Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-24
PLAN IMPROVEMENTS
TO COUNCIL CHAMBER
All City Offices to be Gathered
Under One Roof.
FOR NEW FIRE QUARTERS.
Specifications for New Home Of Water
Witch Company Soon to be Pre-
pared.

Ad1ic III lO the AOQU~
ell Chamber on Gloucester street that
will give the City Fathers more COM
modious quarters, as well as gather
all city offices under one roof, were
gone over thoroughly at a special
meeting of the City Council last
night, and after a protracted discus
sion. in which nearly all of the mem
bers present participated, the matter
was referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings to have a draft of
specifications prepared so as to de-
termine the cost of the proposed ad-
ditions and alterations. Two plans
are under consideration, and the
Council is now desirous of detsrmin-
ing the one that will entail the least
cost, as well as providing quarters
entirely suitable. One of the plans
is to change the present entrance to
the Assembly Rooms and run up a
second story directly above the pres
ent Chamber of the Council, the idea
being for the Hall of the Council to
remain on the first floor, with the City
Engineers Office and other apart
ments on the second floor.
Plan No. calls for the construc-
tion of an additional two-story build.
ing in the rear of the present Coun-
Gil He'll. the Council Chamber to re-
main on the first floor, and the quar-
ters of the Annapolis Water Company
and the Engineers Office and other
apartments on the second story. The
general feeling of the CoIncil is that
its Chamber should be continued on
the first floor.
Another important city improve
ment that was given additional i'm
petus at last nights special meeting
is that of the new quarters for the
Water Witch Fire Company, of the
First ward. Although several sites
for the erection of this building have
been under consideration, it has been
/ finally decided to build on the site of
the present frame structure on East
street. Upon direction of the Coun-
ell committee of the fire company
| conferred with the committee on pub
lie property, as result of which the
general plans for the building were
adopted. The dimensions of the
building will be 25 by 60 feet, and it
will be two stories in height.
There is available for the erection
of the building about $1,000, and
while the structure will be a hand
some as well as commodious one, it is
not expected that the cost will reach
that amount. The mere fact that
the city will build on the site now
owned by it, means considerable of a
saving, for, under the original propo-
sition, another site was being looked
for the acquisition of which would
have entailed big expense.
Other business transacted by the
| Council included the following:
The application of Clarence Will
Jams to erect double porches on
houses on Prince George street, the
dimensions Of which will be 5x3O
feet, was referred to the Street Com
mittee, with power to act.
Alderman Parkinson, of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings, reported
as to the examination of the Rescue
Hose Company's quarters on West
treet, and stated that 500 would
cover the expense of necessary re.
pairs. The question of the repairs
was referred to the same committee
with power to act.
The Committee on Streets was au-
thorized to have shells placed on
1aney avenue, Murray Hill, as a re-
lief to the bad condition of that thor
oughfare.
Alderman Myers called attention
to the practice of certain of the large
cars Of the Electric Line left stand.
ing at the foot of Church street a:
well as the small car standing for va.
rious periods of time on Church Cir.
Gle. Attention of the railway officials
will be called to the matter.