The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-23
CITY COUNCIL
School Building Accounts All Set'
lied Total Cost, including
Furniture, 500 SSO.3S.
Appropriation To Fire Department
Other Business.

The City Council met Thursday night
in regular session for October. Pres-
dent Bradley. Clerk Eastburn and
Councilmen Lane, Melville, Rowe, Gold
smith, Garner. Embrey, Brown. Green
and Howard present. Mr.. Lane, of FL
nance. presented report of Mayor Wal
lace showing receipts from dog-tax
collections $35S.5O, and fines $5l for
past month, and that officers had per-
formed their duty. The report was
received and ordered filed. He also
presented bills of the registrars. S.. so
and 81: Free lance-Star Pub. Co..
$32. 80, which were ordered paid.
Mr.. Garner, of Public Property Com
mittee. presented plans and speciiica-
tons for putting up brick building Mt
Aims House, containing 8 rooms, for
the accommodation of the colored poor,
TO replace that burned last spring. The
Public Property Committee was in
structed to advestise for bids for erect
ing said building and report said bids to
Council at earliest date possible.
Mr.. Embrey, of Street, presented
blue prints for grades forproposed curb
ing on Main St. from railroad 10 lower
wharf. This led to discussion and re-
suited in motion to refer both to Joint
! Committee on Street and Finance TO
obtain opinion of expert engineer as to
correctness.
Mr.. Embrey made statement as to
expenditures by the Street Committee,
showing their Appropriation had been ex-
ceeded by $500 by extra work. He said
that certain work which his committee
had done in the Lower Ward cost much
more than estimated
Mr. Bradley vacated the chair, which
was occupied by Vice President Garner.
and after discussing the improperly of
committees exceeding their appropria-
tons without first coming TO the COun-
ell, offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted
Resolved by the Council, That the
sum of 81, 900 be placed to the credit of
the Street Committee and when said
amount has been expended, the Street
Committee before making any further
outlay for any purpose. shall report to
the Council in detail any other OUTLAWS
in the judgment of the Street Commit
tee deemed necessary to be made with
the definite description of the charac-
ter, cost and location of such proposed
OUTLAWS. and the authority of the COun-
Gil to make such expenditures shall first
be obtained before any liability there
for is obtained.
Mr.. Bradley, of Joint Committee of
Schools and Public Property. presented
a report from his committee, recon-
mending the payment of S7S3. 20, said
amount being in full to +. G. Helm,
contractor on public school building;
also $3.50 to F. =. Stearns, balance due
as inspector of said building; also
$452. 20 to w. A. Bell & Bro. for school
furniture. and 500 to Atlas School
Supply Co. for maps. These bills were
ordered paid.
Mr.. Bradley also presented detailed
report showing total cost Of erecting
public school building, amounting to
S36, 946. 80, and furniture 81, COB. II, a
grand total of $59, $50. SO for building
and furniture, all of which is paid eS-
cept one small bill of $SS 20. which has
not been presented. The report was
received and ordered filed.
Mr.. Green, of Fire Department, Of
fered a resolution that the sum OF $40,
or so much thereof as is necessary, be
appropriated to the Firemen's Relief
Association of the Fire Department of
this city to enable them to secure the
necessary charter TO join the State AS
ISOLATION. Hon. c. O'Conor Goodrich
was heard on the subject and said 1t was
of much interest to the members of the
Fire Department Of this city, who were
not salaried men, but volunteer work
ers.
The Council made the appropriation
and on motion adjourned.