Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-23
THE RETURN Of WILLIAMS.
Stirs Up More Excitement And
Contention In The Council
Than a Box of
Monkeys.


Jams attended a meeting of the City
Council last night. He was loaded
for bear and before .the. evenings ses-
dangled at his belt. After an absence
from the Council table for such a
length of time that dust and cobwebs
collected in his uneasy chair. he was
back again. ready for the fray aud
with cord of chips on his shoulder
waiting to be knocked off by the first
person with the temerity to do so.
Alderman Williams ran the gamut
of complaints and worked the bass
tremulo stop with good will He
lambasted several persons, things and
ideas with right good will and only
laid away his night stick when it was
badly shattered. He jumped several
ideas which were not in strict accord
with his way of thinking and put for
ward several ideas which will prove
of the utmost good to the city. In his
controversy with the City Counsellor
he had hold of the wrong end of the
argument and couldn't make any
headway, but when he objected to the
manner in which the telephone and
lighting companies placed cry wires
he was present with both feet and
made ten-strike.
Persons who have had an elevated
umbrella knocked from their hands by
collision with a guy wire sympathized
with the suggestion made by Mr..
Williams that the wires be elevated.
With Mr.. Williams present at the
meeting, things were on the hum all
evening and the entertainment was
we'll worth the price of admission.
Even ON matters which the general i'm.
preston shows the mercurial Alderman
TO be wrongly set on, thei courage of
his conviction were sufficient guar
antee of good faith. Everyone of the
ideas presented by him were of the
Simon pure variety with the name of
Williams blown on the bottle and
stamped on every cork. Even without
the Labelling they would be known.
Had Mr.. Williams not been present
the meeting would have been a tame
affair indeed. He stirred up the ami
mails as they have never been stirred
up before. He twisted the lions tail,
made the parrot cry enough" made
the Baer growl and brought consterDa-
tion into the tent generally.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
The following is the routine busi-
ness in brief, transacted by the Board /:
The petition of the Independent
Fire Company for exemption of the
usual license fees for the firemen' s
spring carnival from May 80 to June
3, inclusive, was granted.
The petition of Charles Weiss and
others for an arc light at the corner
of Cornhill and Fleet streets, was
granted.
The petition of members of the
Morning Star Club, X. of p. for the
use of the Assembly Rooms on the
night of May 30, was referred to the
committee on public buildings with
power to act.
The minority aud majority reports
of the committee on the Official CORES
pondence between the Mayor and Col
onel Karmany with reference to the
recent difficulty between the marines
and member of the city police force,
and recommending that the same be
dropped, brought about a lively dis
cussion, which finally resulted in lay
ing the whole matter on the table.
BUILDING PERMITS
The following building permits were
granted:
To George W. Evans to erect a one
story church on Northwest street for
the vestry of st. Anne's Church.
To George w. Evans to rebuild and
remodel the Claude property on State
Circle.
To Thomas NJ. ELloyd to erect two
frame buildings on Clay street for
John Macle.
To James Mayo to erect frame
dwelling on West street for Mrs. Carrie
Ridout.
To James J. Stehle to erect an ad-
dition TO the dwelling on Fleet street
for Mr.. Klawansky.
To WIS. Taylor to erect an addition
to dwelling on Northwest street for
Mrs. M. O. Taylor.
To George w. Evans to erect three
story frame building on Market street
for Harry L. Brewer.
To George w. Evans to erect
double frame building on King George
street for Miss Virginia Mullan.
To Harry L. Elliott to erect an avn
ing on West street was referred to the
street committee to report at the next
meeting of the Board.
Mr.. H. s. Westervelt appeared before
the Board as representative of the
Clarkson Electric Light Company for
permission to erect an electric light
plant in the city limits. and the use of
the streets. He stated that the COM
pany was fully prepared to pat in
first class plant by the first OF October
if permission was granted them, and
that light and power would be fur
nished at a minimum price. The mat
ter was referred to q committee con-
sisting of Counsellor Riley and Alder
men Baer and Strange.
ORDERS
The following orders were offered
That the street committee ascertain
from the Annapolis Water Company its
position in reference to the cOnstruc-
tion of water mains on Calvert and
Paca streets, and upon it refusal to
construct same the street committee
be authorized TO have said mains laid
at the expense of the company; adopt
ed
That the sum of $500 or as much as
necessary be appropriated TO curb and
pave Washington street ;sadOpted.
That $3.50 be appropriated to pay
W. Z. Feldmeyer balance due him on
contract for paving Conduit street ex-
tended from Cathedral street to Spa
creek; adopted.
That the sum of $50 be appropriated
for the use of the fire companies-$20
each adopted.
That the sum of 1925 be appropriated
for the use OF the City Commissioner
for the month of June; adopted.
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