Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-06-14
THE C|TYCOUNC|L MEETS
Municipal Fathers Feel That Gas
Company Should Relay Streets
In Better Condition.
NEW STREETS NEED REPAIRS
CITY Engineer Recommends That Those
On Murray Hill Be Giyev A Resuriac.
ing Immediately.

A the regular monthly meeting held
last night the City Council discussed
and determined to take some decided
action on the matter in which the
street paving is often left by the An
napolis Gas and Electric Light Com
pany after laying connections with
residences and places of business
This matter came up through a re-
port of the City Engineer giving an
opinion as to the necessity and the
probable cost of relaying the rubble
stone on Cornhill and Francis streets
Mr.. Little was present and called at
tentiOn verbally to the condition of
many places on these two streets
where gas connections had been made
and after the paving was relaid there
are now deep depressions
During general discussion of the
conditions Alderman Myers cited a
81 nilar situation on Cathedral street
and several other bits of bad paving
through out the town which were al
legged to be due to improper relaying
by the Gas Company or it's az ents.
There is at present a provision by
which all persons opening the streets
for any purpose is supposed to indem-
Nifty the city against damages but as
it is often months before the sink
appears following poor relaying this
does not always work out City Coun-
selor Melvin was requested by Mayor
Strange to draft an ordinance designed
to specifically cover the need of pro-
AAoHsov1 fNN. oif or
looking to the submission of the pro-
posed bond issue of $24, 900 to the tax
paying voters on next Tuesday were
taken when the judges and clerks
for the one polling place to be con-
Quoted were appointed. The judges
who were selected one from each ward
are Henry M. Leitch, First Ward;
Harry L. Brewer, Second Ward, and
Robert Redmond, Third Ward. The
clerks are Louis M. Hopkins and John
Levy.
Engineer Little submitted to the
Council a recommendation that the
paving on Franklin and Union streets
and Murray avenue be resurfaced at
once with tarvia, as they are disinter-
grating rapidly. He also called atten-
tion to similar conditions on the sur
face of Charles and Cathedral streets
which need another coat of tar, but he
thought that these two thoroughfares
could be put off for time as they do
not need repairing as badly as those
on Murray Hill
Following a report on the progress
of the city survey and some question
ing, Mr.. Little announced that the field
notes for practically all of the town
except those streets lying between
Gloucester street and Spa creek had
been completed
The Council awarded the contract
for covering the roof of the Council
Chamber, Assembly Rooms and Fire
Quarters and making other repairs
about that building to c. A. l.. Will
son at his bid of 81 IA, the only other
bidder being Carr & Carroll, whose
figures for the same work were $172
Alderman Myers, having the matter
in charge, called attention to the fact
that the trial of the Tungsen lights in
the markethouse, had proved a big
saving as in addition to getting more
light from them the cost or current in
May had been only S7.05, as compared
to $1S.60 in May, 1909
A request from Captain William
NOVEL; for larger wharfage at the
City Dock and the right to build a
freight shed there was referred to the
Street Committee and the City Engi-
neer to get some more definite plan as
to the size and construction of the
building
City Health Officer w. S. Welch
submitted special report on the al
legged unsanitary conditions of certain
slaughter houses as contained in a
complaint from Charles Ritter DR..
Welch said that after visiting the
slaughter houses of David V. Miller,
William F. Childs and William Brew
er he found that there was no cause
for complaint
Mayor Strange submitted an order
which was passed, providing that the
caretakers and drivers of each of th e
fire companies be allowed a leave of
eight days during the summer, the city
to pay for the substitute caretaker
required during this time
An order was also introduced and
passed, which carried small appro.
priation for the repair of broken
places in the vitrifed brick paving or
Prince George steet in the neighbor.