The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-14
CITY COUNCIL.

| The regular meeting OF the City Council
was held yesterday afternoon in the Council
Chamber. !, Present: T.. H. Wynne fpresi.
dent In the chair, Bargamin, BasSleux,
Boyd, Cottrell, Davis, English of Monroe
tWard, Euker, Forester, ball, Higgins,
lsaaes, Lipscomb, Manly, NeWberry, Oliver,
starke, Scott OF Jefferson Ward, Straus, Tai.
bott, Williams, and Whitlock.
g STREET COMMITTEES REPORT.
| Mr. Newberry, from the Committee on
Streets, submitted report from that COM
mittee, recommending that the following pc.
| titions be granted: Il. z- - s-s:! >
Petition ofJohn F. Meredith; Samuel W.
HarWood, and Others, for tagging to be
placed on Franklin between Henryan Lau.
raj streets inclusive, north and south sides
estimated cost about a345.
Petition Of John l.. Bacon, E. T. James,
and others, for the construction of braLch
sewer from Main street along Foushee to q
point half way between Main and Franklin
streets, provided the petitioners purchase a
bond OF the city for $1,000 at The market
value.
Petition of Adam Turner to be exempted
from culvert-tax on his property situated on
Second and Arch streets, and that the sum Of
SlG.1O recently paid by him for the satiie be
refunded, water not being accessible. fUnder
the amended ordinance of June "a, 1872, he
Is relieved from said culyert-tax.l ~. ss
Petition Of Richardson & Go. and others
for the extension Of gutter from point on
the north side of Venable street. from Its
present terminus to Mechanicsville turnpike,
and about loo feet to the corporation line, to
prevent the washing of said street estimated
cost about 5000.
Petition of Mrs. Virginia Brown asking
extension of time until April next 1873) to
connect her, premises, on the northwest
corner Of Fifth and Grace streets, with the
city sewer on Fifth street. ...
The committee recommend the rejection
Of the following petitions: Mrs. Judith A.
Hawes asking that she he not required at
this time to connect her premises, on Fifth
and Leigh streets, with city sewer; Of Mrs.
NJ. A. England asking exemption from the
culvert-tax on. her property on Canal be
tween First and Second streets; Of DR.. Greed
Thomas asking that the culyert-;ax paid by
him in juno last on property on Monroe be-
tween Grace and Broad streets, amounting to
S21.G0, be refunded they recommended the
rejection Of this petition from the fact that
the City Engineer has indorsed thereon that
the property fronts upon Broad and not
upon Monroe street, and has water accessi-
bic to it, and the tax imposed Is corred) ;J
w. Satterwhite asking extension of time OF
some relief until he can connect his premises
on Franklin between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets, with the city sewer; Julius
Ide asking extension Of time until the latter
part Of this year to connect his premises, or
Main between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets, with city sewer j. r. Mountcastle
& Co. for permission to put up sign acros!
the sidewalk in front of tLeir store; Augustus
| Werner for permission to put up sigr
across the sidewalk in front of his store, ant
of Lyme Il Brother and others for extension
Of city sewer oD Eighth street up Grace tC
near corner of Seventh street.
During the last two years the committee
find that an effort has been frequently made
to devise some means by which property
benefited by street and other improy ement
should bear some proportion of the costs, ant
thus relieve from heavy burdens property
which has not aud cannot receive improve
ment on account Of its location.
| Their attention Is more directly called to j
by resolution submitted to the Council ant
referred to the Street Committee April 10th
1872, calling attention to that portion Of tit
Mayors message of March last which re
commends such action to the Council.
The committee, finding nothing bad beef
done by the previous Committee of Streets
and deeming the matter highly importaE
because of the condition of the city finance
and the urgent need of the improvement
our streets, appointed subcommittee, con
sisting of Messrs. Whitlock, Starke, Hail
and the chairman of the general committee
whose duty It was to draft IN ordinance ant
submit II to tue general committee.
This subcommittee have worked mos
diligently to that end, and have, with grea
Labor, prepared the ordinance submitted
herewith, which has been adopted by larg
majority Of the general committee.
For the better understanding of the ordi
nance the committee caused the same 10 b.
printed, and after some slight amendment
ii copy of it had been laid upon the desks
each member.
The committee fully appreciate that upo,
a casual examination of this ordinance man
objections will be advanced, and among
them the very just one that much propert
heretofore improved will escape farther tax
alton, while property that has been taXet
many years must now bear its own burdens
A little thought and few figures will, how
II
a change Is necessary, and that no time
better than the present to begin this needle
reformation, while all other objections wea
away by contact with any other plan or sy'
tenn.
This ordinance has been drafted from tha
of the cities OF Baltimore and Chicago, whcI
present singular career of prosperity undo
its working. 1t was respectfully submitte
to nj,
that it would be adopted. ...
i The Street Committees report was agree
to, and, on motion of Mr.. Newberry, th
ordinance to provide for the election {
street commissioners was referred to th
Committee on Ordinances.
-.r FINANCE.
The Committee on Finance, through Nj
Isaacs, chairman, reported, recommendin
that the following petitions be granted:
First, of Alfred Morton, president Elb
Park Real Estate Association, to be release
from tax on frontages on Marshall street, q
thnt street has not been opened through Eib
Park property and that the City Assesso
and City Collector be authorized to correc
the frontages OH that property on Broad an
Clay streets, they being 313 feet respectyel
instead of $50 feet.
Second, of VIM. Tyree, to have the sum g
S20.64 refunded to him for taxes paid Of
cellAr.doors and arrears, which were assesse
as city property, while the property belong
to him.
Third, Of John W. Hughes, to have the ia,
on $500, error in assessment, refunded t.
him.
| The committee recommend that the pet
| ton of C.. l.. RadWay for reassessment O