The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-09
THE CITY COUNCIL.

yesterday afternoon. Mir. Howard (clerk o.
the Council) called the body to order, and
Mr.. Wynne (president) being absent, on mo
ton of Mr.. Straus, Mr.. W. G. Newberry, o.
Clay Ward, was invited to preside. The
following councilmen responded to theil
names ut roll-caII: Messrs. Bargamip, Bos
sieux. Chestermap, Cottrell, Davis, English
of Monroe, Gentry, Hall, Hagan, Higgins
Jones, Lipscomb, Manly, Metzger, Newber
ry. Scott of Jefferson, Straus, Todd, Wander
vail, and Whitlock.
STREETS GENERALLY.
Mr.. Newberry, from the Committee or
Streets, submitted report recommending
that the Committee on Finance be requested
TO inquire into: the propriety of changing
tne culvert assessment charged to Mr.. NJ
Mlllhlser-property on southeast corner Of
Broad and Fifth streets; that no action be
| taken towards the improvement, &C., of Ea.
gle alley until such time as the city can per.
feet Its title "a portion of it being claimed
under taS-hilD; that the city purchase suf
| flcient property, not exceeding eighteen feel
in width and one hundred and fifty feet in
depth, to make Twenty-flth street north o
Venabe uniform width, at cost not ex.
ceeding fifteen dollars per foot, and the party
to give the city good title to said property
that is inexpedient to relay brick sidewalb
on west side Of Twenty. fifth between Marshall
and Clay sts. on its true line until the partie:
establish the lines of their property that
petition of Alexander Walker, &C., for flag.
ging on Grace and Twenty.seventh streets
be rejected; that petition of Peter Wood
ward S Son for bridge across the basin on
the line of Ninth street be rejected also, a
lfnr, nj l,oo
James river bridge company that petition OF
james Thomas, Jr., for areas adjoining pro.
perty on the east side Of Eleventh between
Main and Bank streets be rejected that the
City Engineer be authorized to do such work
as he can with lhe chain.gang in the locality
of Orleans street for the Improvement OF
said street that it is ineXpedent to grant at
this time the petition of F. T. IsbelI, &C., for
macadamizing and curbiug Marshall street
from Brook avenue to Elba Park. The com.
mittee recommend that Second street be
graded from the termination of the macad-
amizing to Hospital street, said work to be
done by the city force of hands and carts
that the ordinance concerning sewers be
amended so as to relieve parties from con-
Meeting with culverts who live hey ond the
termination of the sewer, as previously sug-
gested that the resolution (referred TO the
committed for the Improvement Of gutter
on east side OF Nineteenth street between
Main and Franklin, be adopted, the gutter
being very ofensive-estimated cost SG2 ;
that the gutter on Second street be relaid so
as 10 relieve the sewer, &c.-estimated cost
go; that the resolution for completion Of
gutteriug and curbing on Seventeenth street
(both sideS) between Baldwin street and the
termination of Nineteenth street be reject
ed; that petition of HaXall, Crenshaw & Co.
and others for the repairing of Twelfth
street between Main and Cary streets,
be granted-estimated cost 1892; that
the petition OF Ii. w. Tyler for tagging
from the corner Of Main and Thrtieth to
the corner of lot Oh opposite side of Main
street be rejected that ten crossings be laid
on Main street from Jefferson to Cherry
street, the location of same 10 be selected by
the City Engineer-estimated cost, 1852 ;
that it is inexpcdient to make further i'm
provements at this time for grading, &C.,
Louisiana, State, Graham, and Nicholson
streets and Williamsburg avenue to Gilie's
creek, &c., as portion of the work has
been already done; that it is ineSpedient to
regrade Canal street between Third and JET.
ferson streets, &c. The committee return
the petitions for the work, and also the peti.
tion of W. L. Tanner requestin. that no ac-
ton be taken, SC.
The committee recommend the improve.
ment of Broad street, on the east side, from
Twenty.eighth to Bloody Run (ts far as im'
provementS eytend), to an amount not eX'
ceeding $1,000.
That portion Of the report in reference to
the Improvement of Marshall street, under
the petition of F. T. Isbeu and others, was,
on motion of Mr.. Todd, recommitted. The
remainder of the report Was adopted.
RELIEF OF THE POOR.
| Mr.. Chesterinan, from the Committee for
the Relief Of the Poor, reported that the
Superintendent of the Almhouse had been
directed to pay to Mr.. Dashiell a sum OF
money due Mary a. Stevens, an inmate OF
the .Aimshouse. This sum was received by
| the superintendent from her attorney and
deposited in, bank. Mr.. Dashiell is now the
authorized agent of Mary A. Stevens.
The committee ask to be discharged from
the further consideration of the subject OF
lproyiding quarters for the insane of the city
until they can De transmitted to asylums, as
no better plan can be suggested than the one
already reported Of caring for the insane al
I the city's expense at the Medical College.
The report was adopted. f
| ....t ..:s. FINANCE 1. r.. f.. 81. -. -
Mr.. Straus. from the Committee on FL.
nance, reported: Recommending that S25.ol
be refunded to Henry Watkins, being the
amount OF taxes for 1878 on hacks, horses
&C.. upon which he had also paid license
tax; that the petition praying that Slo 6e
refunded TO Colgate L Co., of New YORK
on account ana in part Of sanple-merchanfs
tax paid by them, be rejected that the as
scssment on 2G4 feet, OF land on the soutL
side of Canal street at SIG per foot be re-
duced to $40, as prayed in the petition OF a
II. Rutherford TO correct a clerical error
that the tnX Of $50 against Patrick McMahor
rs retail liquor dealer be reduced to 1910, he
having, as be states. discontinued the bust
ness; that SO be refunded to Elijah Baker
being license tax enormously assessed against
him as a manufacturer Of bitters that the
tax of $50 enormously assessed against Dr.
A. H.. Goddin as manufacturer OF bltter>
be remitted. ''"@
The committee state that the personal and
real estate books prepared by the Commits
sioner of the Revenue for 1874 (showing an
aggregate amount of S624,S9S taxes) have
lccs received and approved by the commit
tee, and deposlted III Tue auoi'oi oni.o ~
cording to ordinance.
The committee recommend that the com,
missioners of the sinking fund be requested
to advertise their readiness to redeem tue
past due bonds of the city, now amounting
to about the sum of $52,9OS.
Upon consideration of resolution OF tne
Council referred to them the 18th OF January
last. the committee report an ordinance 10
amend section 1, chapter VI, concerning
salaries of officers. The ordinance increases
the salaries of the Treasurer from S2,0Oo 10
81 400. Auditor. from 81 800 to g 400; and