Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-11
EMERGENCY STATION
FOR. ELECTRIC POWER
City Councilman Smith Urges Its
Need When COmpany's Plant Fails
THREE MONTHS MORE OF co.'s.
CONTRACT
Fruit and Peanut Vendors Street Stands
To Be Eliminated At Once Waste
Of Water Curtailed Busy
Session Of City Council
Last Night.


The City Council met last evening
and transacted considerable business
of interest, although the session was
somewhat brief.
One of the most important was the
suggestion of Alderman Smith that
the city have an emergency station
for the supplying of power to the
business places and residences, as
the present service is somewhat un-
reliable and generally fails when
most needed. especially Saturday
night. The Mayor stated that this
condition had cost him as high as $50
a night The contract with the pres
ent company was for five years and
expires this coming December.
Alderman Levy wants the Water
Company to clean the streams that
feed the impounding dams at the
reservoir of leaves and algae so that
ID will not be necessary to use chlo-
rine.
An ordinance was adopted that puts
the fish carts and fruit and peanut
wagons off the streets at once as the
ordinance is to take effect immediate
ly. Another was the one designed to
eliminate the waste of water in the
city. 1t was stated that the waste of
water in the city amounts to over
350,000 gallons a day
The city received no bids for sup
ply coal to the various departments
and will re-advertise for same.
The Council met promptly at s
o'clock, and after the reading of the
minutes by Clerk Porter, the follow
ing business was transacted:
The disposition of the property now
used by Mr. Walter Moss was taken
up and after much discussion it was
decided to hold the matter under
advisement
Petition from Arthur T. Elliott to
erect a porch on Main street was re-
ferred to the Street Committee with
power to act.
The report of the various city
officials were submitted for the month
of August and referred to the Finance
Committee.
Alderman Levy called attention to
the condition of the premises in the
vicinity of the western section of the
city. The manager of the Short Line
had promised to remedy the matter
but it was thought that the scarcity
of labor was the cause of the delay
The following ordinance was offer
ed by the Bylaws Committee:
An Ordinance to amend Article
XXXVIII of the Revised Code of the
City of annapolis title Streets by
adding thereto one additional section
to follow Section 10, and to be num-
bered Section 19A
Section L. Be it established and
ordained by the Mayor. Counselor
and Aldermen of the City of Annapo-
lis that Article XXXVIII of the Re
vised Code of the City of Annapolis
be and the same is hereby amended
by adding thereto one additional sec
tion to follow Section 10 and to be
numbered Section 19A and to read as
follows:
Section 19A 1t shall be unlawful
for any person or persons owning or
in charge of any vehicle, automo-
bile. wheelbarrow, hand or push cart
to habitually stand the same on any
portion of the streets of the city for
the purpose of making sales. All
such habitual standing shall be con-
sidered an obstruction to the free
passage of the streets. Each and
every person so offending shall be
fined a sum not less than five dollars
or more than twenty dollars, to be
recovered as other fines and penali-
ties now are. This section not TO ap-
ply to the street in the vicinity of the
City Market. called Market Space.
Section 2 And be is established
and ordained by the authority afore-
said. that this ordinance shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
This ordinance is intended to re-
move from the streets all fruit and
fish carts in the city.
The other ordinance adopted is for
the purpose of curtailing the exces-
sive waste of water. and is as fol-
lows:
An Ordinance to amend Article
XIII of the Revised Code of the City
of Annapolis, title Water" by add
ing thereto one additional section to
follow Section / and to be numbered
Section IA.
Section /. Be it established and or
dained by the Mayor. Counselor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis
that Article XIII of the Revised
Code of the City of Annapolis be and
the same is hereby amended by add
ing thereto one additional section to
follow after Section and to be num-
bered Section IA. and to read as fol-
lows:
Section Ia. It shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, agent or
agents. firm or firms, corporation or
corporations. to place or caused to be
placed in any store. dwelling. build
ing or any place whatsoever, within
the limits of the City OF Annapolis