The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-06

there bei9g white. 81 male. > fe-
male. colored. 40 male, one female.
4 favorable report was made for
electric lights IL the corners II Lee
notr and Mcdowell. St Mary and
Hillsboro. Railroad and Peace streets.
and these We're ordered put IN
Have Not the Money.
that the sewer needed from the
Methodist Orphanage. its Us orphans
and teachers. be laid, that already
600 or 700 feet Ia been lal
In the ~orphanage grounds. and the
need was great. InaSmuC as the
city was without the money now he
coIid secure IL without interest for a
term great ~ four years. build the
sewer, and let the city finally pay.
that he could not build II direct as he
could not condemn land, Alderman
tpchurch wanted the matter TO 20 10
a committee, and Alderman Lee said
that while he regretted il, that he
had to say rankly that the city had
no money this year for the
that sections for q long time in the
city rad no sewerage. and that If the
d~ispensary Is voted out there would
be $4,000 q year less 10 spend. which
meant an increase of taxes Of from
70 to 80 per cent, perhaps more. He
knew h work could not be done
this year. The matter was finally
referred to the sewer committee.
h Board of Audit and Finance
reported its approval of amounts
voted as follows: $50 to Steam Fire
Company; $40 for sewer line in
West MorEanton Street; $50 for street
signs IN new territory. amount in
contract with the Raleigh Electric
Company for street railway extension
City Physician G. O. Alternately re-
commended az his associates on the
Board of Health DR.. Ralph Stevens
and Or. T. S. Gotten. These were
elected.
Alderman williams reported that
as r. the complaint Of a cess pool on
Boylan Avenue and Lane street he
could find none there.
a favorable renort was made for a
sewer on North BIount between Jones
and Lane. in front Of the Governors
Mansion, and this was ordered placed.
Hack Ordinance Debate.
The hack ordinance OF Alderman
Dowell came up, and Alderman Lee
wanted 1t to 60 to q committee. Alder
man CDchurch urged that it be killed
at once, hat some tight wads" had
gotten Alderman DoWe1l to ntrodu
t, that the rates here are low enough.
Alderman NOVEL; wante7 to investi-
gate. Alderman Williams found
some charges he thought too high.
Mr.. W NJ .Rcb5ins was introduced
and said his rates were as reasonable
as possible fer good service, that the
Board ought no more to regulate him
than the selling of beef steak, that he
paid q license tax and the city railway
none, while its cars blocked his bus
mess at the big excursions by filing
up the track at the depot. Finally the
matter went to Aldermen Williams,
Moore and Doweil as a committee to
epo later.
7 H. rv
F. Moody for the annual a~ppropria-
ton of 500 each to the Raleigh Light
Infantry and the Third Regiment
Band. This was granted.
Permission was given for area way
opening for a building of the Norfolk
and Southern now being placed on
Saunders street by Mr.. W. B. Bar
row., contractor.
A letter to Alderman Upchurch
from Mrs. E. E. Mofitt calling atten-
ton to the debris in the streets and
suggesting how this should be clean
ed up was read. as was her recon-
m~endation for action by the Board.
The members recognized the value of
her suggestions and referred the mat
ter to the sanitary inspector with
poWer to act.
A report was made by street Com
missioner Blake as to a concrete Gu
vert and projected work on Souta
4p4CIilN I ~ lAB4-l - 1CAs~--b e
the estimate being $1,45S. 1t was
sent to the Boar of Audit ana ri
nance.
Fer Street Cars TO Cemetery.
\ petition from about Loco ladies
was presented, his that the street car
line be extended out Polk street to
lakewood cemetery, and then by it to
Lane. Mr.. j. L. O'Quinn spoke for
this, saying that if the change was
III IT, onp $500 - -
grading the street, and would give two
lots needed by the street car
this making $3.50 in all, in order to
have the ladies not put to the trouble
of the Ions pull up the hill to see a
car disappear. He said that Manager
Carr, of the Raleigh Electric Com
pany, is willing. if the city is. The
matter was referred to a special COM
mitt4e consisting of Alderman Up
church, Lee and Heart.
The resignation of r. J. Conrad as
a member of the police force was &C
cepted and for once without a caucus
a policeman was elected. Patrick
Jones', nominated by Aldermen NOVEL;
and Upchurch, received five votes, ].
w. Womble, nominated by Alderman
Heart two votes: n. b. Beall, nomi-
mated by Alderman Moore, one vote,
and Joseph L. King, nominated by Al
derman Taylor, no vote.
AiQcIIIldn opCluIGH CdIit1 dtlSlI-
ton to the fact that Johnson street
crossing by the SeabOard Air Line
and Cabarrus street by the Southern
were kept closed and the police were
notified to look after this.
The complaint as to the accumulation
of water and and the u~nsanitary CON
dition resulting It the old turn-table OF
the southern Railway was called w
by Alderman NOVEL;, and the matter
was referred to a special committee,
Aldermen NOVEL;, Lee and Williams.
Alderman NOVEL; reported to the
board that a few nights ago TWO young
men a taken disreptable women
from a Raleigh to the swimming
pool at Pullen Park and had there Sc
cured suits for the women going into
the pool. He declared this an OUT
rage and that the parties should be
punished and the practice ended He
said hat at the next meeting Of the
board he would introduce an ordi-
nance concerning the behaviour of
such women and would work to. see
il enforced.
MARKET OPENS WELL.
One Hundred Thousand Pounds tho