Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-18
TO MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION
CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
IMPROVEMENTS.
Important Matters To Be Taken Up Aud
F. Discussed Al a Meeting On
Monday Night.


The City Council viii meet in spec
ial session on Monday evening next
for the purpose of considering in de-
tail the specifications for the improve
ments 10 be made by means of the
proceeds OF the bonds authorized by
the Act of the Legislature at its last
session.
The face value of the bonds is S25.
600 and they were sold 10 the Annap-
oils Savings Institution at pre-
MUM Which netted SSlS. The amount
received from ths sale has been draw
ing interest from the Annapolis
Banking and Trust Company and
something over $500 will be received
from this source. The amount which
therefore over 81 300 in excess of their
face value.
The improvements to be made under
this bond issue are among the most
important ever carried out in Annapo-
lis. \ good proportion of the money
will be expended in improvements at
Murray Hill, the chief suburb of An
napolis. Franklin street and South
gate avenue, the main thoroughfares
of that section. will be paved i'm tarred
other paving Will be done on Murray
avenue and part of Second street. The
whole section will be severed and n
large building boom is expected to fol-
low in the wake of the improvements.
A notable improvement will consist
in the bulkheading and filling of
Charles street cove, which divides
Murray Hill at one point from the
main city. At present two sewers
empty into this cove and the new
sewer serving the larger part of the
western section of the city will also
empty into il. 1t is a matter of a
short time when the condition of the
cove would make il a menace to
health as there is little tidal move
ment there. II is intended TO carry all
the sewers out pass the bulkhead into
Spa creek, where the tide is much
stronger. The new sewer will run
along Shaw street, which is 10 be eN-
tended TO the bulkhead.
The city authorities have been in
consultation with the heirs of the late
James ID. Murray, to whom the land
necessary to extend Shaw street be-
longs, and it is believed that an
amicable arrangement will be made
and there will be no necessity of re-
sorting to condemnation proceedings.
The other improvements TO be made
under the bond issue are the paving
of Market, Conduit, Union and
Charles streets with tarred macadam,
and Martin street with vitrifed
brick. All these streets are in the
main section of the town and are I'M
paved. The first four mentioned are
in a group near the northern bank of
Spa creek and Martin street is a short
thoroHghfare running directly to one
of the gates of the Naval Academy,
whish will probably be the main gate
when the construction work there is
completed.
..The contrcat for the laying of the
sewer authorized under the ordinance
has been awarded TO Charles A. How
ard, of Annapolis, at cost of a little
over So, 900. He has already begun TO
place the pipe along the route in order
to begin work at once. The sewer
cannot be continued TO the water until
a right of way over Shaw street is
procured, but it will be laid under the
rest of the streets in order that there
may be no tearing up of tbs new
streets when they have been paved.
The special meeting has been called