The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-13
VOL. XLvI. I,
THE CITY COUNCIL.

noon in the C0unc,i cnamoel. AiSSeps. :.
Messrs. Rargamin, Bossieux, braselman,
Chesterman, Davis, English OF Monroe
Ward, Forester, Hall, Hagan, higgins.
Jones, Lipscomh, Metzser. New perry, S,arke' se
Scott Of Clay Ward, Scott Of Jefferson Waro,
Straus, Talbot, Todd, Tower, Vandervall,
| Wagner, and Whitlock.
The Council was called to order by the
Clerk, and In the absence Of Mr.. Wynne, on
| motion of Mr.. Straus, MIR. p. H. Starke was
| called to the chair.
STREETS GENERALLY.
Mr.. Newberry, from the Committee on
Streets Generally, submitted report recon-
mending that the petition Of William w.
| parker. of the Masdalen Association, for
completion of the grade Of Spring street In
order TO erect brick wall on the front line
| of the property recently purchased by said
| Association on southwest corner OF Spring
| and Belyidere streets, as the new wall cannot
he erected until the grade is completed, be
granted. Estimated cost, $50.
That pctiion of School Board and others
fnr sidewalk on south side of Cary street
from Adams to Belyidcre be granted, so lar
rs layinc sidewalk in front of public school !;
the nroSertv-owners on the line Of said street
] TO be notified to ay their portion OF the slue-
| walk, Estimated cost, $3.50.
That petition Of John w. Dance for privi-
leee OF running portable steam-enStne on
| the Dock he rejected.
That the petitions Of d. j. .McCormck ana
II, Il. Cronie, who ask to be allowed to place
swinging signs over the sidewalks at thelr
| places of business are IN violation OF city
ordinance, and the committee have no power
| to act.
That a sewer be constructed on Seven
4 fr
the CITY Engineer be authorized to purchase
the bricks for the same and employ the nc
cessary labor to dig the trench for said sewer,
&C. Estimated cost, S3,547.
| That brick sidewalk be laid in front OF
St. Johns Lutheran church, on Fifth street
nearly opposite Jackson. Estimated cost,
SIS. :.
| The committee recommend the adoption
| of the following resolution:
Resolued, That the Auditor be and he is
hereby directed to charge all accounts for
Iayinc brick sidewalks which are chargeable
| to prOperty-owners under existing ordinance
| to the general contingent fund; which fund
| shall be reimbursed by the amount OF col
lections Of said bills.
| The report was adopted.
| FINANCE.
| Mr.. Straus, from the Committee on FL
nance, submitted a report recommending,
on the petition Of S. Il. W. Heath, an
abatement Of the tax on improvements on
real estate at the northwest corner of Frank
lin and Fifth streets, amounting to $3.50,
said improvements having been removed in
1872.
That petition of J. NJ. Daniel, asking abate-
ment of taxes on property Oh Cary street,
No, 375, be rejected.
That petition OF Eliza Lyon and others for
remission of taxes OH their real estate con.
demned for the opening Of First street from
Jackson to Duyal be rejected, but the COM
mittee recommend that the taX-penalty for
delay in payment Of taX-bill be remitted.
The committee have carefully considered
the propriety Of prolongation of the pre-
scribed time fixed by ordinance for the pay
ment OF taxes, and in order to just appre-
citation Of the situation they procured III
formation from the Collector Of Taxes, from
which it appears that the amount of taX-blls
delinquent for 1878 is now S40, 1928, which,
by comparison with the amount Of delin-
quency Of 1872, shows that the proportion
is within q small fraction of one-ninth less
in the past year; for it is to be remembered
that one-siXth was added for 1878 to the rate
Of taxation established for 1872.
Delinquency for 1872
SS l5srsJis 1Ssn Jaly; III 1877 is7s s4o'e52 y
on that amounl...... 6,792 l2s ,.r,, oc
Delinquency for 1873 on 12Ih jan
uarS, lSf 1I,-o' -
Difercnccin favor of he year 1873. s5,277 Ga
While the conscientious regard of public
obligation thus exhibited by the great ma
. iority Of the citizens as we'll as their willing
l~t.I "a q
=. ing, they are constrained to recommend that
the period fixed for payment of taxes Shall
. not now be interfered with In this con
nection the committee call attention to the
seeming injustice of such interference as
touching those who, in spite of their pecu
MARY embarraSsmentS, have so fully mani
tested their honest interest in the common
veal of the whole public.
Mr.. NeWberry moved to amend the report
so that the time for the collection Of taxes bt
. extended, without the tax-penalty, to the
1st of March.
On this motion MIR. Newberry demanded
the ayes and noes, and the Council refused
to extend the time-ayes, Z; noes, II.
The report was then adopted.
. LIGHT.
Mr. Higgins, from the Committee or
!; Light, submitted report reco mmendins
the rejection of the petition Of A. D. Viii
lams. administrator of F. Williams, de
ceased, to have refunded the sum Of 50!
alleged to have been paid for the extension
t of a seryice-pipe on Third between Brcat
J and Grace streets. The report was adopted
J FIRE.
Mr. Barganin, from the Committee on tht
, Fire Department, reported that they hat
granted permission to the following parties
to erect wooden buildings: w. B. Powers
two houses, Leigh street near Hancock
George Cheatham, house on Fourth street
in Port Mayo; John Podesta, two houses
one on Brown (ate Poplar) street between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth, and one on Clay
near Eighteenth w. j. Duggins, house
Harrison street near Clay; William
> Hopes, bouse, Preston and Seventh streets
j. B. Watkins, house, corner Grace and
: Third street; John Munson and others
: chapel, Twenty-fifth street between NJ and
n; j. j. Daley, house, southeast corner OF
Ash and Poplar streets; Edward Brooks
house on the branch between Gordon and
Calhoun streets; j. c. Dippner, addition on
Marshall street between Third and Fourth
X. II. Gresham, house, Twenty-seyenth
street between Clay and Marshall. The
committee recommend the rejection of the
petition of j. r. Mountcastle for stable on
Second street between Grace and Broad
and that petition Of +. Laube and Others
protesting against the erection by w. j
Mcdowell OF stable, &c, be also rejected
The report was adopted.
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