The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-16
LOCAL MATTERS.
COMMON C0UNCKL.

~ meeting OF Tue t~ifituou So"o.'' VOC
I'D in the Council chamber Yesterday
#3 -n.,rcou. In the absence OF the Presi-
49,. nm motion of Mr.. Higgins, Mr..
@.",;r riIav Davis was called to the
.. ,,.- Present st roll call: Messrs. Bar
,1,& ain Brsselmsn, Carter, Curtis, Davis
sWa;i,ou Ward, Davis of Marshall Ward,
c Tr.|T.5 Foster. Gilman, Higgins, Johnson
l%I,. ssop Ward. Klein, Lauer, Newell, OH
81 y. Powers. Purcell, aud Wingfietd.
81 RELIEF or THE POOR.
s. VI English, from the Committee for the
p..,af Of the Poor, submitted his monthly
81 .sc,,f. showing the total number OF inmates
n .,lc city alnShouse discharged and died
"a dawn, .he month OF October TO be as fol-
81 s,,,. Number OF inmates September 30th,
nr Admitted during October: White men,
a -. women, =; children, 3; coiored men, q;
81 pamsr,G; children, 2-total, 81. Grand to-
81 >. ~. Discharged during October: White
81 men, J; women, L; colored men, 1; women,
s. :. ra,'Ircr, total, 8. Grand total, 81.
Il p.m,,nirc in almshouse November 1st,
q ~ o2l; remaining in almshouse Novem-
q -, 1884. 23i decrease, 10.
q Meal issued during October, 1875: Bush
4 81. SIC; pounds. 81. Meal issued during
mroter, 1874: Bushels, 40; pounds, 343.
1 decrease rs compared with last year: Bush
4 >. q4: POUNDS. y. Collins issued during
Ufctcr. 1873, 6; issued during October,
g 1,-4, :: decrease, 2 Burials furnished in
october, 1915, 10; same time last year, Is;
Il decrease, s.
4 The civ ambulance has rendered medical
assistance during October as follows: Whites,
4 ;: colored, 5-total, IS.
4 The report was received.
/ LIGHT.
Nr. Higgins, from the Committee on Light,
s.!mteu the following report:
RIcuMoSD. November Is, 1875.
/ To tie Gty Council: Gentlemen The
4 Committee Oh Light. at their meeting on the
/ 4,D oI the present month, considered the pre-.
] smtIe and resolution of the City Council, ap-
royrd October 18Th, 1875, and they now
! beg leave respectfully 10 report that they have
1 c,rctuiIy and diligently investigated the sub.
/ rct matters referred by said resolution,
aud are, after full Inquiry, unable to
suggest any production of salaries, wages,
/ a.. Of officials and employ eS," or any fur.
dl.r curtailment Of expenses iu the depart
mrnt under their control that can Judi
clo1>ly be made" with due regard to the
public interests: and they have nonzeasures
% suggest that would, in their opinion,
tend to prevent in future any unauthorized
ex,rnditure Of money belonging to the city
or the waste of city property" with the care
OF which this committee has the honor to be
charged.
since last report the committee ordered
the payment OF bills amounting to S7,S74.42.
Respectfully submitted on behalf Of the
committee.
john NJ. H1GGINs, Chairman.
The report was adopted.
FRAMED BUILDINGS.
Nr. BargamiD, from the Committee on the
FIgr DE- Iartment, presented joint resolution
giving permission 10 the following parties to
build framed houses Charles 81. West, of.
Ice and shed, Eighth street between Main
and Cary; Mrs. Ryley, dwelling, Seventeenth
street between Nenuble and Darlington;
Frances Abrams, dwelling. 724 north Ninth
street; Robert Austin, dwelling, Eleventh
street near NJ Rebecca Smith, addition to
dwelling, Orleans street between Fifth and
Sixth; h. 7. Davis, dwelling and stable,
llaTyie street west of Reservoir street; A.
JennieS, stable, Laurel street between Cary
and Cumberlaud; Elijah Baker, dwelling,
s.. Peter street north of Baker; H. Reisner,
kltcheD, Brook avenue between Broad and
Marshall streets: Mrs. B. Mahouey, dwelling,
Ech,eenth street between Clay and Vena.
Bic.
The committee also presented joint reso-
IU.ion rejecting the petitions Of the follow.
!Er parties:
Robert Harvie. Jr., shed corner Of Clay and
Adams streets; r. 81. Blackwell, dwelling
and shed corner Buchanan and Darlington
slr,e.s; G.. II. HudgiDs, house for shop on
second street between Broad and Marshall
streets; W. B. Talaferro, dwelling on Tenth
street telween Clay and Leigh streets A.
". Pierce, dwelling corner Main and Belpi-
defe streets; j. NJ. Newell, two dwellings on
Twenty Second street between Grace and
Broad streets; W. D. Twynham, dwelling on
Marshall street near Hancock.
The resolutions were agreed to.
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY JAIL.
Alr. Davis Of Madison Ward, from the |
Committee on Public Grounds and Build. |
RS, submitted report, which sets forth |
that owing TO the lateness of the season the |
committee deem it eXpedieut to defer the
matter OF enlarging and improving the city |
"a! unil early in the spriDg-say 1st of April
next.
The committee recommend the adoption
T.! the following:
ReyOlrea Qhe Board OF Aldermen concur
!tns), That the action of the Committee on
Grounds and Buildings in regard to the ina.
pIoyements to the city jail be concurred in.
Nr. English said be was opposed to post
l"ulng this important matter any longer-i
Vu: mech. nics, or many Of them, are noW1,
A!c, and they should be employed. Hell
lopsd tie report would not be adopted.
NG. Davis of Madison Ward said that
;htle were two huudred thousand bricks to
oe !sh,; that the building will thaye to be
ahfoo!ed and the prisoners exposed. He
.nousm II would be very dnjudicious TO go b
VI hltlthe work now. Ia
NJ. English hoped Sbe Coancil would take 4
1e Responsibility and go 10 work, and do +
'-e Work Ut once. = ~.2 | ,I. II
Nr. Curtis said be wss in faSor Of going
VI VI With tise work. He had 2esed to post (
!oot II 10 tee committee, but he had since !
-.ct''ed Indignation which induced him TO 1
Sasnge bis niad. 80 q
AE. Carter thought that the contracts {
>.slt 10 be given out now, and The Work Q
'"41!:intnced in April next. - ~. La
:, az hieln was s'illipg that the committee Eb
,.'uQ be Instructed to 90 on SSsfh the work
: = 'seedi!y as possible that is. whee IN their .
-ItSAent 1t would be expedient 80 do so. l
81. D1Tis said that he had been Informed q
~ ~. Tue CLERK from the Engineers office that sI
a1ss r,' OF The bids for the work, which were @
''thed today. had been Withdrawn. q
y. AE English said the Engineer had no u
h lug 10 do with the matter; 1t, belonged to q
" City Council. .s II
!, aF. Klein moved to amend the resolution 10
!, ~, Me committee In the nature OF subssI u
s,,s .@ 20 as 10 make it read that the Com. IL
wye 9u Grounds and Buildings shall pro- q