The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-08-14
nOlNGS OF THE CITY COUN=
Gil TUESDAY NIGHT.

rae IL uCh-1 4oOC0 A~S"eA AA~HAON0 oAA
locations of Garages and Hospi-
f4|s-To Enforce Clean up and
Trash Burning Ordinances.
The City Coudcil at the meeting
Tuesday night took up the matter
of huvine another modern fire truck
for the northside department, passed
an ordinance requiring the boards
annroval on locating garages and
HOSPITALS; went on record as having
ne law strictly enforced as to the
cjaanine up back lots and other pre-
misses and to carry out the law for
Kidding the burning of rubbish in
the CITY and especially within the
Ere limits; granted permission to the
Furniture Exposition Building Asso-
cia,ion to construct underground
drainaee to take care of any prob
ahIe overflow of water in the IA foot
basement of the building and to To-
cafe a spur track so as to haul the
NJ or 100 cars of freight. necessary
to equip the building from time to
ume.
The city MANAGER reported that
bo had inspected conditions relative
70 locating a sewer line on Dewey
street. and found that the East
WASHINGTON street sewer line would
+oke y of the 18 houses desiring
to tap the sewer and that the other
< would have to be taken care OF by
tho Centennial avenue pump. After
s1me discussion it was decided to
nave The aforesaid pump Overhauled
50 il would perform in a satisfactory
manner for the purposes needed Tor
the present, until an lmhotf tank
was located which would be neces-
sarv after diverting the north prong
- Heep River into the water supply
for the city.
Arrangements were made to keep
systematic tab on the two sewer
numps of the city and see that they
work perfectly.
The matter of buying a ne" hre
truck for thexnorthslde FIRE depart
ment so that Che present truck IN
use there could be transferred to the
West End Company Gas the appara-
tus there HAS practically out OF com
miss,on) received serious consideFa
tion and a committee was appoint
ed 10 enter into negotiations regard
me this arrangement, consisting OF
Fire Chef t1orney, E. K. Ingram and
the citV manager.
Councilman Stamey introduced
an ordinance relating to the location
of earaoes and hospitals which have
TO be- oked by the city council here
after and the same was passed.
The law requiring the CLEANING up
of back lots and other places and
the forbidding of burning rubbish,
especially in the fire limits, was or
dered strictly enforced.
The city managet was Instructed
to buy low copper wires for the hre
alarm system which according to an
expert would put the system IN hrst
class condition. The present system is
.rou with copper and iron wires and
where connections are made with
The two metals, cOrOslOn takes place,
this causing trouble with the circurlt
and run down the batteries all the
time
Parties desiring electric lights east
of the city near the NJ. P. orphanage
were informed that the city would
construct such a line If they would
pay the bill and get permission to
use that part Of the line now con-
trolled by the orphanage:
C F Long appeared before the
Board relative 10 having a spur
track alongside of the Furniture Ex-
position building 50 that trelgnt
could be unloaded from cars direct
to the building. MIR. Long also
wanted the privilege of constructing
all underground drainage from the
IA foot basement of the exposition
building into Rankin street aud
thence into the school drainage pipe
on South Main, to take care OF any
possible water, caused by bursting
of pipes and the like. Beth requests
were granted.
The council adjourned to meet
again next Tussday night, being the
regular meeting night. Hereafter
the schedules of meetings will be
maintained which is the first and
third Tuesday nights in each month
NO MATCH FOR TEXTILE TEAM.