The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-29
COMMITTEE on STREETS.
Railroad Franchises The Hollywood
Sever-Routine Work.

rt1u pttItiOu tTOm FtriOus CttiLcuS vi
Fulton protesting against the laying OF a
double track by the City Railway Com.
pany oa Chester street between Ashland
and Denny. Counter petitions were
presented, aud after discussion, resolu-
tion that the whole matter be deferred
until the committee could view and pass
upon the location, was adopted.
A sIDINGsFRoM THE R. s D. TRACK.
Mr.. John s. Murce, resident manager
Of Kingan & Co, presented a petition
asking to be allowed to lay a siding from
the Richmond & Danville railroad track,
across Dock street and along Fifteenth
street to the warehouse at the southwest
corner of Cary and Fifteenth street Re
ferred to the City Engineer and City At
tOrney to prepare an ordinance.
SEVEN PINES ROAD.
The ordinance allowing the Richmond
,S Seven Pines Railway Company TO run
a single track from the corner of Twenty
sixth and z streets, eastward along
Twenty-sixth street to the corporatio n
line, was taken up
Mr. A. Lsngstaff Johnson, engineer of
the road said that the people on Union
Hill were in favor Of Twenty street
instead Of Twenty. ninth street. Referred
to the City Engineer and Ward Commit
tee with power to act.
CONEY ISLAND LINE.
The City Engineer read the ordinance
allowing the Union Passenger Railway
Company to extend its line from Harri-
son avenue and Broad street and run
Coney Island cars and dummy engines
to the Exposition grounds. This Is practi-
cally the old ordinance, except that the
provisions Of q fiye-cent fare is stricken
out, and the line Is to be on the north
instead of the south side Of Broad street.
The ordinance was adopted and referred
to the City Engineer and City Attorney
for perfection to be sent to the Board Of
Aldermen Monday night,
sHocKoE HILL LINE.
The ordinance granting permission to
the Shockoe Hill aud Union Depot Rail
way Company to construct their line over
route heretofore published was next
considered
The line is subject TO the usual condi.
tions.
Mr.. Carter moved to amend, 80 that If
the company should at any time dispose
Of It's franchises, the purchaser should
pay to the city the sum of $4,000. This
was afterwards withdrawn.
Mr. Higgins moved to amend so as TO
require deposit OF $1,000 as forfeit in
case the work should not be prosecuted to
completion. This provoked a lengthy
discussion, and was subsequently with
drawn. The ordinance as amended was
then recommended to the Council
MANCHESTER AND IMPROVEMENT CON.
PANY's RAILWAY TURYoUTs.
Major Nash, counsel for the Slanches
ter Railway and improvement Company
appeared before the committee and asked
permission for his company to build -four
turnouts from their present single track
These are eventually to be TUNED into
the double track, which the company has
permission to construct The locations
selected are Marshall between Seventh
and Eighth, between First and Adams
between Graham and Hancock, aad
BOwe between Clay aud Leigh. The
track, he said, was rearly completed and
II was proposed to have ten cars running
by horse power by next Wednesday
The permission was granted on the
condition that they be absorbed in sht
second track by the first of July next.
HOLLYWOOD SEWER.
Mr.. Joynes from the Clay Ward Com
mitiec stated that they had examined the
Hollywood sewer bat had no report ic
make. The stencil was very bad, but
there was no positive proof OF its being q
nuisance.
The matter was laid on the table until
next meeting night.
The payment of the regular monthly
bills and pay rolls to the amount OF $l1,'
967SS was ordered.
CONTRACTS FOR FEED.
The committee awarded the contracts
for furnishing feed for the city stables to
the following parties;
Alvey Bros, oats, 81 cents per bushel
corn, 53t cents per bushel, + III. Deant
& Co hay, Sl4 So per ton; straw. AZ cents
per hundred weight Savage, BeveridgC
& Co., brown.staf, S17 so per ton. c. l.
Todd. ship stuff, $ls.40per ton; salt 5 20,
per ton; sheat oats 7S cents per hundred
weight.
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED.
The Engineer reported that the appro
prations for the city hands and carts
and sewer connections were exhausted
The committee asked the Council fol
81 800 for the former purpose and $500
for the latter.