Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-03

| Jones. kaufman. Render. Lange, Molloy
Montgomery. and Parrish-24.
For Or. Winn-Messrs. Adams. Crenshaw
| Dickereon. OtIey, Bryan, Ferriter, Hudnall
| owen, Pearce, PiZzini, and Sterke-11.
CONFIRMATION.
The appointment Of Mr.. E. s. Bate
as Assistant City Engineer was con
firmed, after which the body adjourned
Common Council.
As soon as the joint session endet
the Common Council was called t.
order. Present: Messrs. Bethel (ir
the chair, Ammons, Archer, Bowden
Bryan, Connor, Cutchins, Farrar, Fer
ritter, Griffin, Hayes, Hudnall, Hughes
Jones, Kaufman, Kendler, Lange, Mol
10y. F. C. Murphy, Owen, Parrish
Pearce, Pizzini, and Starke.
AWNING PERMITS, &C.
The Committee on Streets reported il
favor of granting several permits to erec
awnings, construct street.cellars, ant
making small appropriations for laying
sewers, &C.. all of which were agreed
to.
CITY RAILWAY TRACKS.
The report also recommended an or
dinance providing that the City Railway
Company be granted permission to ex'
tend its tracks from Ninth and Broad
to Leigh, up Leigh to Brook Avenue,
also up Main as far as the western cor.
porate limits of the city. Mr.. Pizzin
moved that that portion Of the report
be laid on the table and printed and put
on the desks of the members at the next
meeting.
Several members wanted to hear the
report read, and it was done.
Mr.. Ammons said if it was in order
to offer an amendment, that he would
propose that the company be made to
run its cars along Twenty-first street to
Church-Hill avenue, along Church Hill
avenue to Twenty-fifth street, along
Twenty-fifth street to P street, along P
street to Oakwood avenue, along Oak
wood avenue to Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Pizzini said the object Of his
motion to lay on the table was in order
that it might be amended as Mr.. Am-
mons suggested. The company, he
said, should be made to run its cars
not only where itderived big revenue,
but where it would be convenience to
all citizens Of the city; and he was op-
posed to granting further powers to the
company unless they are willing to do
as Mr. Ammons suggested. II this
company would not, some other compa-
ny would.
Mr.. Bowden said that the company
should be made to pay for the costs Of
printing the ordinance.
Mr.. Ammons said he would not vote
any further privileges to the company
until it agreed to run its cars on Church
Hill.
The Council agreed to lay on the
table and print.
OFFICERS OF THE ALMsHoUsE.
The Committee on Relief Of the Poor
presented an amended ordinance for the
adoption Of the Council, which provided
that the almshouse shall have super
intendent, first assistant superintend-
ent, q second assistant superintendent,
q physician, q matron Of the almshouse,
and o matron Of the hospital. The su-
perintendent of the almshouse shall also
be superintendent Of the city hospital,
keeper of Shockoe-Iill cemetery, and
superintendent of public charities /; the
the second assistant superintendent Of
the almshouse shall be a colored man,
and shall reside at the cOlored aims
house,"
Mr.. Cutchins did not know whether
the action proposed by the ordinance
was legal or not, and he moved to refer
to the Committee on Ordinances. The
Council, he said, had no right to raise
the question of color or discriminate 10
favor of either race. The ordinance
Was referred IS suggested.
PAVING STREETS.
The report of the Committee on
Finance recommended the refunding OF
certain taxes unduly assessed, which
was agreed to. 1t further recommend
ed the appropriation Of s40, 900 to pave
Broad street from Foushee to Seventh.
Mr.. Ammons wanted Seventeenth
street and Main from Twenty-first to
Thirty.frst paved. He said be would
vote for the appropriation if these two
sections could be improved. Helived on
Church Hill and walked on Seventeenth
street, and he wanted that improved.
Mr.. Kaufman was in favor Of the re-
port of the committee. He believed in
improving the principal streets, and he
declared that no thought should be enter
tanned of paving Seventeenth street until
the Union depot is finished, and that
unsightly depot the Chesapeake and
Ohio, and its tracks removed. lie did
not believe the councilmen should seek
to improve their own wards, but legis-
late for the best good of the entire city.
Mr.. Bethel (Mr. Owen in the chair
was in favor of the improvement of
Broad street, provided it did not inter-
fere with the annual appropriation to
streets.
Mr.. Ammons here withdrew his
amendment, and said he would vote for
the report of the committee.
Mr.. Jones said that Main street was
the one that needed improvement, and
be thought money was being spent in
the wrong direction when spent on
Broad street.
Mr.. Hughes favored the recommend
alton Of the committee.
The Council agreed to the sppropria-
tion--syes, 20; noes. 8.
REPAIRS AT THE NEW PUMP-HoUsE.
The report of the Committee on
Water contained . letter from the
Sup srintsndent Of the Water-Works
ask;u~ an sonYonriation for repairs 70