The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-07

PROPERTY -REPA1Rsro FIRST MARKET.
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| A meeting OF the Common Council was
held yesterday: afternoon in the Council.
cbamber-President Manson in the chair.
Present at Toll-cail: Messrs. Adams, Chris
tian, Crenshaw, Curtis, Davis. Edwards,
Elicit, EI!yson, Gentry, Goddin, Gum,
Hargroye. Higgins, Irwin, King, Mcdowell,
Skfnker, straus, Talbot, Taylor, and Wood.
Mr.. Higgins said Mr.. Baker was absent
on account OF sickness.
THE POLICE ORGANIZATION. =
The Chair laid before the Council reso-
luton from the Board OF Police Commits
sioners calling attention to the amendments
to the city charter suggested by the Board
| OF Police Commissioners, which have al
reconcile conflicts and Inconsistencies in the
charter as to the police organization of the
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Referred to the Committee on Ordinances,
on motion Of Mr.. Curtis. ,...-..,z yEI1
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Mr. Christian, from the Committee on
Finance, presented resolution rejecting
the petition OF James Lyons, on behalf Of
the heirs Of Alfred Penn, asking receipt
in 1art Of taxes delinquent on property
situated at the corner Of Grace and Sixth
streets. Agreed to. o@. 5s
MORE LIGHT. ..
Mr.. Curtis, from the Committee on Light,
presented resolutions for the erection Of
gas-lamps on the corner OF Williamsburg
avenue and Lester street, on Eleventh street
between Clay and Leigh streets, and on
Do1y hof,v
streets; also resolution directing the Com
mittee on Light to turn on the city gas on
premises No. 1414 east Franklin street,
rented and occupied by the Christian Wo-
mems City Mission, and the said Mission be
allowed to use the gas at s. per thousand
feet, rs prescribed in the city ordinances
for use OF gas by charitable institutions.
The committee also reported that they
had paid bills since last report amounting to
50, ,414.50.
The resolutions were agreed to.
FRAMED BUILDINGS.
Mr. Taylor, from the Committee on the
Fire Department., presented 4 resolution
giving permission to the following persons
to erect framed buildings in the city: Mrs.
D. w. Poiteway, cow-house on premises
No. 72S west Broad street; Monroe Jones,
dwelling corner Little Leigh and Webster
streets; Charles Lemus, dwelling on St.
Stephen street between Baker and Charity
streets; Fuller Brothers, to extend carpen-
ter-shop on Cary street between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets; William L. Eyins.
dwelling on Cabell street between Clay and
| Tyler streets; William Glover, stable at
No. G25 north Third street. Also, reso-
luton rejecting the petition OF Peter j.
McQuinn to enlarge front of premises No.
232 Seventeenth street. Agreed to.
Mr.. Taylor, on his own behalf, presented
a resolution giving building permits to the
foliaWing persons: c.. Childrey- dwelling
! on Twenty-tifth street between N and o
streets: Hiram Oliver, building on Twenty
eighth strcei between Leigh and NJ streets !;
tR. d. Slaughter, cow-house and stable at
No. 21S west Marshall street; Y. K. An
drews, to complete house on west Leigh
street near Kinney street, and to erect she'd
in rear of same; It. 81. Pollock, cow-shed
at No. 314 Baker street; S. W. Godsey,
bugey-shed, corner Leigh and Thirty-tirst
streets; Olllard C. Robertson, stable at No.
west Jackson street. Agreed to.
| .... CLAIMS.
Mr.. Irwin, from the Committee on Claims
and Salaries, presented resolution recon-
mending that the petition OF Abram Loe-
benburg, asking remission OF fine, &c, be
rejected; refunding SO to w. P. Ford for
fine improperly imposed, &c.; paying
claims of coroner, deputy coroner, and
others. Agreed to.
NEW ENGINE-HOUsE.
Mr.. Taylor, from the Committee on
Grounds and Buildings, presented joint
resolution for the purchase OF lot on south
side OF Broad street between Henry and
Belyidere, upon which TO construct suita-
BILE engine-house for Steamer No. 5. -...
Referred to Finance Committee. 49,.
LUNATICs-CEMETERIES
Mr.. Phillips, from the Committee on Lu-
natics. presented report congratu|ating
the CITY upon the excellent care OF her lu-
natics at the Pincl Hospital. Received.
Mr.. Mcdowell, from the Committee on
Cemeteries, presented n resolution trans
| ferring $50 from account OF Shockoe-Hlli
, Cemetery payroll to the account OF Oak
wood Cemetery. Adopted.
Mr.. Eilyson, from the Committee on Or
1inances, presented IN ordinance making it
the duty of the Police Justice 10 enforce the
ordinance in reference TO nuisances created
by stacks, furnaces, flues, and chimneys, in.
stead OF the duty of The Committee on the
Fire Department.. Adopted.
An ordinance in reference to making the
ordinance as to fast driving apply to alleys,
&C., was adopted. r...,5
.n, REPAIRS TO FIRST MARKET.
Mr.. Adams, from the Committee on Firs
Market, presented report calling attention
to the urgent necessity of repairs to the
First Market, and asking the Finance Com
mittee to put in the appropriation ordi
nance the sum of $3.50 for repairs, &c. Re
ferred to Committee on Grounds and Build
ings.
INSURANCE. UPON CITY PROPERTY.
Mr. King, from the Committee on Re
trenchment and Reform, presented report
in reference to lnsuring the public build
ngs Of the city against fire.
The committee say that the Office and
property OF the upper gaS-works, second
market, pump-house buildings. dwelling,
&C., at old reservoir, dwelling, DC, at new
reservoir, Washington hall, city Jail build.
ings, city stables and dwelling on same lot,
Howitzer armory, all the englne-hcuses oi
the city, are uninsured. The committee
presented q resolution that insurance be
!. taken out on the following: Dwelling a;
new reservoir. city stables and dwelling,
Howitzer armory. Also, resolution to in.
sure the white and coiored almshouses FOL
one half their value, Office OF lower gas
works for one half its value, Seabrook's
warehouse for one fourth its value, and to
discontinue insurance on the ciry hall and
first market.
The committee also presented resolution
instructing the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings to place tie insurance Of The pub
4 Iic-school buildings Of the city and property
contained therein for one third the value o.
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