The daily record., 1952-01-22
Sanitary Law
(Ccntinued From Page Onel

| aVOld Sucn mcluelIS IN the IuIure
an ordinance be passed requiring a
recent survey of properties showing
where the house will be built. before
building permit is issued.
UNLESS we do something like
this We will be continually working
a hardship on people by allowing
them to build without assuring the
proper distance from the street"
he said
Citv Attornev I. r. williams pro-
missed to draw up such an ordin-
ance and have it ready for pre-
sentation at the next meeting of
the board.
In the case of Mrs. Tew, since
the house is already partly built
the board declared the east side
of the block between East Pear
soil and Fast Harnett and between
North General Lee and North
SAMPSON, substandard sS to yards
However Mrs. Tew will have tn
! block off the proposed front of
her horse and use the proposed side
/ as an entrance. Her lot is so bv $50
feet. and in this wav she will be
ahlo n pee the length.
Willie Warren was referred to
the State Highway and Public
Works Commission with regard to
his request to erect a sign in front
of the sArvice station, since it is or
the truck lane.
Enoineer Paul Van Camp re-
ported on the result of his survey al
the new Latimer addition. His
preliminary survey called for a
sewer connection which would have
tied in with the main outfall at the
Pope property However a more
thorough survey showed that the
line could tie in at Divine and
Watauga at considerably less ex-
penee.
The rev line will require 1900
feet of pipe, 1900 of ten inch and
400 of eight inch. It will run along
the edge of the Latimer prom
erty on Pearsall to the outfall. II
was approved
! LAW is CITED
Final disposition of the request
for special parking privilege by
Alfred Surles and Mrs. M. C. But
Ter rested on the ordinance which
! reads. Unlawful to erect a sigr
without written permission of the
Mavnr and the chief of police"
Chief Jackson was instructed tc
read this section to the petitioners
A city ordinance also disposed oil
the problem of sending men out
to collect overdue water bills. Ir
cases of delinquency, City Man.
a"er Oliver o Manning was in.
structed to "cut the water off.
Delinquent customers will have tt
pay an. additional dollar to have il
turned on again.
Lee Powell. representing tht
North Carolina Equipment Com.
pany agreed to let the town try
their asphalt heating and mixinl
t machine for ten days. The boarc
agreed to buy the machine, if il
does the work in satisfactory
manner.
The machine, designed for patch.
ing work, will cost $1675. 80. Payins
cash will reduce this bv two per.
cent to approximately $1.643. Altor
Bass, superintendent of Street wa.
instructed to test the machine
thoroughly and report.
The board granted the request
of Bill Biggs, chairman of thu
Durn March of Dimes, and pro.
claimed through the Mayor thar
the hour from seven to eigh
Thursday night will be March o.
Dimes Hour. The start and end O.
this hour will be marked by thu
blowing of the air raid siren.
OTHER MATTERS
Mayor Ralph Hanna brought ur
two additional problems He point.
ed out that it will soon be necessary
for a general increase in waite
rates. I'VE are soon going to l1av
some repair bills to pay at tn,
water plant" he told the board.
The other problem was the an
swering of out-of-town calls TO
fires. Of ten fire calls answered
out of the city limits during tn,
past six months, only three hav,
paid.
You lose in dollars and cents
but you do create lot of goot
will" City attorney I. r. William,
pointed out. you can't operate thu
town on good will, 'retorted tn,
Mavor. "it costs money"
He suggested that persons bevont
the CITY limits who might need tn,
fire fighting facilities, post a de.
post. against this need. 1--WE wouIc
be able to buy equipment designed
for this purpose, he pointed ont
This equipment would be primarnl,
tanker
He said that in many cases or
out-of-town calls, there was M
water available. I'VE do not Great,
this condition" he said. "and at thil
time there is not much we car, dt
about it,"
He offered as an alternative stlg.
gestion that in lieu of a deposit
the home owner have a paid up in.
surance policy which would cove
the costs of sending out the ap
paratus.
I'VE tried to form an association
for this purpose but We did no
get very far" he said. 1--WE certain.
ly can't afford to operate at los
indefinitely"