The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-07


Common Council was held yesterday AFTER
noon The following members were pres-
cut: Nessrs. Clarke presidcr1S Ammons,
Campbell, Cole, Curtis. Davis, Edwards,
Elleft. Fllvsoa, Ferguson, Forester, Eos
ter. Gam al Clay Ward, iTargroye, Hayes,
Higgins, Hooper. King, Lubbock, Me-
Doycll. Patton, Phillips, Potts, Robinson,
Straus, Tinsley, Warren, and Weisiger.
Mr.. Plz.ini was unayoidably absent
COMMITTEE on SHEETS.
Mr.. Curtis, from the Committee on
Streets. presented the following:
Resolued (the Board OF Aldermen CON
curring, That the sum OF $3.50 be, AMI the
same Is hereby, appropriated from the
street fund to place the house oil MIS-.
HAYNES. on Twenty-ff,h near Leigh street,
in a tcnantable condition by grading, un-
dcrpinning, change OF floor, &c
The resolution was rejected.
THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE
MIDI Elyson. from the Committee
on Finance, presented the following report
and accompanying resolution:
RICHMOND. February 3, 1857.
TO TIE Common Co,olcii:
Gentemen,-T Committee on Finance
have duly considered the petition OF nu-
ruerous citizens OF Richmond asking an APP
propriation to be used in the purchase OF
ground and the erection of n suitable
building for 2 Mechanics Institute. The
terms and conditions upon which the loan
is asked and the advantages likely to accrue
TO the city are fully set forth in the peti-
iion. which is herewith returned
The following Is suggested for your
adoption.
Resolved (the Board Of Aldermen con-
cuFTing), That the Auditor OF the city be,
and nc is hereby, directed to issue, on The
order OF the Committee on Finance, per
cent. bonds OF the city OF Richmond, hay
lug thirty-four years to run from the LIST
day Of January, 1882, 10 the extent OF
900. 900; said bonds TO be disposed OF by
said committee in such manner and on Such
terms as they may deem best for the inter
ests Of the city; said bonds TO express on
their face that they are to be rcdeemablc at
the option or pleasure Of the City Council
AT any time after the expiration of ten years
from the 1st day OF July, 1882; $4,000 OF
the proceeds arising from the sale OF said
bonds to be placed to the credit OF the Me
chanics' Institute, and to be applied to the
paymcnt OF drafts drawn oil the Auditor by
The Committee on Grounds and Buildings,
being first certified by the City Engineer,
who, with said committee, is TO have con-
troll Of the construction Of the building for
said Mechanics Institute proposed to be
erected on the lot adjoining the First Viz
ginia Regiment armory.
Messrs. n. V. Randolph and George A.
Ainslie being presented rs q committee
from the Commercial Club in the interest
of the enterprise, addressed the Council
Nv invitation on the advantages to be de-
rived from the establishment OF "Mc-
chanics' Institute
The report was unanimously adopted.
THE CHURCH-nILL AVENUE.
Mr.. Ellyson, from the Finance Commit
tee, submitted the following resolution:
Resolved 1.-THE Board OF Aldermen con-
curring), That the sum OF $4,000 be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated to the
credit OF the contingent fund to be applied
in payment Of damages awarded in favor Of
the property-owners along the line OF
Church-Hill avenue, now on file in the
Hastings Court Of this city, rs follows: j.
III. PoindeXfer's estate. 1890; George :.
Palmer, $500; j. NJ. Sherer's estate,
5000; Sarah j. Darlington, $500; c. w.
Enos, S25; j. G. Crouch, S225; WilliamJ
Clarke's estate. $3.50; ID. Ryan, $50; A. ID.
Williams. $3.50; l.. II. Enos, trustee, 5000;
William Salmon S50-total, $6,GG3; pay
ments OF which TO be made on the order of
the City Attorney, who is hereby instructed
10 examine title and do all else necessary to
De done for the protection OF the city.
Adopted.
COMMITTEE on LIGHT.
Mr.. Curtis, from the Committee on
Light, submitted the following:
Do,ol,,t;c,, 1ou0fiDCr Onu loads of cnkp IN
the Ladies' City Mission. Adopted.
Resolution declaring il ineXpedient to
light the city with electric light. Adopted.
Resolution rcfundiug to r. Adam SO
for gas wasted by the melting OF lead cap
on pipe in house occupied by w. i. Hers
man a. Co.. destroyed by fire December 20,
1881. Adopted.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Mr.. King, from the Committee on Fire
Department, submitted the following:
Resoiued Uhe Board Of Aldermen con-
o::;.nN That permission be, and is here
by. granted TO the iv"ccwlssey persons 10
erect framed buildings in the city Ia accord
ance with their respective petitions: VIII
liam w. Camp, TO pull down one-story
-shingled-rooi building, and instead erect
shed a4x100, covered with tin, in rear Of
No. 22l5 east Franklin street; a. {. liar-
ston, dwelling 22X32, two stories high.
with wing, on Clay between Graham and
Hancock streets; William Miller, kitchen
9sx26. ut extreme end OF Ninth street /;
George Koch, addition 1927 to No. Ill
west Marshall street; Mrs. c. \. Gentry,
dwelling 1sX30 on McCance alley between
Clay and Leigh streets; w. b. Powers,
dwelling corner Hancock and Leigh streets,
l4x30: Mrs. Sophia Edwards, dwelling
near corner Bowe and Clay streets; " +
Woody, house 30x32, two stories hi@ Al, ant
stable, on corner Clay and Thirtiefi streets
C.P.E. Burgwyne, addition of closet, -
10. TO dwelling No. 001 west Marshal
street; J. F. Brown and II. J. Bass, fouI
dwellings, i5X22, on D,ival street between
First and 81. James streets; j. 4. Bryant
dwelling. 32X2f, two stories high, Will
wing on Broad street between Twenty-irs
and Twenty-second streets +. Sitterding
open shed, 20X32, corner Of st. james ant
Leigh streets Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way Company, to change their platform
scale house from present locality TO Unioi
street, 40 feet in rear of W. III. Briggs 4
Brothers storchouse; j. X. Mounicastie
yr., carriage-shed, 30x20, on Eleventh stree
between Broad and Marshall streets, nea
stable; John +. Epps, frame house on Ven
able street between Seventeenth and Eigh
teenth streets, two stories high, 23X4S.
R.Soiced, That the petition Of W. l.. Co
wardin, 10 erect framed structure on wheel
wright-shop on his lot on Eighth stree;
NC, be rejected
The report was adopted.
SMALLPOX HOSPITAL
The join. special committee 20 select :