Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-03-27
: .Cocol aIata,rs Notices. 81.
RICHMOND, March 10.

olsNO. which was oo0Pte0s to'W"'
Reaelred. That the Committee on
CO.. b instructed to have that part OF
Fceot street, between Sassafras and Pearl,
ersdrd and grsveled.
H Marshall vas authorized TO re-
No.. "A obstruction on Pearl 81. provi-
ded esrsain assurance" was not given
to he Mayor, by the proprietor. "w''hIn
,hrse d.ys." III is presumed. from the
fac, that the pile Of brick is still there
tina, the matter has been amicably and
satisfactorily adjusted.]
Mr.. Maulsby moved that the Street
Commissioner be notified Of his election,
and 10 file his Bond in accordance with
the law. Adopted.
Mr.. Scott, from the Committee Of Ways
and Means, introduced the following res
olution, which was laid on the table, viz:
Reso7red. by The Mayor and Commo"
Council Of Tie CITY IF Richmond, That.
for the purpose of raising a revenue to
liauidaie the city debt-defray the exPen-
SEES of the city. and for the improvements
of the Streets. &c. there be levied on the
amount Of The Assessment Roll Fi)iy
Ceafs on each one hundred dollars raIMa-
ton, and FitIy Cents on each poll.
(According to the Assessment Roll, the
real and personal property in this city
amounts to 1896 ,645; the No. Of polls to
4eI. AT the above proposed rates. the
revenue for the present Year will be 49,
393:72. Lasi year the Roll amounted to
14I2,229 real and personal property
No. Of polls 4i6; the Collector collected
42,aiS:53) Last years debt amounts to
9i,153:Oi-fakc this sum from 60 ,393:72
and it leaves SI,2lO:7l. The cost OF
assessing. collecting. officers salaries,
and necessary repairs Of public property,
will not be far short Of 5000; SO that
there will only be about Sj1J to apply
to the Improvement Of Streets. Then,
new Fire Engine is proposed % be Pur-
chascd-it will probably take about one
thousand or fifteen hundred dollars %
purchase a good one. with hose car
rage, &c. VIII the citizens of Rich
nond stand an extra tax for new Fire
Engine! This is a question that will
probably be decided in the affirmative at
the next meeting Of the Coulcil. unless
otherwise instructed by the people. The
improvements on the different streets, last
year, cost s 81 l:05; suppose the same
amount Of work is done this year. and the
- .t.,I .l,n
mentioned expenses deducted. and the
Engine purchascd;- the debt Of the city
would be, AT the close Of the fiscal year.
as follows:
For street improvements. 81 81 90
Deduct balance Of revenue, GO 90
Makes the improvement debt, S67l co
Cost Of Fire Engine. say $500 90
Total debt, SAN 90
Nearly cqualling the whole amount of the
revenue for last year. An additional tax
OF 25 cts. on the 500 valuation Of prop
erty, and % cts. on each poll. would be
$I,19G 90 more; (makins the revenue
amount to the sum Of s3 59O:53;) this
would pay officers salaries. &c. do the
same amount Of work on Streets this year
rs was done last. and pay 1926 towards a
fire cxtinguishcr; or pay $3.50 for the
fire apprenticeship 1886 worth Of Street
improvements. and the city be clear Of
debt at the end Of the year.
The Council adjourned TO Tuesday
night, April 2. at 6 o'clock
Hedges.
We last week published an article from
the Democrat. commune ated to that pa
per by Jacob Graves. on the subject of
Hedges. We now call the attention Of
our farmers TO the subject, and we wish
We could induce them. even at this late
day. to commence the propagation of live
fences. One ofthe most striking features
II is said. Of the rural beauty of old En-.
gland, famed throughout the world, is the
hedges which divide the estates from each
other, and subdividc each into fields. In
some Of the Eastern States considerable
attention is paid TO the cultivation Of
Hedges. The difficulty, in this country.
heretofore. has been the failure Of the dit
ieren: species Of plant used for the pur-
pose. In the first efforts To secure live
fences. in this country, several kinds of
foreign hedge thorn were used. but thew
failed, being unsuited TO the climate or
soil; or if they grew for a few years were
destroyed by worms. The Usage Or
anGe, the honey locust, the crab apple.
and the wild mulberry. as natives of this
country, have been tried with different
degrees Of partial success. The mos,
successful efforts however, have been