The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-17
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS LETTER T..
Before the BOARD of Al
dermen.
Especial to The NIaSSpngar.O

Especial 10 lie -NASStN9p~l
Fayetteville. \. c.. July 14-Lasa
Ievening there was presented 70 the
board of aldermen a petition. prayin@
for the prohibition OF shifting uainss
~lacross Hay street and Cher main thor
loughfares. this petition r~epresentine-
1.-THE professions, the mercantile business,
1.-The trades. the manufacturers, togetIle<
with the signatures Of a large number
of the prominent women OF the commu-
nifty. Mr.. \. \. Sinclair represented
the petitioners, Hon. CT. NJ. Rose h
atlantic Coast Linz Railroad Company.
land Hon. ]. CT. Shaw the wholesale
merchants.
Mr.. Rose. in behalf of the railroad
company. contended that it was i'm
practicable TO do away with said shift
ling, that it had been going on for years.
without costing life, and that it was
done in other large towns. Mr.. Shaw
lin behalf OF wholesale dealers, urged
that a change would remove the freight
depot TO q greater distance, and in
t~crease the cost of handling goods. Mr.
Sinclair argued that the change vas
ientirely practicable, that the corpora
Ition commission protected Wholesale
dealers as to the shipment and receipt
lOf their goods, and that il was not rue
THAT in other cities this shipfting was
ALLOWED, with such manifest danger to-
life and limb. Mr.. c. :. Mcmillan, the
mayor and aldermen W. L. HaWley an0
!R. H. buckingham spoke very strong
lily oh the subject, declaring hat the
community needed and should have
protection. The case was presented
!ably on both sides, and, at the close
lof an animated dicusSion, the boarG
postponed the matter for some days, to-
receive the n answer of the railrOa3
company.
From the light committee, Mr.. A. B..
alexander reported 1000 or more applt-
I~catiOnS for lights which would not be-
filled by the electric plants present ca
lpacity. and it was ordered that the
committee at once ascertain the cost o.
Ian additional dynamo.
The poles standing on the streets OF,
the old Fayetteville Gas and Electric:
company were ordered to be taken
down, rs the decayed state Of manS
made them dangerous.
On application of Fire Chief J.. S
McNeill, he board Of aldermen appro-
lpriated $50 to aid in ~defraying the eX-
lpenses Of the fire department at the
Estate FTremens' ASSOCIATION in Durham
There We're some interesting develop
ments before the equalization tax board
yesterday. OF the total increase in VAL
uation of real property, as given in lasI
letter to The Messenger, the greatest
percentage is not, as might be supposeG;
in Cross Greek Fayatteville), but IL
the country townships Of ROckfsh ana
lQueWhiffie-the first 4 great m%anufac-
turing township, ana the last a small
township in the extreme western parz
|of the county. One farmer, a worthy
and successful ScOtchman, filed a ccra@
lplaint of over valuation of his property
his farm of 700 acres having been in
|creased from $1,000 to SIS. 900. The writ
Ter knows of one trucker and fruit grow
Ter who voluntarily raised his assess
ment from $3.50 to $1,000 this year.
The special services conducted lasL
ISunday morning and evening in st.
Patrick's church were very interesting
with strong m by Fathers
Eugene, of Belmont and O'Brien. The
Vocal music by Mrs. Maloney ana
misses Maloney and O'Brien was ex-
lceptionally fine.
Mrs. Annie Buie, sister of the Iat.a
John Buie, died at the old Buie home
stead, six miles southwest of this city.
yesterday, at the great age of ninekz
years. The funeral services took place
to-day from Camp Ground church, con-
lducted by Rev. E. c. Sell.
1t is probable that not a dissenting
voice could be heard IN his community.
against the general rejoicing that the.
Fayetteville Colored Normal school is
lone of the fou chosen to survive the.
consolidation of the seven.