Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-04
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.

City Water.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Common Council was held yesterday
evening at o'clock. Present, Mr.. j.
Taylor Ellyson, president, and the fol-
lowing members Messrs. Ammons-
Archer, Bowie, Bryan, Campbell, Cur
tis, Cutchins, Frischkorn, Griffith,
Gum, Guy, Hargroye, Hughes,
Lewis, Parater, Pearman. Pizzini,
Rankin, Redford, Riddell, Straus, and
Turpin.
The minutes were read and approved
by the President.
GENERAL GRANT.
Mr.. Turpin moved that the rules be
suspended, and that the following reso-
luton be adopted. His motion pre-
vailed, and the resolution was adopted
by rising vote unanimously.
Resolred by the Common Council Of
the city Of Richmond, That we have
learned of the death Of General U. S.
Grant with feelings Of profound sorrow
and as a mark Of respect to that great
soldier and distinguished citizen his
Honor the Mayor be requested to close
the public offices on the day of the fu-
neral and request a general suspension
of business.
Resolred, That the Clerk Of this
body be instructed to communicate to
the family Of the deceased the sincere
feelings Of sympathy that this body has
for them in this hour Of allliction and
bereavement.
JUSTICE RICHARDSON FURLoUGHED.
The following communication from
the Mayor was read
81 feel it a duty to ask at your hands
a furlough for one of our most faithful
and efficient city officers, whose long and
arduous duties, with the confinement
and but little rest, have seriously i'm
paired his health, while the serious and
protracted illness Of his wife has added
erayely TO his mental and physical bur-
dens. ! refer to Hon. d. G. Richard
son, Judge Of our Police Court. He has
been absent in the mountains with his
wife a short time, and | am reliably in-
formed that neither Of them is in a con-
dition to return.
HE is a man of remarkably strict
and sensitive integrity, who may feel
constrained, at much inconvenience and
peril, to return TO duty before it is pro-
per or prudent for him to do so unless
bis continued absence is sanctioned by
you. To avert this peril and impru-
dence to an officer whose superior quail
ifcations and fidelity cannot be found,
| ask this needed relief for him with
out any knowledge on his part Of my
intention.
~ hope you may find it consistent
with your duty and pleasure to give
him leave Of absence Of at least thirty
days, and longer, if his necessities and
health require it."
The following resolution, offered by
Mr.. Campbell, was adopted;
ReSolred (the Board of Aldermen
concurring), That leave Of absence be
granted to d. G. Richardson for thirty
days from August 10, 1885.
IMPROVING THE FIRST POLICE
STATION.
Another communication from Mayor
Darlington was read in reference to the
establishment Of an improvement in the
First police station. The Mayor, as
president of the Board Of Police Com
missioners, presented a report from
them urging the necessity of building a
bathroom and a lodging-rOom for
tramps at the station named.
On motion, the question was referred
to the Committees on Police and Old
Market for action and report.
CONVENTION OF CHIEFS OF FIRE
DEPARTMENTS.
The Fire Committee recommended
the appropriation Of s75 to pay the ex-
penses of G.. Watt Taylor, Chief of our
Fire Department, while attending the
coming Convention Of the Chiefs Of
Fire Departments to be held at Long
Branch, n. j. The recommendation
was adopted.
sTENOGRAPHRR'S PAY.
When the Committee on Claims and
Salaries reported adversely on the pay
ment of Mr.. Alexander's claim for
stenographic labor during the Cluveriu,
trial, Mr.. Pearman, from that commit
tee, said that when the committee was
considering this question he was absent
in Baltimore, but that had he been
present he would surely have voted for
the payment Of the bill. He therefore
moved that the bill be allowed.
Mr.. Frischkorn said he favored the
payment Of the stenographer's claim,
but as this was a small meeting, and
there were three members present who
would vote against the bill, he moved
to refer so much Of the committee s
report as touched upon the stenographic
report to the Finance Committee.
This was agreed to.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Mr.. Bowie, from the special com.
mittee on electric light, presented the
following report, which was adopted
1.-The Committee on Electric Light
have awarded the contract for lighting
the city with electric light for five years
to the Schuyler Electric-Light Com.
pany, Of Hartford, Conn, upon terms
and conditions as set forth in the pro-
ceedings Of the Common Council on page
262 of that body. This action is in &C.
cordance with instructions as contained
in resolution of City Council, approved
by the Mayor July l6, 1885"
HOW THE CITY HALL MUST BE
BUILT.
Mr.. Ellyson (Mr. Bowie in the chair
offered the following:
Whereas it is important that al
questions concerning the construction
Of the new City Hall should be speedily
determined, in order that the work may
be no longer delayed and whereas the
two branches Of the City Council were
unable to agree on the proposition tc
require contractors to give the work to
Richmond manufacturers and mechan.
les and whereas it is the wish of this
community that the building should be