The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-13
LOCAL MArrnRe.

LOCAL MATTERe.
James Rirer improvement The irnport.nc. a
having depth Of water to the port OF Richmond
sufficiently crest to admit the arrival a. I.rgs
| class vessels. Is admitted by eyerv man In -
community who has taken the trouble 10 rive ,l,s
subject moments serious Consideration For
| years past we have been seeking aid of the gem
raj government to enable us To carry out this
| great work, but thus far we have sought in vain
Are our people any longer willing to tin re-
| this Improvement for outside assistance7 Cr
| will they put their own shoulders to the wheel
and help themselves cut of the mre . The city
has already expended thousands of dollars o,, mi.
improvement, and if the work il permitted 10 stop
where it is that expenditure is lost forever She
has her dredging machines, her own engineer and
all the necessary apparatus for pusbing the work
to completion. and If she permits the improve.
meDt to stop where u now Ia she must loso ali she
has heretofore expended. Our attention has been
particularly called to this Improvement by a report
submitted to the Council at it's last meeting. by
Inoinas w. MeCance, Esq. from tho Committee
on the James River Improvement, few extracts
from which We append The reader N i'll reinem.
oef .hat the appropriations heretofore made had
otee'si references to opening the channel through
Irents Reach, and removing other obstructions.
=" 40 as 10 admit shipping engaged in the commerce
Oh the CITY, now forced to stop at City Point forty
hve miles distant, TO discharge and receive cargo
| at w Mwick, four miles below Richmond That
| mnch OF the work has been executed as the az
| lso.s Ailuuea 70 VIII show, and now the Commit.
tee want additional aid to compIete yxhai they
| nave already begun. The report saws.
| bout the middle Of July the channel tbron,b
iFents REACH was opened, aud an examnstion of tss
isei, from " aiwlck 10 and including Trents Reach
proved the denth of water to be .nf;risn, -, as,
vessels stopping at City Point to come mn 70 Va
chsnn, thronrb TSsep.1n Tsnppaa OF small space ia the
channel through Trent's Reach has baen dssnaS G 80
the shallow places and now there is suficiept aen,h
OF water to allow vessels stopping at City Point To
come mp to Warwick. The channel tb1onvh 49,, tn, W
| Reach has been designated BY three buoys on The
North side of the river. " '7
The amount now in hend-about S25oo-,,;u =.
IL believed, cover the cost of opening ch ppeI for
large class vessels to Warwick The committs. =.
commend to the Council to adopt the following re- So
Resolved, That the COMMITTEES on the Jane.
River Improvement be authorized to draw on The
Chamberlain for the amount of The outstapdnr h,tI
incurred in the improvement of James River not ~
ceedns in the aggregate the of $500"
The Council adopted the above resolution
AT meeting OF the committee the Sd of JuIy the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be requested to
furnish the committee with statement of the probs
| ble expense per month and the probable cost Of
opening channel through the ledge rocks formins
/ ter the port"
| The City Engineer, in compliance with tn.
above resolution, submitted a report to the CEN
| mittee which was laid before the Council MIR
| Gill estimates the probable monthly expenditure
at $500; and, judging from what has already been
done. supposes that channel fifty feet wide by
hve feet deep, could be cut through the ledge a,
| Rockets bar for about $a5 600 or 100000
In their report to the Council the committee say
| that to stop the work will involve certain heavy
loss; while tho work If prosecuted and the Object
be attained will give new impulse TO eyerv int or
est in the city, and be worth millions in her future
| history. with active opponents every side
| struggling for commercial supremacy and willing
to spend hundreds of thousands for a water na vi
CATION that this city secure at a comparative
i q ftaa
Council to authorise them to make arrangement
to prosecute the work, and they offer the foowin,
| resolutions: ,--
RE. olved, That the committee on the James Rive
Improvement be authorized to make arrangements {,
open channel through Rockets bar, Of sufiicien
depth to admit large class vessels into the port
Hichmnnd at an expense not exceeding $500 pc
m NTH s-.s7t
lThe above resolution was laid on the table fo
| future action. ~. .-.a.ss
| When the Council meets again its member
should be prepared to vote for the appropriation
and, If need be, to lay special tax to pay II
| 5000 more to complete this work will be wei
spent, and no friend of Richmend will hesitate Il
bear his part of the burden most cheerfuly
Firemen's Celebration Fire Department q
the city will celebrate its first anDve versary to da
| with unusual spirit Each company will nut on
its best looks, and as the ladies' are always warn
| friends of the gallant fremen, may expect Il
| see many of the engines and hose reels beautiful
| ly decorated with flowers and eyergreens by tb-iI
tasty hands. After parading through sore of the
principal streets of the city. the de partmep
will repair to Lafayette Hall, and partake Of col
lstion prepared by the Committee of Arrange
ments. This being over, the march will be resun.
ed, and visit paid TO Shockoe Hill after which
the procession will be dismissed.
We trust the day may prove pleasant one and
that the iremen may enjoy it TO their hearts con
tent tor there s TO other class of men, whose lives
are 30 necessarily devoted TO the public good -
Without fee or reward, they are ever ready to De.
ril their health and lives for their fellow men, at
all times, and are never deferred from duty by
| danger. Every good citizen must admire their
patriotic valor and all should be ready to do them
| honor when an opportunity offers The Depart
| ment Is now thoroughly organized and harmonious
| and we sincerely hope that all its branches may
continue so.
BW Of Mortniay.--For the past three months,
ending The 3lst OF july the health of the city, has
| been unusually good among admits, while the mum.
| Der of deaths OF children. mostly from summer
complaints, has been quite large. In the month of
May iast there were - white male interments In
| ShockOe Hill Burying Ground, of whom were
| children and Ii white females, Of whom were
| children.
| In June there were 50 white male interments,
| 25 of whom were children; and 20 white females,
81 of whom were children.
| In July there Is white male interments,
| 81 of whom were children and IS white females,
| 20 of whom ehildren--which, added to b
| stborn, make an aggregate in.erment Of chill.
dren of 24, aud showing but 81 deaths of adults.
| In the period ut time there were l29 in
| termepts of negroes. 76 of whom children
showing tha. but 50 adults were inferred during the
| quarter.
| The white interments in May were 30 in June
| 81; in July 30: still born 6
The negro inrerments in May were 81; In June
| J3; in July A.; still born &.
Shelving the total number of white interments
| 17S and OF negro interments l29-making total
| OF 307. Of which number 200 were children