The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-23
LOCAL MATTERS (
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HOARD 9F ALDERMEN. .sss
MORE STREET IMpRoyEMENTs-lGRA OF
FIRST STREET EsTARLTsEiED RETwEEN
/ CARY AND BYRD-AafoRE FRAMED
HoUSEs-REPAIRS TO WAsHINGToN-HAL
MISUNDERSTANDING AND ApvER-
TrslNG B1LLs-TRE RIVER IMPROVE
MENT-TnE BASIN BANK TO be PAVED
OTHER IMPRoyEMENTS-THE DOCK
SHEDS AND PowHATAN STEAMBOAT
coMPANY-BUsINEss FROM THE OTHER
BRANCH. &C., &C. t5{rItsl 't
The regular semi-monthly meeting OK the
Board of Aldermen was held in the Council
Chamber yesterday afternoon-P President
John A. Meredith in the chair. Present at
rolHcall: Messrs. Bcall, Forester, Keilam,
Lipscomb, Manly, Pickrel,. Spangenburg,
Tanner, Todd, Wagner, and Williams.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr.. Todd, from the Committee on Streets
Generally. presented aseries of Joint reso-
lutions appropriating the following sums
from the street fund for the improvements
named: S2S1 to place granite curbing on
| western line or Fourth street from Leigh to
Jackson street; S105 to place granite flag
ging at northeast and northwest corners; of
Fourth and jackson streets: S279 to pave
granite gutter on east side OF Twenty-fourth
street from NJ to y street. Also, 1854 from
the sewer fund to construct a sewer on
Twenty-sixth street from Main to half way
between Main and Franklin streets. Agreed
to. ~
II,
nance defining the west line Of First street
between Cary and Byrd streets; which was
passed.
FRAMED HOUSES.
Mr.. Todd, from the Committee on the
Fire Department, presented Joint resolu-
ton giving permission to the following per-
sons to erect framed buildings in the city !:
William Jackson, Shoe-shop, Ninth street
between Canal and Byrd; A. B. Moore,
shed in rear of st. Charles Hotel; Andrew
| Krouse, to remove framed tenehent from
| Monroe street between Franklin and Grace
streets to Catharine between Munford and
| Gimcr streets; Thomas j. Melton, addition
to dwelling on State street between Twenty
ninth and Thirtieth streets; William Loyen-
stein, addition to dwelling No. $40 north
Fifth street; Charles Miller, coal-shed in
rear Of premises on Broad between First
and Second streets. ..
Agreed to-.
REPAIRS TO wASH1NGT0N-HALL ENGINE
HOUSE, ETC.
Mr.. Tanner, from the Joint Committee on
Grounds and Buildings, presented a Joint
resolution appropriating s525 from the
funds of the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings to renew and repair the floor,
&C., of the engine-house, passage, &C.,
Washington Hall. Also, resolution ap-
propriating $3.50 from the same fund to re-
pair the roof, &C., of Seabrook's ware
house. Agreed to.
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
Mr.. Williams, from the Committee on
Accounts and Printing, presented joint
resolution for the payment Of S46S.79 for
printing and advertising for the past two
months. Agreed to.
JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Mr.. Beall, from the Committee on I'M
prorement of James River, presented the
monthly report Of the Engineer.
| During the month the dredges have been
employed opposite the Old Dominion Steam
! ship Company's wharf removing deposit
LETT by freshet and deepening the excava-
| tions along side the wharf Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad Company. No
work has been done on the improvement
proper for want of funds.
Amount dredged from Brickyard cut,
G,3GS cubic yards; opposite Old Dominion
| Steamship wharf, 1, ,1S4 cubic yards at Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad wharf, 1852 cubic
yards.
The report was received.
IMPROVEMENTS TO BASIN BANK, ETC.
On motion of Mr.. Todd, the following
Joint resolutions We're taken from the table
and agreed to:
Resolred Uhe Common Council concur
ring), That the sum OF S2,911 be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated from the street
fund to pave the Basin bank, north side,
with new granite spalls, extending from
Eighth to Eleventh street; and it is hereby
ordered that the owners Of the property
fronting on this street shall be assessed with
the cost Ito be ascertained and certi-
fled to by the City Engineer) of pay
along the entire front Of their respective
lots; and that the cost of paving 4
space of six feet next to the basin bank, and
extending from Eighth to Eleventh street
Ito he ascertained and certified in same man
ner), be assessed against the james River
and Kanawha Canal Company; appropriate
ing $14l from the street fund to repaye the
cutters with granite blocks in centre) in
front of the Exchange Hotel and Ballard
House, and properly adjust the flagginSs at
same; appropriating SG10 from the contin-
gent fund to grade and pave the alley run
ming from Twelfth to Thirteenth street, and
between Main and Cary streets, the cost of
same to be charged to the property-owners
fronting on said alley.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
On motion OF Mr.. Williams, the ordinance
creating Superintendent Of Fire-Alarm
Telegraph, &C., passed by the Common
Council and laid on tue table by the Board,
was taken up and passed. 1t now goes to
the Mayor for his approval.
FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council ordinance concerning
injuries to real property was taken up and
concurred in.
Common Council Joint resolutions con-
cerning sheds on the dock occupied by the
Powhatan Steamboat Company; to carry
out recommendations Of the Finance Com
mittee; extension of gas-pipes on Thirtieth
and on Marshall street; extension OF water
pipes on St. John street; granting permits
for wooden buildings; payment Of sundry
claims; authorizing contract for removal OF
dead animals; appropriating $4,000 for
| T.n,,e p;,,or s1,rd and IN extend max ement