Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-09
MIDNIGHT MEETING
CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY
Discusses Clean Up, Paint Up, of
Premises Throughout the City
Counselor RulIman Believes
in City Clean Up Starting
AT Home"
ORDERS INTRODUCED.
Reports On Water Company Asked for
---AlsO Its Financial Status Asked
for Monthly.

for Monthly.
With its monthly session extending
over fifteen minutes after midnight. il
was the busiest OF meetings of the
Mayor and City Council held for some
time.
Indeed. there was something doing
every moment OF the time but the chief
events of the evening were those per
tanning TO the Water Company and the
Wharfage OF Captain Nowell's steamer
the Mary N" plying between West
River and Annapolis
The matter pertaining 20 the city
water company of considerable local
interest was that order which delega-
ted Aldermen Levy and Parkinson ana
Counsellor Rullman as committee
OF three in control OF Improvements at
,he water works. and delegates ana
empowers them to a4t in the premises.
reFoFt TO the City Council and to visit
the water works al least once month
,Ihe other matter OF special interest
daily wharfage TO be collected from
Captain Novel;, City Dock. by City
Market Master Edward Burtis
The detail of business follows:
The Council met at s o'clock ana
was called 70 order by Mayor Strange.
When the roll was called by City
Clerk p. f. Porter, nine members an
sweroi to their names.
.!erk =. h. Porter read the minute
OF the previous meeting. which were
sGopted
Also, the minutes of the meeting OF
April %, 1916, We're approved.
The w, b. & A. submitted letter of
report OF repairs to sewer, and asked
for information. which had been for
warded as per request. The bill was
referred to City Counsellor for collec-
ton
Mr., w. II. Claude appeared before
the Board and aske.i that the dimen-
sion of his property be corrected.
Also. he asked that Stephen Fondas
requested that the tax on his stock be
made $500 on the city books to con
form TO the county books.
The Mayor said these matters would
be taken up on the day set aside for
abatement and corrections.
The Water Witch Hook and Ladder
Company requested chat they be given
permission to carry their aero truck
to Havre de Grace for the firemen's
convention The City Fire Marshal p.
+. Porter recommended favorable ac-
ton
Jesse Fisher of the committee, said
the roads and bridges had been exam
ined and found satisfactory.
On the roll call the request was
unanimously granted.
The reports of the various city Off
cials were submitted and referred to
the respective committees or placed
on file
An amendment amending sec. s.
Article 2l was offered by Alderman
Smith. regulating the mode of collect
ing garbage.
The report of the Water Company
for the month of April was submitted
which is as follows:
May /. 1916.
of the City of Annapolis.
Gentlemen:
We beg to submit a report for the
month Of April as follows.
The elevated reservoirs have jus,
been emptied and washed out. The
very fine mesh copper wire strainers
installed last year covering the mouth
OF the intake to the water mains di-
rectly supplying the city was taken
out. repaired and reinstated. These
strainers are intended to prevent and
to do very effectively prevent the in
coming of any fish or frog spawns or
or other animalculae or iregs which
have heretofore occasionally found
their way into the piping system.
Druing the month the quality OF the
water has steadily improved and is
now about as clear as our supply ever
gets. The quantity IN storage is more
than three times greater than it has
ever been before at this time of the
year We have at present at least
10000 gallons of clear, potable healthy
The superintendent report has been
filed showing that the routine work OF
the distribution system has been prop
erly done. The mains were given three
complete fiushings in order to help
as much as possible in clarifying the
water. The collectors report shows
the usual collections for the first
month of the quarter
We have augmented the emergency
funi in the savings departments of
the banks during the month to 81.
S26.29. The eorrec, checking fund in
the Farmers National Bank and An
napolis Banking & Trust Company
amounts to s4.697.75.
We respectfully call the attention of
your Honorable Body to the question
of the installation of filtration plant
for our water works. and beg TO rec
omend that the plan proposed by Mr..
Alfred NJ Quick and approved by the