Sewer Company, asked
permission to be heard.
The Mayor said the board would
hear him with pleasure.
Mr.. Bellamy then stated that the pro-
posal to construct a sewerage system
was net withdrawn but only the ordi-
nance that had been submitted to the
board.
THE MAYOR ANNOUNCES THE
COMMITTEES.
Mayor WaddelI requested the clerk to
read the list of committees. He said
they had been prepared, after having
given the matter careful study. He
said he had added a hospital commit
tee since the committees were first an
nounced. and that otherwise the COM
mittees were the same except the
streets and wharves committee, Of
which Alderman Bailey had been made
chairman instead Of the mayor.
City Clerk B. F. King then read the
mayors appointment of the following
committees:
Committee on Finance-The mayor,
and Aldermen Bailey and West.
Committee on Fire Department-The
mayo and Aldermen HarrisS and Von-
Claim.
Committee on Lights - Aldermen
West. Parker and Skinner.
Committee on Markets - Aldermen
Maunder. Harriss and Spencer.
Committee on Observation-Disclosures
Harriss. Skinner and Mann.
Committee on Police-The mayor, and
Aldermen Mann and Maunder.
Committed on Public B~uildings-Al-
dermen Skinner VonGlahn and lark
er.
Committee on Sanitary Affairs-Al-
dermen Johnson. Spencer and West.
Committee on Sewerage-Aldermen
Bailey. Mann and VonGlahn.
Committee on Streets and WharveS-
Aldermen Bailey, Maunder and John
SON.
Committee on Water Works-Alder-
men Spencer, Johnson and Parker.
Committee on City Hospital-Alder-
men VonGlahn. Parker and Mann.
After the list of committees a been
read. the mayor inquired if any gen.
tleman.had anything else to offer
Alderman Hairless moved to adjourn
but before there was a second, Con-
gresham Bellamy agar asked to be
heard, and upon being told to go ahead.
he sta ted that the Wilmington Sewer
age Company had a resolution to Of
fer to take the place Of the ordinance
that had been withdrawn. He said the
already had a franchise to
construct sewers in the city. but the
franchise was general and the company
desired the passage of the resolution
so as to know of whom to ask permits
sion when they wanted to did UP the
streets.
The mayor inquired oil Mr.. Bellamy
what the legal status of his company
now is.
Mr.. Bellamy informed the board that
the Wilmington Sewerage Company
was a corporation. chartered in the
laws OF North Carolina by an act of the
General Assembly in 1898. He stated
that the charter gives the Wilmington
Sewerage Company the right to con-
struet sewers ana it already has a sys-
tenn in the city. He said the company
wanted to do some lateral work now
but did not know to whom to apply,
hence the resolution, which he request
ed Alderman West to present.
Mayor Waddell stated that under the
recent act of the general assembly no
sewerage system could be put in un-
less it had the approval of the board of
health.
Alderman West then offered the reso-
luton, and when it had been read, AL
derman Bailey said if there is any sew