The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-19
LOCAL MATTERS.
COMMON COUNCIL.

COMMON COUNCIL.
-. .egu,ar stmi.monthly meeting OF the
,.,a'",o1 Counci. was held yesterday after.
.cou. ~, n ,r;,, D.s. ~
go. in ,he al>euce Of the President, was
,.y..ri TO p-e.de. Present at roll-cal
w,,.r, B4Jcoch, Bargamn, Davenport, Da-
-tS ~. Madison Ward, Davis Of Marshall
Md En.}i,h, Foster, Gilman, Higgins,
7,Sasou. KEN, Lauer, Merger, Newell,
DIVER PuHtm. Purcell, Straus, Talbot,
Wan.och, ana Wingfeld.
TEE NAGpALES ASSOCIATION.
q, motion Q! MIR. Babcock, the regular Or
,-s, +: business was suspended in order to
ss,ra committee of gentlemen representing
- Nsgdaen Association, who ask an ap
,.arriltiOn in order 10 carry on the work OF
i. institution. The committee, through
:. ,l4i.mau ,,Iadge Robert Ould), asked for
e. tr2,opyil,;-n of one thousand dollars.
The annua report of the President Of the
>.Cs:y. Is pu3ii,hed IN the Dispatch, was
ra,,, =, the suggestion Of Judge Ould, by the
(.:n Q, the Council.
Mr. pu,liam presented resolution appro-
-,-a,irs ore thousand dollars to the Magda-
~ Association. which was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
STREETS GENERALLY.
". Wbj;loc&. from the Committee on
.,.oc,. Generally. submitted series OF joint
,.,,.'ions -. l9iying the following sub
i.e,>:
Fsrc,in. tie petition Of Z. Rebman ask.
II. COMPENSATION Tor damage done TO his
,rr,r,iy second and Hospital streets) by the
~ 'th:u. grave. ;Leselrom. Agreed to.
iIrc.in. petition ef LAURA A. Harrison,
& liking protection to her property (cor-
r,r O, Union ana Franklin streets] from
washing hy Shockoe creek. Agreed to.
R.ivc,inc petition of Mrs. Mary L. Col
unit Tor relief from cuivert.taX upon proper
Il corner G.ac" and Laurel streets. Agreed
L, ccting resolution as to opening Blu.
t,3nan street t.0m Eenabe street to the Epis-
c9lul church. Agreed to.
l.. ccliug resolution as to extending cul.
vi, in rayne between Clay and Leigh
streets. Agreed 10.
Declaring petition of P. H. Starke for
trapping culveCt in penitentiary bottom In
(Xgcdient at present. Agreed to.
Declaring resolution as to opening Grace
street trom present western terminus to
rounds Of Richmond College inexpedient
4 present. Agreed to.
RELIEF OF TEE POOR.
Mr. English. from the Committee for the
Relief Of the Poor, submitted his report,
showing the number of inmates received,
discharged. and died at the almshouse du-
I!ug the month Of September.
Number Of inmates in almshouse August
q. 1875, 2322; admitted during September,
81; discharged, 81; died, 10. Remaining in
;he amshot>e October l, 1915, 22l; remain
ir- in the almshOuse October l, 1874, 22S S.;
decrease rs compared with last year, I.
Quantity of III n issued during Septem.
l.:, lSIj, 2j1 h-Shels and 4,3 pounds; Issued
daring September, 1874, 2e2 bushels and 1G
pounds; decrease rs compared with last
year, y bushels and 163 pounds.
C-liu> Issued during September, 1870, 10;
>-nr month I,>t year. 1G. Decrease, &.
Buri,l> furnished 10 September, 1875, "a
SD" month "a: year, l.. Increase, I.
Number o! cases in which medical assist
tGca va, rendered by accidcnt-ambulanc ir
>eytcmaer-w whites. 6: colored, 7; total, 13.
Amount received from OVerSeer Of the
pyyY OF Henrico county for board of in.
ma,> for QGarter ending September 3Oth,
>t,5l0. '..
I4v gcpor; was adopted.
FINANCE.
N:. N. l.. S,raus. from the Joint Commit.
t'c oE Finance, reported the following joint
resolutions
L citing the petition of Madam B. De
m".nan Tor reduction OF assessment and tax
on real estate 1928 and 1928 Main street
Ae!t-d 10. .....
fcturding &l0 30 to Mr.. Meyer, being
III. tax for 1875 improperly assessed on i'm.
iIcycmrn. NJ. 4VS Byrd street, not in eX.
IstcEcc on thc Isl Of February last. Agreed
-. ....
Transferring $4,000 from the account OF
" Discount and Interest to the credit OF
o. LIE new boiler lately erected 1T the city
alA>hou>c. Agreed TO.
Trans'erriD" the sum Of $700 from the
ciy hosplla! 10 the credit of the culyerts
Agreed 10. /
hss0lred the Board of Aldermen concur
rag, That The following sums be transferred
iIOm the accounts stated to the credit OF
Sle.ts generally: From roller and crusher,
5000: from construction of gas-works
S",v!V; from expenses Of gaS-works, $4,000
from sewer connections, s., ,00O-in all, S9, 900
Agreed TO. s. .-.. ,.|I-.
The committee take occasion once more re-
sieViGlIy bu! earnestly to urge upon the
committees OF The Council the necessity OF
restricting expenditures to the appropriations
.! 1910, thus avoiding the creation Of float
ll- debt TO be l:quidated from the amount
.! taxation OF 1876.
LIGHT.
9!r. Higgins, from the Committee on
-.Slt. PRESENTED resolution rejecting the
IeI'I!oh Of a. L. Mitchell and others fer
Htet:on OF gus-iamps on Pine street. The
RESOLUTION YVES agreed to.
FRAMED HOUSES. -E !
Ii. lalbott, from the Committee on the
ire department, presented joint resolutions
s"19S permission 70 the following parties to
%ea wooden houses : William S. Goode,
HAeo, Fourth street between jackson and
oU'aI; {. ii. Button, shed at No. 1910 st.
, @'Aes sleeet; Henry Stockman, dwelling
;'ou>e on Smith street between Crouch and
Aatshali street; }. II. AdkissoD, dwelling
Ih l, Marshall street between Munford and
IHnore streets; w. j. Ward. dwelling, Vine
EIett between Main and Cary streets; A. S..
i,Ao:d, stable, corner jackson and Second
s"ectS: Jacob Gordon, dwelling on Fifth
rect, Smiths Hill; Reduaan Evans,
C"eiiing on Thirteenth street between Mar.
snaA and Clay; j. Augustine. kitchen on
grace street between Twenty. fifth and Twen-
~ ::1S's'Xth; &. w. Coleman, dwelling on
= "tnly.nlnth street between o and Z; s..
;;.obinson. dwelling an Twenty.nintb street
oe'"een d and n; +. A. French, shed at
no 40 Z'l2 Broad street; Francis Mahoney,
a."eil'ng on Twelfth street upon the lot of
.~e James River and Kanawha Canal locks,
s!r.; William Harrison, wood-house at No.