The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-08-12
CITY COUNCIL
Aims House Question Settled.
Permit Granted to Run Rail-
road Spur.
CURB GRADE ESTABLISHED, ETC.

CURB GRADE ESTABLISHED, ETC.
A meeting of the City Council was
held Tuesday night to consider the
location of the new aims house and
other business
Present. President Bradley. Clerk
Eastbun and COuncilmen Lane.
Rowe. Ford. Garner. Embrey, y Young.
Warden and Howard.
Mr. Bradley called Mr. Garner
TO the chair. took the floor and
made this statement:
"At the last meeting Of the Coun-
eli the Aims House Committee, COM
posed of Messrs Garner, Rowe and
myself. was instructed to ascertain
from Stafford and Spotsylyania
boards of supervisors on what terms
they would board and lodge the
paupers of the city. These boards
in regular meeting took up the
question and communicated with the
Aims House Committee their action
tO-Wit. stafford was willing to
board and lodge said paupers for
$40 per month each: the city OF
Fredericksburg TO furnish medical
attention. medicines and clothing
and TO transport them back and
forth to the aims house. This prop
osition your committee did not deem
feasible.
The Spotsylvania board declined
TO make any proposition ana said III
so many words they did not want
the paupers OF the city. Then your
committee obtained from Mr.. H. G..
Chesley and Mr.. w ). Chesley
cash offer of 81 800 for the Peden
lot recently purchased by the city
for the sum of 81 500. on which II
was contemplated to erect an aims
house. The offer Of Messrs Chesley
was on condition that the city would
not erect an aims house in prOXim-
ity to said lot Then your commit
tee obtained written agreement
from Solomon Willis. colOred. that
he would sell for $500 lot OF
land. II mile from city limits, con
tanning . II acres, on which is a
fine well Of water aud admirably sit
uated for the aims house. This land
is at a point where the Spotsylvania
.C. II Road and the Narrow Guage
r. II. intersect and presents the
form of triangle This statement
is preliminary to two resolutions the
first Of which / now offer
The Aims House Committee hay-
ing reported to the Council that
Henry G.. Chesley offers TO purchase
the lot recently purchased from W.
H. Peden by the city and TO pay
800 cash for same
Resolved by the Council. That
said offer be and the same is hereby
accepted and that the city attorney
is hereby directed to draw a proper
deed for said lot TO be executed by
the Mayor OF the city with the cor
pOration seal attached and attested
by the clerk OF the Council CON
veying said lot 10 said II. G.. Ches-
ley or whoever he may designate
and said Mayor shall deliver said
deed TO the purchaser upon the pay
ment of said 1900 to the city treas
urer as part of the aims house
fund
This was seconded by Mr.. En-
brey and unanimously adopted.
The second resolution offered
was
The Aims House Committee hav-
ing reported TO the Council that
Solomon Willis has offered to sell
to the city a parcel OF land con-
tanning about 2 IL acres on the
west side of Hazel Run on the road
to Spotsylvania G. H. and outside Of
the corporate limits Of the city for
the sum of $500 cash and that the
same is well adapted for an aims
house site.
Resolved. That the Council ac-
cepts said offer and agrees to pur-
chase said parcel Of land and so
soon as the title to said real es-
tate. and the deed from Willis to the
city are approved by the city attor-
ney. and the said deed delivered to
the Aims House Committee. the said
committee shall draw in favor OF
said Willis on the city Treasurer for
$500, to be paid out of the aims
house fund and said committee shall
have said deed recorded.
This was seconded by Mr. Lane
and unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Bradley then stated that
the State Normal School Board
here wanted possession of the pres
ent aims house buildings on Sept.
/. and it is imperative that steps
be taken at once to erect the new
aims house; that the plans already
drawn would have to be materially
modified and the cost of the build
ings be much reduced.
On motion of Mr. Embrey seconded
by Mr.. Ford. the Aims House Com
mittee was instructed to bring in
plans and specifications for the new
buildings at the earliest date posi-
BILE.
Mr.. Embrey, OF streets, stated
that Mr.. B. j. Marshall was an APP
plicant for a railroad spur to run
across Princess Anne street into his
warehouses on said street; that he
has acquired the right of way up to
the street; that he proposed to-
increase his business and the size
of his warehouses and form a joint
stock company. He presented an
ordinance guarding the city's inter
est. also a map OF the proposed
route of said spur.
On motion OF Mr. Ford the rules
were suspended and also on his mo-
tion the ordinance was adopted,
and Mr.. Marshall will get the spur.
Mr.. Embrey presented an ordi- /
nance establishing the curb grade
of Princess Anne street from /
Wheeler's corner TO the Naiiona!
Boulevard.
On motion OF Mr.. Young the
rules were suspended, and on mo-
tion OF Mr.. Ford the ordinance
adopted.
The Council adjourned