Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09
ALDERMEN DECIDE TO
WAIT UNTIL TUESDAY
Action Upon Lower Branch's Paving
Ordinances Postponed After
Three Hours Of Talk.
Mr.. BACHELOR MAKES HIS PROTEST
Now the Board Wants Opinion Of At
torney Massie as to Right Of City
to Let Contract to J. ". Davis
Fourth Ward Members Must Revise
Their Plan.

After three hours OF talk, the board
OF aldermen last night adjourned %
Resume consideration Of the paving
question in regular session next Tues
day night. klst nights session was
Il special one. called for the purpos"
Of considering the ordinances adopt
rI ty the common council awarding
paving contracts. ant awarding III"
contract for tn" erect on of Il city
home.
Two hugs Influenced III" alder
men in arriving al their decision TO
defer action In the first place. tn"
body refused to c-ncur in the lower
branch's ordinance narrowing Hunt
ingtoa avenue above Fittieh street,
anC as all of the Fourth ward paving
plans were based upon the superstition
;ha, this avenue would have TO be
paved only for a width Ct 30 feet
above Fiftieth street, Messrs. West
and Read insisted upon delay IN
order thai they might consult with
the members of the common council
from their ward. The second thing
was an earnest protest from Mr., ..
d. Batchelar. counsel for the Cleye-
land Trinidad Paving Company.
against the awarding o! the CONTRACT
FIR brick paving TO MIR. J. W. DAVIS.
MIR. Ratchelor con;ending that his
client was the lowest bidder and had
not been given fair deal by che
common council
Mr.. Bachelors protest seemed TO
make some impression on one or two
of the Gne nlbers, especially Mr., Real,
but appearances indicate that II the
Huntington avenue complication had
been out OF the way. the measures
from the lower branch would have
been cOncurred in with small delay.
Mr.. Walker. DR.. LOngan. Captain
Weston and DR.. HGskins, espec ally
the former. seemed inclined to con-
cur and settle the Fourth ward troil
tie later but as six votes were neces-
sary to let the contract. il was agreed
10 adjourn and take up the measures
at he regular meeting.
City Attorney Massie was directed
to submit an opinion Tuesday night
as to whether or not the council has
|. he right to award the contract TO-
lbrick 10 J. w. Davis for PEBBLES
block. Messrs. West and Read an
nounced that they would confer with
the Fourth ward representatives IN
the common council and have ready
TUESDAY night report upon the
changes made necessary by the re-
fusal to concur in the narrowing OF
Hun. ington a:cnuc.
Al! Members Present.
The board was called 10 order by
President Robinson with every E1em-
her il his sea. The hall was fillcu
with citizens. and on the "side-lines'
were the paving c mpany representa-
itiyes DR. J. w. Ayier opened tn"
proceedings W n prayer.
Mr.. Read Protests.
Mr. Read asked that before regular
! business was taken up, the BODY
grant unanimous consent TO the con
sheraton OF an ordinance narrowing
| Huntington avenue above Fiftie,
street. accepted BY the common Coun-
!c;l but no; included in the call for
! last nights meeting. The motion
was carried then Mr. Read moved
tina; h" action OF the lower branch
! br not cOnCurred in.
Spcaking warmly in support of his
mott, n. Mr. Read denounced III"
! measure as the result OF a plan on
he part If members from the lower
par Of tn" fourth ward TO 81 NOR"
,av TX io- their ser ion. a, III" "X
pcnsc Of the ape q upper
I Uuntir yton avenue He declared
that ih"r" was not a resident Of n"
terrific. in question Who wanted the
chang. 'ha' his pcopl" had been
paving - ~ n.nc years without
getting 10 or Ere protection In
return. and could ConBauc To do so,
hut rhcv did not want their beautiful
street. I'll ned Mr. Read mentioned
civ Engineer Pcarsr as the oriEina
tor Of this plan. but Mr. PeaTse in;er'
rup'cd . say that this was no; the
case
Mr. West. the other member from
tho Fourth ward expressed ihe op'n'
ion that the change would no. be as