The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-26

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LOCAL MATTERS. t.s,t -.
THE CITY COUNCIL. s-s. = Z
The reguldr semi-mopthly meeting Of the
City Council was held yesterday afternoon
in the. Council Chamber, Washington Hall.
Present: 7. Il. :Wynne, Esq., president; /;
Messrs. Bargamin, Bossieux, Boyd, Chester
man, Davis, English of Monroe Ward,
Euker, Forester, Hall, Higgins, Isaacs,
'Kerse, Lipscomb, Manly Metzger, New
| berry, Oliver, Scott Of Jefferson Ward,
straus, Talbot, Thornton, Williams, and
| Whitlock. - ~ ~. -,.-.s .&
| sTREETs GENERALLY. q.
! General W. Z. Newberry, chairman Of the
Committee on Streets Generally, submitted
report, substantiallyas follows <t :
On account of the want of funds in the
city treasury the following recommendations
for work, heretofore recommitted, are laid
| on the table until the condition Of the trea-
| sury will justify their execution: Extension
| Of sewer Oh Clay street between Second and
| Fousbee, &c.; construction of sewer on
Brock avenue from Broad street to Bacon's
Quarter branch, &C.; extension of sewer on
Leigh street between Tenth and Eleventh ::
| construction of sewer in the gully on Fourth
street between Baker and Preston; sewer on
| Cary street from Eleventh to Seventh, &c.
The extension of the Second-street sewer
from Clay to Marshall is again urged, They
| recommend that q contract be entered into
with Messrs. Brennan & Haggerty, contract
| ors on the Church Hill tunnel, to put from
10000 to 10000 yards of earth in Bloody
| Run ravine on the extension of Broad street,
for 10 cents per yard, provided they will take
| city bonds in payment at their market value
S84, cents. They also: recommend the rejec-
ton of the petition of Julius Ide for m ex-
tension of time in which to connect with the
city sewers. .,r,.. e. q, 5.s.. .ga.,f...s. ss
| The committee recommend the ex-
| tension. of the sewer on Grace street near
| Shockoe creek to Shockoe creek, provided
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
pay one-haf the cost Of the work, it being
necessary to extend the sewer on account OF
filling now being done by the company.
So much OF the report referring to Mr.
Ide WIS recommitted. ar
The remainder of the report was adopted.
REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON WATER
| AND LIGHT AS TO TAXING PROPERTY FRONTING
| on TIE LINE OF WATER AND GAS PIPES. -.
The joint committee of waiter and light
(Mr. Bargamin chairman of the former, Mr..
/ Higgins chairman of the latter0 to whom
!. was referred the resolution for the taxing Of
property fronting on the line of water and
| gas pipes, having had the subject under con-
sideration, offer the following ordinance,
which they believe will meet the objects of
the mover of the resolution, as well as reach
! property that has had the benefit Of water
and gas without having paid any of the eX-
penses of the same : ' .''." ..." ''.
"Whereas it is eXpedient and equitable
that in all cases Of advantage obtained or
benefit conferred by the execution of works
of public utility private parties should pay
by taxation or otherwise a just and reason
able equivalent to the city toward the ex-
pense of the public work comforting such
private benefit or advantage; be it therefore
ordained by the Council Of the city Of Rich
mond
81. That for the purpose hereof the Su-
perintendents Of the City Water Works and
the City Gas Works be-, and they are, each
required to furnish as soon as practicable
after the passage of this ordinance to the
Commissioner of the Revenue map or plat
showing all the public mains of the Water
Works, and map or plat showing all the
public mains OF the Gas Works, as extended
through the streets Of the city; and that all
/ additions thereto or extensions thereof shall
he by them respectively reported to said
commissioner annually on or before the 1st
day Of February for the year ending on the
lSlst day Of December preceding and from
these, maps or pluts, corrected by addi-
tions from time to time, the commissioner
4 shall ascertain the assessments hereinafter
/ provided. - r.
"2. Upon all lots lying along or fronting
upon any street of the city in which any
publiclnain of the Water Works is or shall
be laid, whether said lots be improved or
mol, there shall be assessed and collected
from the owner or his agent a tax Of five
cents on every front foot .-...,.., ... @
"3. Upon all lots lying along or fronting
upon any street of the city in which any
| public main of the Gas. Works is or shall be
laid; whether said lots be improved or not,
there shah be assessed and collected from
4 the owner or his agent a tax OF FIVE cents on
every front foot. - -
! "4.. The taxes herein provided shall be in
addition to the taxes on the assessed values
and other public charges upon the property,
and shalt be by the Commissioner of the
Revenue entered separately upon his real
estate book, and the City Collector shall in
clude the amounts thereof in the annual tax
bills and shall collect the same as other taxes
are collected" 80 = '1'''-s . g.
Laid on the table. ya.g?i ; .t:G ~ s..y*3
WATER WORKS, CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT. !, !,
\ Mr. Bargamin, from the Committee on Wa.
ter. reported that 6 In consequence of the
great demand and increased supply for water,
and which will be an increased revenue to
the city, the appropriation made by the
Council for the construction account and eX-
pense account having become exhausted,o p
they ask for an additional appropriation, Of
5000 for the remainder Of the fiscal year.
Adopted. - tst ote:gsr atz
Mr. iChesterman, from the Committee on
the Relief of the Poor, reported back the
communication of the Coroner, DR.. William
81. Taylor, asking for an appropriation to be
applied to the burial of paupers, &c. The COM
mittee having no funds to apply to: the pur-
pose, submit the whole matter TO the judg-
ment Of the Council. Adopted. r-:e.s.e.
Subsequently Mr. Strans offered resolu-
ton appropriating 800 forthe burial Of pau
pers which was adopted. ..za 7.
- ~ FINANCE
MIR. Isaacs, chairman Of the Committee on
Finance, submitted the report from that com.
mittee. 1t recommends that the petition OF
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
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