The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-12
iNrNL MATTERS.
rsgE CITY COUNCIL.

fHe. Sfks &St a$ah-
IN ldlouyncd meeting of the City Coun-
j. ,,r~ held Yesterday afternoon. Present
D.. f.. >t1rkC. Esq. president; McSsrS. An
:. 90, scot, OF clay Ward, Hooper, Pal
n,r. ,Ocstcrman. Styaus, Wynre, Bargamin.
dish. " Ncllfori Wagner. Isaacs. Davis,
,i',gn>. scott of jefferson Ward. Smith
,'rt,},cl. L"y}; LipSjGmb: Mclzger. kcrse.
R,.>.icltN. Alien, Roper, fotrGsiGr, Biascl.
4an, and Manly.
rHaM TnE COMMITTEE on STREETS.
-. ..u;srr>nn iNrri the. Committee on
-.r.ri~ Generally. presented II report from
iht r"mmittr. ii recommends that the
.rtdion "f l.. T.. sale for gutter and 1laSgin.
,a F., laid on NrnabIc street ut the intcrScc-
ten al twenty first or Pickett street be
..r,,'.l estimated rrs' stTS, Tint the ,eti-
r.ou oC Gror~c \. lIundlcy and others for
r..~,,iln~ at north side Of Broad street be-
.n.tu Fifth and sixth bc graDtcd-csti-
m.l"d cost. Sl>i.i5; that the petition OF
n.ar@r TiluhCrlakc, clerk of Second Market.
i'r l3Nin- The alley. Opposite the fish mar
t.f n "oSi ri Stin hc giautCdi--the.
.u.Wtc" also recommend ii cXpelient that
'a' in"prity-owncrS on said alley be charged
u'h u portion OF the cost; that the
POTION al George Is. Steel for repairs. &C..
- nUr"inG and pavement in front of the new,
l'V-' pn Third between Byrd and Canal
..',rt> hc "rtiitcd that the petition pf Mar.
.n'' Hi'nrncr asking exemption from con-
n"H:uE her property on Filth street with
.#!I sewer on Fifth street. for satisfactory
g..l>"n> stated III .h" latter cla,lst of said pcti-
tf"n. he referred to Committee en- Water;
'5n petition of +. u. Hart, George w. Rows
go, &ud others, as 10 removal of Instructions
julr h"rlir free lstS>agc of the south side
"3lk oi Cary street between Eighth and
i.nili streets, and also asking for Il pave
Dr. n,.-ih" committee have taken proper ac-
'.,@ ~ !" removal Of ubstructions mentioned,
.".! N'rnnmcnd The paving of brick sidewalk
'9"n'l':<') in The locality specified, aud flag
,.n- /" hc ';lii down IT crossings ~-cStinatcd
"'-t. <'@o for brick sidewalk ; tagging to be
a'd ~ HE cost Of The proprty-owncrS
'hr report of the Committee OF RctrcDch-
u"wt 1ud Reform ~ to the matter of hands
"H4 "HtS linv!n" bCCu referred to the Engi-
g""r. Iii rruaIh, thereon are herewith pre-
ii"n
"DtFcE CITY ENGlSEEg, June 6. 1872.
" q. h." r401rTaai. 0Jm Committee on Streets
G'ler4itY: --.,-,
s''r"ril,!A"n,--ln rcS,'onsf TO vu,lr resulu-
y iE,i The I"l,"it OF the chairman of the
{ "'ihi'rr un ReiIenchurnt aud Reform
''""r" IiIni part ot the annual report Of
'.. a. Engineer relating to the item of
t,a'" u,t carts br referred to the Engineer
t'r consideration and remarks, beg respect
i'iiN 1" represent THAI the report fthc cl,iir-
N,'H "i ihc Hctrcncirmcnt Committee is tiSSu-
'1l'd with such errors and misconceptions
o.. more deliberate inspection of the En-
-a."r ; report would have corrected.
