The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-04

STREETS GENERALLY.
Mr. Charles E. Whitleck, from the Com
mittee on Streets Generally, presented joint
resolutions as follows: Granting petition OF
John T.. Dillon for suspension of order re-
oriripg him to connect his premises With
city sewer, &C., to July 1st. Appropriating
| the following sums from the street fund for
stree, improvements: 1924 for granite curb.
ing on the south side OF Franklin street rom
Twenty.seventh to Twenty.eighth- -street;
S430 to place granite gutter and curblng on
west side of Twenty.seventh street from
Grace to Franklin stree; S6S for granite
tagging across Franklin street on the east.
| ern line of TWenty.siXth street; $40 for
granite Tagging across Calhoun street at Its
intersection with Brook avenue: S1S1 to
pave granite gutter on the north side of
Cumberland street between Laurela Pine.
The committee also presented resolution
rejecting the petition of. Henry Probst and
others for change Of grade of First street
from Federal TO Coutts street.
The resolutions were agreed to.
FROM TIE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. straus, from the Finance Committee,
submitted the following report:
To the Common Council:
In considering your resolution to provide
an armory for the First Regiment Virginia
Volunteers it appeared that the terms of ser.
vice of various companies were now eX-
piring, and the doubt was considerable
whether the regiment could be re0eganized
unless the provision asked wss made for Its
accommodation. Regarding the value Of the
organization to the public requirements OF
| the good ordering Of the city. the committee
are of opinion that il is expedient to provide
| for their use proper armory.. Taey there
fore recommend the prompt adoption of the
| following resolution:
Resoloed (the Board of Aldermen concur.
ring), That the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings are hereby instructed st their
earliest convenience to report to the Council
their recommendation relative to The pro.
viding proper armory for the First Regi.
ment Virginia Volunteers, and whether it is
most expedient that such armory be leased,
bought, or built by the city.
| Agreed to.
The committee have carefully considered
the preamble and resolution relative to the
deposit of the city fuads. It was their con-
yiction that it is inexpedient to lend on in.
terest the moneys of the city. a sub-com.
mittee was appointed to confer with the city
banks and receive their offers as 10 rate and
tterms of the necessary accommodation to the
city in the event of their being selected as
/ Idepositories. It was ascertained that the
present depository, the First National Bank,
would be willing, if selected as sole
depository, to grant to the city line of ac.
commodation Of 10000 at six per cent, this
being the amount limited by their charter to
lany one. individual or corporation. The
Planters National Bank, the National Bank
of Virginia, and the State Bank of Virginia
leach proposed to grant accommodation to
the city to the extent Of $50, 900 at the same
rate of interest (siX per cent?, with the un-
derstanding that two banks were to be Sc
lected, each to receive one half of the de-.
posits of the city; this arrangement to be
only temporary, and to be annulled at any
time by the banks or by the city.
4 After due consideration the committee de-
d termined to offer for your consideration and
adoption the following resolution:
Resolved BIZ the City Council (he Board
of Aldermen concurring), That the Planters
, National Bank of Richmond and the Ma
tional Bank of Virginia, at Richmond, be and
they are hereby selected and designated as
the repositories of the funds of the city and
1.-The Treasurer of the city is hereby Instructed
and required to apportiop the deposits OF the
city moneys between the two banks in this
resolution named in amounts as nearly equal
as practicable.
| Your committe are convinced that the rate
of interest on the $4,000 of bonds yet to be
issued on account of the new reservoir ought
to be reduced from eight to six per cent,
and they therefore recommend the adopuon
of the following:
ResoIoed (the Board of Aldermen concur
ring), That in lieu of the $50, 900 of eight
per cent. bonds remaining to be issued on
account of the new reservoir the Finance
Committee is hereby Instructed and directed
to have prepared, and issue as the same may
be required, $4,000 in sic per cent. bonds,
running thirty.four years from the lst OF
January, 1876, on account Of the new reser'
yoir, the proceeds thereof, as sold, to be
placed to the credit of the new reservoir.
Resolred (the Board of Aldermen concur
ripg), That the Auditor be authorized and
instructed to issue his warrant to S. G. Tins.
lev, temporarily employed in the Treasurer's
office, for 500 in full compensation for aaid
service during the month OF February last !;
also, that he issue his warrant to James y.
Royster for $3.50, being sixty dollars per
month, for his services as temporary clerk Ia
December, January, and February last.
Resolosd (the Board of Aldermen concur
triug), That the sum Of So, $685. 20, the amount
of note to William D. Gibson, issued on
behalf of the city Tor the enlargement of Sea-
brooks warehouse, be and the same is here
by ordered to DO paid by warrant OF the
Auditor, and charge to the contingent fund.
d The committee also presented resolutions
as follows: ,t.,r i E
| Refundibg s1o17s to- Otway C. Allen,
j execatsr of w. c.. Allen, for amount of
excessive tax, &C.; refunding 81 so to John
/ N. Parker for estate of Richard Worsham,
culvert tax enormously assessed, de-; paying
$40. 10 to James e. Riddick, being ten per
cent. commission on 8, ,4o1. 90 Of delinquent
taxes, &c. -
l Rejecting the petitions Of Adam & Schmidt
fer reduction Of assessment, andJ G. Barnes
for like reduction, &c.
Mr.. Anderson (Hr. Bargamln being IN the
chair} moved to amend the report by declar-
i ing that it is inexpedient to change the
present city depository is, to continue
to deposit tbe city funds in the First National
Bank.
MIR. Christian moved as a substitute that
1.-The whole subject be recommtted to the
Committee on Finance. Agreed to--ayes,
Il; noes, 6. s:s.
| The other resolutions Of the committee
wete agreed To-. ;. . So. 81. 80,
FRAMED sUILpgKGs. q;
Mr.. BargaH,in, from the Committee on the
Eire Department, presented q joint resolu.
hon giving perms'io to the following per.