Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11
CITY COMMISSIONERS FACE THE
USUAL NUMBER PERPLEXITIES.
I~ncinerator, Concrete Bridges, Regis
tratiOn, Water Supply and Taxes
Receive Consideration.

The city commissioners in monthly
| session Thursday night considered a
number Of important matters namehg
Them being that OF a city prison, noY
water works, concrete bridges over
Mud Creek. in~cfnerator. and registra-
! tion for municipal election.
T. w. Valentine appeared before the
board and asked for cooperation Tor
the associated charities sas a result
of which Mayor Shepherd was an.
pointed by the board to represent the
city In the charity work.
DR.. L. B. Morse asked for a hre plug
in the vicinity OF his salatorian
The request was referred toSthe water
and sewer committee.
Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. Justice were In
structed to Investigate the matter OF
q blocked sewer line on Sixth avenue
and to settle with c. F. Hill in regard
to a sewer tap.
Wants City Prison.
Patrolmen Thompson mentioned
the need of a city prison since all
prisoners are kept in the county JAIL
He advocaed the erection Of a bastile
TO the rear Of the city hall. The mat
fer was referred to Mr.. Freeman and
W. "NO
Mr.. Justice.
Morris Orr was granted a permit
TO erect a five room cottage on Bun
combe street.
Street Garbage Cans.
DIR T Frank Crawford was author
lied to give J.. v. Helsel instructions
To construct a sample garbage can.
r. is the desire of DIR. Crawford to
have the. city install a number of cans
with the view to keeping the city
cleaner.
Four Concrete Bridges.
It was stated that the county au-
thorities, desire to cooperation OF the
city in the erection Of four concrete
bridges over Mud creek on the Ed
neville road. The question of cost
and dimensions of bridges was referr-
ed to Mr.. Durham and Mr.. Justice, who
will cooperate with Road Supervisor
P. r. Patton with the view to work
ing out the details and the cost OF
erecting the bridges.
New Registration Necessary.
II appea that the registration
hooks of the city have been lost as q
result of which. the board ordered a
new registration, the registrar n
Judges of the, election to be held on
Tuesday after the first Monday in
NAV, to be appointed at a special
Thursday night of this week
registration books will be open
from April Bird to Gath, A mayor n
six commissioners will be elected.
Proposes to Build I~ncineratOr.
Thereity ia in a quandary as to what
Tn do with it's. garbage. A few years
ago the. city bought a garbage farm,
but it. has found to be undesirable Q
such Arrangements were
then made to use some property IN
the northern part OF the CITY, out
there was q storm of complaint Q
this. The commissioners think tnat
an i~ncinerateF is the solution OF the
problem, but, the cost is another prom
connected therewdth. Mayor
Shepherd expressed the belief that an
fneypensfVe incinerator could be built
ora urnac order. He believes thar
II eould4s be- =. constructed with Two
crates. one fer fuel and n above IL
fer Eeasoning aor drying b refuse
before it. ias deposited for fuel purs
noses fnathe lower CRATES. Mr.. Ban-
ev Mr.. Freeze and Mr.. Justice were
nsnieE as a committee to make m
yestfeations regarding an ~incinerator
and report their findings at the next
regular meeting.
Judge EWaEt's Taxes.
IN discussing the subject OF taxes,
Mr.. Justice reported that he had made
a survey of Judge H.G. Ewarts pro-
pert9l withinethe city limits and that
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