The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-11-22
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Wolfe and Weeaon Streets to be
Opened and ESterdcd Mary
Washington Avenue to be Open
ed From Charlotte Street TO
the Boulevard New Gas
Pipes 60 be Lsid-Oth-
er Business.

we OOutcNaro New Gas
Pipes 60 be Lsid-Oth-
er Business.
regular meeting OF the City Council
+ wac held thursday night with Messrs
/ Cole WrOten Revere. McCrnckeu En,-
Drey. Daunehl. Jones. Mills. Chancellor
and Perry present ON motion of AR
Cole, the salary OF Dr. !. y Barney. as
l4ii physician. was fixed nc $50 per wear
Mr.. Emhrey offered the following ordi.
Anee- The rules were suspended and the
matter taken up Tor immediate consider
alton.
BE it ordained by the Nayor and Com.
mon Council of the city of Fre,iericks-
burg, That the following streets shall be
laid OH and opened:
Section !. A street fifty feet wide com
nencing at the junction of Wolfe street
on the east with Prince Edward street
running thence in westerly direction
TO W ollie street on the west. as the same
Is lad down IN plat and survey made
by q K Dickinson. W hich is hereby adopt
ed a. giving the correct metes and
bounds Of the streets herein laid off and
directed TO be opened. the same to be
known as Wolfe street.
Section ?. A street fifty feet wide. com
mencing on the National Boulevard at
the Virginia Shirt Co. and running in
northwesterly direction TO Charlotte
street, as the same il laid down and des-
criOed 10y metes and bounds on the aiore-
seid plat and survey. the said street 10
be known as the Mary Washington
Avenue
Section 3. a street City feet wide. com.
mencing at the junction OF Weldon and
charlotte streets and running south
easterly TO the National boulevard. as
land down and described by metes and
bounds on the aforesaid plat and survey.
the same co be known IA Weldon street
Section 4 The said three streets. when
and OIL and opened a. above declared.
shall constitute streets of the city of
Frederi-s sburg
petition was prete nted signed bv a
number OF property holders. and owners
oi certain property lying contiguous to /
the streets TO be paved. protesting
against same. These petitions were pre- /
scented by Capt. J L. Wooding. and "
$ Honey, who addressed the Council
Hon. a. T. Embrey represented the own
ers who favored the passage OF the or
alnance. Alter hearing both sides the
ordinance was unanimously adopted.
hen Col Cole offered this resolution.
hereas, W. d. Scott. H. II. Wallace
and \. NJ. Garner were heretofore an.
pointed by the Council To ascertain and
port the value of the parcels of land
that would be taken il the three new
streets M laid down on the plot and sur
yey made by G L. Dickinson sbould no
opened; and whereas the said committee
did report TO a former meeting of said I
COUNSEL that the following sums resDect I
iveiy would be "a Just compensation To
lne iand owners ior the respective parcels
1i land that would be taken in the LAYING
lut OF SAID streets-viz $3.50 to ). A.
heene, so 90 70 q. W. Shepherd or The
J. q. BurkHmy CO.. $40 to q. W Shen.
nerd, $50 90 10 the Fredericksburg Man.
iiacturing Co, $500 to 4. McCracken
30 To fredericksburg Manufacturing
o.. SiO7 to W ;. Embrey. SlO4. 90 to
Matthew Garnett. S24 90 u Eliza Lucas
ll4.OO TO j. W Honey, 500 90 to j u
" cody. Sll1.OO TO Henry Miller. 500
q James GoodricS, 5000 TO Mrs James
ioodrick, 5000 to Mrs James Goodrich
De il resolved.
That said Committee. do in the name
II the City Council aforesaid. offer to said
and owners respectively the above
amounts Tor the land owned by them
aud required for the Openingol the streets
'ct forth IN an ordinance adopted at this
meeting OF the Council and said Commit
zee shall report as soon as practicable
y neither the said offers are accepted.
AIR Rowe. OF Street Committee. report-
q cost Of Improvement OF silk Mill hill
s t1.34 and asked for special appropri
atom oi Si9.34, which was granted.
Mr. McOrachen, Of light. stated that
his committee was ordered to advertise
Tor bids Tor coal for the gas works at
The September meeting, but the commit
tee had not done so because they deemed
Il mad visable on account of want of
competition on the part Of bidders and
because of the coal strike
Mr. Jones. OF schools, reported that
he two vacant scholarship in the college
lad been filled by the appointment of
Misses kaufman and Gilt, that the first
IND second quart rs amounting to $3.50
rad been paid.
Mayor Willis reported fines for Oct.
500, which had been turned in TO the
Aty Treasurer.
Mr.. Embrey, of the joint committed. re-
ported that all the gas pipes on Main
ana Commerce streets had been thorough
" examined on the liIe of the propos-
ID paving by an expert from Richmond
aud found to be in a terrible condition.
that the said expert had reported that
the city was losing more gas than would
be the cost OF puttir z in new piping He
asked that Mr.. fltzhugh make a state.
meut Mr.. Fitzhugh said, that the esti-
mate OF cost would be a tons of iron
pipe at S3l so per ton making a total
cost OF SlJS6, four thousand feet 2 inch
pipe at cents per foot, S160. making a
total OF $l546. In addition TO this will
be the cost OF digging and laying which
Mr.: Guide. the street paving contractor,
had agreed TO undertake.
GA motion of Capt. McCracken the fol
lowing was adopted: Whereas the join
on street improvements has
that a thorough examination
OF the city gas pipes has been made by
a competent Inspector and that the same
by him have been condemned. and where.
as it has been made evident that it is in
that said pipes along said
blocks to be paved be repaired be-
fore the pavement is laid thereon,
Resolved by the council that the
Joint committee on street improve
ments be aud are hereby authorized
and directed 10 behalf of the city to pur-
chase the necessary piping and lead and
other materials for the foregoing pur-