The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-22

COST OF GRADING STREETS-mONTHLI
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
HAS THE CITY THE RIGHT TO PENSION
4 RETIRED POLICEMAN ?-THE TAX Or
DINANCE AMENDED AND PAsSED-THE
TAX ON PAwN-BRoKERS AND JUNK
DEALERS DOUBLED-CLAIMS-JA A NJ <
RIVER IMPROVEMENT-THE DEAD
LOCK-THE COUNCIL REJECT THE BOARD
RESOLUTION TO PAY SALARIES OF CITY
OFFICERS-THE ORDINANCE CONCERN.
ING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PASSED,
&C., &C.
meeting of the Common Council was
held in the Couacil chamber yesterday after.
noon.
Cn motion of Mr.. Davis Of Madison Ward
MIR. NJ. l.. S.raus was requested to preside in
| the absence of the President.
Present at rol.call: Messrs. Bargamin,
Christian, Curtis, Davenport, Davis (Chsrles
| IT,. Davis IT. Wiley, Foster, Gilman, Hig.
Gins. Klein, Lauer, Oliver, Pulliam, Purcell,
Straus, Tower, Whitlock Charles E.), Whit
lock (Robert H., snd Wingheld.
STREETS GENERALLY.
Mr. Lauer, from the Committee on Streets,
reported that to grade First street from
Charity to Hill street the cost would be
Sl,153.25; to grade Federal street from
Second to st. James, S440.25; TO grade
Coutts street from Second to St. james,
1926 total, 81, ,92O26. Ten per cent. added
for contingencies, S2,112.2S.
On motion Of Mr.. Higgins, the report was
laid on the table.
FINANCE REPORT.
Mr.. Straus, from the Committee on Fl.
nance, presented joint resolutions remittipg
Slip to Angie Hill on her tax bill of 1875
| TO corr ect over-assessment Of S75 on personal
property retunding 5000 tax to the Sisters
of Visitation, Monte Maria, their property
being exempt from taxation; refundiDg
| 81. 80 to Smith Ely to correct over-assess.
ment, &c. allowing $50 per month for six
months to William Gardner, retired po.
| licemau accepting the bond of C. C,
Baughman in penalty Of $1,000 as city
| printer; rejecting the petitions Of John
| Rankin for refund Of 1856 tax
| penalty of William Kelly for abatement iu
| assessment; of A. Fonderlehr, remission OF
SASS tax penalty; of John C. Hughes for
| the conveyance to him of lot 80 by 122
feet on Clay and Twenty-fourth streets
which was condemned by the city as bury
| ing-ground, but never used by the city as
such, and which lot the City Council, by
resolution of the 18th of March, 1854, agreed
TO release upon return of the seventy. five
dollars paid therefor and of Henry Destler
praying relief from damages 10 property on
Louisiana street incurred by reason of street
improvements.
] The resolutions were agreed to except the
resolution relative to o pension Of sthirty
dollars to William Gardner, which was re-
ferred to the City Attorney for his opinion
FRAMED BUILDINGS.
Mr.. Bargamin, from the Committee on tht
Fire Department, presented a joint resolu
tios giving permission to the following per
sons to erect framed buildings: +. Kragle
shed, Duyal street near Prentss's alley job,
f. Luckdo, dwelling, Cabell street between
Tyler and Roaue streets; L. Spies, two dwell
ings, Gimer street between Broad and Mar
shall; w. B. Smith, dwelling, Pine stree
between Spring and Albemarle; W. }
Holmes, dwelling, Eighteenth street betwee
Marshall and Clay; II. M. Booth, dwelling
Third street near DuVsll; j. Fl. James
dwelling, Fifth street, Smiths Hill; NJ
Hicks, shed, Third street between Grace ant
Franklin; G. j. Hunt, stable. in rear of Dr
Wollard's, Clyde Rowe; r. G. Hobson
dwelling on lot No. 739 Ninth street.
The committee also presented resolutio,
rejecting the petition OF Joseph Adams for
dwelling on Leigh street.
THs TAX ORDINANCE.
The Finance Committee also presented al
ordinance concerning the levylng of taxes
| The present ordinance is amended In the 5tl
section by the addition of a class not reached
i by the dd udlorem system, with tax of S75
The Tth section is amended so as to divid
ljunk-dealers and paxc.5rokers into si.
classes, and the tax in each class is increased
one hundred per cent. For instance: Firs
class, $500, instead OF $3.50; second class
$500, instead of $l00; third class, $3.50, in
S25: fifth class, rs; sixth class, S25.
The twenty-second section in relation t
hawkers and peddleEs "And fruit. o
candy-stands located on the sidewalk tel
| dollars per year."
| The ordinance was unanimously adopted
LIGgC.
| Mr.. Higgins, from the Committee on Light
| submitted his annual report; which wa
read and approved, and ordered to be sent t
the Mayor when considered by the Board o
RICHMOND, February II, 1876.
Honorable President and Members of tn
Common Council:
Gentlemen,-The Committee on Light ar
er.atified to be able to report continuance
The satisfactory working of the department
,ux der their charge. In production, econo
my, and general management the WORKS art
FUZZY answering every just expectation, anc
the committee believe they will compare ID
yorably with any public or private manufac'
tories of gas ia the couatry-
The steady lettering Of the financial re-
suits &or the few years past have put the
committee at the commencement OF the pre-
cent fiscal year 10 the point at which they fell
bound 10 give the consumers the beDeht oi
that Improvement, and accordingly, as al.
ready communicated to the Council and peo.
Dle, q reduction of cost to the private con-
sun,er from s. to $3.50 per thousand feet has
been effected without imperiIling the power
of the works to meet all anticipated eX.
penses and return to the city something by
way OF interest on the capital absorbed in
permanent construction.
This effort OF the committee and Council
to reduce to the lower safe price the cost OF
an ilumirator so excellent 10 quality rs we
claim this to be, will, 1t is fair to presume,
be followed by an increased demand, and
consequent maintenance In the future OF the
financial results We now record, showing the
amount Of coal Garbonized, coke seld, and the