The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-08

! OF 8 pnddlesWaipIn the bank all that soft
puddle COULD 81 III q loot aS.s o'It ~ I'll
/, The exeelience OF 1tbisrsise, with its add
yantages generally OF baving everything Ia
hand, has enabled us~ 10 push this work as
fast:as could possibly have been expected,
and the progress already made IS very salts
factory. Worksupon the embanknents pre-
per has: occupied 10 all about ave months;
! from June IL to November 10, when work
was stopped from the appearance of frostin
the banks. 10lg 1r0Id oAi .ajTJlJTj f!1l!1
The, work may he said to be half flushed,
for the entertainments are nearly half COM
pleted. ,TheinfuenLand effiuent chambers,
with their gates and fixtures, can be finished
| ina week Of fair weather, and {, 1852 feet Of
/! pipe have been laid from the reservoir to-
wards the pumps and che city, together with
1920 feetrmore delivered on the ground. isa
Ii, was expected that. to complete this
| york, two years would be required from
last spring, allowingIt the interruption of two
winters !; butGeveryt h1g having progressed
solwell, and being now arranged to- resume
work Immediately upon the; opening the
spring, with no unusual delays we may ex'
| pect to finish the embankments byneXtd fall,
and look forward to pumping water into the
reservoir By the time winter sets in well.
The only work now going on IS fni;laying
pipes towards the pumps, and this will con-
! tfuue as>long as the weather permits. L.}2fls.
The approximate estimate for the, work,
| according to the plan now. carried out was
$29S, 611.20,. exclusive of: the purchase of
land. The, work has so far cost $1S4, 76057,
and Of this, about $4,000 have been ex..
pended in the purchase of land and IN work
not originally estimated for. It. will take,
$2S6;0O0 besides the amount already eN-
pended to finish the work.-an increase over
the original estimate rendered necessary
principally from changesafter the exact To-
cation bad been decided upon. :tao-..'~s-u
II The city owns 60 57-10O acres 2of land,
with IL 72,1Q0 acres covered by the reseri
voir; and if it be eXpedient when this work
Is finished to improve the grounds around it
we shall have both natural and artificial adj,
Yantages to make them 50 at comparatively
small cost. Is !..I1 10 sol l. .ffo.. II ha:#:
On motion of,.Mr. Christian 1.-The report
was tabled. and ordered to be printed. . !
h. -ea.: a WOODEN BUILDINGS. '"3: .'.0$ ..-
i Mr.. Talbot, from the Committee on the
Fire Department, reported joint resolutions
giving permission to the following persons
to erect wooden buildiDgs-Yiz. {: L. l.. Bass,
No. Is west Cary street,. j. s. Talia.
ferro, west side Of Sixteenth street; John
Rankin, an additional story on two houses
north side OF Vehable street; Fleming Phil.
lips. between Main and Cary streets near
Morton's garden; Samuel q. James, corner
Of Thirty.fir and n streets, and Thrtieth
and .Thirty-frst streets MIS-. l.. B. Sath,
.Twenty.ninth between Clay and Leigh
streets; James Gum, Twelfth and Canal
streets; Cary Jones, NJ street between Thir.
|tieth and Thirty.1rst streets; c: H. Burton,
st.. james between, Charity and Federal
streets; q. W. Tyler, Williamsburg avenue;
e. Hall, Poplar street, Rockets; E. Wade,
Cherry between Pine and Laurel streets;
j. F. Wolf, No: 9O3 Brook avenue; j. NJ.
Newell, Twenty.third and NJ streets; ?.
Bear, No. 500 west Broad street; Edward
Allen, - street: - :,T''"'
The committee also report that they have
temporarily appointed Arthur Fuqua COM
mander of the new hose-company, located
on Tenth between Main and Cary streets.
The report and resolutions were adopted.
ANOTHER VETO FROM TIE MAYOR.
The President laid before the Council a
communication from the Mayor returning 10
the body without his approval joint reso-
luton providing for the erection OF large
number OF wooden buildings in various
parts of the city. The first Of these permits
is for the erection of such a structure by
Paul Wigand on the alley. on his lot corner
of Clay and Graham streets. ~ ~ 49,
Before this resolution was communicated
to the Mayor he received a protest against
the construction of this house signed by a
sufficient proportion of the owners of the
Ground included in the square on which 1t is
proposed to erect it to have constrained the
| Council to refuse the prayer under section
95.of the charter had your body been adj
yised Of it; and as the signers; profess to
have been taken By surprise in the applica.
ton, the Mayor says he ielt bound to inter-
pose by veto, that they may have the oppor-
tunity to present their objection. = ri'51 :
As the charter does not provide JOE %
qualified or partial veto, the Mayor says ne
is compelled to refuse his signature 70 Inc
entire resolution in order TO eheeE thisHpur.
pose, although, so far as be advised no ODD
lection is made to the iother permits The
Joint, resolutions, says the Mayor, may be
amended, BIZ the omission of this grant, fine
/ Council SO please, and passed over this veto,
thereby securing the leave to build in all the.
E. The question being taken the. resolution
was passed over the veto of the Mayor. ft.,.
I bfr. Higgins, moved TO reconsider. Agreed
to. - .s-H !Hugt 81 :,IIa4 12.,2lb
The Objectionable privilege was then re-
committed to the Fire Committee, on motion
of Mr.. Carter, and! the resolution as amended
agreed 10. .fea-41.l y g.. -at2it
: 1trr,I. ELECTION EXPENSES. A9tislf ~!
= Mr., Oliver, from! the Committee ou Elec-
tons, reported additional bills amounting to
1870 which were ordered to be paid, - =,
577, :t'1 CT AIMS AND SALARIES. a..,;.. -.7..
" Mr.. Davis Of Madison Ward, from the
Committee on Claims and Salaries, repo}rIteo
bills amounting to $1,000; which were or
dered to be paid, ,.....,.7.4,lI ia ,a4ln1
In relation TO that portion Of the report re- re-
CONNIE ending the rejection Of the bill Of = l,
kMoore. amounting to S4475, for services. i as
sergeant, Mr.; Metzser moved to recasmml'l l
EAgreed' to. 49, liriit1sa trii 2atisa laoa4e,
Ftl r., 49,, CEMETERIES III t.s;4.tt .fsfili
:, :, Mr.. Manson ms. from the Committee on Gene
teries, presented, "a resolution apPropraaang
the nnexpended balance 70 the credit o. tne
committee to the Improvements q tneaFoaG
to lakewood cemetery (which was passed
under q suspension OF the rules .qenn -:
|9s IN lFBoM.TaE, BoaRp ioE ALDERMEN tgla.
| Board joint resolution tor the appointment
Eof la special Joint committee on the mayors
massaps concerning the condition of the city
Had was taken up and agreed 10, the name OF
Mayor Kelley having been first added TO Inc
tcommittee, on motiDnof hr.Straus. ~
+ Joint resolutions from the Beard OF Alder
lfmen carrying out certain recommendations
Tor the Committee on Streets; transferring
| 50 500 to the account Of Public Grounds anc
Buildings, end carrying out recommends,
| lions of the Committee on Accounts ana
Printing relative to certain claims, were takel
i up and agreed to.
Cemmon Council joint resolution ia refer