The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-24
VOL. XLVI.

tUIs. ALN1.
1872 in the stnct.lamps and public buildings
was 17.3521S, and an excess in value dt
ring the same time OF S52,05S.S3.
The committee say that the most impor'
tant extension during the year was that
which now supplies Richmond College with
the city gas. The committee say that Tho
gas during the year was frcer from impuri
ties and OF higher illuminating power
than heretofore. The committee recon
mend that shed be constructed in front o.
the rctort-house as a protection to the coke
mcr. They call special attention TO tho
fidelity and evidences of good management
in the Inspectors department.. The unpaid
bills for the year 1873 remaining due Jauu
ary lst, 1871, amount to but $500 GO, while
The amount &C the preceding ear and hal
was st,2l6.2S. During the year 3o,9G2 bill:
were made out. covering charge of nearly
Sl70, 900, the delinquency amounting 70 only
a little over one-tiith OF one per cent, which
admirably illustrates the faithfulncSs with
which the Inspector and his assistants have
discharged their duties.
The junction of the Da1vil!e railroad witt
the York River railroad will, in the event
OF the need to Use this line, enable the com
mittee 10 have the coal for the works dcllV'
cred at The door OF the works, while The
Chesapeake and Ohio, penetrating the finest
coal-bed Oil the Atlantic slope, passes oul
Gates.
The report concludes with very high
compliment 10 the Superintendent and ms
assistants, especially the foreman and clerk
Mr.. AdaalS--to whose skill and information
much of the success Of the works is due.
Nir. Higgins also submitted the annual re-
port from the Committee on Light. The!
ask for authority TO have erected a suitable
shed 10 protect the men 1T work on the coke
stand. the cost Of the same not to exceed the
sum of $500.
In conformity with section "A Of the ordi'
nanccS concerning the Gas.W orks the com
mittce reported that they had Increased the
COMPENSATION Of the assistant Inspector and
hill clerk $40 per month, TO take effect from
the 1st of February.
Tie reports We're received. The anuua
report was ordered to be printed.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Bar@amin laid before the Council toe
annual report Of the Committee on the Fire
Department. giving its condition and events
Of tue department duling the past year.
The committee congratulatcS the Council and
the citizens generally ut the wonderful sue
cess which has crowned the efforts OF this
department in the suppression OF fires. The
total amount destroyed by fire was S2O,235,
being the mos. remarkable exhibit on record
No large onD;gration had occurred, and it Is
attributed to the ski 4 and prompt action OF
the fircmen, who, regardless Of the small pay
received by them, have always done their
duty nobly.
The apparatus is in better condition than
it has been at any time since the appoint
ment of the committee, each engine com
pany having double set Of new gum hose
Of superior quality and a first.caSS team o.
horses. Among the Improvements recon-
meuded by the committee is new engine
house for Company &. at present located OF
Eighteenth street between Main and Frank
lin. This house is badly located, and as il
was built for hand-engne it is entirely un
suited for the steamer. The house is alSc
unsafe the men who have to sleep there haG
TO leave it one night that high wind pre-
vailed for fear of lis falling on them. Colo
mel Cutshaw, city engineer, thinks it not
worth rcpairiug. The committee therefore
recommend that Il suitable lot be purchased
and for which the committee will hereafter
offer resolution.
The committee also recommend TO the
Council to establish hose-company to be
located somewhere between Ninth and
Twelfth and Bank and Cary streets. The
houses in that ricinityarc built in blocks, are
Of great value. contain valuable stocks oi
goods, and require prompt and decisive &C.
ton in time OF fire. \ hosc-company is
more effective and far less expensive than
an cngiEe-rompany where there is Il good
supply of water under good pTcS:urc-all
Of which, the committee are Glad to say, we
have at present in the lower part Of the city.
The committee also recommend the cree
tion of a larg" alarn-bcll on the State bell
house if it can be had tor that purpoSc-ii
no., somewhere in the same neighborhood-
TO bc struck by the ire-alarm telegraph; 4
bell of that kind being necessary to every
citizen III tlla: locality, but far more impor-
tant 10 the lremen both in giving the alarm
and then directing them to the fire.
The committee also recommend that a
light steamer BE placed on Church Hill. The
cnsine-ho is located on Twenty-titlh and
Broad streets, and fitted III every respect for
the accommodation Of Il steamer and horses
in portion of the city now being thickly
built up; and within two or three squares
Of the largest toJacco manufactures in the
city. The only steamer nov in that section
of the city is on Eighteenth street, and being
very heavy is unsuited for Use in that part
Of the city.
The report was read, and ordered to be
printed.
WOODEN BUILDINGS.
Mr. Bargamin, from the Committee on the
Fire Department., submitted 4 report from
that committee giving the names of the fol-
lowing persons TO whom permission has
been given to erect wooden buildings: W.
J. Mcdowell, addition to office and floor in
stable on Broad street near First; Florence
Sullivan, stable on Byrd street between Ninth
house No. Cos Clay street J.. Ii. Starke, ad.
ditiou to rear of house on First street be-
tween Cary and Caual !: George Lintz, house
corner of Beverley and Cherry streets Johu
T. Bell, kitchen on Twenty-ninth street be
tween q aud =; Robert Harvie, shed or
corner of Clay and Adams streets.
The committee also recommend the re-
lection of the following: ID. A. Lacy, to put
a story on the house on Marshall street be-
tween First and FouShee; and also the petit
tion of J. II. Gatewood to build stable on
Grace street between Second aud Third
sueets. The report was adopted.
CLAIMS.
Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims
and Salaries, submitted report enclosing
bills amounting 10 S40.15; which were or
dered to be paid.
OFFICERS QUARTERS.
Mfr. Davis, from the Committee on Grounds
and Buildings, presenteda resolution allow
ing the committee to cause the building for
the officers now iu the City Hall to be con-
structed of brick instead OF wood, as agreed