The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19

that b amount authorized to be voted
for. to wit: $10o. 900 for constructing q
system or sewerage for the city Is vast
~ inadequate to construct q complete
system OF sewerage. and the financial
condition of the city is such that to
impose an ADDITIONAL tax upon its citi-
zens would greatly increase their bur-
den, especially the issue by the coun-
~ OF $4,000 for road improvements.
which is practically the debt OF the
city.
And il further appearing that the act
under which the proposed bone issue Is
10 be submitted TO the people does %
provide adequate machinery for con-
stfucting a system OF sewerage. and IL
h bonds should be voted, would re-
Quire additional legislation which can
not be secured before the year 1903. n
Whereas, His Honor the Mayor. has
stated TO the board that he has been re-
liably informed that The Wilmington
Sewerage Company is willing to enter
into a contract TO construct the sew
erage system they are now engaged in
putting in the city OF Wilmington un-
der the supervision of a competent
engineer to be appointed by h city
and to sell the said plant after its COM
pletion 10 the city at a price to be
agreed upon between the city and said
company, and is further willing to
er services TO be charged its citizens
satisfactory to the city. Now be ii
Resolved, That the mayor be and he
is hereby empowered and instructed TO
appoint a committee of three aldermen
to confer with said and agree
upon a contract and submit it to the
board for its approval. Be it further
Resolved that the election ordered
by the board at it's last meetingg be
postponed"
Alderman Won Claim moved to lay
Alderman Harriss' resolution on the
table and the motion was seconded by
Alderman Johnson. An aye and nay
vote was called on Alderman Won
Claims motion to table and it resulted
as follows:
Aye-Aldermen Won Claim. Johnson.
Bailey and Mann.
Nay-Aldermen Maunder, Harriss,
Skinner n Parker.
The clerk announced that the vote
was a tie and Mayor Waddell stated
the motion having failed to receive a
majority. the question required to AL
derman Harriss' resolution.
Alderman Harriss moved to adopt the
resolution he had offered.
Alderman Johnson offered a subSti-
tute resolution ap~propriating $500 to
carry out the ordinance that had been
adopted calling an election to vote on
the question of issuing $780, 900 to con-
struct a sewerage system.
Alderman Parker moved as a substi-
tute for Alderman Johnson's. motion
that the whole sewerage question be
deferred to a future meeting of the
board.
Alderman Johnson accepted the sub
stitute and the ayes and nays being
called on it, the vote was as follows:
Ayes-Aldermen Parker, Johnson and
Mann.
Nays-Aldermen Harriss, Maunder,
Bailey, Won Claim and Skinner.
The substitute was declared as lost.
The question then reverted to Alder
man HarrisS' resolution and Alderman
NBailey moved TO amend the resolution
so as to make the last paragraph read
as follows:
Now b. it resolved that the mayor
be and he is hereby empowered and in
structed to appoint a of three
aldermen to confer with said board "or
any other responsible party VINO is COM
petent to construct a sewerage Sys-
tenn" and agree upon a contract and
submit it t othe board for approval.
The words in qutation points is the
amendment proposed by Alderman
Bailey and as amended, Alderman
iHarriss' sewerage resolution was adopt
ed by the following vote:
Ayes-Aldermen Maunder, Won Claim,
Harriss, Skinner and Bailey.
Nays-Aldermen Johnson, Parker and
Mann.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS STAND
STILL.
Alderman Bailey, chairman of the
streets and wharves committee, report
ed that owing to the frequent heavy
rains the work at the city rock quarry
has been shut down because the pump
ing capacity is inadequate. He stated
that no more rock could be gotten III
until a sufficient pumping plant can
be had. lie, therefore, asked for in
structions is to how to secure rock
with which to do street work.
Mayor Waddell expressed his impa-
fence that no street work has been
lone yet under the present administra-
ton, whereas the former administra-
ton had made a block Of macadam
streets each week.
Mayor Waddell said the present
administration has been in power near
ly three months and nothing had been
lone with the permanent street work.
Alderman Bailey explained that the
work could not go on unless rock could
be had. that the roc could not be Sc
cured if the quarry was not pumped
out, but the board of audit and finance
had not acted or the appropriation to
purchase the needed machinery. At
the last meeting of this board Alderman
Bailey was authorized to spend not ex-
ceeding $1,000 for another boiler and a
pump and this was the matter which
the board of audit and finace has laid
aside.
In the course of the discussion the
matter of improving Princess street be-
tween Second and Fourth streets came
up but it was shown that the Work
could not be one unless the quarries
can be operated.
Alderman Maunder moved that bids
be invited for doing this work with
vitrifed brick, out the motion was de-
feated.
The application of j. B. j. Sanderlin
for license to sell s~pirituous and malt
liquors at No. ) south Front street, was
granted.
A communication from w. H. Yopp
and others was read, requesting the
board to make the tax on packers OF
fresh fish. oysters, and game s35 per
year payable in advance July 1st OF
each year, instead Of $50 a year, and
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