Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-06
PETITIONS.

The following petitions, reported from
the Finance Committee, were disposed o
as the Committee recommended: G. Wheat
fora remission of tax, granted; W. A. Nc
Cue. for remission of tax, rejected; Jno
| A. Noon. for remission of tax, granted
agents of insurance companies asking re
mission of tax on the ground That Thu
State did not tax home companies, reject
ed: Gabriel Hirsh, for remission OF tax, re
jected; Burgess, for remission OF ta'
granted.
The following petitions were presented
and referred: Levi Shafer, City Sergeant
for increase Of salary, in which he states
that the salary is $50, and he pays his de
putty $40; Geo. E. Price, Secretary OF the
G\s Company, for remission OF tax on rea
+ estate Of company which is included III
capital stock taxed; M. A. Miller, asking
remission of water tax, in which he states
that while his public bath was taxed
sos, the receipts from it i'll two years
were only $24S Holmes Ervine, for per-
mission to cut down Market street: T. T.
Striblng, asking the city to look further
into their right to make a street through
his property fronting the proposed New
Court House street extension, before pro
ceeding, and giving facts to show that the
city has never had street through it, as
has been alleged; John Burns, for compen-
sation for large plate glass window
broken by the city hands in their street
work.
THE CITY's ''RIGHTs" TO THE GROUND
| GIVEN TO THE C. & o. r. R.
The subject of the failure of the G. K O.
Co. to use tile ground given them for
shops, and the establishment Of shops by
| the company at Charlottesville, being I'M
der discussion, an investigation of the re-
cord showed that the ground was given by
the Council without any stipulation about
it's use, and that the deeds of the property
were made out by the owners, giving a
clear title to the railroad company, with
out any recognition Of the city in the mat
ter. Several councilmen tried hard to re-
member some conditions imposed on the
company, but the record wouldn't bear
them out, showing nothing but a very en-
couraging letter written by Col. Whit
corab to the Council, in which ''shops so
per cent. larger than those at Richmond
TO be erected ''when the company might
require them, y which might be ''when the
branch road was built to Washington, y or
some other time, were alluded to in very
cheerful and hopeful sort Of way. The
reading of the letter was listened to with
remorse by the members, who now saw the
wink from President Bickle. who had
voted against giving up the ground to the
company without any guarantees.
sADDLING THE IMPROVEMENT OF MAIN
STREET ON THE PEOPLE.
The fact appeared, though the clerk bad
no record OF it, that the report of the En-
gneer for the improvement on Main
street, which was adopted by the Council,
assesses the cost Of the work on the pro-
perty owners along the line improved.
1t was this action of the Council under
which the work was commenced and
is now nearly completed. On Tuesday
night the Council. after allowing the work
to progress nearly to completion, and just
as the property owners were about to be
assessed for the payment, adopted reso-
luton prepared by Mr.. Bickle and offered
| by MI. German, assuming the debt by the
Messrs. Bickle, Evans, German, Hoge,
Witt and Funkhnuser. Nays-Messrs.
Abby, Burke and Kayser. The property
holders now will have to pay only 2-5 of
the cost Of paving the sidewalk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Among the accounts allowed was one Of
the Boston Betting Company. for 1861. rs
for 651 feet of hose received by the Au-
gusta Fire Company last week.
A number of accounts were passed over
because the holders had not complied with
the rule of the Council that they shall be
handed in on the Monday before the day
of meeting, so that the Auditing Commit
tee may examine them.
A bill of $500 due the city by the county
| for improvements around the Jail was Or
dered to be placed in the hands of the Su-
perintendent of City hands for collection.
Inc Sinking fund committee were au-
| thorized to draw $500 from the City Treas
| ury for investment.
The report of the Superintendent of
Water Works showed $145 worth of work
done for tile citizens and SIS worth for the
city. N
| The account of Geo. Harlan, Oyerseer
of the Poor for the First Ward for $26,
and by Fl. Hudson, Overseer of the Second
Ward, for 500 for the same month, were
allowed.
| It was stated that the Committee on the
| Poor had been authorized to lease the
Almslouse to some one who will take the
paupers at SO much a head.
The City Engineer was instructed to fix
the grade of Fayette street.
The (tOIlDcil then adjourned till TUpS-