The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-08

The regular meeting OF the Common
Council was held yesterday afternoon
| Presi dent Christian in the chair. Present
atrolEeall: Messrs. Adams, Campbell, Cur
Il tis, Davis, Elicit Gregory, Hardgrove,
Metzger, Skinker, Stokes, Straus, Talbot,
Taylor, Whitlock, and Wood.
Mr.. Timberlake was reported absent on
account OF sickness.
Il The Chair announced that Mr.. Skinker
had been appointed on the Committees on
Finance, Light, Ordinances, and on Board
Of Public Interests, and that Mr.. Campbell
had been appointed on the Committees on
Claims and Salaries, Schools, and Fire
Alarm and Police Telegraph.
FINANCE MATTERS.
Mr.. Straus, from the Committee on FL
nance, presented resolutions rejecting petit
ltion or w. E. Grant for abatement of per-
sonal taxes; sbating culvert-tax against
Henry Spurlock for S24;. refunding s69OIto
N. F. Bowe for culvert-tax; refunding
$3.50 to Mary Myers for cuIvert-tax; abat.
ing personal tax-bill against Rev. j. B. Je-
! ter in $3.50; refunding S449.70 tax erro-
neously assessed against the Richmond
Banking and Insurance Company.
!. The committee say they have carefully
deficit in the pay-rolIs OF some of the depart
ments now without the means Of paying en-
ployGs for services in December, and with
a. view Of meeting this urgent necessity re-
commend the following resolution, trans
ferring $500 from hands and carts to Board
Of Health, and that the account Of hands
and carts, pay-rolls, roller and crusher,
hands and. carts expense account, and
streets engineers department., be CONSOLE
dated into streets generally, the Auditor
being empowered to pay warrant for these
accounts to the extent Of the aggregate
balance to the end OF the present fical year
Resolued (tbe Board OF Aldermen con-
curring). That the sum Of $3.50 be trans
ferred from grounds and buildings to
water department; and that $50 he trans
ferred from grounds and buildings to
grounds and buildings payroll; $1,000 from
fire-alarm telegraph to water department.
The resolutions were all agreed to-ayes,
%; noes, none.
LIGHT.
Mr. Higgins, from the Committee on
| Light, presented an ordinance reducing the
price of gas from $3.50 to So per 1000 feet.
| The ordinance Is to 60 into effect on the 1St
Of February.
Mr.. Curtis moved to lay the report OF the
Committee on Light on the table, because
the city could not well afford to reduce the
price OF gas at this time.
Mr.. Taylor spoke in advocacy OF the pro-
posed reduction in the price OF gas.
Mr.. StrauS said he was in favor OF the
proposed reduction, but for one reason
viz, the absence of Mr.. Mansen-he thought
it ought to be tabled. There was another
reason. It will reduce the revenue of the
tcity 100000, and the Council must make
some other provision for the deficit.
Mr.. Skinker was opposed to raising the
tax on property in order to give it to the
| gas-consumer.
MIR. Higgins said he was in favor Of the
reduction, but as q matter Of courtesy to
EDr. Manson he would vote to lay the SUBJ
ject on the table.
The mntian tn lag nm the table wns agreed
to.
FRAMED BUILDINGS. -
Mr. King, from the Joint Committee on
the Fire Department, presented aresolution
Leiying permission to the following persons
to erect framed buildings in the city: Will
liam Brown, shed at No. Ito Federal street;
Fl. Metzger, stable on his premises on Clay
street between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth
streets; Julian G. Donnella; dwelling on
Buchanan street between -- and Car
rineton streets; j. w. Beveridge, stable at
.
stable i'm rear OF his residence on Twenty
fourth street between Nj and n streets;
William V. B. Barker, addition to his house
corner Twenty-sixth and 0 streets; F. Nir-
ginia Chamberlayne, storehouse ut No.
/ lis west Jackson street; Isaac Fa-.
near. she'd on Seventh street near Byrd;
F. w. Mahoney, stable on Clay street be-
tween Twenty-seYenth and Twenty-eighth
streets; A. N. Gill, stable on Twenty-fourth
street between Clay and Leigh streets; a..
r. Douglass, to remove Office from Twenty
second and Dock streets to Twenty-hIth
and Dock streets; James G. Smith, paper
mill on lot adjoining James River ands ka-
nawha canal in rear Of Shockoe warehouse )
Emily NJ. Phillips, stable on Marshall street
between Monroe and Henry streets; James
Fox, addition to dwelling on Thirtieth
street between Leigh and M streets; Will
liam 81. Baker, coai-house on China street
between Pine and Laurel streets; Mrs.
Staude, cow-shed on Marshall street be-
tween First and Adams streets Charles Z.
Winston, sbed-stable on corner OF Grace
and Pine streets; S. w. Godsey, shed on
Leigh street between Thirtieth and Thirty
first streets. Agreed to.t;;.,c s ~gaas q
The committee also presented resolu-
ton rejecting the petitions Of S. 81. HaWes
for framed storehouse at the corner OF
Eighteenth and Cary streets, and OF A. b.
Lipscomb for building at No. ITO west Cary
street, between Adams and Jefferson streets.
Agreed TO. IS h.
Mr. Curtis moved to recommit 80 much
OF the resolution as rejects the petition OF
Mr.. S H. Hawes.
The chairman explained that the building
was such large one that the committee
deemed it tinexpedent to grant it.
MIR. Christian (Mr. Haxall being the CHAIR
spoke in; favor Of recommlttlng that part OF
the resolution.
Mr.. Whitlock said that every member OF
the committee was friend to Mr.. Hawes,
: but they were all opposed to the petition.
He believed it would lessen the value OF
Mr.. Hawes's property to put: the build
) ing.
Mr.. Curtis said he could see no danger IN
putting up this house. The buildings In the
neighborhood were far more dangerous than
: this building. "a .r ...,t,.sa.
The motion to recommit was lost, and the
resolution rejecting the petition agreed to-
CLAIMS AND SALARIES.
Mr.. Haxall, from the Committee on Claims
, ! and Salaries, presented resolutions paying
> the claims of the Coroner and others
: amounting to about S125. Agreed to-.
/ ACCOUNTS AND PRINTING. ;,,'.
9 Mr., Gregory, from the Committee on Ac
! lcounts and Printing, presented joint resolu
Itieni for the payment Of bills Tor printin.
land advertising amounting to! 1887 80
: -IAgreedto: siis a'.1ai5
\ THE NEW CITY HALL.EifY 1i}fsi
d IL Mr. Haxal. from the Committee OF
e eIGrounds and Buildings, presented areport
Q lstatfng that at meeting OF the Committee
80 Cen,,,, n, nj p1yii idinns and Ein0nce th