The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-11
LOCAL MTTAERS.
TEgE CITY COUNCIL.

TEsE CITY COUNCIL.
The Council net in regular session yester-
day afternoon. Present: y. II. Wynne.
Esq, President, and Mes>rs. Bargalnn, Bos-
sioux, ChcStcrmau, Cottrcll, Davis. English
Of Marshall. English Of Monroe. Forester,
Hall. Higgins, Lipscombe, Manly, Metzger,
Newherry. Starke, Scott of Jefferson, Straus.
Talbot, Eanduval, Wagner, Williams, ard
Whitlock.
When the record of last meeting was read
Mr. Starkc stated that lis name was added to
the committee on the reception of President
Grant. and that il was not embodied in the
original resolution as presented by him. This
error had unintcEtionally crcpt into the re.
port of some Of the newspapers which pub
lishcd the proceedings of the Council.
sTEEETS GENERALLY.
Mr.. Sewberry, from the Commute on
Streets Generally, submitted report from
Tat committee.
The report recommends that the petitions
Of the following persons be rejected:
Maurice Griffin. for connection with CITY
cover from premises, Nos. IS and 50 Second
street; Mrs. Margaret Griffin. on same sub
jet : Mrs. Flora Maclie, petition on same
subject: James Il. Pace, for tagging across
Twenty-thiri street; Andrew Miller and
others. for Improvement of Plum street be-
tween Main and Cary; W. +. Drinkard and
others 10 open First street between jackson
and Duyal. The committee recommend that
action be suspended for the present on the
petition OF w. J. larbrough and others !;
that sidewalk on the west side Of Twenty
nth street between Franklin and Grace
streets. he taken up and relald-estimate6
cost. about S19.40; that petition of Mr.. 3.
W. IaXill, asking the privilege of project
ing three and half feet on the pavement in
the placing of two bay windows to his house
about to be erected at the northwest corner
Of Franklin and Fifth streets, is returned 10
the Council, rs the committee has no power to
act that areas on Fourteenth street between
Main aud Cary be banked over and the cost
thereof charged TO property owners; that
cutters and curling he laid on the north and
south sides of Grace from Monroe to Bclli-
deye. and on south side OF Grace street from
bclviderc TO Pine--cstimated cost about
$l,27Q.
The report was adopted except that por-
ton in relation to the petitions of Mrs.
Flora Mackic, W. +. Drinkard, W. J. Var
brough, and others. which We're, on motion
of Mr.. William English, Of Monroe Wal d,
recommittcd to the committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
The Committee Oh Finance reported that
they had examined the reports of the Audi
tor and Treasurer for The month of January,
and find them 10 agree.
They recommend that the petition Of j. G.
Gibson, trustee, for a refund Of taxes twice
paid, lie granted; the petition Of Wood
Il: - t,x- 10
granted. and that the sum Of $50 be refunded
t. Thomas NJ. Jones, part penalty for nor
payment OF taxes; that the City Assessor lie
authorized to rcasSesS property Of w. A. and
J. Z. Phillips at so per foot; that j. +. Rid
dick be allowed n commission of ten per cent.
on $1,29l.37 delinquent. taxes collected by
him; that the petition of the firemen and
others TO furnish the former with over
Fire Department. The claim Of Hun
ter Ii. Marshall for services rendered
the city as counsel be referred to Commit
tee on Claims of Salaries that the petit
tons of Elizabeth A. Thompson for authority
to Day taxes in monthly instalGlentS, and of
Thomas Pollard and o. a. Crenshaw be re.
iacted; that the City Assessor be instructed
t, r,asscss the Eliza Park property on Broad
and Clay streets; the preamble and resolu-
ton looking to re0peuing OF negotiations
with the Richmond, fredericksburg and Po-
tonlac Railroad Company for their property
on Broad street were respectfully returned,
the committee deeming it inaXredient 10 do
so.
The report was adopted except that por-
ton in relation to the Richmond, Frcdricks-
burg and Potomac RAILROAD, which was laid
on the table.
FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
Nir. Bargamin, from the Committee on
Water, submitted report, which was read.
The report calls the attention of the Council
to the smallpox hospital being located on
the site Of the proposed extension Of the city
reservoir. and without the removal Of said
hospital not even survey Of the ground
can be made preparatory to the construction
of the reservoir. The committee recommend
the adoption o. the following resolution:
ResolccG, That the Committee on Health
and Grounds and Buildings are hereby in
structed to make immediate arrangements
for tie removal of the smallpox hospital"
The report WAS adopted and the resolution
agreed to.
Mr.. Higgins, from the Committee on
Light. reported. recommending that the Pc
ti,lon Of S. Ze,cIle for permission to place q
flncy globe on the city gas.lamp post oppo-
site 10 his ,liaiug-saloon Oh Eleventh street,
be +, jcci~d. Adopted.
FIRE.
Mr.. Bargamn. from the Committee on the
Fire Department, presented report, IN
which appear the names of the following
parties, to whom leave has been granted for
the erection of wooden houses: Jeremiah
O'Rourke, Dual street near Brook avenue;
j. Il. Melioy, Twcn,y-third and Main streets;
NJ. S. Taylor. corner Of Grace and Shafer
streets; ". J. Mcdowell, Grace and Monroe
streets; s. II. Jones, y between Thirtleth
aud Thirty-tirst streets; Mr.. Ryan, corner OF
Marshall and Invent y-second streets; Lewis
Read, Main near First street L. B. Enos,
corner OF Twenty-fourth and Leigh streets !;
ID. Bowles, Second between Jackson and Do
val; ". +, johnson, ST.. Stephen between