The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-15
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
REGGLAR MONTHLY MEETING.

hecuon Track-The Clarke-Spring Property
sale stopped for the Present--The Water
Kent Ordinance Amended-AnnuaI Repor
OF the Committee on streets-Kickint
Against Proposed Cuivert The Repor
OF the Board of Public Interest.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Board OF Aldermen was held yesterday
evening. Present, the President, Mr.. l..
H. Bass. and the following members
Messrs. Barksdale, Burwell, Cabell. Cole
Dickerson, Glasgow, Peasants, Powers
Rankin, Taylor, Todd, Vanderyall, Well.
ford. and Williams.
Mr.. Chaflin was detained from attend.
ance by family aflliction. MIR. Crump was
also unavoidably detained.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Grounds and Buildings and Streets
This committee presented the following
resolution in their report:
ReS0tred (the Common Council concur.
ring). that the chairman OF the Committee
on Grounds and Buildings and Streets,
with the City Engineer, be, and the same
are hereby, authorized to sell to William
Fay, trustee, the buildings and movable
property on the premises lying on the cor
ner Of Grace and Twenty first streets.
The resolution was agreed TO.
No other reports were presented from
standing committees.
BUSINESS FROM THE OTHER BRANCH.
The ordinance providing for the sale OF
Clarke-Spring property, with Common
Council amendment, which struck out the
words "for other purposes" was re-
ported.
Mr.. Wexford opposed the amendment.
He said 1t was criminal to pass the resOlu-
tion until a hospital was provided for.
Mr.. Williams refused TO vote for the
resolution, and spoke against its adoption.
Mr.. Cabell took the same view of the
question that Mr.. Wexford did, and so eX-
pressed himself.
Mr. Dickerson moved that the resolution
be laid on the table, and the motion pre-
vailed.
| wATER-RENTS.
The ordinance in relation to the intro
ductlon OF water-meters i'm buildings other
than private houses, and fixing the rate at
ten cents per 1000 gallons, was taken up.
Mr.. Welford did not think the city could
afford this. He thought private con-
sumers would claim the same privilege il
this law were enacted. lie moved to strike
out ten and insert seventeen cents per
1000 gallons, and his motion was adopted (;
after which the resolution, as amended,
was adopted-Messrs. Rankin, Vanderyall,
and Cabell voting "No."
RAILROAD CONNECTION.
The ordinance passed by the Common
Council permitting the Richmond and
Allegheny to connect its side track with
its main track across Tenth street north OF
Byrd street was discussed.
Mr.. Todd opposed the adoption OF the
resolution at this time. lie asked that the
resolution be amended so as restrict the run
ming OF trains between the hours of s
O'Clock i'm the morning and G O'Clock =. NJ.
Mr.. Glasgow thought the business ought
not to be embarrassed by such a reStric-
ton. No other railroad was so restricted.
The time had gone by when railroad-ter-
minal interests should be embarrassed in
order to encourage city hauling.
Mr.. Cole favored the connection. and
was astOniShed at Mr.. TOdd's objection,
and cited the Richmond and Danville roads
privileges as an Offset. AS teamster he
was interested, but he would vote against
Mr.. Todd's amendment. lie was in favor
OF free connection. He cited what Dir.
Netherwood had said about losing heavy
shipment Of granite ON account Of the lack
Of this connection.
| Mr.. Rankin agreed with Mr.. Cole, and
Mr.. Burwell also favored the granting Of
| the connection.
Mr.. Williams hoped that Mr.. Todd would
withdraw his objection. and cited the in
terest OF the Tanner & Delaney works as a
good reason.
Mr.. Todd said he saw that il was a hope
| less matter to suppose that his amendment
would prevail, but he proceeded to yindi-
cate the reason for bis amendment and TO
declare that the Street Committee had
never been an obstructionist in these mat
tiers.
The vote was taken and Mr. Todd's
amendment was lost.
Mr., Todd moved that all citizens of
Richmond should not be charged for trans
fer. He said that in Cincinnati, Chicago,
and some other cities, no charge was made.
He explained that this was the extent Of
his information, and II he was misiniormed
he would withdraw his resolution at the
next meeting OF the Board.
Mr.. Burwell favored this.
Mr.. Wilkinson, OF the Richmond and
Allegheny railroad, upon invitation, stated
to the Board that no discrimination was
made against Richmond in the rates Of his
road. The railroad never charged extra
for freight consigned 20 Richmond mor-
chants. but the road, when 1t went to the
extra expense OF shifting freight and then
afterwards had to reshift It. OF course the
incidental expenses were charged. Freight
reconsigned was charged; no other. MIR.
Wilkinson declared that his road would
charge no additional tariff for transfer.
Mr.. Bass (Mr. Glasgow in the chair fa-
yored the connection.
Mr.. Todd's amendment was lost.
The resolution of the Common Council
was then cOucurred in unanimously.
The Board concurred in the amendment
of the resolution to improve the alley be-
tween Main and Franklin, Belvidere and
Henry streets, "with granite spall ln-
stead OF gravel.
ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMITTEE on STREETS.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Williams,
the annual report OF the Committee on
Streets, recommending large number OF
street improvements, was taken up, con-
sidered, and adopted. One hundred and
thirty resolutions for improvements were
included in this report.
DON'T WANT A CULvRRT.
On motion OF DR.. Wexford, the follow
ing petition in relation to the report OF the
committee was referred TO the Committee
on Health:
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen and
Common Council, city Of Richmond:
Gentlemen, We, the undersigned, citi-
zens and ax.payers, residing on First and |
st. James streets, along which the pro-
posed culyert is to run per resolution OF
Mr.. James Bahen, the member from jack
son Ward, respectfully memorialize your
honorable body against running the
said culyert, which we believe to be
=, ,,opacaSsary as IN ie unpalled for /