The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-04

q tEoiDat, now being printed, hEdofJted.F ~ Is
r Also! an dinnffees forbiadifx tile uav
menf TO tlaborers lenDpsd tdd By auys idebaSs
, ment OF the city government BY tue. alay
fiexcept for the dagsadurssg w bieh riley ar,
,f actually at work, and especially iofffddins
salch payments fnr any. Susdayi unless re
CURED by some emergeut .oceasiorfi orsi
on that day. Laid on the table, on motion
Also, an ordnance to amend section as
4 and to repeal sections % and az OF chaDter
44s concerning various fuisaiicces. ADOPTED
/ fsz5i RETEENGHaESTA AND REFoRM.,a ],
Mr. King, from the COMMITTEES On Re,
4 ltrenehment and Reform, presented b pre-
amble andresoiutioh recitins the fact that
1.-THE blacksmith and helper at fllc lower pas-
works are allowed pay for Sundays, on
which days They do not work and directing
the Committee on Light to discontinue the
practice OF allowing payf to :emplores for
days upon which they do not actually work.
Mr. Curtis opposed the. resolution; in
TACT, moved its rejection He gave several
reasons why the resolution ought not to be
adopted. He said the Committee on Re
itreuchment and Reform was couimittes
OF great ability, anff,lt was pity they did
i not have. a larger field OF operations. sIt
seemed strangs TO- the, speaker that they
cphid 6id no LED Ks ,6lseW where. ,tsi :,cc
/ !. King defended his commit tee; They
had SIMPLY Il discharge G their duty.t Thep
adh oFbe Tbe nS SssSsSIt aay
;werk one Sunday ,oulfl; Of The, ,year, and here,
! fore ought not TO be ppiaid Tor Sundays, cs
4 4Mr.o Higgins thought the len were paid
I too little at the gas.works,, and he ohered
the following as substitute.
ReSolUed (the Board OF Aldermen con-
tcurringE That the Committee oIn Li4ht he
instructed itpJfix the pay 6f tRet BLACKSMITH
at SO per day, and that Of his helper at s2.25
per day.EA NIIII 10 iIJDI(
t Mr., Talbot thought the blacksmith was
paid oo.lttle, and that the best way toreach
This, case, would be. to lag the ,report OF the
committee on; the table and Increase. the pay
Of the blacksmith. ,etH y.,ni.,. ~ lf.rrT
Mr.. Elicit said the blacksmith at the city
stables was paid ,$2.255 per day, and his
nelper 81 .S5. and be: cot1ldn,t see why the
BLACKSMITH ut the gas.wofks should get any
more. 'h's'i,..E - %"l :
1 I3Mr: Gentry said that the blacksmii,h; at the
gas-Works swas a. first-class mechanic. !; He
had served his time with him. and knew
him Well. % He hoped his pay would be in.
creased. 1iv j. ~ rs-H"'L % "!."' ~ :
| The question was. then taken on Mr.. big
gins's st1bstitiite to iS the blacksh1ith's pay
at SO and the helpers at S2:25, and resulted
as follows: ~ = - : = = :"
AYEs.-Messrs Adams, Crcnshaw, Cnrtia, Ed
wards Gentry. GotdinG Gregoryt Hayes, Higgins,
Irwin, Pierce, Phillips Pollock, Rahkin, Talbot,
|; NoEs.GMessrs. Baker, Christian. Davis, Elicit
:EiJson. Hargrove, KING, Mcdowell, skinktr, and
Straus-l0. ~
The Chair decided that, the substitute
failed for want OF atWo-thirds Vote, 1:;is..
= The question recurred on the resolution
OF the. Committee Oh; Retrenchment and Re
| form, and Mr. Curtis's motion to reject it.
1t was rejected by the following vote: ~
rAYEs-aiessrs Adams Crenshaw. Curtis. Gentry,
Goddln, Gregory, Hayes, Higgins, Irrin- Pierce,
Phillips, Pollock, Rankin, Talbot, Taylor, Wood,
and Manson-i7. =. ,jI
NoEs-Messrs. Baker Christian, Davis, Edwards,
Elicit, Eyson; HargroYe, King, Mcdowell, skinker,
4" "i" IMPROVEMENT OF JAMES RIVER.
Mr.. Curtis submitted the report OF the
operations on the James river, &C., for the
past three months. Received.
PAY OF ENGINEERS OF. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
On motion Of Mr.. Higgins the ordinance
6xing thazpag-nfz zassistant. uqinparssssf srsA.
Mr. Straus moved to make the pay uni
form. ..si ...,..y..tJ -. -.
Mr.. King moved to fix the pay at S275.
Mr.. Straus withdrew his amendment in
favor of Mr.. Kings.
Mr. Kings amendment was rejected.
The ordinance was passed by the follow.
ing vote: q! f-,c ~: - p" -
AYES -Messrs. Adams, Baker, Curtis, Davis, Ed
wards Ellyson, Gentry, Goddin, Gregory, Hayes,
aTs5ns Taiso,f iayor, yIa' % W@od and ' sianson1so
NoEs.-Messrs. Christian, Crenshaw. Elicit. Har-
grove, King, Mcdowell, Pollock, and strauss
FROM The OTHER BRANCH.
dThe resolutions adopted by the Board Of
Aldermen in reference, to insurance upon
+ certain public buildings in the city were
taken up. Rejected: n. =, - -, a.. :.
a resolution was adopted granting c. P.
Bigger permission t0o gun unload wood for the
RESOLUTIONS from the Street Committee in
reference to the City, Railway Company, &c, !,
were conclirred in.1sI :, ..,,irg~ ! M
Resolutions from, the Finance and Fire
Committees were adopted: ~. .rK Ii
THE PRiGEioF GAs,r ,f-4Tal 5
|. Mr.. higgins said that in january, 1878,
he had the honor to present an ordinance to
reduce the price ofugas to 81 per 1000 feet.
He said, that he desired to carry out the
pol1cy indicated by, bimia year ago. } His
| attention had been, called 70 an article in the
! .Dispatch OF Saturday, in refere9ceito this
fsubiect, and remarked d thai it WAS the
desire OF his colleagues who had sbeen for-
merlyr associated with him to- furnish as
GOOD and as cheap gas sbpossible- He then
recited briefly what had been done by the
committee during his .aamipisrrationY UP
4 to the time the present Sup eriintendept went
4 into office there had been no record Qf Inc
candle-power of the gas, but now all such
information. Could, be obtained, He; then
4 presented ah ofdinance to, reduce Che. price
4 OF gas to So per 1000 feet. He then pro-
IEceeaed to SLOW that Il the reduction is made
i there will be a clear profit TO the city OF
Is2O, ,0oe, excluding the public consumption.
'!iMr.. dayes: presented d resolution as 81 sub. i
stitute for Mr.. Higgins's ordinance requ quest.
ing the C0mmjttee on Light to inquiIe into
4 the lex pediepcy Of reducing the price OF gas
ItotS2 Per 1000 feet. 80, s.,l.,. s,t 900.
+ Mr. Straus moved to refer the, ordinance
land substitute. to the Committee on FL
4 nance, III order that that committee may as.
4 certain and, report whether II is expedlen'
+ at This time to make the; reduction.
f. Mr.. Curtis argued In favor OF referring
the subject to the Committee on Light.
! Mr.. skinker moved % lay the subject on
MIR. Taylor favored tie rnotionto refer t.
1.-THE Committee on Light, and opposed tn'
1tit attsr d diseussou @ tbs Subject WAS referred
Ito the Joint Committees on Light and and 81 fi