Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-16
Council Highways and Sewers Com.
mhtee Recommends Asking for
Appointment Of Receiver.
SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT
Prospect Of Delay in Street Paving
Work Causes Committee to lake
Drastic Steps-Receivers' Cert'h-
Gates for Companies Share OF Paw
ing Proposed.

A resolution directing IN" rllr AZ
torney TO ask for the appointments 81
receiver for the Newport News a
Old Point Railway and El"cir!" Com
pany and Citizens Railway, Light and
Power Company. with power Ia issue
receivers certificates 10 carry on the
comCauieS' share OF the paving now
about to be done BY The city on
Washington. Huntington. Jefferson
and Chestnut avenues and twenty
eighth street, was recommended 10
the city council for adoption by the
highways and sewers committee yes
trrday afternoon. Tn" committee
instructed the clerk to request Pre- 81
dent T.. S. Jones. of the common coun-
ell. to call special meeting for TO-
morrow night to consider and act
upon the resolution
The committee held called meet
ing at the city hall yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock to consider this mat
ter. Chairman Via and MesSrs
West and Cheadlc were present.
Bank Will Not Take Notes.
The failure of Contractor Davis TO
arrange for dscounting the notes of
the railway companies for $1,000
lies up the paving situation in the
city for the present. Ii was expected
that Schmelz Bros would handle the
paper, but Mr.. Schmelz has notified
Mr.. Davis that he will not consider
doing this until after the receiver
ship question. now pending in the
Federal courts. is settled. He Sus-
gested that the proposition be held
open for ten days.
The members of the committee
were unanimously in favor of taking
some step toward compelling the rail
way companies to proceed with their
share of the paving without further
delay. Several modes of procedure
were suggested. but finally. upon
being advised by City Attorney Mas.
sic that the plan Of asking for a
receiver is feasible. the resolution
above mentioned was unanimously
recommended.
Two More Blocks to Pave.
When Contractor Davis paved the
two blocks on Thirty-third street be-
tween West and Huntington avenues.
nc will have completed the work
called for in his contract as TAR as the
street on which there are no street
car tracks are concerned. Then he
will be i1lie to do nothing until ar
rangements are made for paying for
paving between the tracks and two
feet on either side thereof II has
been deemed not feasible to pave the
city's shares aud leave the railways
share unpaved temporarily.
Chairman Via had read to the com.
mittee q letter from Mr.. Davis ask
ing where the brick shall be put as
they arrive, and calling attention 70
rhe situation
The committee instructed Clerk
Hudgins 10 direct the city engineer u
have the paving started on Thirty
third street as soon as the properly
owners on that street have turned
ever he $3.50 pledged toward paving
the two blocks. II is stated that
all OF this money is in hand and will
h. turned over 20 the city treasurer
today.
- crrb Both Sides at Once.
The committee also decided IA
direct Messrs Alsop 4 Pierce no, 70
curb and gutter the south side OF
TGirty-second street at this time The
Fourth ward councilmen have no, yet
arranged for curhing the north side of
This street and the committee deem.
aG ii advisable to have all the work
On the street done a, once. Another
object was to have the CURRIERS' 60 Il
work or Thirtythird stree; al once
so Sha; the paving on that street will
not be reid up.
Tomorrow nights special meeting
of tire council promises 20 be an inter
esrips ore The committees r-c,-,
Rr Edation was widely discussed la Il
night