The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-08
The DlSPENSARY
PETITION IS IN
Four Hundred and Ninety two
Qualified Voters.
ONLY 427 WERE NEEDED
Alderman Johnson, Boylan ard Griffis COM
mttee 10 Check Up List and Report Back
10 Board Meeting Next
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friday.
The Dispensary petition was presented
to the Board of Aldermen last night, and
| the board, on motion of Alderman A. b.
Andrews, appointed a committee of three
to check up the list of petitioners with the
certified list of the registered voters at
the last election for mayor and report to
the board at an adjourned meeting next
Friday night
This committee is composed Of Alder
men James l. johnson, VIM Boylan and
p. B. Griffs.
The petition was signed by about $50
citizens, of whom 492 are qualified regis
tered voters. The number necessary one
third of the registered vote, is 427.
The following is the detailed report of
last nights meeting.
The report of the Finance Committee
showed collections from Chief of Police
amounting to $3S654 for the month Of
July. Tax Collector Lumsdens report
showed collections as follows: General
tax, s47O.S5; special tax, $156.93; costs
$46.O2; street paving. $11.5O: total, $GS5.20,
The claims amounted to $7,7222S.
The report of Street Commissioner
Blake mentions repairs to the sewer of
the Market House; 1917 square yards Of
granolithic sidewalk laid by the Park
Hotel, 941a square yards brick sidewalk
in front of the Il: c.. Lewis property on
Halifax street, and 80 10 square yards
of block guttering.
Chief of Police Mullins reported arrests
as follows: White, males 60; white, fe-
males, none; colored. males, As; colored
females, To- Total 129.
The Fire Committee recommended the
usual annual appropriation of $1CO to
each of the fire companies, to be paid
by August 10th.
The city physician Dr. McGeachy, re-
ported $50 visits made, 25 treated in office,
1875 treated at dispensary, rs prescriptions
written, one patient sent to hospital, and
one death.
The report of the trustees of Rex Hos
pital showed 81 charity patients and nine
paid patients. at an expense of $49O.S1.
The cost of treating each patient per day
was 96l5 cents.
DR.. McGeachy's bill of $4,000 for at
tending smallpox patients at the pest
house created some little discussion, Al
derman Andrews moving that it be not
paid Alderman Separk Offering a sub
stitute that the doctor be paid up to Au
gust. 1903, but that he be paid nothing
special hereafter for such services rend
cred to thes city. The substitute was~car.
ried.
Alderman Andrews of the Finance Com
mttee, reported on Alderman Hicks reso-
luton that the drivers of the Hose ana
Ladder wagons of the Fire Department be
paid $50 each per month beginning with
July 1st, 1908, recommending that they be
paid $500 per month. beginning August
list. This was adopted.
The Fire Committees recommendation
that the chief engage three men to sleep
at each Of the company houses to be
on duty from y. m. to a. m, to re-
ceive $7.5 month and the city to furnish
bedding. was adopted.
The Finance Committee reported back
10 the Board the recommendation that
the salary of the keeper of the market be
increased to $4,000 a year.
Alderman Separk spoke in favor of this
increase, and on motion it was carried.
This is raise of $3.50 a year.
A letter was read from the Standard
Gas and Electric Company. asking that
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with gas the public halls of the city
Referred to Light Committee.
A letter from Superintendent Mann, OF
the States Prison. stated that he had
been instructed by the directors to apply
to the Board for permission to- erect the
necessary poles and string the necessary
wires from the States Prison to the
Capitol, the Supreme Court and Agricul
ttira h,Ii16 ha c Nor
the Blind Institution, for the purpose Of
lighting these various buildings from the
electric light plant of the State at the
States Prison Referred to Light Com
mittee.
Mr.. John G. Drewry, representing the
Masonic Bazaar Committee, addressed the
Board, asking permission to use Nash
Square for the Bazaar next October. There
was no building large enough, and it woul;.
be necessary to erect temporary build
ing for the purpose The streets would
not be blocked in any way. 1t would be
guaranteed that no damage would be doue
to the square.
Alderman Habel moved the request be
granted. Seconded by Alderman Andrews
and carried.
Finally the dispensary petition was pre-
scented, together with a certified list Of
the qualified registered voters at the last
election for mayor.
Of these qualified voters 492 had signed
the petition, although only 427 was the
necessary third.
Here is how the petition reads:
ITO the Honorable Board of Aldermen of
3 the City of Raleigh:
"Gentlemen:-The undersigned voters
| residing IN the city of Raleigh. who EN-
brace IN the aggregate one-third of the
registered votes in the said city at the
last municipal election, do hereby petition
your honorable body to order an election
to be held for said city, on Tuesday, the
9Th day of October 1903. after thirty days
notice, to determine the following ques-
| tons.
L Whether Intoxicating Liquors shall
be manufactured in said city
2. Whether Dispensaries shall be es
tablshed in said city,
r. w. c. Douglass was present and said
| that there was nothing to do but order
the election, under the Watts low The