Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-12
DELAY ELECTION
OF A DIRECTOR.
City Council Postpones Selection
Of City Water Company
Official.
WARM FIGHT DEVELOPED
Alderman Levy Leads Success
full Fight For Delay Of One
Week At Last Nights
Meeting.


At it's regular monthly meeting the
| City Council declined to re-elect Mr.
George T. Melvin a member of the
Annapolis Water Company last night
After a warm argument, and wher
a motion had been made by Alderman
Levy TO postpone the election unit
March 25th and rejected by vote Of
TO 5, Alderman Levy's second mo
tion TO postpone until March 18th was
carried to 4. The member who
switched on the second vote and made
possible the postponement of one
week was Alderman Smith of the
First Ward The vote was as fol-
lows: Yeas-Aldermen Parkinson
Smith, Beavin, Levy, Russell and
Adams. Nays-Mayor Strange, Coun-
sell6r Rullman and Aldermen Stevens
and Wells.
Alderman Levy, who has been a
strenuous and always active oppo-
nent of the plan of Mr.. Melvin TO in
stall filtration system at the plant
of the company. said his object in
postponing the election to March %,
was to insure that Immediately after
reelection of Mr.. Melvin legislation
should not be introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly providing for the fill
tration plant. He charged that the
scheme for the filtration system had
been a hobby" of Mr.. Melvin's, and
intimated that the bill which he had
heard it rumored was to be put in
the Assembly would be designed to
take power of control over the situ-
alton away from the Council
In. reply to the assurance of Mayor
Strange, who is also member of the
Water Board, that he would not suf-
fer any such legislation to be offer
ed without the consent of the Coun-
ell, Alderman Levy replied: I'VE
VIII gladly take you word on that
point, Mr. Mayor, but your sanction
and the sanction of the Council is not
necessary. The bill can be forced
through without such sanction; such
things have been done before and can
be done again"
Mr.. Levy then announced that the
citizens of the town had gotten a
bunch of camoufiage from the pres
ent president of the Water Company
on numerous occasions.
II was after the statement by AL
derman Levy that there had been
rumors of a plan to put through the
Legislature a bill giving the Water
Company Directors the power to over
ride the Council in the filtration plant
scheme that Alderman Smith chang
ed his vote, and made possible the
postponement.
During the early part of the ses-
sion of the Council Mr. Melvin was
present, but he did not remain until
the election of a director was taken
up and postponed.
In connection with the Water Com
pany matter, the monthly report to
the Council from the Directors of the
Company was filed for the month OF
February The report stated that the
discolored condition of the water in
January and the early part of Feb
ruary has steadily improved in the
last few weeks, and the present pros
peet is that the Company will pass
through the Spring months and into
the summer with a good supply OF
water.
1t was also pointed out that the ex-
traordinary number of leaks in the
supply system caused by the winter
freezing have about all been attend
ed to and the pipe system is now
nearly in a normal condition"
The report of the Treasurer of the
Company was also filed. 1t stated
that the emergency fund is s1S.47492
and the current checking fund in the
Farmers National Bank and the An.
napolis Banking and Trust Company
to be S2,O36.6O.
PAY CLERK MITCHELL
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