The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-28

The regular scmi-monthly meeting OF the
/ Board OF Aldermen was held in the Council
chamber Yesterday afternoon. Present at
rol-call: Messrs. Bass, Beall, Cannon,
| Crump. Gray, Eellam, Lipscomh, Manly.
! Pickrcll, Scott, Smith, Todd, Wagner, and
! Williams.
| The body was called to order by Mr.. Can
non. who stated that the President was
called away from the city to attend proIcs-
! siona business in IN adioinin" county.
! On motion OF Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. Williams
was invited to preside in the absence OF the
| President.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr.. Todd, from the Committee OH Streets,
presented series of joint resolutions ap-
propriating the following sums from the
street fund for the improvements named j.:
500 to repair roadway Of Ross street be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets !;
$500 to pave granite gutter on the west side
Of Jaw street between Seventeenth and BI-
clanan streets; SCI to place granite flag
gine on the south side OF Franklin street
crossing Twenty-sixth street; 500 to re-
pair the roadway OF Dock street near the
arch over Shockoe creek; $2l4 to erect
bridge across the dock on the line OF Four
teenth street: 1856 to curb and gutter the
west side OF Belvidere street from Franklin
to Grace street; S1,46T TO curb and
gutter the east line OF Madison
| street from Broad to Cary street; 1914 to
pave granite gutter on both sides OF Jet-
| iersou street from Main to Cary street; $40
Grom sewer fund.- to extend the culvert
under First street near the penitentiary;
S2OG to curb and gutter the south side OF
| Byrd street from First to Second street, and
| to pave brick walkway in front OF the, Sec
ond African church; $23S to place granite
| curb on the western line Of First street from
| Leigh to Jackson street; Sl5l to pave q
granite gutter on the north side OF Baker
street between Third and Fourth streets.
The resolutions were agreed to.
The following petitions, &C., were re-
jcctcd by the Board: For tagging on Sixth
street between Broad and Marshall streets {;
for grading NJ street from Tenth to Eleventh
street; for macadamiZing Branklin street
| from Eighteenth to Twenty-ffth streets (but
the Engineer is directed to have the same
eravelled with hands and carts); for macada-
mizing Third street from Byrd to Arch
street: to place tagging across Capitol
street at the corner OF Tenth street; for
| tagging across Seventh street ut the inter-
section OF Pink alley; and petition OF
Christian. 1; White, for wood-and-glasS
awning-framc.
! The committee also presented 4 resolu-
| ton directing the Auditor to consolidate
| the accounts of hands and carts, roller and
crusher, sewer connection, &c., into the
account OF streets generally, and to pay the
pay-rolls of hands and carts and roller and
crllsher from the account of streets gen.
orally. Agreed to.
FRAMED BUILDINGS.
Mr.. TodG, from the Committee on Fire
| Department, presented joint resolution
giving permission to the following persons
to erect framed buildings in the city: Ben
iamin Scott, dwelling on Federal street be-
tween st. John and st. james streets; 0.
NJ. Buffoot open cow-Shed on Fifth street
between Clay and Leigh streets; W. G.
Wickham, building for offices for Chesa-
| Deake and Ohio Railroad Company on west
side of track between Broad and Marshall
streets: John T. Hughes, dwelling and
stable on Thirtieth street between Clay and
Leigh streets. Agreed to.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Mr.. Williams, from the Committee on
| Fire-Alarm and Police Telegraph, presented
q Joint resolution for the payment OF
S4Gl.2l for supplies, &c. for the city tele-
graph. Agreed to.
PROM TIE COMMON COUNCIL.
Common Council joint resolutions from
the Committee on Finance were taken up
and concurred in.
Common Council joint resolutions from
the Committee on Light were taken up and
concurred in.
Common Council Joint resolutions grant
ing permits for wooden buildings, ana
from the Committee on Elections. providing
for the payment Of judges, registrars, and
clerks at the late election, were taken up
and concurred in.
Common Council Joint resolutions allow
ing claims of DR.. W. II. Taylor, Coroner,
and others, and rejecting claim OF 5.
Schwartz, were taken up and concurred in.
Common Council Joint resolution to pay
claim of j. +. Regnault, late City Collector,
was taken up.
Mr.. Wagner presented the following COM
munication from Mr.. Regnault, which was
read:
RICHMOND, November 81, 1876.
10 the President and members of The Board
of Aldermen:
GentIemen,-Iea earnestly and most respect
fully request that you will postpone any
further action on the Indebtedness OF the
city to me-indefnitely il you Will. My
claims have been before the Council and
Board every meeting since their recess, and
they are not, and will not, be recognized by
the present over-zealous Committee on
Finance; although i claim not one cent
that has not been paid on similar accounts
from my recollection TO the present time.
l esnnot, in all fairness, accept one hum
dred and siXty-odd dollars for claim of
| five hundred and fifty-odd dollars. am
willing to leave the adjustment OF the
whole claim to the City Attorney, and will
abide his decision, be the amount what it
may.
| fairly and squarely settled all my ac-
counts in July last, rs my balance-sheets
will attest audited by Mr.. Royster, the
Auditor.
And I certainly expected the same
prorpptness ON the part Of the city.
Courteously and respectfully, / am your
obedient servant JoHS i. REGNAULT.
Mr. Bass moved, as substitute for the
Common Council resolution, to refer the
whole matter to the City Attorney.
A motion to lay on tie table was put and
l0st--gyes, 6; noes, 8.