The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-03
It COMES EASY
AND GOES EASY
Raleigh Officials are
Voted More Money.
LIQUOR DEPOSIT BOX
A Proposed Ordinance to Regulate
Using of Liquor and Test Powers
of Dispensary Law Goes Over
Till the Next Meeting of
the Board.
the Board.
The aldermen of Raleigh met last night

The aldermen of Raleigh met last night
in their monthly pow-wow.
They did things and they postponed
things Among the results OF the meeting
are these:
Salary of City Attorney jumped from
$500 a year and extras for extra cases to
$1,000 fiat.
Salaries of Assistant Sanitary Inspector,
captains and privates of police increased
s. month each.
Twenty dollars voted to j.. d. Rig
gan, who holds that he was done" by
the fire department in boss trade.
Resolution that peddlers must keep on
the move in Raleigh and not mold forth
all day at one place.
Postponed till next meeting proposed
ordinance which makes it unlawful for
whiskey deposit box business to be con-
Quoted In Raleigh.
Prepared for an ordinance to prevent
Jumping on trains at the Union depot.
Appointed a committee TO report on
bills presented by merchants whose stores
were injured by the wild behavior of the
crowd on Fayetteville street on Christmas
eve night.
HOW THINGS WENT.
The aldermen having heard the minutes
OF the last meeting read next listened to
the Finance committees report. This
showed that Treasurer Lunsden had col
lected on general and special taxes and
costs the sum OF $13,6515S and that ther,,
had been spent $S,97920, of which ST.
J5u.g9 went to the police department and
$J97.33 to the administrative department.
Chief of Police Mullins reported that
during the month there had been 107 ar
rests, AZ white men, 1 white woman; Al
colored men, Is colored women. The re-
pert showed that on the police force the
absence during the month for sickness
was Bell. 2 days; Banks. l day; Rogers.
days; Haynes, 1 day; Belvin, days:
Creighton, L day.
Next the report of Keeper OF the Mar
ket McRary was read. this giving in de-
tail the amount of work in inspecting, ETC.,
done by that officer.
The Finance committee reported con-
corning the stump sucking horse which
Mr.. j. D. Riggan bought from the Fire
department The report held that the
horse was a pretty good horse and was
new getting along all right but concluded
by recommending that S25 be paid Mr..
Riggan to close up the matter. This was
adopted.
City Physician McGeachy reported that
in December he had paid 120 visits, treated
10 patients in his office. 225 in the dis
pensary, had sent to the hospital. and
had written rs prescriptions. Two deaths
were reported, the cause assigned being
consumption.
A letter was read from Capt. w. II.
T;Ny. who asked for the Seaboard Air Lima,
tat an ordinance be passed to keep boys
and trespassers from boarding trains in
the Union DEPOT. He said that the chans
would get hurt and then that the rail
road would have to pay and pay smartly.
Pass the ordinance and the railroad will
do the rest" he said. The City Attorney
was instructed to prepare an ordinance
OF the kind suggested.
Letters were received from Mr.. A. d.
Register. Messrs. Cross and Linehan. and
Mossrs. Lee and Broughton setting forth
that because of permission from the
mayor there had been reckless and in
discriminate shooting of pistols and fire
works on Fayetteville street during Christ
mas and that damage had been done to
window glasses and show cases. They
asked that the city e-imburse them and
sent in bills as follows: A. -. Register,
$25; Cross and Linehan. S25; Lee and
Broughton 81. The matter was referred
to a special committee consisting of A!
dermen Crocker Andrews and Johnson,
with the mayor as chairman.
Then came the salary question with .'e
gard to the Assistant Sanitary Inspector
and Policemen. resolution was pending
increasing their salaries SO a month
This was reduced to S. a month. the AS