The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-24
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/ as THE CITY COUNCIL.
The regular serni-nonthIy meeting OF the
4 City Council was held yesterday afternoon
In ithe Council Chamber, on Broad street
near Ninth. Present, T. q. Wynne fpresi-
dent. and Messrs. Bargamin, Bcssieux; Bra
selmah; Cbsstcrman, CottreIl, Davis, Eng
lish of Marshall Ward, English Of Monroe
Ward, Forester, Gentry, Hall, Lipscomb,
Manly, Metzger, Newberry, Starke, Scott Of
Jefferson Ward, Straus, Talbot, Tower,
Vandervall, Wagner, Williams, and Whit
lock: -
- . STREETS Generally. .,att -,
Mr.. Newberry, from the Committee on
Streets Generally, submitted the customary
| report from that committee. 1t recommends
that the Petition of The City School Board
for extension tF tlty aewef Ul Marshall
| street between Ninth and Tenth 10 the front
Of the proposed Hgh-School building, now
in process of construction on Marshall street,
be granted, payable from the proceeds Of
gales Of sewer bonds-estin1ated cost aboiit
v97a, that petition Of ". Z, Tainer for
John T. Tanner, for grading etlrbing, &C.,
be granted estimated cost about 1858; that
petition of John Bowers for sewer from
the Leigh-Street sewer up Third street to an
| alley midway between Clay and Leigh, be
granted, payable from sales of sewer bonds:
that petition Of Michael Dillon and others
for crossing on Eighteenth street between
Clay and Leigh be granted estimated cost
about $50 that petition of Daniel Regan and
| others for a sewer on Main street from
Eighteenth to Twenty-eighth be granted,
payable out of sewer bonds-estimated cost
about $S1Sl; petition of Patrick Mccoy.
ern fora crossing on Brooke avenue, corner
| Baker street, be granted-estinlated cost
about S52 4: that petition of W. F. Drinkard
and Others for opening of First street be-
tween jackson and Duval be granted-esti-
mated cost, condemnation of land, &C.; gra-
| ding and cufbing, about S6,421.25; that the
protest OF E. d. Moon and others against
deposit of garbage, &C., in the vicinity of
| their residences, adjacent to this city, in the
county of Henrico; be referred to the Mayor
of the city; that petition of John n.
Smith for permission to carry from wood
yard to woodward or elsewhere four-horse
engine for the purpose of saving wood be
granted, provided he does not use steam as
locomotive power in the streets; that the pc.
tition Of Aaron White, for the erection of a
fruit stand, should be referred to the Com
mittee;on Fire Department; that it is inc "
pedient to extend Monroe street beyond Main
street southwardIy, and that the City Engi-
neer be directed to remove the corner-stoncs,
curbing, and tagging, heretofore laid with il
view to such extension, and lay curbins and
brick walk-way along the interval thus
formed that petition of John C.. Shafer,
asking n reduction of culvert-tax, &C., be
granted. In accordance with resolution
to return TO all parties, through the Council,
petitions for certain improvements, &C., now
required to be done by property-holders, to-
gether with copy of the new ordinance, the
papers are returned.
The report was adopted except that por-
| ton in relation to the opening Of Monroe
street beyond Main southwardly, which was
referred back to the committee.
FINANCE. ...n.
| Mr.. Straus, from the Committee on Fl.
nance, reported that upon due consideration
Isof the petitions named respectively the com
mittee recommend as follows: That the tax
on SIT 900 be remitted to the Merchants and
| Planters Savings Bank to correct error in the
assessment of capital at S204, 900, instead o
SlS6. 400, the true amount; that Mrs. Eliza
| Mosby be relieved from the payment Of ten
dollars charged to penalty for non-payment
on her tax bill; that Mrs. Charlotte Pc
cot be also relieved from the payment
| of like penalty of eight dollars; that tht
SUM Of fifteen dollars be refunded to G. It
| Workman OIL account of excessive class taI
| 1aid by him; that the sum of twenty-five
| dollars be refunded to G. A. Smith, bein&
I the amount of class tax enormously assessed
against him is commission merchant; tha
the sum OF S400 be paid to Margaret Hitze
man, being amount of damages assessed OF
4 part of her lot corner Belvidere and BroaC
streets, condemned for the use of the city
! which said assessment was confirmed by th,
Hastings Court the 25th October, 1870; also
| that five dollars be refunded to her for take
| paid on the condemned land for the year
/ 1871 and 1872, and that three dollars charged
! as tax for 1873 he remitted.
| The committee report that the commits
sioner's books Of assessment of real and per
I sonal property for 1873 were duly returned
| and have been examined and certified b,
Y them. The ordinance to protect licensed
merchants and traders referred to the com
/ mittee on The 9th ultimo they return wit
amendments us in the judgment of the com
mittee seemed right and reasonable, an,
4 which they now submit. s..,-s 81
The report and resolution calling the at
ltentiop of the police to the unlicense,
hacks, &C., were adopted.
..r. LIGHT.
Mr.. Higgins, from the Committee o
Light. submitted 4 report asking for author
ity TO construct as speedily as possible a
additional shed for the storing Of coal o
the grounds of the lower works. The stead
and gratifying increase in the consumption
of gas, which for the first FIVE months Of tn
current year exceeds that of last year b
nearly seven million of cubic feet, demand
increased storage, and this is specially neeC
full in view ofthe extreme uncertainty bot
in the amount and quality of the coal pre-
ducts OF those native pits on which we mainl
rely. The citizens demand abundance an
purity of gas, and these cannot be attained
without the power of securing large sur
!, ply of coal when the quality is satisfactory
and storing it under our own shelter. I
very considerable saying can also be some
times effected by taking large stock at pc
riodsWhen the private demands, by reasol
of the weather, Is at its minimum, and tn
city should be in position to avail itself 0
, such opportunities. An estimate has beer
. made of the cost of such q shed, tifty-si,
feet long and of the same width of the pre-
sent shed, and it can be constructed for abou
, 81 400. Adopted.
Mr.. Bargamin, from the Committee OF
the Fire Department, submitted repor
recommending that permission be granite!
the following persons to erect wooden build
ingsf Lucy Carr, Thirty-6rst between Leig
and Clay streets; II. Haaka, Brooke aYenu
and Duyal street; Peter Long, Broad ant
: Monroe streets; Thomas Riley, Franklin
between Twenty.first and Twenty.secon
, streets; John Tlerney, Fourth street nea
F Baker; Peter Hoffman, Pine between Chin
, and High streets .Abram Tinsey, Cabel
!; street between Tyler and Little Clay E. |
Hobson, manufacturing house, &C., Sevent
; street between Byrd and Arch; Walden