Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-02-27
Donation Is Conditioned
On Like Amount Outside
Mayor And Two Members of Council to be
Members of Celebration Committee; Sewage
Disposal System Not Accepted AS Yet.

formal and final approval of the new
: sewage disposal system al It's meet
inc. but some defect in the sewage
line east of the city was shown &c
have developed. and action WAS de
ferre6 pending excavations today Il
determine the nature and extent oil
4 Seepage OF mud w. ". WaunaT>k-
er. Jr.. of the contracting firm q.
Wannanlaker & Wells. which con-
Structed the system, and Paul VAN
camp. engineer representing the CITY
in the work. We're present and "p-
peared before the Council aboUt He
final settlement.
Lighting Changes Completed.
A letter from William Bailey. mar
ager of the Carolina Power & Light
Company. reported completion OF al
terationS to the clty'S street lighting
system by that company. The changes
included replacing Of 400 watt lamps
with 600 watt bulbs and 500 watt
sizes were increased To 400 watts. all
at the expense of the company and
without cost to the city. and also
without additional cost for current
consumed.
Placing of i new street light on
Mitchell street near the High Price
warehouse was referred to Il CON-
mittee with power 10 act. y nov
street light was authorized also at
the corner of John and Chestnut
streets, on recommendation OF 4 COM
mittee named at the JANUARY meet
ing, consisting Of Aldermen NJ. w.
WeSter and T. ". Ellis.
\ request in writing from Robert
L. Oakley FOR the city to purchase
a $50 bond of the Boy Scouts toward
financing the work ot that OrSanlZa-
ton during 1910 was not allowed, the
request being received and tiled.
Pipe Line Finished.
The Council also received and or
dered filed written statement from
Mayor Henry T. Powell that the
sewer pipe connection from William
to Garnett streets. under the Seq
board and Southern Railway lines
along Spring street had been COM
pleted. The work WAS done by the
city.
\ request by Mrs. Geneva TetSer
that she be reimbursed $3.50 iUy
damages to her car resulting from
ru!u.ng into hole in Chestnut
street during the recent snow was
made The tie nWaS fUv repairing 4
tire and tube.
\ right-oi-Way deed Tor sever
pipe line was received from Joel T.
Cheatham and accepted.
Request was made of the Council
that free water be furnished to the
WPA and Farm Security Admmj>tra-
ton offices in the Peace building on
South William street. but the re-
quest was merely received and ti!ed.
New $1,000 Grant Asked.
The Council was advised by PWA
offices in Atlanta that consideration
was being given to a request lor an
additional $1,000 grant toward the
cost of the Spring street sewage line.
Request was also received from the
contractors for an adjustment on adj
ditiOnal costs eutailed in excavations
for the sewage disposal pipe lines by
reason of excessive rock formations
being encountered while the work
was in progress. This request also was
merely received and filed"
A deed was received from Al. B.
Wester covering sale to the city Of d
tract of land northwest Of the city
long used as d dump heap Gur gar
bage and trash.
Mayor Powell presented tn" month";
~ balance sheet and filter plant re-
port on operations Of the water de-
partment for the month Of JANUARY,
and these were received and filed.
All members of the Council were
present for the meeting, and MuyOr