Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-10-18
JOINT MEETING.
CITY COUNCIL AND IMPROVEMENT
COMMISSION.
To Consider The Paving Of State Circle
Ex-Oounsellcr Robert Moss And
Nicholas II. Green Ad-
dress The Joint
Bodies

OreSS 1He JOINT
Bodies.
A joint meeting of the City Council
and Improvement Commission was held
last nigh in the Council Chamber TO con-
| slider the paving OF State circle and other
matters. There were present on the part
| of the City {, uncil, the Mayor, Coun-
sellor Claude. Aldermen r. ii. Thomp-
son, Henkel, Feldmg yer and Thompson
T. A. On the part OF the Improvement
Commission, Jas. M. Munroe, ex-Mayor
| 4. A. Seidewilz. Julian Brewer. Charles q.
Feldmeyer. hewitt Steele and Frank A.
MunToe. The minutes OF the previous
meeting OF the Commission we're read
and approved.
The question OF the payment, OF the
| bill OF ID. v. Bright OF $500 tor sewer
service on Prince George street, out OF
the city treasury, was opposed by Coun-
sellor Claude. who said 1t was debt
due by the Joint Commission fund, and
should not be paid by the city. Tie
charged that the Commission had ex-
ceeded its bounds in their appropriation
for this street. and it should not be paid
out of the city treasury. The same
hing, he said, had been done on other
slreets-that the Commission had paved
streets with rubble stone that had not
been contracted for, and il this thing
continued, the city would be run into an
| unlimited expense.
Mr.. Charles q. Feldmeyer offered the
following order That it is the sense of
| this Joint body that the contractor, Mr..
George Jewell. proceed at once with the
paving OF State circle, School street and
that portion OF Bladen street bounding
on the State Executive Mansion, as soon
as the contracts for same have been sign
ed. and approved and that the commit
tee be authorized to execute said con-
tracts.
Counsellor Claude opposed the passage
of said order, as not the proper time to
| do said work, for the reason that 1t would
not be done at this season as it should be
done, and that it would not be in justice
to the city and State.
Alderman T. A. Thompson said he
was in favor OF continuing the improve
ments provided they could be done legal
| ly and properly before the cold weather
| set in, and he hoped the contractor would
De allowed to proceed with the work.
Ex-Counsellor Moss was present and
| addressed the joint body at some length,
and said he was utterly surprised when
| he heard that there would be opposition
| to proceeding with this work, and he
very reluctantly came here tonight to
| give this Joint Commission his views, as
| he was familiar with the act OF Assembly,
as he drew up the law. Mr.. Moss spoke
| in his usual iorceful aud convincing man
ner, showing the importance of having
this circle paved before the Legislature
convened.
Mr.. N. H. Green also addressed the
| Joint Commission on the question at issue.
He said that this act passed by the Leg
islature was SO plain that any one might
understand it. Ii had nothing to do, he
| improvement. The contract and agree
ment, he said, was by authority OF
| the Board of Public Works, who had
awarded the same to MIR. Jewell, who
| vas the lowest bidder for the work, and
that he had all the material on hand and
| was ready to proceed with the work
under the appropriation by the State.
MIR. James M. Munroe said he was
| very much gratifed to know that there
was an act of this kind passed by the
/ Legislature appropriating this amount
| S8, 600, for this work. He said the CON-
/ mission and the city had no authority to
restrain Mr.. Jewell in proceeding with
| this work, which had been authorized by
| the Board OF Public Works.
Counsellor Claude disagreed with the
| other gentlemen on the points at issue,
and contended that such a contract would
1 HAl nd fhaR ha I'D nf Dnhl
/ Works had not entered into any contract
with MIR. Jewell to do this work, and that
/ the Mayor could not execute such a con-
tract without the approval by the Attor-
ney General.
Mr.. Moss said that aside from party
| considerations, we were all here as citi-
zens Of Annapolis, and any man that
| could not rise above party tor the benefit
| of his city, was not good citizen. Mr..
| Moss said there was no authority on the
| face OF the earth that could keep Mr..
/ Jewell from proceeding with this work,
/ and that for every day the city kept Mr..
| Jewell from doing this work, he could
| bring suit against the city for damages
| Mr.. Moss said that the work was to
be continued by the committee appoint
| ed by the old board, consisting OF Ex-
Mayor Seidewiiz, J. NJ. Munroe and him.
self.
Ex-Mayor Seidewitz explained to the
| Joint Commission the specifications upon
which the work was advertised and en-
tered into by the Board of Public Works
and the joint committee of the Com
i mission.
| The question then occurred upon the
adoption OF the order. Alderman Henkel
moved that The order be laid on the
table, which was lost by yea and nay
vote. The order was then adopted.
| The Mayor then presented the bill Of
Mr.. Joseph Jewell for the paving OF East
street, amounting to SI.oo6. 80. The
Mayor said he hoped the Commission
would pay this bill, as MIR. Jewell need
ed the money.
Counsellor Claude asked il this street
had been inspected and accepted by the
| Street Committee. Mr.. Steele said that
/ the reason the street had not been in
spected and accepted. was that the Street
| Committee had never been called together
| Alderman Henkel said that he. as
chairman OF the Street Committee. had
never bsen notified by the city engineer
or any one else of the completion OF this
street or OF its costs. He denied that he
had ever declined to call the street COM