The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-21
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY was RAIN. and
LOCAL. MATTERS.
COMMON COUNCIL.

FINANCE MATTERS DISPOSED oF-EXTEN-
SION OF GAs-PIPES-MORE FIR AN ED
HOUSES ELECTION EXPENSES = CLAIMS
TAINED-REASSESSMEN OF PROPERTY.
&C.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of the
Common Council was held yesterday after
noon IT, the Council chamDer-President
Joseph r. Anderson in the chair. Present
at roll-call: Messrs. Christian, Curtis,
Daniel, Elicit, English, Foster, Hargroye,
Haxall. Hayes. Higgins, Johnson, King,
Lauer, Manson, Metzger, Pulliam, Straus,
Talbot, Taylor, Nanderyall. and Whitlock.
FINANCE MATTERS.
Mr.. Straus, from the Committee on FL
nance, presented resolutions instructing
the City Collector to abate the taX-bills Of
w. Holt Richardson, S12; John NJ. Higgins,
S11.10; James M. Talbot, s24.90 being a
Broad-Street culvert-taX enormously as
sessed for the years 1876 and 1870; refund
ing S50.42 to Boiling W. HaXall, errone-
ously paid by him for taxes OF 1875, which
We're chargeable to John j. Wright; author
izing the Auditor to issue warrant for
S5.75 in payment OF postage-stamps and eX-
press freight; transferring SITS from fire.
alarm telegraph to fire-alarm payroll; trans.
ferring $1,000 from expenses Of gas-works
and $1,000 from construction Of gas works
to the credit OF grounds and buildings ;
transferring 1,S00 from contingent fund to
the credit OF elections. The resolutions
were all agreed to.
EXTENSION OF GAs-PIPE CONTEMPLATED.
Mr.. Higgins, from the Committee on
Light, presented the following:
ReSolued (the Board of Aldermen concur
ring), That the Committee on Light be in
structed to have the gas-main extended
along Nicholson street to point opposite
the Methodist church on said street; estt-
mated cost 5000. BE it further
ReSolued, That the former resolution of
the City Council, approved April 90, 1876,
be and the same is hereby rescinded.
Mr.. Curtis moved to amend the report so
as to extend the pipes from Lester or Main
to the corporate limits.
The resolution was laid on the table, after
discussion. .,
The committee also presented resolutions
extending gas-main from Adams along Ca
nal street to Jefferson also, extending gas
main along Clay from Twenty-sixth to
Twenty-seventh streets; also, providing for
the erection Of gas-lamp corner Eleventh
and Byrd streets also, q resolution reject
ing the petitions Of r. e. Sibley and others
for street-lamp on Cary between Madison
and Belvidere streets; and Of W. j. Ward
and others for street-lamp on the south
east corner Of the alley on Pine street be-
tween Main and Cary streets.
The other resolutions were agreed to.
FRAMED BUILDINGS - THEIR CONSTRUCTION
LIMITED AS TO TINE.
Mr.. King, from the Committee on the
Fire Department, presented 4 Joint resolu-
ton giving permission to the following
persons to erect framed buildings in the
city: PeteE Grayson, dwelling, on St.
John street between Orange and Coutts
sercets; l.. Washer, four sheds, on Orleans
street between Fifth and Sixth streets; W.
J. Ward, four dwellings, on st. James
street between Coutts and Hill streets; j.
r. Mountcastle, dwelling, corner Grove av-
enue and Plum street; William Burley,
dwelling, on Broad street between Kinney
and Harrison streets; Emma j. Turner, ad-
dition to dwelling, on Main street betwe en-
Cherry and Linden streets, and stable on
same lot; Hugh M. Smith, coal-bouse, cor
ner Thirtieth and p. streets; William P.
Ford, Office, on Broad near connection
track; A. &. Babcock, ice-house and stable,
on south side Of Dock between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets; Is. s. Robosson,
two stables, on Twenty-seventh street
between Clay and Leigh streets; Dennis
O'Dea dwelling, on Louisiana street near
Fourth street; Sarah J. Barrett, addition Of
two rooms and a passage to house corner
TuIip and yenable streets; A. B. Lipscomb,
coal-house, on Cary street between Adams
and Jefferson streets; Benjamin Harris,
building corner Seventh and Canal streets ;
George McGovern, addition to No. 10
Twelfth street; John Copeland, shed at l62O
Main street; William P. Ford, stable on Bel
yidere street near Main. 4i,.
The committee rejected the petition OF
William White for compensation Tor mousse
injured by hook-and-ladder truck.
The committee also presented the follow
Resolued (the Board of Aldermen concur
ring). That from and after this date all per-
mits for wooden buildings shall be limited
in time to the period OF six months from the
time OF granting same; and the city clerk
is hereby instructed to withhold from petit
tioners all permits granted prior to June I,
1876. lbs i i,s2t ,t.;s
The resolutions of the committee were
agreed to-. 'ss' $50. - All
ELECTIONS. /. ,.G -, :
Mr.. Oliver, from the Committee on Elec-
tions, presented resolution provldlng aor
the payment of election expenses as follows:
TO twenty-one registrars and judges, seven
days. SIS per day each, S7s5; twenty-one
clerks ut registration and election, SIX days,
50 per day each, 1878; twenty-one clerks at
election two days, S3, SIPS; forty-tWo
Judges at election two days, $3, S252; hye
commissioners, two days, So, $50. Total,
S1,541. Agreed to. ..- -, -,
CLAIMS, &C.
/ Mr.. Pulliam presented a resolution for the
payment OF S12S.15 forsundry claims. Also,
resolution rejecting petition Of S. Schwartz
for payment of SIPS for house injured. &c.
The resolutions were agreed to.
CHEAP GAS TO BESEYoLENT INSTITUTIONS. ].
Mr., Higgins, from the Committee on
Light, presented a special report and reso-
luton continuing the order furnishing gas
at So per 1000 feet to benevolent institu-
tions in the city, &c. -5;.
On motion Of Mr.. straus the resolution
was laid on the table until the next meeting
in order that the Auditor may report what
institutions are being benefited. q !.
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