The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-14

ducting business for themselves and unless
there are some expenditures unrevealed in
the Engineers report which will explain the
discrepancy, your committee think il is
evident that the city pays 8, 900 or 5000 per
annun for the work done by the CITY carts,
and they recommend that the Committee on
streets examine into the matter with view
10 correcting the management of this portion
OF their expenditures, fpossible."
The report was adopted
JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
Mr.. Isaacs, from the Committee on the I'M
proVement OF James River, submitted a re-
port from that committee for the months of
narcn ana April. The time lost was incon-
siderable considering the SHOWS and the
snSnt rises In the river at various times.
ihe dredging machines have been kept very
pussy except during the time prevented nv
inciement weather. On ordinary high tide
the report states twelve and n halffeet of water
can he brought to the city. Numbers ofrocks.
anu some as Inany as ten cubic wards in
!ehSth, have been taken up. The report fur
ther states that the work done during the
winter was as much as could be expected in
consideration Of the severity of The winter.
ihe report was accepted.
GOATS.
Mr.. Isaacs laid before the Council y co,n.
munlcatlon from the Auditor in relation TO
the number of goats allowed to 20 at large.
Ihis report was rendered in response to a
resolution of the Council. Laid on table.
THE FREDERICKSBURG RAILROAD TRACK ON
BROAD STREET.
Mr.. lsaacs called up the ordinance laid on
the table recently in relation to the Frede.
ricksburg Railroad track on Broad street and
the proper grading of Broad street, and as a
substitute for the first section of that ordi-
nance, which was laid on the table, presented
the following, which was adopted:
' Be ii ordained by the Council of the Cit,,
of Richmond, That the City Engineer, I'M
der the direction of the Committee of Streets.
slr,il. us soon as may be practicable after the
Islssage of this ordinance, survey, establish,
and locate the grade of Broad street from
Ninth street westward to the corporation
ljmits Of the hify; and designate the corners,
widths, and lltns OF all strtets that may cross
the same, by locating stones ut the proper
places, wherever in his Judgment they ma,
be required
The ordinance "to regulate the Use Of
Broad street by the Richmond, Fredcricks-
burg and Potomac Railroad" was next taken
IN Nfessrs. Chesterman and Straus favoring
the removal of the track. Mr.. Anderson
,dvrcatcd rne ,C,ccs.nonement ct OF the Su9lcct
for for the rreaeilt, and made ,no,,C.~, to lay the
ORDINANCE oil the table,
Mr.: Welltord Opposed the, motion, to lay
OIL the table, aid ClaiDltu tflat. II would he to
the advantage of both the ralroad company
and the citizens Of Richmond generally to
have the depot at the corner of Eighth and
Broad streets removed.
Mr.. Whitl0ck occupied the same position
that Mr.. Anderson did.
Mr.. Smith thought it had laid on the table
long enough: that the coiilpaiiS could go
down by the Petersburg depot and do all the
business they wanted to !; that there was no
necessity for further delay, and he wanted
immediate action.
Mr.. English said that he was satisfied that
the uptown people expected that this mat
ter would be acted OH tonight, and Mr..
Wexford had expressed his ricYs to Il dot.
Like Mr.. Smith, he, too, thought that there
had been enough delay, and he meant not
only to vote against laying OH the table, but
also to vote for taking away the truck Us
sooli lis possible.
Mr.. Andcrson's motion to lay on the table
was leiccted.
The ordiImi'cc was adopted by the follow
ing vote:
dyes.-Hoopcr, Chcstcrman, Straus, Bargalnin,
English, Wcford, Wagner, ls:llcS, Davis Higgins,
ScGtt Of Jefferson. Ward Smith, Mctzgcr, kcrsc.
Bo,Sicux. 1.us'nr. Forester Freeman. Manly, and
N1ss.~hnderson, wynnc, stoAts, fr',itlook. Levy.
Lirsromb, and Allen.
The following is the ordinance as adopted:
"Whcrcas the 23d section of the act of
the ueieral Assembly of Virginia incor-
poratiil5 the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company requires the
presideiit and directors thereof so to COL
struct the said railroad dhrGss any established
road or way as not to impede the passage or
of persons OF property along
the same: and whereas various streets
within ths corporate limits of Richmond are
thus obstructcd Ivy said railroad, and the
lives of the citizens are imperied by the
passage through one of the principal
thorouglf;lrcs Of the locomotives and trains
of said company Therefore
81. BE ii ordained by the Connci OF the
ctty of Richntof,d, That 10 stean-cnglne,
tender. freight car, passenger e'r. or other
car of any kind, belonging to or used ny the
Richmond; Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company; shall stand, load, or I'M
load, on Broad streets But any sllcli ell
gincs, tender, or car; shall be carried or pro-
PEELED Immediately into Il depot or lot au]on-
ing said street, and there receive or discharge
its load of freight or passengers us liz case
NAV be; and if the same hc not done OF
performed on OF before the lSt d;'y OF
January, 1878, then and thereafter the Sala
railroad company for any violation OF the
ordinance shall be fined not less than - nor
more than SO for each crd every offence.
80. That the Richmond, Fredcrlck+h'lrS
and Potomac Railroad Company shall coll-
form their railroad or railway tlTgE to the
grade when established and located i,a pro
yided in an ordinance passed on he lath day
g Nav. 1872, entitled 'un ordinance to pro-
vide for the ...ent OF the grade OF
Broad street west of Ninth Stree, from
Hancock .treet To the termination Of saG
railroad or railway track 1T the intersection
Of Broad and Eighth streets. and it the snme
he Nc. Honn on or before the 1t day Of July,
1874, then the said coifhilt snail hh fined
twenty dollars ncr day for every rtnv there
after nntiI said railroad or railway track shall
he maalas tv iGnfUftn TO the grade of said
street.
"3. That on and after the tirst day OF
January. 1874, no car, engine, carriage, OF
other vehicle of whatever kind; belonging to
or nsed b. the Ricl,moud; Fredericksburg,
and Potomac Railroad Company; shall be
drawn or propelled by steam upon that part
of their railroad or railway track on broaa
street east of Belyidere street, in said city"
NEW BUSINESS.
,rhe usual number OF petitions, Nc, were
,ro>anted and uppropriatcI, referred.
Mr.. Wynne presented tile petition Of ,!,.l nu-
,,oro,,s m citizens for the erection of flre-
mug near the new paper mill, on Eighth
Street: Stree Of the City Railway Company ask
;m,r n be allowed to erect two tic-posts. he