The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-30
MORE FAREW ELLIS.
Last SESSION OF A NUMBER OF
OTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

Light, Police, Electric Light, James River
improvement. and Health Tho Grounds
and buildings Committee to Meet To-
Day-Routine Work-&c.
Another batch of Council Committees
met yesterday to close up their work for
the month of June. Going out of office
necessitstes their passing on al bills this
week, and, where possible, up to and in
Guiding to day, the last day Of the month.
The first committee 10 meet was
THE COMMITTEE ON LIGHT.
1t met at the law office of Mr.. Jackson
Guy, a member of the committee. The
hour Of meeting was o'clock. There
were present Messrs. Powers (chSirmau) J,
Malloy Sub chairman), Guy. Kaufelt and
Davis.
The committee passed o: ,c regular
payroll, approving 1t for the month
ending TO day, and also approved sundry
bills which were signed by the chair
man.
The members then INDUCED in speech.
making, parted with regrets, went to a
neighboring place for refreshments, and
dispersed, some taking buggy ride to
the western suburbs. The
COMMITTEE on POLICE
met at $50 o'clock in the Office Of Major
Poe, Chief of Police, corner of Main and
Tenth streets. There were present all
the members Of the committee. They
passed on the payroll so that the police.
men will draw their pay to-day. thanked
each other for cOurtesies extended, and
adjourned.
THE COMMITTEE on ELECTRIC LIGHT
met at 6 O'Clock in the Council Chamber
Present, Messrs. Conner lcharman),
Bryan, and Lange.
This committee was in session two
hours. Superintendent Cole was present
with his bill for lighting the streets with
electricity for the month CT June The
question was raised as 10 whom the city
should pay the amount due Mr. Con.
ner, chairman, sent the Sergeant at arms
TO the Auditors office for past bills The
April bill read, "The Richmond Schuyler
Lighting Company" and WAS receipted
by the Virginia Light and Power Com
pany. The May bill was made out by the
Virginia Electric Light and Power Com
Richmond Schuyler Electric Lighting
Company. What Mr. Bryan and Mr.
Conner wanted to know was "who is the
city dealing with" The bill was all right,
but Mr. Cole could not give all the inf0r-
nation asked of him. The committee
finally decided to approve the bill be-
lieving that though The Schuyler Com
pany was still in corporate existence.
yet 1t had been sold out TO the Vir-
ginia Electric Light and Power Company.
AT the committees request The bill was
changed so as to read that me city was
indebted TO the Light and Power Com
pany. and Mr.. Cole said he would this
morning file an atlested copy of the as
signment of the Schuyler Company to
Light and Power Company Of all their
rights, title and interests.
A question was raised as TO the bill for
he electric light on Shockoe Slip. -72 50,
for the past six months. The light had
not been included in previous bills. To-
day superintendent Cole and Chairman
Conner will count the lights, and if there
are 1875 instead of l24 he will, as chairman,
approve the bill.
Mr. Bryan believed that there ought TO
lie city inspector to look after these
lights, which suggestion Mr.. Cole wei
coined.
The committee ordered lights TO be
placed at the corner of Grace and Seventh
and Franklin and Seventh streets
The question of putting electric lights
on the dock where people walk into the
water after dark and get drowned was
laid over for action by the incoming
committee.
THE COMMITTEE ON JAMES RIVER M
PgOrEMEST
were to have met in the Council Chamber
last night. There were present num-
Der of the members, but not enough to
constitute quorum. They had an in
formal meeting among themselves and
bsde each other goodbye. Mr. Molloy
said 1t was happy event in his life to be
with such a committee. He bade them
farewell with regret. He believed that
there never was body of men more
capable or showed greater fidelity to
duty All their meetings had been
pleasant, agreeable, and lovely. The
regular payroll was signed by the
chairman, Mr. Starke, and the members
present, and will obtain, this morning,
enough signatures to enable the Auditor
to issue hts warrant on the Treasurer to-
day.
THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
met at 7:30 O'Clock in the Council Cham
Der. There were present Messrs. Hud-
nall, Snead, Jones, and Kaufelt. The reg
ular payroll was approved, also large
number of bills, some dating back a
number of months. The committee COM
pleted its business, made sundry short
speeches, and adjourned sine die.
THE COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS AND
BUILDINGS
meets to-day at 12 o'clock in Colonel
Cutsbaws office. They will approve all
bills and the City Hall payroll for the
week. so that the men employed there
can at once get their money.
City Circuit Court.
The business transacted In this court