Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-04
Contract is Let by PhOebus
Town Council.
MACADAM IS DEFEATED.
Work is to Begin in Near Future on
County Thorouehfare-Crusade is
Started Against Weeds-Adopt Or
dinance Against Hogs.

The PhOebus town council last
night awarded the contract to George
f. Trice & Company for building a
six-inch stone roadbed along County
| street from Fullers corner 10 the
| town limits. Work on the street will
be started in the near future and IL
is expected it will be completed be-
| fore cold weather sets in.
| Charles A. Smith, the town scav-
enger in the eastern district, resigned,
but the council refused to accept the
resignation. as the contract expires
| on the las day Of August.
Mayer Furness was gwen permits
sion to employ men to clean the
streets OF weeds.
The Stonne Of County Street.
| The report of the street committee
! covering the stoning of County street.
from Failer's corner to the town linn
| its at the national cemetery, was pre-
scented 10 the council by Mayor Fur
! ness. The report recommended tha'
| six-inch stone read bed be construct
| ed and that the contract be awarded
| To G. +. Trice & Company, OF Hamp-
ton. The firm offered to build the SIX
inch stone road bed at 40 cents per
SQUARE yard. The distance to be,
stoned is approximately $500 square
| wards. SO the new street would. cost
tho town s1.792 Two-inch crushed
stone would be used in making the
rosd
The Hampton firm offered to buiid
a macadam road at sc cents per
square yard. and Mr.. Gannaway' tne
manager for Trice & Company. uiged
the council to adopt the macadam MI
Gannaway. said the county authori'ies
will later on construct macadam
road bed from the national cemetery
| TO the city limits Of Hampton at the
Hampton Normal school, thus gi'lns
| a splendid road from Hampton 70 oiu
Point. The macadam road would cos'
% 75S or thereabout. according 10 MI
cannawav's estimate. The new street
..c,,,a no an exact duplication Of the
Keccughtsn road
Macadam Dedicated.
Councilman Fountaine onered
resolution that the macadam be used
but councilman Sutler sad ne "a
voreS The six-inch stone. Mr.. Suffer
aid other streets needed repairs anu
that he was opposed to putting ma.
c,dam on County street. The couhch
had to take into consideration 'he II
rances OF the town. The vote o use
macadam was called for and resaiteu
in its defeat by the following Vo.e'
-Eountaine. Urquhart and WIZ
SON noes-Ferber. Sutler. seymour
Nicholas. Clarke aud Porter
The resolution to adopt the repo.'
81 the street committee and use SIN
sncb stone roadway was then unah-
r,ouslv adopted and Town Attorney y
ly snratley was instructed to ara"
,he nroper contract with Trice & COM
80 The work is, to start in thi''y
ldavs and must be completed In SO
id.vs after the beginning OF the WIN
Crusade Against Weeos.
| councilman Urquhart invited me al
i,on,;on of the council to the eondi'ion
- ,rsrv of the backwards in the 'o"n'
Iii az some Of the out houses
Tns police ofhcers will begin CRU
sadc against weeds and dirty '"e"
lizards today o,nci, that
- - a. dogs in Phoebrs nave
na,d licenses on sheir CANNES s'"e'
August l. 49,. ~a,or,ea
! ,ha, tho four additional lights oraee
- Tho council have been put IN '"s
nlaces selected he
coancilmas Ferber brought sp ne a..
a~os,,ou- again by induiring VI
Town sergeant williams whether o M
,oxp had been cleaned OF nos ",'
rhe sergeant ssid he had iouno -
a. ,he town and that the t'o"Oie
- an tho hands OF Mayor fOroess'
Must Keep Out Hogs
IN. covncfi adopted an orain~n.s
sn,,.S,nr a ane OF not less man - %
nor more han szo on apy person me-,
, ,.,rinv hor.pen OF pesmi"'1s MS
, 70 run at large in the toSh' -.
To~p recorder IIarrabee repo' 'e'
, -, Eortracfs Cor lighting tne
, ssres,s have all been signed and n's'
! IN The recorders once -
The newport News Ligh, 4 w. w.,
. l,-rn,.nx scns a letter 20 the eo''"s.'
dcrl,ring 20 Remove a water pug ~
w.,,o-~ .,rces. The company SAID IN
order 70 rcpose me plus a. 'a'' =. .." :,
/, would neccs-Itase the es'uss on - =,
r. vsscr srpvly for Phoeeus ana an.
-, vcrroe for a. least hsif q day'
and ,se comrsny . uuviliinx % 90
- -. --,,.o- vas referred 70 me