The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-03
PETERSBURG.

THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION AND TAX BILL
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES FOR
TIE MKT FISCAL YEAR-REDUCTlONo OF Tue
RATE or Misunderstanding DEFINITE
ABouT THE HARBOR IMPROvEMENT-THE
CRoPs-sUDDEN DEATH OF A LADY-FATAL
sTABBING ARRAY IN DiNwIDDIE, &C.
lCorrespcndence Of Tie Richmond Disps,ch.l
JUNE 2, 1881.
In the report OF the Finance Committee
made TO the Common Council yesterday az
ternoon the probable receipts Of the city
| from all sources for The fiscal year COM
mencing on the 1st of July are placed at
Is1S7.5l7 rs, including deduction OF SILL
600 made for probable delinquent tax. The
taxable real estate OF the city for 1881 is
81, 257, 295; personal property, S3,2lO,4S5.
The probable expenses o: the city are
placed at $780, 0iG0, exclusive OF appr0-
priations for sewerage and The Apo
mattox Improvement. The estimates for
these have not yet been handed IN 10
the committee. There is handsome
balance IN the treasury, due to the receipt
during tue year Of extra income derived
from interest on back dividends q the Pc
tersburg railroad, the excess OF sales OF
stock Of that road over and above the pay
mCnt Of the loan maturing August /, 1880,
the increased collections OF delinquent taxes
aud liceDse taxes, &c. Under this favorable
cOnuItIOH Of things the Finance Committee
recommend a reduction OF the tax on real
and personal property from Sl.55 to Sl.5O as
sufficient TO meet the expenses OF the city
for the next year. Ii is believed that ms
will leave q moderate surplus for improve
ments and contingencies. The report was
laid over for consideration next Tuesday.
| tf,, la
$4,000 for streets, Sl4 600 for police, $ll,-
600 Tor schools, anu $4,000 for the public
parks.
The Council last evening heard the report
OF the engineer who was employed to
make survey OF our harb0r, with view
TO asceftaiping the cost OF the construction
Of a basin for the convenient accommOda-
ton OF steamers aud vessels drawing twelve
feet OF water. The engineer recommends
| the excavation of q basin between Jettes
| Nos. 3 and 4, on the PocahoniaS side OF the
river at the eastern extremity Of the har-
bor for this purpose, with depth OF nine
feet at mean low tdc-300 by $50 feet in
dimension-he estimated cost OF which is
5000. Other recommendations are made,
which would give in addition harb0r
1850 feet long, l40 feet wide, and II feet
deep-the total net cost of which TO the city
would be about Sl1,276. This is exclusive
Of the channel, 40 feet wide, which the
| Government proposes 10 cut through the
harb0r. The report will be considered at
the meeting OF the Council next Tuesday.
A copious rain fell throughout this Sec
| ton last evening, accompanied by bril-
| liant and unusual display Of electricity.
Rain has been much needed for some time
| for all kinds of crops. The season has thus
far been unfayorable for setting out tobacco
plants, aud but little progress has thus far
been made in this respect by the planters.
| The wheat is beading out well, Though the
straw is short. The crop will come in later
this year than last.
Mrs. Mary A. Reams, aged siXty-siX
years, died very suddenly last evening be-
tween and I O'Clock. About o'clock she
walked ont TO visit her son, but on the APP
proach of the storm she returned TO her
home In o carriage. On reaching her room
she complained OF faiptness, and died In q
few minutes. Death is supposed to have
resulted from heart disease.
| Louis Green, worthy c0lored man, fol
thirty years employ ed as brakeman on ouI
railroads, died this morning.
! Many Of the EeadiuSters OF our city are
| IN Richmond to-day attending the COnven.
ton. A great deal Of interest is manifested
ia the action of the Convention, which is
increased by the published reports that
combinations may be formed or contingent
cies arise which may defeat Colonel Cameron.
| The exports OF manufactured tobacco
from this city last month aggregated over
100000 pounds.
A letter from Dinwiddie county states
| that Frank Johnson and Thomas Jones, two
colored men employed on the farm of Mr..
William NJ. Martin, near Ford's deT0t, got
| to fighting two or three nights ago. during
which JOues was stabbed in the abdomen by
johnson and died in few minutes. AT
last accounts johnson bad not been ar
rested. ROBIN ADAIR.