The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-10

nEEllSt OF The COUNCID.-l uc IeS uldE
monthly meeting of the Council was held
on yesterday afternoon. Present Messrs.
Yale (presiding), Pelouze, Miller, King,
Parker, Friedley, Gregory, Milford, Dun
ham, and Crowell.
Poor.
The subject of the failure of the Commit
tee for the Relief of the Poor to comply
with their contract with the Medical Col
lege Infirmary was brought before the
Council in the shape of communication
from Major Hambrick, which stated that
the commanding General directed him to
state to the Council that unless the contract
was faithfully carried out he would be COM
PEELED to take the matter in hand and issue
an order for the purpose himself. The
communication from the commanding Gene
raj was based on communications from DR..
J. H. White and others. A special COM
mittee ives appointed to investigate the
matter-as follows: Friedley, Parker, and
Dunham.
Mr.. Pelouze offered resolution annulling
the contract; which was referred to the
same committee.
Police.
A communication from Messrs. Knox
and Craddock, private detectives, asking to
he invested with the same powers as spe-
cial policemen" was received, and referred
to the Committee on Police.
Second lMarRcet.
Mr.. Miller, from the Committee on the
Second Market, submitted n report recon-
mending the removal of Mr.. J. P. Tyler
from the position of Clerk of the Market
and the appointment of Mr.. Sigismund
Niggl to the position. Charles Zincke was
also IN applicant for the place. The re-
port further recommended the removal Of
Mr.. John J. Crutchfeld from the position
of Weighmaster, and that Mr.. John A.
Payne be appointed in his stead. The re-
port was adopted.
The Neao Reservoir.
Messrs. C. D. Yale, W. G. Durham, and
E. II. Gregory, special committee on the
proposition to build q new reservoir, sub
mittcd a lengthy report, setting forth their
action, and recommending
First. To secure by purchase or other
lawful means four squares Of ground situa-
ted in the town of Sidney, containing six
teen acres each, and bounded as follows
On the northeast by Westham turnpike, on
the southwest by Ashland street, on the
southeast by Washington street, and on the
northwest by Robinson street.
Second. The construction of reservoir
on said ground to contain, when completed,
forty million gallons of water, and con-
structcd in such way that it can be used
when it will store half that quantity, and
finished whenever the city may determine.
Third. The opening of the thirty-two
acres Of land adjoining Hollywood Gene
terry, and any other land the city may have
there to spare for the purpose, into ceme-
terry additional to Hollywood, and the sale
of lots to reimburse the treasury for the
money expended.
On motion of Mr.. Milford, hundred
copies of the report were ordered to be
printed.
Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
By permission, Colonel Egbert, chief OF
police, was allowed to speak to the Council
upon the subject of fre-alarm telegraph
He stated he considered fre-alarm tele-
graph necessary in the city, and that il
could be constructed at n cost of about
g., 900. The matter was referred to n spc-
cial committee composed of Messrs. Dun
ham, milford, and Gregory.
RairoGd Extension.
4 petition was presented from the Dan
vile and Fredericksburg Railroad Compa-
nies asking for an extension railway be-
tween the termini of their roads upon
which horsc-cars could be run. 1t was re-
ferrcd to the Committee on Streets.
Education.
Mr.. Parker offered resolution appro.
priating 81 600 to the first normal school Of
this city. Laid over under the rules.
After disposing of other matters of un'
Importance, the Council adjourned.