Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-09
APPOINT JAN|TOR FOR
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Council Passes Ordinance Creating
the New Position.
LOUIS MARTIN is NAMED.
City Fathers, in Monthly Session.
Receive Reports and Transact
Other Business.

Feeling that the new municipal
building can only be kept spick and
span by having regularly employed
janitor, instead of having the work
done at odd times, the City Council.
in session last night, appointed Mr..
Louis Martin to the position.
70 create this position, it was
necessary for the Council TO adopt an
ordinance adding a new section TO
the City Code, and Immediately after
this was done the Council proceeded
to name man for the job. Alder
man Sullivan moved that the Council
at once 60 into an election. AS a
substitute for this, Alderman Parkin-
son thought that special committee
to consist of the Mayor, Counselor
and Alderman Linthicum should be
appointed to look the field over for a
suitable person for the position
This motion was, however, lost, and
when the name of Mr.. Martin was
placed before the Council. be was
unanimously elected to the position.
Mr.. Martin will enter upon the duties
at once. Last nights session of the
Council was the regular monthly
meeting, and much business Of
routine nature was up for considera-
tion.
Acting upon the petition of Mrs
Mary c. Herring and Hildegarde Dut-
ton, requesting that the exact build
ing line of Hanover street at the in
terse ction of Wagner street, be des-
ignated, the Council made provision
to have this done. In the same re-
quest the petitioners asked for per-
mission to erect bay windows over
the line. This matter was referred
to the street committee. with power
to act.
Holding that more suitable build
ing should be provided for storing fire
apparatus and other city property,
such as tools, an order offered by AL
derman Parkinson, authorizing the
committee on public proper rty pre-
pare plans and specifications for said'
building was adopted. The commit
tee was directed to report in the
premises as soon as possible. The
building isto be erected on city prop
erty, in the rear of the Municipal
Building.
Alderman Linthicum called atten-
tion of the Council to the bad condi-
tion of Northwest street. This mat
ter was referred to the City Commits
sioner.
The application of ]. Lynn Nc
Aboy, the Main street photographer,
for an insolvency of $3.50 on phlto.
grapher's outfit, was referred to the
Finance Commission, with power to
act.
In submitting his monthly report,
City Commissioner William H. Van
SAINT also fled a supplementary re-
port, showing several special trans
actions of his office. In the way of
receipts, this report showed $13 de-
rived from the sale OF two lots of old
terra Gotta pipe. The City Commis-
sioner, in the report, informed the
Council of improve ments by grading
the lower end of Shipwright street at
an outlay of $3.50, and also the grad
ing OF tie lot in the rear of the mu-
iicipal building. so as 10 prevent
water from running into the cellar,
and cleaning and scraping mud from
the bed of Compromise street at an
expense of $3.50.
In accordance with the request of
the Commissioner, the Council ap-
propriated s25 to pay the cost Of lay
ing cinder path along Claude street,
near the water front, thus greatly
alleviating the muddy conditions
there.
In course of the meeting the usual
monthly reports of the several city
oficials were filed and adopted, and
an order appropriating S1?5 TOR the
use OF the City Commissioner for
street cleaning purposes in Septem-
Der, was passed.