Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-04

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, body to have the charter Of the city
az Newport News so amended that
the cflce Of police commissioner. po-
lice justice and city auditor will be
abe lished and that the duties hereto
1 fore performed by the police commits
sioners and the police justice shall be
performed by the mayor and those of
the city auditor shall be performed by
the city clerk. The representatives in
the legislature from this city are urg-
cd to support this bill TO its passage.
The above resolution was introduc-
ed In the common council last night
by Councilman f. Il Christie. of the
Second ward. under the roll call. The
resolution was referred to the com
mttee on ordinance and police and
il will not come up before the coun-
ell for passage before next month. If
then.
Sometime go there was talk among
some Of the councilmen CT aboiishing
the offices CT police justice and city
auditor and having the mayor perform
the city clerk take over the WORK
OF the city auditor, but when ii was
found that the charter Of the city
would have to be amended. the mat
ter was dropped for the time being.
Regular Session.
The council met in regular session
last night and the meeting waxed
warm at times. The alleged dereisc-
ticn of the city engineer in carrying
out the paving contracts was dis
cussed at great length end the ques-
ton of granting fifteen cents per
day increase in wages to the negro
labcrers in the sewer department was
discussed fer nearly an hour The in
crease finally was granted. the vote
being fourteen to one. President
Jones voted Nay
After a five minute recess had been
granted to give the representatives
from The Second ward time TO agree
on the paving and curbing to be laid
in their ward, the council finally dis
posed of that matter. II was decided
10 extend the curbing and guttering
on Twenty-seventh street from Jeffer-
son avenue half way to Warwick ave-
nue.. and to put macadam on Twenty
ninth street between Jefferson and
Marshall avenues and on Twenty-sev-
enth street from Jefferson to Mar
shall avenue
The recommendation of the commit
tee on fire department and water that
the bid of the American IaFrance
Fire Company for furnishing an au-
tomato aeria! track for the fire de-
partment be accepted was unanimous
ly adopted. The company bill $4,000.
CT $500 below the original bids re-
ceived on the apparatus
Free Rock For Streets.
A letter from Mr.. George helms
Wise Offering to give the city crush
ed rock free OF charge with which tol
macadamize the streets was read Mr..
Wise explained in his letter that the
rock is piled in a quarry just north
e Richmond and that the only ex-
Dense II would be to the city was in
the hauling 81 i; here from the quarry.
Mr.. Ford was instructed to take up
the matter q the freight charges
with the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
way company. some Of the council
men said that they believed that the
company woaid haul the rock at act
ual cost
An ordinance prescribing the manner
in which grades and permits for con-
structiEg sidewalks NAV be obtain
ed. was unanimously adopted.
by a unanimous vote. the council
passed an ordnance prohibiting prop
crty owners In the business sections
from sweeping refuse or dirt FROM
their stores Or the sidewalks IN front
90 their stores into the stree; between
the hours Of s a. m. and 10 p m. Tn
der a suspension O. She rules. the
council adopted a resolution appro-
priaiing $50 o. the sseo remaining
from he sewer fund 20 be- uscd in de-
frayinr the expenses n moving The
dir piled On the sidewalks along the
newly paved streets.
A resolution offered by Nr. ". r
Spruin. appropriatlng 1915 for the