The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-15
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he'd last evenings President John a.. Mere
dith in the chair. Present Messrs. Caring
ton, Forester, Kellam, Lipscomb, Manly,
OrdWay, Spangenburg, Tanner, Todd, Van-
deryall, Wagner, Williams, and thinner. a
TIE MAYoR's VITO.
The President laid before the Board q
communication from the Mayor enclosing
Board joins resolution In relation to the
establishment Of 81 board, to consist Of the
Conmittee on the Fire Department and the
| Chief Engineer Of the Fire Department,
to whom shall be referred all petitions for
the erection ofswooden buildings, with au-
therity' to grant or reject the same, with the
objections Of the Mayor thereto in writing.
! On motion Of 3ir. Darlington, the com.
munication was laid on the table.
STREETS GENERALLY.
| Mr.. Todd, fron.the Committee on Streets,
laid before the Board report from that
committee recommending that the curbing
be laid on corner of First and Grace and so
much Of the sidewalk as is customary -esti-
mated cost, 1866 that curbiDg be extended
from the point at which it now stops, be-.
tween Henry and Smith streets, Westwardly
so far as the cutters are now paved between
Graham and Hancock streets-e estimated
cost, S1.971; that petition of Robert A.
Folkes for permission to build framed
school-room on Clay street, &c, be rejected !;
that, gutter be laid on west side of Monroe
street between Broad aud Marshall streets
estimated cost, S13S; that the resolution to
I'll up Bloody Run gully, thereby connecting
Broad street with Chimborazo Hill, at cost
of not more than $500, be agreed to that a
fye-foot gutter be paved il the centre Of
Ram Cat" alley for one square from Brook
avenue to Jefferson street, and the alley be
graded by the city hands and carts--estima-
ted cost, $50; that petition of B. Schappers
and others for cutters on Twelfth street from
Broad to Clay be granted-estimated cost,
$3.50; that petition of j. S. Austin and others
for extension Of culyert on Grace street be.
yond Laurel to Shafer street be rejected; that
1t is inexpedient to open Twenty. first street
from Venable to Franklin street, as per re-.
solutions referred to committee: that peti.
ton of John Viles and others asking for
damages for George E. Smith for injuries to
his house in grading Twenty-seyenth street
between Franklin and Grace streets, be re-
iected. The committee recommend the con-
struction Of sewer on Second street from
Broad to Marshall streets, with change Of
gutter, and the construction Of additional
street inlet estimated cost. $500; that grav-
elling be laid on Broad street between. Twen-
ty-eighth and Thirty first, crossing Bloody
Run gully estimated cost, $3.50; that the
culvert in ravine on Sixth street, Navy Hill,
be repaired and extended-es estimated cost,
S400: that cutters be laid on Marshall street
| from Graham to Hancock streets estimated
cost, $275.
The report and accompanying resolutions
to carry out the recommendations of the
committee were agreed to except the resolu-
tions in regard to culverts, which, on mo-
tion Of Mr.. Ordway, were tabled. y
Mr.. Darlington suggested that it would be
we'll before any additional city debt was in-
Cured to retire q floating debt of the city of
about $4,000 or $4,000, which is being
transferred from bank to bank in the city.
RETRENcHMENT AND Reform.
| Mr. Darlington, from the Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform, stated that the
committee would ia a short time make re-
port. Heretofore they had felt a delicacy in
doing so from the fact that the Committee on
Retrenchment and Reform of the previous
| Council had not had meeting for some
time previous to the 1st of last July.
| FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Joint resolution authorizing the construc-
tion of lodging.rooms In the Old Market
Hall, expense not to exceed $3.50, was taken
up, and on motion of Mr.. Orfway, amended
so as to place the lodgings under the man.
agement Of the captain commanding that
police station, and finally agreed to.
Joint resolution requiring the Richmond
and Danvlle Railroad Company to station
fag-meu on Fourteenth and Seventeenth
streets to foreWarn persons crossing the
road, was taken up and agreed to, on motion
of Mr.. Tanner.
Reports from the Committees on Ordi.
nances, Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph,
and Fire Department, presented to the Com
mon Council at their meeting on Monday
last, and published in the Dispatch of Tues
Gay morning, were taken up and agreed to.
| The ioint resolutions now 60 to the Mayor
for his approval.
| A resolution accompanying the report OF
the Committee on Claims and Salaries from
the Common Council, providing for the pay.
ment of sundry claims, &C., was amended
and finally agreed to. RI now goes back to
the CounciL1
| A resolution accompanying the report OF
| the Finance Committee from the Common
| Council, and communicated to the Board of
Aldermen for their concurrence, was taken
up. ;,
Mr.. Ordway presented substitute for the
resolution, which was agreed to. [The reso-
luton now goes back to the Councll.l
MOTIONS, ORDERS, AND RESOLUTIONS.
| By Mr. Todd: A resolution appropriating
$40 900 in eight per cent. sewer bonds for the
construction Of sewers, baving fifteen years
TO run. and that al: revenues derived from
culYe.1s and c;siYcrt taxes be set apart as q
sinking fnDdt liquidate the same. Referred.
| By Mr.. Zimmer: & resolution instructing
the COMMITTEE on Streets to commence the
Improvement Of Shockoe creek at once, and
that bonds be issued to the amount of S20,.
600, and such appropriation to be applied to
the said improvement. Referred.
Bv Mr.. Darlington A preamble and reso.
Tuition that the City-Attorney be instructed
TO ask the Court of Appeals to take up the
case of the Fredericksburg Railroad Com.
pany against the city of Richmond out OF It's
regular turn, and that the counsel for the
i Broad. Street Association be authorized and
requested to appear in the trial in the Court
J OF Appeals to cooperate in behalf OF the city
4 of Richmond; provided that such appear
ance shall be at the sole cost of their clients
/ By Mr.. Wagner: A resolution requesting
! the Committee on Rules to confer with same
\ committee of the Common Council SO Tar as
possible. Agreed to-.
By MIR. thinner: A resolution looking to
the repaving of the sidewalk at the Old Mar
ket to Franklin street. Referred.
i By Mr.. Ordway: Whereas, under exist,
!. | Ing ordinances, the amount of gas consumed
by the city in the street lamps and publlf
buildings, exceeding in value S5O,OOo pei
annum. is made an exclusive tax upon those
citizens who are gas consumers, thereby
making taxation unequal and unjust; there