The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-22

Gay, tine report OF the Commissioners geuefal-
ly, on the petition Of certain citizens, to per.
| init the establishment Of horse railroads In the
city, and other business referred to them.
Mr.. Haskius reported In favor Of the peti-
tion and the adoption Of an ordinance feguia-
rights Of both the city and the company. Hs
reported an ordinance from the Com m isstoners
OF Streets, which was read, discussed and laid
on the table, to be acted upon on the I'D inst,
all the members declaring in favor of the rail.
ways, but most of them desiring amendments
TO the ordinance ~ reported.
The Commissioners reported In favor Of per.
mttttng the Richmond and York River Rail.
road Company to close and occupy .4th and
25th streets. between Cary ard Dock, but the
city Is not to be responsible for any loss the
company may incur, II hereafter Il should BE-
compelled to open said streets And the report
was adopted.
Dr. Mills, from the Committee ON Light, pre-
sented the annual report of Superintendent
Fry of the Gas Works, from which We ex.
tract the following facts:
Cuantity Of gas made this year, ss,e95. .,60
ture, 7,575. .26o feet
Quantity Of coal consumed thss year. sees
50 bushels-last year, isa3a2 bushels; in-
creased cons umption Of coal 35.Oa3 bushels
Quantity Of gas sold this year, 7,:s.O, 800
feet-last year. 29.l2I. 40; increased sales Of
gas, 8, 1919, 300 feet.
Current expenses this year, ssa, a,ae.:n-last
year, S12,O07.lS; increased expenses, $780,. So
Receipts this year. $li2,3s5.35-last year,
$97 1896 increased receipts, &15, 1852 %.
Gas consumed in street lamps aad public
buildings. ll,9-6,S56 feet-gas consumed last
year, 10, ,560, a59 decrease this year, l,5s2 Gc3
feet.
The entire cost Of the works, after deduct
ing what has been received on account of con.
struction, is Ssa5. .9ss57. the interest on which
sum ls 50, ,90I-add one per cent. AS . sink
ing fund. .s3.459 59s3-making So ,?ls.s4-to which
add current expenses, SSl, ia N7i-makipg the
annual expense chargeabie to Gas Works.
SlCs CAB 5e.which, if deduted from the re-
ceipts Of thie year, will leave a nett profit of
IS, besides furnishing to the city, free of
cost, the large quantity of gas stated above, as
ohsumed on the streets and public buildings,
wnIcn. estimated at 81 per i,ouo feet, would
amount to S23,9739i, together with the cost
OF cieaning and repairing street lamps. ST.
4S19-and adding the above nett profit of ga
Ni:I1, we shall have to the credit of the
WORKS S30, 1857, OF more than eight per cent.
on the cost OF the works; thus showing that
the Gas Works are yielding TO the CITY more
than 10 per cent on their cost.
In view OF these facts, the COMMITTEES would
OF gas to s. 80, and suggest the propriety, in
justice to consumers of charging the city with
the cost of lighting the streets and public
buildings. If the quantity of gas sold this
year be calculated at S2 81 per NJ, the receipts
would he S.3, ,:sU2. Ito which, if we add the
public consumption at A., $40 lO6. .Ou; we have
the receipts amounting to &lla,79 15-from
wnlcn deduciing expenses and per cent ia
credit Of the works Sil,0l5.57, or more than 3
per cent. on the cost Of construction.
Dr. Mills also presented an ordinance pro-
viding tor the reduction Of the price Of gas,
which, on motion, was laid on the table, to.
gether with the report
Mr.. Grattan, from the Finance COMMITTEE
reported an ordinance, which was adopted,
authorizing the payment of SiDO per annum
to the Young Guard and the Governors
q Ciuard, payable quarterly on the certificates of
the commanders.
Mr.. Allen. from the Watering Committee,
repor ted an amendment to the ordinance con.
cerning the Water Works. The present ordi.
nance authorizes the plumbers of the city to
erect nydrants and put down pipes. The
amendment authorizes the Superinte to
put up hydrants and lay pipes Alter being
read, 1t was laid upon the table
Mr.. Burr offered the following preamble
aud resolution, which were adopted
Whereas. bill has recently passed the General
assembly, amending the charter Of the city OF
H,onmond and creating the office of Judge ofthe
that it shall into etiect after being ratified
BY a vote Of the people Of Richmond:
y the several W ards shall open poll. at the cleo
ti"n of city officers. on Wednesday. the ath day Of
o he a. Ss91 e. Ss
Charter,' res istering such votes may be siven
sn, enT !se 81 da,ntenamsn, "agaIns; tho amend
the other election returns.
