The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-03

| fear-Thc Mayors Veto Annulled Agnin-
The Retrent for the Sick Exempted from
Taxntion-Purchase OF Land Adjoining ths
Armory-A New Engine -IIouse and Police.
/ Station 20 be Built at the Corner OF Brook
Avenue and Marshall srect-Nir. Metzgel
| Allowed 10 Build HaII-MisceIlaneou. OH.
Matters.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Common Council was held yesterday eve
ming at o'clock-present, Mr.. President
Ellyson and the following members
Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bahen, Bowie,
Brauer, Campbell, Clarke, Curtis, Elicit,
Frischkorn, Gum, Hargrove. Hayes, Hig-
gins, Hooper, Hughes, King. Metzger,
Miller, Mcdowell, Phillips, Pizzini, Ran
dolph, Rose, Straus, Turpin, and Weisiger,
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
.Streets.-Mr. Elicit presented the report
from the Street Committee, mapping ont
the work for the ensuing year. 1t asked
for 81, 200 to pave Main street from Fifth
to First with granite spallS; $1,000 to pave
Twelfth street between Franklin and Bank
| al ,5S9.94 to pave Governor street between
Main and Franklin; $3.50 to pave Marshall
street from Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
to Seventeenth; S1,49S.6j 10 pave Seventh
street between Main and Franklin; S2ji
to place granite curbing on the east side OF
Monroe street between Broad and Mar
shall 1909 to place granite curbing on the
north side OF Clay street between Gilmer
and Graham streets; S65 to place granite
| tagging at corner OF Clay and Hancock
streets; SlS2.9l TO place granite curbing
on the north side Of Marshall street from
| Elba school to Hancock street; STj to
place cobble-stone gutter oh the east side
| OF Graham between Clay and Leigh streets
500 to place granite tagging at corner OF
Grace and Shafer streets; $50 to place
granite tagging on west side Of Belvldere,
crossing on Franklin street; $40 to place
old tagging at the corner OF Nam and JEFF
ferson streets; S22S to place granite gutter
and tagging on the east side of Cherry be-
| tween Main and Cary streets; $685. to place
granite curbing, gutter, and tagging OF
| the east side Of Laurel between Main and
Cary streets; 300 to place cobble-stonC
gutter on the west side OF Pine between
Holly and the canal; SlO0 to place same
at Williamsburg and Maple streets
/
south side OF Williamsburg from half
way between Louisiana and Drcwry
| 10 Nicholson streets; Sil0.93 TO place
new granite curbing on the north side
OF Williamsburg avenue between Graham
avenue and State street; Sl39.30 to place
cobbe-stone gutter on Drewry street be
tween Williamsburg avenue and Fulton
street: 5000 TO place new granite curb
/ 10 *. Ia 81 4 14,oo
between Williamsburg avenue and Eight
street; Sl37.63 TO place new granite flag
ging on Broad and Twenty-eighth ant
Broad and Twenty-ninth; $40 10 plac,
cobble-stone gutter on the south side o.
NJ between Twenty-seyenth and Twenty
eighth streets; s30S.15 10 place cobble
stone cutters on Twenty-eighth between
Leigh and VI streets; S123.04 to place cobble
stone gutter on y between Twenty-eightl
and Twenty-ninth streets; S1l2 to place
new granite tagging on south side OF {
crossing Twenty-dfth street and cas-
side Of Twenty-fifth crossing = street
! $50 to place new granite tagging on tn,
west side OF Twenty-tiith street crossing \
street: $3.50 to pave cobblc-Stone CUTIE
on the south side OF Lownes street between
Seventeenth and Buchanan streets; Sj0.6I
I =
side OF Fifth street crossing Duyal street
SCI. go TO pave cObble-stone gutter on TN
north side Of Preston between Second ant
Third streets; S1lG.0S TO pave new grant,
cutter on the north side Of Duyal street be
tween Second and Third streets; SG2 L
pave cobblc-stOne gutter on the south sid
OF Coutts between Il. Peters and It. PauP
streets: $50 TO place old tagging on tn
l., l.. LOO inc STR
S520.G0 to place new granite curbing o
the east side OF Eighteenth street betWcc
Marshall street and the Chesapeake an
Ohio railroad; $50 to pave c0bble-ston
gutter. on north side OF Marshall be
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
$50 TO place cobbe-stOne gutter Z
| the intersection Of LOWnes and Sever
b teentls streets: So 10 place new grant
tagging on the north side OF MAJ
shall crossing seventeenth street; 800
construct . street-hasin on the southwe:
corner OF Clay and Third Streets 500
construct strcet-basin on the east side
Twenty-ninth between Main and Frankli
streets.
The report was unanimously adopted.
A message from the Mayor vetoing cel
tain resolutions touching the claims Of ID
Cullen and Captain Bigger was unan
mously disregarded and the original res'
lutions sustained.
Finance Committee. Mr.. Ilargrov'
chairman, submitted his report. II sul
ecs,ed that the commissioner OF reyenu
omit i'm his assessment OF city property III
Retreat for the Sick, it being chartabl
institution. which was ordered; also, II
? funding license-taX to Mr.. j. Is. Sclate
: and paving bill TO Mr.. NJ. Hessberg; als'
the purchase OF an iron safe for the prote,
tion Of the books, &C., OF the clerk, an
( refusing John Young damages, as ais
. lanes Wilson from relief from water-taA
Tbecommittee reported adversely again'
r tbe appropriation OF $1,000 for the Pun
chase OF the lot adjoining the Regiment;
Armory with view TO extending I'd
: Armory. To this portion Of the repoi
Mr.. Siraus objected. and offered as a
: amendment that 1900 be appropriated
purchase siytv.nine feet OF the lot adloiI
5 inc the Armory. His amendment WI
adopted.
: The report announced that }. Ii. Hoyst'
' had been appointed, in pursuance OF CouI
: oil resolution. clerk OF the committee ut
t salary OF S75 a year. Ii also announce
that fire-rlsks had been distributed betwee
: the various fire agencies in the city as eqll
tably as possible. The insurance on Gil
school buildings expiring February
: 1883, is $50, 800; on furniture ana appar
: tus, Sll $50. The total amount OF ms
e rance On city property was gwen al Sl6o
i 100.
d This report was adopted.
Il An additional report approprE'tihg fio
g 600 to purchase ground and erect an engln
house and police-station az Tue corner
Brook avenue and Marshall street, una
I. the direction Of the Commii'ee Oh "rouh'
/ and Buildings, was presented.
Il, .r ~. .tronoIv favored the schem