The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-10
ton This went over
thirty days.
Nusf put on Guard Rails

Alderman Lee offered q resolution
requiring the street railway
to equip its cars with guard raiHs o.
as 10 prevent accidents on aouDle
tracks. The rules were suspeho7i
and the ordinance passed. the com
pa1v being given till October "A TO
equip the cars
Attention was called by Alderman
Hearft to the practice OF small boys
jumping on and on the cars WINE ~
motion. and the clerk vas norne1
10 write the car company TO endea-
vor TO stop this practice
Notification having been given the
mayor ~ Mr. Joseph G Brown. pres
tdent o~ the Citizens National Bank,
who now retires a. city
that his bank would no longer han
die the SIS. 900 OF current expense
bonds at 5 per cent. and the Com
mercial and Farmers. with which Is
connected Mr. p. 6. 5erman. the new
treasurer. expressing its ~ess to
do 30. the bonds were ordered trans
ferred 70 II.
Discussion as To Gar Speed.
Aledreman Heart offered an or
dinance reducing street car speed 10
six miles an hour on Hillsboro street
between West and the switch in front
Of st. Mary's, as the street is narrow
and accidents might be averted. Al
herman Tpchurch opposed and said
Make n one mile an hour to which
alderman Heartt declared that he hid
not want the matter treated with rid
icule. Then Alderman Upchurch de-
clared that he would be glad to see
the cars go 50 fast that people would
have 10 run for their lives. Just as
they did IN big cities. that Raleigh
ought to wake up and get busy, n
not be a curfew town
There was a long and variegated
talk here on street car speed. OF police
not noticing violations Of speed and SO
on. While finally. on objection Of AL
dern1an Upchurch tho proposed or
dtnance went over for thirty days.
though Alderman NOVEL; said he be-
lieved the street car people would not
object.
A request from Mr.. S. Berwanger
to be allowed to place iron supports
for new awnings on Exchange street
was sent to the Sidewalk committee.
He Wants Taxes Collected.
Alderman Upchurch called atten-
ton to the fact tina. While the city
ordinances required $50 q year as IL
cense for running an omnibus that
nom was being collected, and that no
license tax as required was collected
from teams out of the city hauling in
the city. and from teams in he city.
He also went after the drivers al
lowed to use punches of bones and
sores as horses in draws in the city.
He wanted a Horse Board of Health
to examine these, but MS motion went
over for so days.
Hunting For Lost Property.
The board authorized the refund
ing of money paid by people who had
bought property at a city tax sale, as
the property could not be located.
The matter. OF finding this properly,
sold by the city, was left with the
chairman of the Finance committee,
to find out what it is and where it
is located, without poWes TO act In
getting it on the tax books.
Permission was given the Carolina
WoodWorkers' Company to widen it's
building by moving side walls out to
the caves of the roof.
On motion Of Alderman Nowelr
the matter of replacing the wooden
steps at various places in
Pullen Park with granolithic steps
was left to Chairman Novel;, Of the
Park committee, and Chairman
Heartt. of the Finance committee,
with power TO act.
And then the meeting quit till an
other time.