Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-30
Councllmen Find Property in
Excellent Shape.
SMALL FARM OPERATED
Vegetables and Poultry Raised for In
neutrality-suspicious. Against Street
Car Company Laid Over and Prae-
tlealiy Withdrawn.

Chairman j. c. wallace, OF the
council committee on almshouse and
poor; Councilman +. l. Ford aud Al
derman caleb ID. West made an In
specticn of the city's new almshouse
Oh the Briarfield road yesterday
They found the buildings and lands
In excellent condition and they are
loud In their praise of the institution.
After the almshouse building had
been erected. the matter OF opening
the almshOuse was held up by the
council for several months and some
of the solans made bitter attacks on
the committee for recommending the
purchase OF the site. II was charged
that the building was situated ON
very low piece Of land and that after
every rain the almshouse site was
converted into a swamp.
Finally a committee was named by
the council to inspect the place and
make some recommendation. In COM
pany with the city engineer. the com
mittee visited the site and later rec
commended to the council that the
almshouse be opened after the city
engineer had constructed q proper
system OF drainage.
Wouldn't Soil Shoes.
Chairman Wallace said last night
Mt the meeting of his committee that
the site is now well drained and that
on yesterday lady with white sEoes
on could have gone all over the prop
erty without soiling her shoes"
Supt. Wright has had many of the
trees on the property cut down and
where six months ago sturdy oaks
and pines were standing vegetables
are new growing. A small farm Is
maintained by the inmates of the
aimshouse and practically all of the
green goods used in the institution
are raised On the place. A hennery is
also maintained and eggs are sold in
the city. the money being turned over
30 the city.
The almshouse and poor committee
transacted but little business last
night, only the current bills being ex-
amined and recommended for pay
ment. The members OF the commit
tee present were: Wallace, Jones,
Weston and West.
Hampton Man Gets Contract.
Following the meeting OF the aims
house and poor committee. the high
ways and sewers committee had Its
Irregular meeting and transacted much
business of minor importance. The
committee accepted the bid OF II. r.
Booker, OF Hampton, for furnishing
/! two car loads Of sewer pipe. bids on
which were called for several weeks
ago. The city engineer was instruct
ed to put in two sewer connections
for T. c. Powell en- Madison avenue
between Twenty-fourth street and
ITwenty-fifth street. He also was in
lstructed TO have a sewer constructed
to relieve the overflow of water at
the corner OF Roanoke avenue and
ITwenty-third street.
Upon the recommendation If the
lcity engineer City Clerk Hudgins was
directed to write the street railway
company instructing the company 10
discontinue sprinkliIg on the maca-
dam on Twenty-seventh street. The
city engineer said that the water was
damaging the macadam.
Complaint Laid Over Again.
The matter Of the alleged made
quate car service for the workmen
going 10 the shipyard during the early
morning. which was referred 10 this
committee by the council two months
ago. was again laid over. Councilman
Harris explained that since the street
railway company has nut its big open
cars on the line the workmen have
been receiving a good service and
that no complaint was to be made.
The members q the committee
present were Via. chairman: Har.
Iris. helms and west