The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-07
LOCAL MATTERS.
CITY G0UNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
The regular meeting OF the City Council
was held yesterday afternoon. Present
sMessrs. English President), Smith, Zig
gins, Moses, Greanor, Flournoy, Strauss,
| Euker, Scott, BranDan, Kerse, Sloan,
Wynne, Prince, Allen, Fogarty, Kent,
Laube, and Lohman.
STREETS.
The Committee on Streets Generally
made the following recommendations:
That Bank street, between 9th and 18th,
be paved, at cost Of about ~ 300. Agreed
! to.
That the petition of 8. T. Bailey and
others for improvements on Main street
from Jefferson street to Monroe Square, the
property-owners interested to pay one-hall
the expense (total cost about 8, 500), be
granted. Agreed to-.
That the petition Of Lewis e. Haryie
and others, for the grading Of Culvert ST.,
&C., lin the vicinity of Hollywood Gene
terry, at cost of about 1900, be granted
on the same conditions as the the last.
Agreed to.
That an appropriation. of $1,000 be made
for culvert and stack from Cave street to
Leigh, on the same conditions az the last.
| Agreed to.
| THAT the petition of s. G. Flournoy and
others, for the extension Of 21st street, be
granted, the property-owners paying.
Agreed to.
That the stacks and dams in Bloody Bun
gulley and tributaries be raised. Referred
to the Committee on James River Improve
ments.
That all fences encroaching on street lines
be removed. Referred to the special Com
mittee on on Boundaries, &c.
That Turner New street be continued
| from Scott street to its intersection with d
and 18th streets. Laid on the table.
| FINANCE.
| The Finance Committee recommended
an abatement Of taxes in the cases OF j.. ).
Atlee, e. Bossieux, A. W. Richardson, c.
II. Brautigam, John Hogan, Ed. Eacho,
Jas. NJ. Taylor; the increased payment OF
fee to the Clerk of the Chancery Court ;
the payment of $40 to Matt. Eagan for
whiskey destroyed at the evacuation; the
rejection of the petitions Of Henry Exall ,
VIM. II. Pitts, Sutherland and others, Bur-
ton 81 Latham, A. r. Brooks, Robt. Skip
with. VIM. Gibson for Christ Church, Nc
Gruder, Quarles, and others, corner 7th
and Grace streets, and VIM. c. Knight.
The report was agreed to. f..
| LIGHT.
The Committee on Light reported that
after careful consideration of the many bids
| presented, they had given the preference
Of the contract for buildin q new gas
holder to VIM. E. Tanner & Co., OF Rich
mond and recommended that their bid be
| accepted. -
The report was adopted. .......
FIRE. t.e
The Committee on Fire recommended
| the purchase of three hose-reels at O cost
erection Of building for the men and horses
Of Co. D at a cost of about 81 200; also,
that the petitions Of Fl. B. Gary, JAS. Nc
Donald, G. P. Rady (trus tee), John Cot
trell, j. T. Toler, w. Y. Ola zebrook, j. W.
Ross, j. j. Underhill, r. Stribling, and
John Hickey be granted.
The report was agreed to-
JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
Mir. Wynne submitted the report from
the Committee on James River Improve
ment; which was ordered to be printed.
=, PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Committee on Public Grounds and
Buildings recommended that the trustees
Of the Seamen's Bethel be rehev ed from the
payment of lien of $4,000 on their prop
erty, provided the city be allowed to use
the first story of the building for school
purposes. The report was referred to q
special committee, consisting Of Messrs.
Kent, Moses, and Flournoy, with power to
act.
ACCOUNTS.
The claims of the Dispatch, Stats Ca
zette, Wing, and w. II. Wade, for printing,
were allowed, and that Of the Enquirer adj
versely reported upon by the Committee on
Accounts. Agreed to.
EXTRA PAY TO CITY OFFICERS.
Dir. Sloan submitted an ordinance forbid
ding extra compensation to any city officer
the Council in July of the current munich
pal year. Ordered to be printed.
). ." TAXES.
The ordinance amending the ordinance
in reference to the collection Of taxes was
taken up and amended as follows, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Strauss
That section 10 be amended so as to read !:
"The aforesaid taxes on licenses shall go
into the hands Of the collector of city taxes
and be collected by him from the 18th
to the 30th of April inclusive; and his
receipt shall be the license to the party
paying for conducting the business on
which the tax is levied and all parties con-
Quoting business after the 1st day of May,
without license shall be liable to fine of
not less than 81 nor more than IS per day."
sa LOCOMOTIVES ON THE STREET.
Mr.. Kent offered a resolution instructing
the City Attorney to take steps to prevent
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railroad Company using locomotives
in the streets Of the city. Referred.
CITY SPRING.
An appropriation Of $3.50 was made on
motion of Mr.. Sloan for the fencing in and
Improvement of the City Spring. "..s
J&a PETITIONS REFERRED.
Of citizens of Church Hill asking for fire
apparatus; of Franklin Stearns for pay
ment Of rent for room Of Circuit Court of
Richmond of ward managers for increase
of pay for comforting police powers on A.
J. Hawkins, private Waterman; of COM
mission merchants and milers asking for
the paving OF Basin bank; of John B. Cren-
shaw in behalf of the Colored Male Or
phan Asylum; and many others.
~ MISCELLANEOUS.
Resolutions were adopted instructing the
City Attorney to 60 to Washington to de-
fend the city in the smallnote case in the
Supreme Court declaring in favor of the
removal of the penitentiary without the
city limits; granting 100 additional feet to
the cemetery Of the congregation of Beth
Shalom. Adjourned. -#@ .t
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE STREETS
OF kIcHMoND.-The following is of interest
as showing the number Of miles Of streets