The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-15
THE CrTYCoUEe1y,.

'eSshs. oohcS, heFse, manly, MetZpeI
Newberry, Starke, Scott Of Clay, Scott of sIel
and Whitlock. w"
l. STREETS GENERALLY,
MIR. Newberry, chairman of the Comm;tto
on streets generally. submitted q renart re
commanding the rejection of the petitions O
the following parties: j. NJ. Taylor, for ex
tension Of culyert on Ninth beyond NJ. street
N. W. Walton, for grading east side of ,Sp
venth street. &c. ". Goddin, to open stree
leading to property near Navy Hill: Fl
Haaka and others, to open an alley on Brool
avenue, near Leigh; K. E. Frayser anf
others, for Improvement of Catharine street
of Mortimer and Bowler, as to damage Of
property on Marshall street near Jail alley
in consequence Of steps placed there
and for a wall to be built, &C.; s. Green and
others, for grading and guttering McCance
street; resolution rs to the eXpediency o
condemuing so much land as shall be sufli
cient to open street parallel with Valley
from Baldwin to Lownes; Alfred Hill and
others for grading and gravelling Bacon
street Shelton G. Davis and Others, thai
Ninth street north of F&hch Garden Hill
be extended to Valley street; resolution
to reassess all property lying upon either
side of street or alley that has been graded
curbed, &C., at its enhanced value; Hill i
Goddin for grading Foushee street between
Canal and Byrd, Isaac Davenport, Jr., and
others for grading and gravelling the streets
which cover the former Mechanicsville turn
pike, much of the work having been done
John L. SiZer, as to connection of premises
with city sewer; Cornelius Harris and Others
to continue the improvement of Laurel street
to its boundary, &C.; E. A. Saunders, as to
removal of dirt on Franklin near Twenty
ninth street, and asking damages; resolu.
ton as to protecting the banks of the basin
and dock to prevent accidents. &c, w. H.
Clarke and others, to grade Twenty-second
street between Marshall and Clay; f. G.
Peasants, for the preservation of his reser-
voir, on Broad between Thirtieth and Thirty.
first streets; bill of James Netherwood for
S4S0.6S for removing wall and earth on
Ninth street and masonry between abutment
of james River free bridge and Montague's
shop; George b. Steel and others, as to
grading, &C., of Arch street.
/, The petitions, &C., of the following are
recommended to be granted: Extension of
sewer across Morris street between Main and
Cary streets-estimatedc cost, 1925; T. Wiley
Davis, &C., for grading Twenty-seventh street
between NJ and N, when all street encroach-
ments are removed to true street line: John
81. Knowles, Superintendent of Works,
for extension of sewer atlower works from
its terminus to the creek--estimated cost,
1927 Charles Poindexter and others, on
east side of Virginia between Cary street and
Lombard alIey-cost, S75; Gallego Mills Com
pany, as to canal between Eleventh and
Thirteenth streets, and that said streets be
repaved and epaircd-cost, $3.50; S. Hechin-
ger, &C., for repairs to gutter west side of
":~ti, street between Broad and Marshall
Turnpike Company, for
ssn~s-1 ,-. ..- '''' "nst
btrjdge t il tEG foSt st Pcdfhouse Bill, w.
ST Al; George W: Mitchell, by T.: II. Main;
": for Compensated for ldTd takeb in wfden-
ing jackson street. $l5 per foot fGr, 7 feet
SO taken, he to make proper deed to city
extension of sewer on7 Leigh, from First to
Foushee street-cost S70S.7l A. Grant, Jr.,
as TO 20 feet reserved by him By, request in
his purchase Of property on Grace and Sha.
fer streets, tor widening 'Shafer, and asking
therefor, the City Attorney is
itofits condemnation StoErs Il
Co.. as to Dock street, from Seventeenth to
Lees warehouse, and that said street he re-
paved and repaired-cost $5,032.15; c. w.
Burr, &C., for tagging to be laid across :Lau-
rel street, on line Of the sidewalk north
side of Park avenue-cost $S5.18; Thomas D.
Ouarles, as to nuisance in rayne north Of
Cav between Tenth and Eleventh streets,
the extension of sewer to said rapine, the
regular culvert tax. .tsss.i..,.
,,,,or affrra hr- 40
Ihitteg without having been referred to them:
factories on, THenty.frSt street between
Main and franklin by bridge from third
story, to be constructed under the spperVi-
don OF ECity- Engineer; John c. Shafer and
1anea Evans for sewer: up j'ark avenue from
its present terminus OH Laurel street, to cor
ner OF Linden street, and thence LOO 1eet
above on Grove ayenue-cost 81 ,Sl076; John
A. Belyn for renewal Of curbing injured by
tire which destroyed his property in 1860 on
Twelfth street, as he is, rebulidibg-cost
1924. ~ ..s .;3rpL,i..r.!,. -ys-g
The committee recommended as follows as
ID Che petitions, &C., indicated: S. H. Pull
liam as to condemnation of property on Main
and Monroe streets for the purpose. of ex
tending the latter, the committee adhere TO
their previous action rs reportedto Council
June 25d q, &. Clifford and others that War
g. Woodbridge be restrained from reestab-
lishihg their tar-works near Rockettss-they
recommend that the petition be referred to
the Mayor: .. ....-~i ...2' !
TliS itomttiflitteS report that Mrs, Mabala
LiggoH, Broad street, refdses u have her
premises connected with the city sewer be-
tween Twenty-second and Twentythird
streets, and the City Engineer is, in conse.
ouence, unable to execute the orders Of the
committee in regard to the matter. 7,a,i @ o..
The committee ask concurrence in the fol-
ioWing: ,,.r = - ssss
having had the services of Mr. S. Edward
Bates as engineer during the last several
tiionths. Wffsnairi fact he was only assistant
engineer. feel II to be. their duty as we'll as
their privilege to make known to the Coun-
cil his efficiency and diligence in the dis;
charge Of all the duties required of him,
and recommend that he be allowed the pay
of engineer whilst acting as SUCH"
The committee direc5 large number OF
petitions to be returned to petitioners, most
OF them being for work now directed by
ordinance to be done by the parties them
selves. :.& y. 'e'a,oH
The report was amended so as to approve
the claim OF MI. Netherwood's account for
S4sO. instead of rejecting it. So much ofthe
renort rs refers to business acted on by the
which had not been before the
Council was ruled out of order.n The report
as amended was adopted. -r
- = =. xkTER. -.
Mr.. Bargamin, from the Committee on y.
Water. to- whom was referred, the petition OF
Hon. James Lyons for refundinng tax on
baths and water-closets, recommended fhat
the same be rejected. Adopted.
l4 ~ FIRE DEPARTMENT. III,