Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-03-12
MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETING.
CONDUIT AND MAKRET STREET
GRADE DISCUSTRD.
Report of ShelIman B. Brown On Con.
yeyance To ExpOsition-Petitions.
Reports of Committees.
Orders And Bills
Passed.

Reports OF Committees.
Orders And Bills
Passed.
The regular monthly meeting of tn,
Mayor and City Council for March wa
held last night in the Council Cham
ber, City Hall. A full board was pres
ent and a general discussion was has
over the contemplated grading anC
matchmaking of Conduit and Marke
streets, and several petitions weI,
presented, largely signed by residents
and taxpayers of Conduit street Will
reference TO the grading and sewerinf
of that street.
Messrs. J. ID. Flood and j. B. Rotz
were present and addressed the Board
on the subject of the grade and sewer
of Conduit street. Mr.. Flood said the
contemplated grade of four feet on
said street would be a great hardship
on the property owners of that street,
and suggested that it be modified.
The plat of the engineer was referred
To, which gave the contemplated grade
and the Board finally agreed to sub
nit it to the engineer before proceed
ing, for modification.
The Board then took up the regu-
lar routine business as follows:
The petition of J. B. Flood, G. III.
Wrede, III. A. Schreyer, and others,
taxpayers on Conduit street, with ref
erence to changing the grade on said
street, and on motion, action in the mat
terwas postponed until the engineer
could be consulted.
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The petition of George Quaid, John
1}. Flood, John Gessner, Otto stephen,
Henry A. Schreyer G. III. Wrpde,
George w. Jones and twenty other
residents and taxpayers ON Conduit
street, with reference TO the sewer
trouble on thatstreet, was read. Counsel
Tor Riley moved that the committee on
streets be directed to advertise for
bids for relaying the old S-inch sewer
on Conduit street. and connecting ii
with the 10-iuch sewer to be run to
the water, which was adopted.
The petition of residents and tax
payres of Second street for macadam-
izing said street from West street to
Murray avenue, Murray Hill, was
read and action postponed for further
consideration.
Mr.. w. r. Minnick, by permission,
addressed the Board on an order passed
with reference TO condemning and re-
moving the old Kelley property on
the north side of the City Dock, which
the Board considered as dangerous.
Mr.. MinnicS said as agent for the
owners, he was arranging to have the
property repaired and put in safe col
dition as required by the city. lie
was informed by the Board that if
the property waas put in proper re-
pairs and reasonable precaution taken
in its care, the owners would not be
required to tear it down, which he
said he would have done.
Alderman Baer called the Board S
attention to the dilapidated frame
houses on Clay street extended, known
rs Castles in the Air, which he
claimed were a menace TO the neigh
borhood. Alderman Linthicum moved
that the owners of said property be no
titled to put same in safe condition,
or they would be condemned and torn
down, which was adopted.
COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS.
The Mayor laid before the Board
the communication of G. Brooke John
son, chairman of the board of COVER
nor of the jamestown Exposition,
with reference tp the city making
some arrangements of attending the
Exposition on Annapolis Day.
which was read, and, ON motion, was
referred TO the committee on that
subject.
The Mayor laid beore the Board
the report of Shellman B. Brown,
superintendent of the Maryland EIec-
trie Railways Company, with accom-
panying letter of Il. j. Chism, of til
Chesapeake Steamship Company, with
reference to the steamers of the Nor
folk line stopping at Annapolis one
or two days in the week during the
Jamestown Exposition, which, he
said, would be utterly impracticable
for them to do.
The Mayor laid before the Board the
reports of the Collector and Treasurer,
City Clerk, Market Master. Justices
of Police, etc. for the month of Febru-
ary, which were referred TO the appro-
pirate committees.
The report of Alderman Thompson,
+. H., chairman Of the committee on
public buildings, on the order appro-
priating $50 for the erection of a suit
able building to house the old fire APP
paratus and to fill up sink on the
premises of the Water Witch Hook and
Ladder Company, as insufficient.
and asked that 500 be appropriated
for the purpose. After some discus
ison the matter was referred back TO
the committee.
The petition of w. b. Gardiner for
an abatement on his assessment of one
organ valued at $25, one horse, $50,
one COW, $40, was granted.
The report Of the City Health Officer
for the month of February showed 10
deaths--S white and IL colored, IL
males, S females; contagious diseases,
/; houses disinfected, 2. Death rate
for The month per 1000, 6.3I.
ORDERS PASSED.
The following orders were passed:
BY Alderman Thompson, II. A.
That the sum of $500 be appropriated
to pave Clay street to Washington
street with rubble stone and the COM
mittee on streets advertise for bids to
do the work, which was referred to
the committee on streets.
BY Alderamn Baer-That the sum OF
So. 600 or as much. as necessary, be
appropriated to curb and macadam-
ize Second street. from West street,
to Murray avenue, which was referred
to the committee on streets.
by Alderman Lintbicum-Th the
owners of ice boxes in the city market
drain the same with iron pipes to the
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