The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-09

The Board OF Aldermen met in regu
Iarsession last night, Mayor Waddei
presiding. All the members were in at
tendance. viz: Aldermen Spencer an
HurrelL. of the First Ward; FonGlah'
and Sweeney. Of the Second "alu
Johnson and Cooper OF the Third Ward
Bailey and Hashagen. Of the Fourth
ward and Mann and Tiencken. Of the
Fifth Ward
Ouita 2 crowd of citizens looked OF
the proceedings
Committe reports were called for
hut there was little Of interest in the
REPORTS. Alderman Mann. of the lights
recommended that the bid
of the Consolidated Railways, Light
and Power Company to furnish new
Welsbach gas lamps for lighting the
ALLEYS and certain portions of the city
Approved. The committee will call for
bids for lighting 165 oil lamps that Will
still be in service.
Upon recommendation of Alderman
Tiechen of the committee on mar
kets. the board elected Josiah Comber
clerk of Fourth Street Market at a
salary of s6.25 a week, at which he had
offered to open and close the market
and keep it clean. Mr.. E. H. Batson
had in a bid for SO a week.
MIR. Tiencken said every thing was
running smoothly at Front Street Mar
ket and he a a petition from all the
butchers hat the present clerk. Mr.
w. II. Lane, be retained. He also had
an application from Captain I. IL.
ohnso for the position. but the COM
nittee did not recommend any change.
Alderman Sweeney Moved to go into
the election of a clerk of Front Street
Market and the motion was seconded
by Alderman Bailey and adopted.
Alderman Sweeney then placed Cap
tain Johnson in nomination, and Al
derman VonGhlan nominated Mr.. w.
H. Lane. The vote stood 5 to >. and
Mayor WaddeII broke the tie by voting
for Captain Johnson. who was declared
elected. The following was the vote:
For Observation-Disclosures Bailey, Sween-
ey. Johnson. Cooper and Hashagen: for
Lane-Aldermen Mann. Spencer. Won
claim, Murrell and Tiencken.
Alderman Bailey, of the public build
ings committee. asked that the board
authorize some improvements to the.
city hall park, which he thought u
be done with the aid Of the city pris-|
oners and street hands without an
a-4~o nDDrnnriniinn He said If was
proposed to put n gate and walk op-I
posite police headquarters. u a walk
from headquarters to the opera house.
and place fou settees under the treesI
SO people could lounge under the shade.
On motion of Alderman Sweeney. the
board declined to order h improve
ment.
During the discussion which Alder
man Bailey's motion aroused the mayor
took a hand ty reminding Alderman
Bailey that the aldermen never had
anything to DO with the prisoners of
the mayors curt and that he would
pay no more attention to an order as
to where the prisoners would work
than he would to the whistling of the
wind.
On motion OF Alderman VonGlahn,
N. G. Holt, M. A. Jones, c. L. Jones
and w. F. Furpless were elected regu-|
lar members of the police force.
On motion OF Alderman Sweeney,
Captain Robert Green was again elect
ed chilef quarantine officer. In the dis
-,..;o, To-@o;r y-oor r-,e L;-bIy oo-o
plimented for mis- efficient work in the|
smallpox outbreak.
Alderman Johnson, of the streets and
wharves comm tie reported that work.
en- the quarry has been stopped owing.
10 the fact that no appropriation nasl
been mad for permanent Improvement
OF streets Upon his motion $40, 900 wasl
appropriated for permanent street i'm
provements.
The clerk rea an application fro1l
the Consolidated Railways, Light andl
Power Company. asking permission toI
install the necessary foundations rel
CURED by the boilers. engines and wallis
Of their new power house, which is tol
De erected on the Gas Company's lott
near the Cape e river, at the foot
OF Castle street, and in the event of
their not completing these excavations
before May Goth. that they may be al
lowed to proceed with the work, the
board of health agreeing. On motionI
the permission was granted.
The clerk then read the following ap-
plication from the Consolidated Rail
ways. Light and Power Company.
The undersigned respectfully ask
permission to make the following addi-
ton to their system of tracks as nowI
installed. The same to conform in all
respects with that now in use, and toI
be laid in accordance with the existingl
city ordinances. except that in the EVENT.
OF material not being received beforel
May Goth. they may be allowed to prof.
seed with the work. the board Of health
agreeing.
list. To lay a track On Princess
street from Ninth to Tenth, with theI
necessary curves and switches. to af-
ford connection between h Wilming-