Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-29
Hr Walkers Resolution Adopted,
With Three Members Offer.
Ing Strong Opposition.
DIRECTS COMMITTEE 10 ACT
u Measure Passes Lower Branch, the
Legislature win be Asked to Auth.
orize Bond lssue-school Board'G
Reauest-oeflnate Action on Aims
house Question.

With three members vigorously op
posing. the board OF aldermen last
night passed II resolution directing
i the fire department and water com.
mlttee of the council to investigate
into the advisabllity and feasibility of
& the city owning It's water works, ana
authorizing the committee, in event Il
Is found advisable aud feasible, 10
present bill in the Legislature pro.
s viding for bond Issue OF 100000.
with the consent of the people. 1t
IS the purpose of the supporters OF this
resolution to use the 100000. II the
bonds are Issued in purchasing water
rights and taking other stems prellm.
mary TO tho establishment OF n sys.
lem of water works.
fsg The resolution In question was IRE.
scented N The last meeting of the nj.
detnen hy Mir. Walker, and IL came to
TIC Npecial session of the board last
night with the recommendation OF K
lire department and water commitec
Air, Walker urged that unless the
council acted at once II would be i'm.
Z no2slble to get Il bond issue blll
: through the legislature for two years.
and said that tho passage OF the reso.
luton could do no harm. as the coun
cil and the voters would have TO pass
upon the matter again before honas
could be Issued
Strong Opposition.
~ MesSrS. Read and Davis argue,
3 IN rnt, .nt II, 81
Ing that while they believed /, would
he good thing for the city to o&n
dts water works mt some time. 1t world
be throwing away tine to pass Mr..
Walkers resolutions thht start@on
the construction OF water works c{And
not be made with 100000 and Ahat
10 would be many day beforM the
= &ity would lIsFie,'s pssltion to Enter
Appn the Ia earnest. IN the
insap time. NiiSyy Rend said. the city
would, II tho bonds were issued. be
) paying ont thousands of dollars an.
nuaily for no purpose.
MIR. Read offered an amendment to
the resolution, STRIKING ont the lond
issue clause, and directing the com
sm.tee 10 prepare ana submit to the
Z council estimates upon tho cost OF
establishing and maintaining water
works system, and tho probable III.
come from such n system.
MIR. Reads resolution was voted
down. and the original resolution
carried, the vote being: For the reso.
luton. walker, Weston, Noms. Rob-
inson and Hoskins; against rcsolu
ton, DAVIS, Read and Jones.
To Schools Committee,
a request from the board OF school
trustees for the sending of bill to
the legislature TO authorize The city to
issue bonds for $4,000 for the pur
pose of building a new nigh school
anu providing additional accomoations
for the graded schools, was referred
10 the schools committee.
Mr.. Walker moved that the rules be
4 suspended md tina, the request be
considered in a committee of the
whole, hut he motion did not receive
n second.
AImshouse and Hospital.
DeHnate action toward the cstab
lishment of an almshouse and emer
Yency hospital and the providing OF
Temporary quarters for sick paupers
WAS taken by the aldermen after n
lengthy discussion brought on l% the
altnshouse and poor committees rec.
s,lnmendation that the almshonse at
i Denbeigh be reopened.
Mr.. Robinson spoke at some length,
saving that the cily did not pay pro
per attention to its sick and poor, and
that the proper feeling did not seem
to exist. Chairman Jones. Mr.. Read
nnd Mr.. Walker all advising against
Yeestnblishing the almshouse at Dem
beigii. offered amendments to tho re-
port of the committee. All of the
amendments. being drawn into one
resolution by Mr.. Read, instructed
the almshouse and poor committee to
report upon the cost of buying proper
~ In the vicinity OF the city and con
structing thereon an almshouse with Il
hospital ward at!acn.u. and directing
the committee to provide temporary
s accommodation for the needy and sick.
This was adopted unanimously.
IN Special Session.
,rhe hoard of aldermen met IN
xpeeiai session on last night to act
tI,,on the matters mentioned above,
Tie full hoard was Decentralization
niayrus Jones, Messrs. j. Winston
Hsad,. l.. Snmpter Davis f.. w. Rob
ingoil. II. w, Walker, Q. G. NeIms,
tsaptain Weston and Dr. William Hos
k;iis.