Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-11
NUMEROUS REQUESTS BEFORE
THE CITY COMMISSIONERS
Lights, Numbered Residences. Cement
Sidewalks. Carriers Tax, Military
Aid, Are Requested.


IN the presence of a large lumber of
cItlzens the city board of COMMISSIONS
ers Friday night transacted co~nsidaro-
Dle business, Commissioners Rai1av
Durnam, Freeze, Flicker. and FJetcheS
presiding.
Preparing Directory.
MISS Ida Maxwell was hoforo ~
hoard with reference to some svstan,
OF numbering the houses in the civ
preparatory to listing them in a citv
ulectory which she is preparing. The
matter was referred to the street com
mltee with power to act.
:. carroll Waldrop presented a nett
tlon signed by a number of pronertv
owners on Washington street and First
avenue, asking for a cement sidewaIk
TOUR feet wide on Washington from
Fourtn to First avenue and on First
avenue to Justice street. The netition-
was referred to the street COMMITTEES
Win instructions to report at the naxt
meeting of the board.
A petition al presented bv w 7
laws signed by residents on Washine.
ION street and the neighborhood of tha
rntersectlon of Third avenue and
washington street, asking for a light
at tnat point. The petition was re-
Ierred to the light committee with
power to act. wa
McD. Ray appeared for w p and
Potts with reference to Mac
a glass front in the building imme-
dlately west of the Mountain Citv Inn
u BOARD made no objection, holding
1t was not within its province 10
grant such a permit.
: Mr. Ray appeared for the liverymen
public carriers, most all of whom
N the city were present, asking for a
1t1nerant tax on persons com
Ihg mere for the summer business. It
vas stated that the liverymen who re-
NAMED over during winter operated at
! loss IN d to take advantage of
summer season, the business of
which was badly crippled by itinerants
mo came for only a few months and
y reason of the fact that they did not
ave to pay any adValorem tax thew
ould offer keen competition with ma
hines and teams. The question was
eferred to City Attorney E. w. Ew-
ank to draft an ordinance to be sub
lifted at the next meeting. '
Capt. r. v. Ladd asked for support .
'r the Coast Artillery stat :
lg that the county authorities had n
ven the company $50. He said that
order to get the company organized
city granted the use of the city
ali. which had to be vacated owing to
le fact that it was condemned. He
I'D that the company had recently
ovedeto the skating rink and that it
anted the city to donate the use of
gifts n water. The city made an
preparation of $25 for the year.
Il. M Oates presented TWO petitions
ON the board of governors of me[f
'eatef Hehdersonville club. asking
Q board to endorse the advertising tax
Id a health regulation and to incor.
rate same in proposed changes To-
e city charter.
City Attorney Ewbank read the pro-
SEQ changes for the city charter as
epared by Commissioners Freeze,
cker and Bailey and himself acting
a committee. With slight amend
ents the report vas adopted. Furth-
particulars as to the proposed
1endments will be given next week.
DR.. J. Frank Crawford. city health
icer. stated that he had purchased
Iparatus costing $3.50 in connection
til his Office for the city and he
anted to know if the city cared to
IN the apparatus, which of no service
an individual. The board decided
purchase the equipment from DR..
'anford.
The board discussed the matter of
up the city, the most effective
d economical way, and other matters
raining to health but no orders
ere made. The batch of bills coming
monthly WAS nasSed nnnn