Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-03
Council Committee Decides to
Provide Uniforms and Shoes
STREET SWEEPER BOUGHT
Bids Opened and contr;ict Awarded
Without DeIsy-ordin auce Recuir-
ing Cars to Stop On "reear Side" or
crossinss-complaint About Weeds

future This was the decision of the
council committee on highways and
tsewers last night after long discus
sion of the matter and careful in
spection of the sampl es OF shoes and
uniforms submitted by several local
business firms who offered estimates
on furnishing the material. Some of
| the bidders did not. submit samples
and for that rxastm City Engineer
Pearse, and Couneilr1an Hundley were
authorized to visit the stores of thel
| bidders and purchase the goods from
those offering the lowest prices on a.
standard grade to he selected by thel
committee
Three, dozen pairs of trousers. three
dozen shirts. three dozen pairs or|
shoes and three dozen stout leather
belts are to be bought at an approx
mate cost of $40. The uniforms are
to be kept in the street department
and furnished the laborers on the
changing each moaning and taken
from them each evening after theyi
compile. work. The city engineerI
estimates that the uniforms to be
purchased will last two years or more
as not more than half of them will
be used at one time. Among theI
merchants bidding on the goods were
Wertheinrer & Company. Garner G. |
Company W. II. Hodge & Company.
Elias Peyser. the Balance Shoe Com |
pany. J. Eisenman and w. II. Will
hanson. The last three named bid |
on the shoes only. Il
top on Near Side.
After soiue discussion, the commit |
20 hA n N
ordinance compelling all street cars
TO stop on, the near" side of the |
street intersections when letting on |
or taking on passengers instead
of on the '.far" side as at present. |
According to members OF The COM
mittee. the council did not adopt an
ordinance several years ago providing
for the stopping of the cars on the
"far" side as generally believed. Mr.. .
Harris says that the measure wast
tabled ard died a natural death.
An ordinance making IL compulsory!
for property owners on streets where
there are sewer mains to Connect
with the sewer was laid on the tablet
until the next meeting following al
somewhat lively discussion.
Purchase Street Sweeper
Bids for the purchase OF a new
street swee ping machine for thej
street department were received from
the Studebaker Company aud tbel
Austin-Weston Company and the bid
of S263.5O submitted by the latter i
company was accepted A repres en-
tatiye of the successful company1xas
present and signed up the contract
for the delivery of the sweeper set
up on the streets Of this city.
The city engineer submitted an esti-
mate of $500 as the cost OF remoy- |
ing the street car tracks on West ave-
nue. between Twenty-sixth street and
Thirty-sixth street and putting paving |
in repair and the estimate was sent
on to the city council
The CITY engineer reported that A.
T, Nel1ns had not fulfilled his contract !
for supplying lumber for the city
bridges and the committee directed l
him to notify Mr.. helms that unless l
the lumber is delivered at once the |
CITY will proceed to purchase 1t else
where at his risk The contract for |
the lumber was entered into five |
months ago.
Complains Of Weeds.
A letter from W. S. Green chief |
electrician for the Chesapeake * |
Ohio. complaining OF weeds and stag |
nant ponds on the vacant lot near his |
home on Hampton avenue between
Roanoke avenue and Chestnut avenue
was read. Both the city engineer
and DIR. Aaron Jeffery. the health Of
fcer. stated thst they had been una
BILE 10 find the frightfui conditions
q I'll
en- On the letter.
Chairman Via was in the chair and
the members present we're: Harris.
Westo Wheeler and Hundley.
The aimshouse and poor commit
tee also met last night and transact
ed much routine business Those a.
tending were Chairman Jones and c
ID. West. Jackson and Reyner.
Investigate Bill.
Chairman Jones and Dr. J. " AyIeri
were named a committee to investi-
gate fhe accuracy Of the bill OF $eei
of the ST. Francis hosDi;sl for treat
ing Joe Donaldson. the sailor, who
was cut on the waterfront many
months ago. The committee had BE-
fore II a letter from Chairman 3. p.
Smith. of the board Of suDervisors
OF Warwick county, saying that Don-
sldson testified at the trial Of the
man who cut him that be owed the
hospital only $50 as the engineer Of
the shin he was on had paid the h0s-
pital $50 and Donaldson he'd sic on
his rerson when cut and he gave that
TO the hospital For that reason. thel
county supervisors refused to pay the
bill
The committee requested the hiab-
WAYS and sewers committee 90 give
tho committee the fence sround The
old pumping station 20 put around TIC
CITY aipshousc property IN Elizabeth f,