Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-08

girls In the PARK ne NOteu iOi INV
resolution.
BY a vote Of nine to six, the council
laid on the table a resolution for the
erecting of storm sewer to diam
Jefferson avenue at Twenty seventh
lstreet. All of the members from the
| Second ward voted for the resolution.
| Another resolution appropiating $500
for grading. Twenty-third, Twenty
eighth and Twenty streets
land Chestnut avenue between
Twenty eighth and Twenty-ninth
streets also was lost. the vote
being ten to four, while twelve vote
were necessary for its adoption since
In carried an appropriation exceeding
| $500
Resolutions prohibiting the backing
of any vehicles against the concrete
ourbing before March 1, 1910, and pro-
bibit.ng vehicles from blocking the
street drinking fountains were unani-
mously adopted.
At the request OF the health com
mittee, the council appropriated $25o
for the purchase of mule to replace
one that died recently. President
Jones was requested TO buy the mule
| for the city
Monthly Paving Estimates.
The monthly estimates OF the
money due Alsop and Pierce for paw
| ing and curbins and su.tering
| amounting in all 20 about $500. were
ordered paid.
The committee on The revision OF
Y he enl.nRI made
| its reDort and IT WAS ddoptei. ono
or Two important changes a'e maze
| in the rules, the most important Ce-
| ing the appointment of the standing
| committees for Term Of one var IN
stead OF two years as he"etoiore
! While the roll was being caiied
and unuer suspension o. the ruiCs,
The council adop.ed Il resolution APP
propriatIng 500 ior the Fairgrounds
| Association. The resolution was offer
| ed by Mr.. Ford = resolution chereo
lby Hr Fellows add authorizing the
purchase of figure plates for automo-
| biles ard the printing OF "t9 copies
of the automobile ordinance icr ais
tributlon among automobil" owners
and the members Of The p''ice force
also was adopted uIG=- snspensicA
OF he rules.
| Two resolutions offered by Council
MAJ: Cox at the roll call were referred
TO committees. One of the resolutions
provides for an appropriation of saOV
to purchase two motorcycles for the
police department. This WAS referJed
10 the finance COMMITTEES
Wants Salary for counciInen.
The other provides that the oGun-
ell take such action as NAV BE- neces-
sary to have the cry charter Sc
amended that the members OF the
council shall receive salary oil si9'
per annum and that ca2n menhe!
shall be subject ~ fine or 81 Wnt
absenting himself from a council
meeting and $3.50 wlen aOsentins
himself from a COMMITTEES meeting
This was referred to the committee
on legislation
Three commune ,t'uns from Mayer
Zones we're read before the Council
Immediately after the meeting was
called TO order One was concerning
the sweeping of the streets OF the city
and appended to it was 4 carbon copy
Of Il letter which the mayor recently
wrote the city engineer regarding the
matter. The communication was re-
ferred to the street committee.
| Looks to City for Damages.
Another letter from the mayor call
ed the attention of the council to a.
amended letter from Attorney X.
kawIes. Of Suffolk The letter from
| that lime
Conductor Charles r. Johnson, OF the
Newport News Old Point Railway 4
Electric Company. was injured while
running his car over Twenty-eighth
street bridge by being struck by
piece OF loose fioring on the bridge
The injury resulted in the loss OF tins
CONDUCTOR foot and the attorney de
mands $4,000 damages. He went OF
TO say that the Chesapeake & Ono
Railway Company had agreed-to PAY
lone-third of this amount and that ne
would lock to the city and the street
railway company for the other two
thirds. In conclusion he said that II
a prompt settlement is not MADE ne
will bring suit. The matter was re-
ferred TO the city attorney
The third communication from the
MAYOR related to the laying Of maca
dam pavement on Twenty-seventr
street by the street railway compan.
| Amended to the letter was com
munication from General Manager W
W. s Butler setting forth that the
company had taken the proper steps
to lay the macadam between It's
tracks on that street This was re
ferred to the street committee.