The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-12
COUNCIL TAKES SPECIFIC ACTION
ON NUISANCES,
Orders Railway Crossing Fixed
garbage Cans Bad-Firemen Given
Trip to Tournaments.

southern railroad to nave tha Main
5 street crossing were taken by the citv
tuesday night and efforts will he
made to show the railway con1pany
that the city is tired of .bIuffing and
means to have results, according to a
decision reached in city council meet
ing.
! On motion of Councilman w. l..
Stamey, the city board passed an or
der to enforce former ruling of
= placing fine of $25 per day upon
any person or corporation who main
i. tain nuisance within the city. The
~unhealthful and dangerous place.
causing great damage to the city's
streets by the gravel that is carried
/ from the crossing into the pavement
of Main street
| The fine will go into effect imme-
dlately, and railroad officials will be
advised of the action Representa-
! t1Ves Of the railroad were in the city
yesterday for a conference with
; Mayor Stanton, and explained to him
that the railroad was not in financial
condition to pave the crossing, it was
said. The council refused to listen
longer to this "alibi," which the rail
road company has been pleading for
the past twenty years, ever since the
master first came up of fixing a per.
manent crossing at that place. It waG
/ stated by city officials that the rail-
road officials might appeal the case,
and fight the city's right to impose
fine upon the company, but they said
it was hardly likely that the railroad
would care to do that. Similar cases
! OF cities forcing corporations to rem
edy situations endangering lives of
citizens have been upheld by the
| courts, and should the company ap-
peal the case, it would be months be-
fore a decision could be handed down,
and should the railroad company lJse,
it would have to pay fine for each
day of the delay while the court was
taking action.
! The city council furthermore made
a demand of the Southern railroad,
through motion of Councilman
Stamey, that some provision be made
at the Myrtle street crossing for pro-
lection of traffic. The counci1men
maintained that the railroad company
! must put either gates, bell signal or
fagman there to warn traffic. The
railroad company has been requested
to do this many times before, and it
was stated today that the city would
! take further drastic action if this
! situation were not remedied.
! Councilmen w. L. Stamey, F. P.
Conrad and City Manager e. L. Pick
EFT, were constituted committee up
on motion by Mr.. Stamey that the city
force see to the removal of the garb-
age cans that now bedeck Main street,
to see what can be done in this re-
spect. The city is required of course
to provide some means for the reten-
ton, collection, and disposition Of the
refuse of the store and streets, and
unless some better plan can be
worked out the cans must remain
where they are. Mr. Stamey stated,
however, that it was the belief of
those who were Investigating the
matter, that he cans could be placed
in the rear Of the stores, and the con-
tents collected at night, thereby re-
moving the unsightly things from
Main street.
The matter of the juvenile court
was again discussed, but no further
action was taken. No report could
be gained on the meat inspection sit
uation, another problem which has
been battling the city council. COM
mittee is still working on a plan
! for a centralized abattoir, which
would solve the difficulty
Paving on Steele street, from Wash
ington to the cemetery gates was be-
gun Wednesday morning, by order of
N1oo D ~
pany is in charge of the paving, and
the work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible. AS soon as Steele street is
completed, the paving company will
begin work on West Washington
street, from Main to College, and
will then pave College street from
Washington to Broad street.
! , Several citizens appeared before
the council demanding information
regarding the paving on Washington
and Centennial streets, objecting to
the costs of the improvements.
John Smith presented to the coun-
Gil a proposition to open Jordan
street, running in front of the city
! hall and by the Wilson Motor COM
pany to Washington, so as to make
an open way from Washington on
down to Commerce street, by opening
up a street through the Wrenn prop
ETY. on the south side of Washington
street He also suggested that if the
street was opened, the Southern rail-
road could be required to build an
overhead bridge over its tracks, and
that much of the traffic on Main street
/ would be diverted to the new chan
mel. No action was taken.
The city's fire department was
voted an appropriation of $175 as ex-
pense money for the fre1fen to at
tend the tournament to be held at
Eauettevflle in the near future.