Resolved. That the said amendment to the char.
teI with this p'esnhle and resolution, be published
IN the daily papers, for the information Of tho vo
te[s. Till the day Of election
On motion, the Council adjourned.
Poisoains a Cai!d.- Yesterday morning the
Mayor had before him for examination, the
servant girl Margaret, slave to Chas. Curtis,
charged with feloniously administering pull
verIZed glass to an infant sixteen months Old
child Of Mr. John Baxter. The only witness
introduced WAS Mrs. Baxter, from whose tex.
ttmoDy we gather the following facts
Mr Baxter keeps a saloon corner of Frank.
lin and Mayo streets. He hired the servant
Margaret on the 10th inst. and on that day or
a short time after, Margaret said in the ores
ence OF Mrs. B., that she disliked to attend a
child. Oo6unday last, by some accident, a
bottle was knocked from a shelf in the bar
room and broken. Mrs. Is. at once sent Mar.
garet behind the bar to wipe the floor and re-.
move tine pieces Of glass to the back yard.
which she did. Very soon after this, Mrs b.
directed the prisoner TO bring a saucepan 10
her 10 prepare food for her child, aud when
she received the vessel, discovering that it was
clean, she put the food in it, and placed II
upon the stove to boil, leaving Margaret
to attend to It whilst she repaired to the
bar-room and served some "calIeya -
When the food was ready, and put to a sau.
Ger, she began to feed her child, and had given
II two or three spoOnsfnl, when she discovered
pieces OF glass in it. Becoming alarmed, she
asked the servant how they got into the food
and received as reply, that She did no, know.
unless that they fell into the sauce;an, which
was upon a counter in the yard, when she
was shaking the cloth with which she had
wiped up the pieces Of broken bottle, and 10.
fore the pan had been carried to Mrs Il. to
prepare the food. Fearing that the statement
was utterly false, Mrs. B. called in q physi-
ciaa to attend her babe, and emetics were
promptly administered. On the following
day all the facts were made known to officers
Seal and l3ibb, and they arrest ted and imprts.
oned the accused. After hearing the state.
ment Of Mrs. Baxter, the Mayor adjourned
the inves iigation until this morning. as the
Ch0rRN hpP
she deserves the seSerest penalty the law can
inf1ict, for no more horrid crime could be In.
nicied by servant nurse, than to attempt the
life OF the helpless infaut which had been en-.
trusted to her care.
Spurious Coi..-Peter GarlI an Italian Ia.
borer, was arratRned before the Mayor yester.
day, to answer the charge Of passing six spu-
rious dimes in the FIRST Market, on Saturday
last. The prisoner purchased three pounds Of
beef OF Wiltiam CullingswoTth, At sixpence
per pound and gave him three Of the spcri.
Gus dimes from which 10 get his pay. He
then made similar purchase Of William u.
DALEY, butcher. aud gave him three spuTi.
ous dimes, but Mr.. u. discovered that they
prisoner put the bogus coin In hts pants peck
ct, and gave Mr.. ID. good money. Mr.. Oui.
lingsworth, on hearing Of the anair, examined
the pieces he had received from the prisoner,
and testing their strength, readily broke them
into pieces. Seeing this, the prisoner gave
him thirty cents in good money, and Was per.
mitted TO leave. 4.s--. ..--
that he had received the ''bogus" In change
for good money, but coaid not teii from wAoa
or when This explanation was 50 unsatis.
factory, that the Mayor remanded him for ex.
amiuation at the April term OF the Hastings
C0pr t'f
Several weeks since we cautioned our read.
ers against bogus haif.dollars, quarters aud
dimes, then circulating about The city, aud
stated that party, then residing Fast Of
Richmond, was saspected Of maaufac turing
she trash, and Of selling II out In lots - emit
purchaser. Hundreds Of dollars Of Il are car.