Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-10
The City Council.

| The City Council met on Tuesday night,
Mr.. John w. Abby in the chair and Messrs.
Berkeley. Bumgardner, Byers, Crowle,
Cochran, Evans. Gooch and Ransom at the
| board.
| Fyndnce-Mr. Todd from the committee
rep rted the monthly accounts and several
interest accounts including 81 100 bond
given the Valley r. r. Co. and matured,
| all of which were ordered to be paid.
Streets.-Mr. w. L. Bumgardner, chair
man, reported in favor of the improve
ment of New ST., between Beverley and
Frederick sts., citizens to pay half the
cost-adopted; on the petition Of P. B..
Sublett and others to improve Middlebrook
st., it was reported inexpedient until the
C. u o. r. R. Co. shall have restored the
stone wall-adopted.
Water.-Mr. j. T. Byers, chairman, re-
ported. granting the petition OF Hannah
Lowther for the remission of ST. water tax
adopted. On motion of the same gentle
man 500, so was appropriated for putting
the furnace at the water works in repair.
Liqht.-Mr. John D. Crowle, chairman,
reported adversely to granting the petit
ton of w. A. McCue and others for a
lamp on Vine ST., from want OF means
adopted. The same gentleman offered a
resolution substituting kerosene for gas in
the police office in consequence Of the high
gas bill-adopted.
The Poor.-Mr. j. A. Cochran. chair
man, reported $212 ,25 spent by Overseer
Kurtz for the poor in December of which
SOL was spent for burials. The account
was allowed.
Prantinq.-Mr. J. d. CrowIe, chairman,
reported the execution of certain work Or
dered by the Council, and in favor of pay
ing R. Mauzy & Co $500 for printing the
Hotchkiss pamphlet, the work being COM
archaeological.
Retrenchnsent---Mr John w. Todd,
chairman, reported in favor Of transfer
ring $3.50 from the contingent fund to the
water fund-adopted.
Public Buildings.-Mr. John B. Evans,
chairman, reported in favor of renting the
lower part of the Cit, Hall building to "a
private PARTY of gentlemen for ten pin
alley at $50 year-adopted; and in favor
of renting the present police office in the
same building to the otonewall Band at
IS a year-adopted; also rejecting the Pc
tition of W. F. Perry for permission to
connect with private sewer Of the same
building-adopted.
Fsre-Mr. G.. G.. Gooch, chairman, re-
ported an offer for the hose connections
now for sale, the offer being 10 cents a
pound. He was authorized to sell.
The Committee Funds.-Mr. Gooch,
chairman, of the Committee on Police,
asked to be informed how that committee
out Of an appropriation of $1,000 was to
pay the police force 5000.
Mr.. Todd, from the Retrenchment Com
mittee, explained that the deficit occurred
because the former Council made the es
innate for 81 300 on the supposition that
the salaries of the police would be reduced
to that sum, but when the new Council
came in it did not enforce the reduction,
which caused the estimate to fall short.
He offered a resolution transferring $40
from the Fire Committee fund to the Po-
lice Committee fund to balance it.
Mr.. Gooch, who is chairman of both
committees, said that looked like robbing
Peter to pay Paul. Here other committees
suuandered their substance in riOtous liv-
ing and when the effect was felt, made it
up by taking money out of one Of his pock-
cts to put it into the other! That did not
appear to him to be a very business like
| operation. He thought estimates ought to
be correct in the first place and the COM
mittees should keep inside of them as his
two had, and then all would be right
Mr.. Todd's resolution was laid on the
table.
Ireasurer's Report. THE report of the
City Treasurer for December showed the
bonded debt to be $271 ,O66 and the floating
debt 81, 9l4 SO. The receipts for the month
were Sc, O91, OS and the disbursements 49,
6S7,74, leaving balance in the Treasury
of 81. 4O3 .34.
Codifcation of the City Laws.--The
work OF the codifcation of the city crdi.
nances by J. N. Argenbright was reported
to be completed and the sum of $175 was
ordered to be paid him for the work.
Messrs. Ransom, Todd and ,Bumgardner
were appointed committee to revise the
ordinances with view to their alteration
or the axpurgation of such as are no long
or necessary or appropriate.
Petitions from Arista Hoge, DIR, G. A.
Jachman, J. H. Wayt. J. e. Marquis and
others, We're referred to the appropriate
committees
| WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATES GONG
| TO THEIR CAPITAL.-At the American
Hotel on Monday, were the following
members and officers of the West Virginia
Legislature, Oh their way to Wheeling, to
be present at the session which opened on
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. David E. Johnson.
of the 18th district; A. E: Summers. of the
9th district, and M. Kirtley, of the 5th
district: the following delegates B. P.
Gooch, of Summers county; Hugh Torey,
of Logan; r. T. McNeer, of Monroe;
VIM. Kirtley, of Putnam: A. A. Rock, of