The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-10
LOCAL MATTERS.
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-..,.,r~ s,ni.manth,v meeting Of the
4" -. WAS held yesterday afternoon
'H> ,,.,.,,jl chamber, Cn Broad street
=. ID" t Thomas II. Wynne III the CHAIR.
= Kin, coupc;mcn were present At
E@ ,,,rI-a,,;r. Ho>SicuN. Co.trell, Da-
t'h r Marshall Ward. English OF
". T.. Wa.j Forester. Hall, llasan,
E.'. lin-c2,Hh. Manly, Merger. Nrwne,- ,',I
e.. Nhi!!ock.
STREETS GENERALLY.
~ %,vhcy,y. from the Committee on
Gr-cr.liy. reported Recommending
l,r,,tt Of Leigh street. COM
~, .1r corporation line and running
',.y laa point where the street Is
..',,t-,,; aud curhcd. and to make Ii
.,..,a,,,.ilot street between the points
...f were il is now forty feet. so rs II
a, E,ar without the condemnation OF
..,.-. Nr. y, +. Eowc giving the city
.u..,, lrt Of ground, or sufficient
.,,,. nr }oui 10 mike it 4 tor:y.Seren-
..~Iof from Eawc street 10 the corpora
49,. an tho line Of the continuation OF
+. >.r,,I aud tnst the former PROPOSE
'.,,..,. ,-,j,.r,I T. t. Bigger tc accepted ut
s.s..t..r .l.iisjrnt lana! through bis property
..,.,r .lvb street lo:ty->cren feet wide.
,.,5.Sa.rj co..; Of grading. :. so. -; cost of
s,4ou4f;on. S2jo. Total. 500 %.
r.r ,1D,n;,tre also recommend that gut
..-',. n,yed Oh taS cast side of Adams from
N..n - cary street, and that curblng be
-...i..,,;brr cast side OF Adams street from
,..,., +, cary street. Estimated cost. S"lo:
y.., !. !, incxpcdicnt 10 take action rcta.
-, -. 10. ;i;ion Of Henry Hudnall aud
,...~s f,,- . hr,d.c over the basin at Ninth
TI,, some sc ion be taken by the Council
,,y',,i. \ revision oi the ordinance IN re-
...Tt Ia >i.:n>.
;o ~. ordinance requiring all improvements
:, .lcy, to be pari Tor by the property
o,yi.yr> on said ALLEYS.
T1at the sidewalk on Ninth street from
,,r Trr, bridge 10 Byrd street be restored,
sni ,ha. the street be improved 10 make 1t
,r.>,llr. Estimated cost. S19S.
r.,r the ordnance in regard TO connec-
,.rvj,h sewers be 80 ameDGed that parties
f,H- hryonti the terminus Of city sewer
NON :lr ,aiLc street be not required tof form
a,.,.l"ciiun with the sewer.
1t.f the Council renew the application to
...r General Assembly to authorize the sur
,ry II 1n- streets two miles beyond the city
!0aa,. ,,
Ttar the petition of Mr.. AinSlic to build
ar,a.> Tire alley on Tenth street be granted.
He report wa> adopted.
FINANCE.
Nr. St.alS, from the Committee on FL
,ar,". >ji:IA:i:c,! report recommending us
fellows:
ra.u consideration Of certain petitions,
Nr.. referred 10 them, your Committee On
Finance hn- leave TO recommend as fol-
itW,:
liza, The ,c;i.ion of ". X. Martin & Co.
ts~ Tire rounding Of culyert-taX ON lot cor
n,y Franklin aUu JEFFERSON streets, Sl5, and
~ iut on >hCvkoc slip, $40, be rejected, as
!. 1lt. these cases the culrert connections
VIC voluntary. and The parties subject to
tax.
T&.t t:a petition of Adam Fondcrlehr for
thal-.updiH@ OF $3.50 on account OF culvert-
faH on PROPERTY on Main street be rejected,
t., ole :uu3l! l!ation OF the petition being i
r.!i=,l error. which can be readily corrected,
iG charging the assessment on the Main
Street property which should have been
rIA'-"d ou The Cayy.>trect lot.
Tia. ,hr petition Of 4. S. Crouch for re-
If from the ;aX.I'cualty for delay III the
ptyiuvui Of taxes of 1878. aad for eNcmp-
tisn from paymcnt OF his culvert-taX, be re-
j"'t"d. II ttr matter OF the culvcrt-,aX 4
former petition was rejected by the Com
uslt'rr eu St!,ri>.
That - much OF the petition Of Bradley
7, Johnson a. asks reduction Of his IL
c..,-tsX of 1872 hc rejected; but the COM
n.it:cr ak Al abatement Of so, onc-half his
!.rr't>r-iX Of 1873, on the ground Of his
pr".c3c;vaI l,1~vuce from the city.
T,!!t the claim Of james L. Riddick for
TN !rr cent. commission on S1,1S4.21 Of
t.yr> c,.!crird on delinquent lands sold and
afterwards redeemed be allowed by the
Council.
TIA; 3 be refunded to J. J. Faudree, as
prayed in his petition. for amount improper
!! assessed Oh PERSONA! property for 1872.
Upon the petition Of William G. Taylor,
President, on behalf the Board Of Commis-
sioucr> II III" james River Bridge Company,
YOU: committee recommend that an appro-
i,rn.'ipu Of $1,000 be made as requested, On
condition that q like amount be paid by the
town Of Manchester for the liquidation OF
Ill" cJmpmy'~ present Indebtedness and the
completion Of the bridge.
Ia presenting herewith the Auditors re-
port OF bilIs-payable account as it closed on
III" II day Of February, 1874. the close of
ilr fiscal year, the committee beg leave to
remark thereon rs follows:
When the present committee undertook
lnr management Of tue city finances last
Siin- there was much in the monetary con-
utldn OF The city 10 occasion grave concern,
here had been no sale Of our bonds for 4
cph-lde!a5Ic period, our treasury was almost
u'ihg'"u, and there was, according to the re-
port Of his Honor the Mayor, 4 bills.payable
account OF S223j, ,'52, with balance of appro-
lr!htionS Still 10 be met amounting to about
S4N. 800 more.
"> cShlb, was anything but promising,
''""' ~ Is We'll known, six months had
sN"tc'! ciapsed When a financial panic pros
H"'tu Tue business OF the country and rem
H'!cn money negotiations almost impossible.
We arc gratliitd, however, to state that no
SERIOUS impediment in any public enterprise
i.,""cG, and, all things considered, the ex-
n'"!t iof 1914 Is manifest improvement on
that for 1S73.
Inc report OF the Auditor now before us
represents the h!!ls-payahlc account on the
i>' OF February, 1874, at S9,253.74. while
'atre was III bank the same day to the credit
ri Tie city S1S,G10.S4. Ii is proper to say,
however, that while we have 80 near an ai)-
pF'Eitliation TO the sum needed for the dis
''-FSe OF this particular form Of indebted
hesr We arc, is usual, without tue means of
Hr"aaS curreN. expenses until the 1st of
JGlg.
iA's is Tic customary condition OF cur
INK 'At''s- aud some means should be devised
40 stt 50 Tar the mastery of our floating debt
'n~' '''e E'ty should:ao be compelled to anti
,'l'a'c her revenue to discharge ordinary eN~
I'''c'. When this IL done, except in the
C I'rIt o' tzravasant appropriations by the