Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-23
MOUNTAINEERING
NEW PAVING WORK DISCUSSED
BY CITY FATHERS.
Bubble Stone Cutters 10 Be Grouted-
No Change Likely In The Grade of
Conduit Street.-The Trees Saved
On Charles Street.
PROPERTY OWNERS MUST cUN.
Meet WITH SEWERS.

The City Council met last night for
| its regular end-of- -the-month session.
There will be three sessions this
month, as the Council Will meet next
Monday for the purpose OF acting
upon the applications for liquor Ii
censes. Most OF last nights session
was devoted TO matters arising from
the improvements which are now be.
ing made under the recent bond issue.
Action was taken in several matters
which will allay complaints which
have been made by abutting property
owners. During the session of the
Council Contractor William +. Field
meyer appeared before the body and
stated that he was seriously handi-
capped by the slowness OF property
owners in making sewer, water and
gas connections and in lowering the
sewer connections TO their buildings
where the grade of the street was
changed. This, of course, delays the
improvements, as the contractor has
TO wait after he has completed his ex-
cavation and before he can begin to
lay the pavement. The members of
the Council are i'm favor of taking
every possible means To hurry the
nroperty owners in this matter.
Upon motion of Counsellor Riley
it was ordered that grouting be placed
in the rubble stone cutters on Market,
Union, Conduit and Charles street.
This will have the effect of making
the whole driveway impervious to
water from curb to curb and will pre-
vent the growing of grass between the
stones. The cost of the change will
not be large.
Upon the motion of Mayor Douw
the vote by which the plans of Con-
duit street were approved was recon
sidered. The object of the Mayors
order was to prevent the change of
grade at Conduit and Union street, by
which abutting property owners would
have to lower their pavements sever
nj feet. This was at first proposed in
order that the water from Union
street might flow down Conduit street
to Spa creek. However, ii was urged
that the flow might be directed down
Conduit street to Gloucester street and
the expense to the property holders
avoided.
Upon motion of Alderman Strange
the street committee was authorized
to contract for the construction of n
sewer on Union street.
Mossrs. w. Meade Holiday, j. w.
Higgins and William III. Feldmeyer
appeared before the Council in refer
once to the change of grade of Charles
street. 1t was feared that the pro-
posed change would neeessitate the
destruction of trees on that street.
Upon reference TO the plans it was
found that such a slight change was
proposed that it would have little or
no effect of lowering the curbs. That
being the case Mayor Douw offered
an order that there should be no
change of the curb and the order was
passed.
The request of Max Schneider to be
allowed to erect a display stand on
West street was refused.
The request of Charles l.. Gates to
| be allowed to construct swinging
awning in front of Misplace of business
on College avenue was granted pro-
vided no part of the awning was lower
than sevon and a half feet from the
pavement. The request of Samuel
| Wood to be allowed to erect a porch in
front of his residence on Market street
was granted.
The following bills were passed
John NJ. Green, 800; William IL.
| Carr, IS.