The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-04

ments, the other expenses were for
various articles bought for the city and
other items. the total being $2,571.06,
of which 500 was paid e. B. Grow
for examing tax books, $777.64 for
lights, $602.69 to T. III. Briggs. q Son
for pipes and merchandise, $11S.23 to
G. A. Norris for feed, $197 to poll
holders and registrars in city election.
The report as to the correctness of
the accounts of City Tax Collector
Lumsden for 1908 and 1904 was sub
mitted and filed. Street Commissioners
Blake submitted his report as to work
done in the past three months The
report of Chief of Police Mullins show
ed the arrests for April as 70, OF
which the white were 20 male and 2
female; colored 80 male, IA female.
Sick time lost: Bell, 4 days; Haynes,
1 day; Brown, one half day; Creigh-
ton, day For May the report show
ed SO arrests, white male As, female
s; eolored male 35, female Z. OF these
arrests were for selling liquor and "A
for drunkenness. The sick time lost
was: Bell, 8 days; Austin, l day; AL
derson, days; Rogers, days; Spence.
4 days; Brown; l "a days. !.
The report from Pullen Park show
ed that the City Railway now has
lights there at night and that the AMI
mails. cages and houses are in good
shape. The receipts were put at $685.
05, and the expenses at $500. The
report of the Sanitary Inspector show
ed receipts at $301.21, with expenses of
$S91.44, the farm TO be credited with
feed furnished various departments to
the amount of $206.30. City Physi-
clan McGeachy reported that in May
he made $50 visits, treated at dispen-
sary 40, wrote IS prescriptions. sent
9 to hospital, vaccinated SO, with one
death reported.
The report of the Fire Committee
was that a new fire alarm box be
placed at the corner of johnson and
Saunders street and this was adopted.
For Clean City.
An ordinance was proposed by AL
derman Jackson and at once adopted,
this being to render more slightly and
more clearly the city by having street
iron trash boxes on certain streets and
boxes or barrels on others Sheet
iron garbage boxes to contain all trash
and refuse from stores are to be pro-
vided by merchants on FayetteVlile,
Wilmington, and the east side of Sails
bury. between Morgan and Davie. on
Morgan, Hargett and Martin street
between Salisbury and Blount, on
north and south Exchange strets and
ceptable is to be thirty inches high
and twenty inches in diameter Suit
able boxes or barrels with covers fol
trash are to be kept within or near al
buildings, except as specified above
which are within the boundaries be-
ginning at the intersection of Morgan
and Salisbury streets, east along Nor
gan and Blount, south along Blount to
Davie, west along DaVie to Salisbury
G., 11nh ntr inn in
! Violation of the ordinance is TO pflIle
| q fine of ten dollars.
The appraisers on the matter o.
! moving back the house of j. r. Rudy
| and the fence of the Miller property
! On Newbern Avenue recommended tina
| $50 be paid by the city on the cost o.
| $S5 on the Rudy house change of |.
| feet as other work done iii Lowering
| and terracing would improve the prop
| erty and that the city pay the cost OF
moving the Miller fence, these change:
| being made to give a proper sidewalk
The Police Committee recommended
! that to better equip the fire depart
| ment there be bought for the new
| steamer a deluge set, nozzle and Siam
| csc connection, double swinging har
| ness and Siamese sets to convert one
! stream into two and two streams int
/ one al Ito cost $2S4.75. The Police
|
! ton that to increase the efficiency o.
! the police department, if after inves
| tigation the need is found and the ex
pense is not too great, there be pur'
chased a police patrol wagon ant
| horse, equipment for a house for these
equipment for a central office for a pc
lice telephone signal system, anc
| twelve or more signal boxes This was
referred to the Police and FINANCE
| Committee to investigate and repor
| upon.
Authority was given City Tax Col
| lector Jones to sell certain city proper
| ty for taxes on the 9TH of June. Thf
request of the Elks Building Commit.
| tee to be allowed to erect porte
cochere, with balcony above, in from
| of the Elks' Home to be built on Sails
| bury street was referred to the Stree
| Committee.
Saunders Street Matter.
Then came the request from the City
| Railway Company alt1 the Glepwoof
Land Company that the city grade anc
| fill Saunders street so as to permit {
| car line system to the GlenWood SUI
burb. Mr.. A. l.. Murray first urgec
| this, saying that all the people In tina
i section on Saunders street and Boylar
| Avenue asked this, that owners of LAT
! houses and 24S lots asked 1t, tina
| these represented taXaDlc properly
of $685. 900, and that by the improve
| ment the value of these would be in
| creased $77 500, and that the tax in
crease to the city would be 1858, VIII
| $500 coming from new houses ant
| 500 more from the street car com
pany each year. He believed that 81,
/ 81 would do the work needed, eX
planning this in detail He also. tolC
| how it would be fulfilling a promis
to give a street leading to the Metho
| dist Orphanage. Rev John w. Jen
kins, the superintendent of the or
| phanage, then rose to say that tn
1 street would be a great benefit.
An estimate of the cost of putting
the streets in thorough condition, ma
| cadamized. with drain pipes. curblng
! culverts and necessary grading wa
/ submitted by Street COMMISSIONS
| Blake, the figures for this work belnl
/ $S,917.15. Mr.. Murray explained tina
al this was not wanted, only the grad
| ing.
Mr. j. II. Pou next spoke. saying tn
Glenwood Company was to invest $53,
| 600 and that Saunders street could b.
| fixed for $4,000 by the city, that h
did not ask this for the company alone
but that for every dollar the city in
vested it would get two back. He sai'
| work on the car line would begin a
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