" til"r inquiries among persons in this city
"''" II" largely engaged in the use of teams,
.'d i'" prices "f maintaning the game, the
"ucnchm"ut Committee represents discre-
rnrI', IN the Information thus obtained,
'""'l'.i'd with the Engineers report, in the
iva ucr> "f .fccdinJ and stoe'ng; and two
'-jHEij"> are %iycn,--one based upon the
a' hest aud the other upon the lowest prices
"Fc!n"d--llat the Council nEly decide upon
'a' "E'a"hcc presented. The estimate based
"I''n the highest prices shows nearly $1,000.
"s ''rt upon the loweStncarly 5000, below
y" an!"rnt charged to hands and carts by
ia,' EH,;nrcr.
&c Ia these estimates the hire of hands is
H~nmcd at - per day, when the report OF
i'- Engineer states that the price paid, per
""Ir Of the Council. is Sips. This differ
ro'" ol Twenty-Five cents for the, ,forty-eight
Bands for three hundred days tlc time fixed
@ III" two estiuatcsl amounts to $1,000.
''"tb estimates, by a singular oversight, have
49, allowances for " incidental EXPENSES"
uprising the cos, of picks, shovcls, broou,s,
''nry-conlb$, brushes, buckets, straw, h;lI-
tH',> oil, aNlc-grcaSe, repairs to stalls, &c.
"tt, i;clu under this head of S;}10 paid in the
"\"htngc of disabled mules for sound ones
m1EIn", per the Engineers report, total OF
=S>S.7S.
"A blacksmith and Strikcrarc employed 1T
'jw city shop at Il salary of 81 per day;
his for 3l3 days is SI,2!52, us per Engi-
Hr.rS report. The work done hy these
operatives is confined not alone to the re.
l1jr> Of implements, pointing picks, and
>Urrin" tho teams i'm the street department,
u,t also in sbocinS the horses of the Fire
department. For the purpose OF compari-
s'n there should be added to the amount
lsli the smith and striker the hlcksmith'S
mop ar,ount for iron, tools, nails, smiths
'.''. &"., amounting, as per Engineers re-
i"i1, 10 S2jo.3G, making in the smiths de-
rittiEcnt IN aggregate Of S1,51l Sc. OPP
j".rd 10 this the highest estimate ofethe
'rInittcc presents for shoeing IS mules
-,iI. and the lowest $3.50. There is a
l"i:rr omission in the estimate of reptirS
- hnlnrss, which for the year amounts, as
irr Engineers report, to $l55.SS.
Tie amounts omitted i'll the two esti-
istle> Of the netrenchncnt Committee arc as
follows: Difference in per dfen, of hands,
@','o3; Incidental expenses, $SSS.1S; differ
CIV" between highest estimate o. committee
!'i *horing mules (S1a5) and account in
>H .!'S department (Sl,5l1.3f), sS66.3G; for
I'iFHr- To harness, $i55.SS; total S,5ll .02.
IA" cost of feeding the city teams is
l'"tiiy discovered from the report of the
Ia2tueer, in which the total cost for the year
/ >h.9SG.3o; this divided hy As animals for
49,, days gives the rate per day for each AMI
nd, tis ccnts-closcly approXiuiut!ng the
t.y Hieht Ui The lowc.t estimate Of the COM
uiltce.
Your Engineer cannot allow himself TO
consider the Implication by the report of the
'"iuiu'iee on Retrcpchment and Reform
it.h there are expenditures unrcrealcd i'll
ia" Engineers report, but he Wlll avail.
!H:Noclt OF Tie opportunity of expressing his
surprise that ,n investigation of the report
81 IN officer should have been entered upon
- aitN rlicialy and the report Of the commit
t., promulgated to his injury without the
"!ac'F having been invited to be present at
IN" deliberations, or the committee receiving
NON him such information as he now pre-
>"nt- IN rrIutatiou Of errors speci1lIs and
Respectfully,
CHARLES Ii. DInMocK,
"City Engineer"
:. GF. Wynne stated, in relation to the re-
'%'i! oi the City Engineer, that the Commit