The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-23

Inn tthat s a counn,isstbn ba an
pointed by the Judge of the Huslings Canffl
ITO assess datndgas fbr such properly IN ths
tcity may require Ia opening the above.men
ttioned street, and that sshe commission
I!shouid sdsseas The ,oltpte expenses, end wha,
Iamonnts shall be paid BY asijaceiIt aoisown.
Iers, The value OF which may be enhanced by
the proposed improvement. sys,s.ssS - 4. :.
Tbs report Waa, after much and warm
discussion, adopted, on alteration having
been made In 1t. But the attention OF the
Council being called to the fact that fl Pres
ident CARROTS communication he required
that this street should be g for the use Of the
Valley Railroad Company" the whole cur
rent OF their thought was turned awry, and
they at once adopted q resolution referring
the whole matter to the Street Committee
for further report, This subject is creating
much excitement among our people, and the
result is looked for with interest, though the
end Is not yet. MAX.
VISIT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD
TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE VALLEY RAILROAD DEPOT, AGAIN.
STAuNToH, February 81, 1874.
Yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock the City
Council. in accordance with resolution
passed the night previous, accompanied ny
the School Board, paid visit to the while
free school, which is under the superlntend-
ence Of Professor Ladd. They were shown
through all the departments Of the school,
and the children in the various classes were
put through their parts to show the progress
they have made and to convince some Of the
Doubling Thomases present of the admirable
workings Of the system Of instruction which
Professor Ladd has introduced. The child
rem all seemed 10 be happy and full of ad-
miration for their superintendent, who has
introduced many little variations from the
old system to Tighten the tcdium Of study
hours, such as singing the multiplication
table, and calisthcnics, which latter is an ad-
mirabIe method of accust0ming the children
to discipline. The first room they we're
shown into was the first primary, containing
one hundred and twelve little children just
learning to read and spel--in fact, many had
not yet learned to read except by the system
of object-teaching, which was fully explained
by the superintendent and illustrated by
several Of the pupils.
They were then shown through the other
grades Of the school: the second primary,
where there are 81 pupils reading, spelling,
and studying geography; the first interme-
diate, containing 43, and the second inter
mediate, sc children; the grammar school,
with 46 pupils, many of whom will be ad-
yanced, after standing an examination in
the spring, to the High School. From this
room they passed TO the High School, which Is
taught by Professor j. II. Leckie, where there
are over sixty pupils, many of them in the
higher branches of study. The members OF
the Council and others present expressed
themselves much pleased with what they had
seen, and regarded this school as one likely
to do great credit to our city.
The City Council held another stormy
meeting last night over the location OF the
depot ofthe Valley railroad and the opening
of Street along the Chesapeake and Ohio
road from New to Augusta street. An
other communication was received from
President Garrett, stating that it was notthe
design or desire of the railroad company to
have exclusive control over the proposed
street, but merely wanted it opened up as a
thoroughfure. The Council was divided
into two parties-onc maintaining that the
Valley Railroad Company would be COM
rellcd to locate it's depot at the corner of New
street, and was opposed to the city's binding
herself TO pay anything to induce their loca-
ton at this point. The other party main-
tained that the Valley Railroad Company
would never lie foolish enough to locate its
dcr0t at point to which they had no access
unless they received some guarantee that a
street would be opened up. They finally
adopted resolution referring the whole
matter to the Street Committee, and to
await the action of the commission asked for
on the 18th instant from the HusiipgS Court.
So the matter stands pretty much where it
did before. MAX.