The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-03
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PEIERSBuH0.
sur1s AoAINsT THE CITY--THE LATE w..
WORKS. AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ENPLolsr s
MOVING yon THEIR sALARIEs-THE COUNT.
rArs TO GIVE 5000 FOR THE SohAA'
CoLLE0E--oTrIER MATTERS
fCorrespondence or the Richmond Dnspse ss
WV MARCH 2, 1888.
Stems have been taken by the empIoysss
N the water.works and fire department.
employes. who were on duty from july -.
10 December Dist last year, to Drins SUI.
AGAINST the city for the payment Oh .nen
resnectiye salaries. Petitions In seveIai
Instances were presented to the Coiincii re-
spectfully asking that their salaries DC pau
The matter wss referred 10 the city alloI-
new for advice, and that gentienan,
returned them to the Council Wnn
tbe recommendation that the Claims
he not paid. The petitioners represent
that no demand was made upon them ior
the surrender OF their positions by any per
con. and that for five months and tWen,y-
one DAYS they discharged their duties
faithfully, and that under the clrcuW-
stances they are entitled to pay. IN tne
matter OF Messrs. B. w. Slocum anu ID ~
Roberts. engineer and fireman AT tne
urater-works. the sworn statement Is made
that after their appointment by the Demo,
cratic authorities they were engaged anu
continued in Office by the Readlusters.
while these employees did the WORK IL y
understood that others drew tie pay al
lowed by the city.
In pretty much the same manner rest the
cases of w. II. Coleman. keeper OF the
Central Park, and Henry Crowder. an en-
nloy6 Of the water-works, for whose places
no demand was made. In the Fire De-
nartment only one set OF officials was on
duty during the period between July Isl
and December 2lst-yiz., the Democratic.
In all these cases it is understood SUITS
will be brought, and it Is confidently eN-
pected that the city will be thrown-at
least in several OF them.
The Council last night defeated tle pro-
position to appropriate the sum OF So,OoV
rs bonus for the location OF the colored
Normal College near this city. There
were twelve votes In its favor to seven
against, but il required thirteen votes TO
pass the resolution. Mr.. Bowie. one OF
the Readjuster members, declared that he
could not conscientiously vote for the ap-
propriation, because the Council had
already made extra appropriations amount
ing to upwards Of $4,000 for special pllr-
noses. and he did not think it could afford
TO give any more money. Among these
appropriations were $4,000 for the lunatic
ASYLUM, $4,000 for new dredge, and a
considerable sum for the schools.
The annual appropriation OF $1,000 for
the maintenance OF our public schools has
been exhausted. and the Council will be
called upon to increase the amount.
The city expenditures last month amount
ed to 1874, 149, Of which nearly $4,000 was
paid out in interest on the Southside rall-
road bonds.
What effect the refusal OF the Council to
give 81, 900 to the Normal College will have
in the matter OF the location OF that instl-
tuition near our city will not be known
until the Board OF Directors meet. The
Board. in selecting the site here. made il a
condition of their action that the Council
should give this amount. 1t is understood
that other communities offer inducements
for the college, but it is thought that the
location will not now be changed.
The Council yesterday confirmed the re-
cent sales Of city property, though some
opposition thereto was manifested.
Mr.. J. A. Slcdge, a well-known citizen
of Southampton county, who came here on
visit a few days ago, died yesterday OF
pneumonia after brief illness. His re-
mains were taken home to-day by his widow
for interment.
The last OF the eiectment suits against
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Compa
nv was dismissed Yesterday at Farmville
This case was similar to those recently tried
IN Nottoway county, in which yerdict'
were rendered for the company.