The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-12

NJ o. The Gxy council On uno reo0Omen01ao0 ol
he eommissoners Of ssrssts for imprcyiaex axisn1
atfsSs5, bst1e I'D caIverts, ID sks city, during
The ensuing year, Ne suh3oin the o1lcial staaement
NJ Unskins 1tesoutsd The following report ffosn
EoAe oe@mis16nsr - Streets gensrally:
III Eomofoaonsss proceeded TO the cnnsidsre
sssonnsS 3 sss City y Council Co neil 90 he lss
0f July; aud after elaboration, the following recom
mcDdstions and resolutions were ordered to be re-
ported to the Council.
In Jefvsen Ward -To an and curb Water street
from Arch street to Gillic's creek $685. curp and
pave dished gutter on the south side of Cary
stree from 22d street to the lowar end Of lum.
Der house. and curb each side OF 22d street. from
Cary to Water street, $40, curb and gutter, on
both sides of Grace street from 18th to 20th
street. $500. stone arch over Shockoe creek ON
Marshall street, $3.50. Total, e3655.
In Madison Hayd-To grade, curb, gutter and
gravel Leigh street, from 7th to 9Th, S1l56; grade
9Th street north of Leigh street. 1916 to raise stone
wall and stack, on College street north Of Marshall
street, 800: make culrert in Mayo street. cross-
ing Franklin street, into the Exchange cuiFert,
1926; repair Trueheart alley, Sl65; move out curb
stores to widen east ootway of 10Th street on south
side of Car; to Office Of Haxall & Brothers, s24;
pave 7th street solldy. from Canal to Byrd street
$780, to pave 9Th street soltlv from Cary street to
the Canal, 1854. Total, 1927. r..
In Monroe Ward-To pave gutter on east aide
OF Brook Avenue. on Bank street, and one across
Baker street, below Jacob Shook's house, 1872; pave
cutters ON Duval street, east OF st Peters street.
S2cs; grade lst street frem Clay to Leigh, and fill
Foushee complete from Leigh street to Duval
street 1920; grade, curb, gutter and gravel Leigh
street II om 7th TO I'd street 81 o.: raise stone wall
in gully, north of Leigh street. SlO5: grade, curb
gutter and gravel 9TH street, from Broad to eiyh
street, Sl44s; cuvert across Canal street. at Ad
AIMS street, on certain conditions, $500. Total,
s54l3.
Resolred, That the Commissioners of Streets
recommend to the City Council to appropriate the
sum of twelve thousand seven hundred and ninety.
i've dollars, to pay the cost enumerated in the fore.
going epurt; 1865 thereof to be expended in Jef.
iersona w ard s3727 in Madison Ward, and s54l3
in Monroe Ward.
The report was approved, and the resolution ue
the Council wac adopted oi
Mr. Haskins presented the f.,uowinp reno, CIV,
said Commissioners ~ o''
A petition from Joseph Allen and others asking
atten,ieh TO the nuisance from of ensiye water or
drains, on the north side Of Broad street, between
the Swan Tavern and the Airica an Church. referred
by the Council, was taken up and considered and
the following adopted
ResolUed, as the opinion OF the Commissioners f
Streets That the said petition should be referred to
the Mayor OF the city, with instructions to cause
the nuisance complained of to be aoated.
And the resolution was adopted.
Mr. Haskins reported the following resolution
from said Commissioners
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and thirtyfve dollars be, and re- same is herb
appropriated, to commence The erection of tvs
stone walls across the raw me of the Bloody Run
Branch, one on the corr ar or Southern side Of
Main street and the othe Ga the lower or Soo,hern
sac OF Franklin stree' to retain the deposits wash
ing down the said ra'ril4e. and prevent them from
going into the river
The reso ulon OF tire Comm ssoners, Ohe rule
being suspendeG) " as ADOPTED
MI Alien prtsep led the following report from the
commissioners of Streets for Monroe Ward:
Inc petluon OF William Maddox and Henry john
SON fespectp the steppage il the cuvert across
byrd street, which Was referred from the Council,
having bee considered-and it appearing that the
oid and elective celvert which passes under Byrd
street, Was built by the City many years ago, but
ialis U, answer the purposefor which it was de.
tgnf d. namely, IL pass the water which flows down
the north side OF Byrd street said street, but
az ms up the wgter much to the Inconvenience and
'aamage OF the complanants: Therefore
Resolred, That the Commissioners OF Streets for
Monroe Ward, recommend to the Council to cause
suitable calvert to be constructed from the north
side of Byrd street to the culvert now in course OF
construction on city account, in 9th street, from
the Canal towards James River, at cost not ex
ceeding $40.