The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-25

CITY COUNCIL
City Water For State Normal
School.
TO GOVERN SPEED OF AUTOS
City May Purchase Teams. Etc. for
Sprinkling, Fire Department, Etc.
Aims House Question Again - Other
Business.
The City Council held its regular
meeting for July Thursday night at
: o'clock, President Bradley pre-
siding. Clerk Eastburn and Council
men Lane. Someryille. Rowe, Ford.
Garner. Young. Warden and How
ard present
Mr.. Lane. of Finance. submitted
report Of ActingMayor Bradley show
ing fines for month $3.50, and stat
ing police officers had done their
duty during month. On motion of
Mr.. Young the report was received
and salaries ordered paid
Mr. Lane also presented a recon-
mendation that Trinity church b. re-
imbursed for laying 210 feet of
curbing at cost of $Sl. 10 was so
ordered on motion of Mr. Young,
which motion specified that il was
granted on account Of conditions sur
rounding the church
Mr.. Rowe. OF Water. presented tho
following. which explains itself.
We. the undersigned Committee on
Water. respectfully recommend that
the state Normal School be allowed
TO tap the l0-inch pipe leading from
The reservoir at point safely be
yond the wall of the rescrl DIR. The
said tap TO be for i-inch pipe to
supply water to the tanks Of the
state Normal School. All costs Of
tapping. laying OF pipes. etc. to be
borne by the Normal School.
We further recommend that the
city of Fredericksburg enter into "A
contract with the State Normal
school. for a period Of three years.
TO furnish the said school with what
over water they require at price OF
500 pr year.
Respectfully submitted.
]. =. Rowe.
II. b Lane.
Committee on Water
On motion Of Mr.. Young the rec
Ommendation was unanimously
adopted
Mr. Rowe also stated that the COM
mittee owed$G6 for street sprinkling
for which there is no appropriation
II said his committee intended 10
bring in recommendation extending
The hours OF hose sprinkling and do
away with the street sprinkiers. but
this had not been perfected and In
view of the continued drought II
was necessary TO run the sprinklers
until about Sept 1st lie asked for
an additional appropriation for said
work On motion OF Mr. Ford $50
was placed to credit OF Water Com
mittee.
Mr.. Howard stated that sprinkling
the streets was costly under the pres
ent system and that ne believed that
from an economic standpoint con
ditiOns would be greatly improved by
Ia combination OF interests of the
Fire Department. street and other
uses in the city and moved that a
committee OF three be appointed to
consider the advisability OF provid-
ing horses. carts and equipments for
Fire Department, streets and other
uses of the city. II was adopted and
Messrs. Howard. Young and Somer
/ Vile We're appointed.
Mr.. Howard. OF Ordinance, pre-
sented an ordinance giving speed
OF automobiles in the city and or
[ the Free Bridge II regulates The
speed along streets at 10 miles AZ
hour. ; miles approaching and turn
ing corners and miles on Free
Bridge The penalty is a minimum
fine OF s. and maximum S25. j
also imposes fine Of $50 on
driver Of an automobile running j
while intoxicated. 1t lays over un
til next meeting.
On motion of Mr.. SOmeryille ii wa
ordered that the recommendation o
the Auditing Committee for tn
purchase of files for the city treas
urer be referred to the Finance com
mittee with power to act.
Mr.. Bradley. of Aims House, MAD
report as president and mem
ber of the committee. He said tina
at the last meeting of the Council
was practically decided when IN
question OF submitting to bidder
plans and specifications for buildin
an aims house in the city was re
jected, that the Council did not faN
or an aims house within the cit
limits. that it was now up to tn
Council to take some steps for tn
care OF the city's poor in the nea
future. as they will be without
home. that the Fredericksburg stat
! Normal School, who now owns tn
aims house property had notified Il
committee they must have possessio
of said property on Sept. l, an
] steps should be taken to make pre-
1 vision for the inmates, that at tn
last meeting of the Council a resoll
tion was offered by Mr.. Warde
and passed that a committee
three, Judge A. w. Wallace. Mess
DIP. V. ID. Conway and NJ. G. Will
call a conference of the supervisor
Of King George, Stafford, Carolir
and Spotsylvania and take up Il
!, question of building a joint ain
house for said counties; that he (A
4 Bradley had voted for this resoll
tion for the reason that 1t had bee
n carried before his vote was reacht
= placed in a position to act as
4 and that he did so in order to
u placed in a position to act as he nc
proposed to do. that is, move a r
consideration and take the ne
step necessary for the care of Il
poor; that the resolution was In
practicable, because no county wou
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