The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-09
MANCHESTER NEWS.
AN IMPORTANT MEETING OF The
col Neil.
no TEHENT LOOKING TO EsIAB
LIsH.UENT or SEWERS
WORK RESUMED At TIM OLD MID
LOTHIAN MINIS.
The New INN street Church Ready for
Occupancl The Merchants Dril.
Report Of the Finance Com
mitioe -Other Matters

Report Of the Finance Com
mitioe -OiIer Matters.
The Manchester City Council con
ycncd last night IN the Council Chambe
at 1870 o'clock Present Messrs. y. Il
pcriue, W Walsh. ". Z. Hart, J. +
Bradley. ~ &. Bcatiic, John OBrien
f T. " Ncisigcr, u. r. Falconcr, &. \
Jones. j +. Hewlett and Robert Harris
The report of the Chief Of Police wa'
received. showing the number of arrest
during the month of March TO have been
as follows Felony. f. ordinance viola
ton. @, misdemeanor 2l. Total, 81.
The report Of the Committee on Fl
nance recommended that The sum of $50
per annum Doe allowed the Mayor for Of
fee rent, and that the sum OF $50 be ap-
piiatcd. or rs much thereof n may be
necessary. for fitting up an Office fol
the Mayor was adopted. as was also the
recommendation That the City Attorney
be allowed fifteen per cent for collect
ing delinquent taxes on real estate prior
u 1883.
The committee also recommended that
the tax levy for the fiscal year beginning
February LIST. 1889. shall be as follows
Civ taxes. 81 go ON each 800 in value
of real and personal property For pub
DC school purposes, thirty cents on each
800 value of real and personal property.
Adopted
This is the present rate Next year II
will be considerably reduced
The report of the Committee on Pub
he Buildings and Land, recommending
that an appropriation OF - 600 be made
for the necessary Improvements az the
new city jail, WINS adopted.
Ihis committee also reported that the
Jail bad been completed and Was perfect
in all it- parts
The committee reported that they had
examined the old smallpox hospital and
find that witha small cost il can be fitted
mp for white panpers. and also suggested
that "a building of six rooms he erected
for the accommodation Of cOlored pau
pcr- Referred back 10 the committee
for them to obtain cost &c
a NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY
A letter and application wos read from
the Postal telegraph Cable Company 10
erect line of poles and wires from Free
bridge To- sixth street, thence 10 Porter
street thence 90 seventh street thence
90 Mauw street, thence TO the corpora
lion line
The Street Committee recommended
this. provided THAT am Office for business
Doe established here and kept open as q
telegraph station Adopted.
Der oi the members of the congregation
of the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church. asking that the Council recon
slider the matter in rcgmft 10 placing
station house in the market house which
is within twenty steps of the church
Referred 10 The committee on Public
Buildings and Lands, who viii confer
with the petitioners.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Nh j. + Bradley moved that a com
miiice on sewerage be appointed, and
that jhc committee be requested 10 have
report at the next meeting of the toun-
.il as 10 the praciicability and cost OF in
Producing a sewerage system. Adopted
The members of the Street Committee
were made Committee on Sewerage
&. y Green of the First Ward, " "
Pool of second Ward. G.. A. Carr of
Third Ward. and j.. D. Wcisigcr OF
Fourth Ward were reelected members of
he CRY School Board
$4,000 FOR TIE FREE BRIDGE
Mn perdue moved that the sum Of
10000 be appropriated for repairs and
naintainance of the James River Free T
Bridge provided. however. that no part
IF This appropriation be used until .
Richmond appropriales a like amount .
Richmond has already appro-
'riaied $4,000 for this purpose
City Engineer LeavenWorth, Mir
\ alsn and Mr. Jones were appointed q
Ommi,tee 10 dispose of the machinery
nd water pumps belonging 10 The city.
AZ Tie Merchants Drill in the Leader
Tall last night, there were about five
hundred spectators Miss Emma La
nam was awarded the prize "a gold PIN,
nered by Nh A. c. Harding to the
Dung lady most appropriately dressed
Hiss Latham represented Nunnally X
ons
1hcncw Fifth street Methodist Church
as been completed and services will be-
cid therein tomorrow morning al II
clock for the first time The church
as q seating capacity of five hundred
be pcws have all The modern improve
rents and are very comfortable The
uilding is handsomely painted and car
eted. and gallery for the choir has
cen erected just behind the pulpit
.leciric lights will bee placed in the
hurch to-day
The old coal mines at Midlothian are
ow being successfully worked Much
)al is being raised, and number OF
liners are given work 10 do The rail
lad track connecting the mines with the
richmond and Danyile Railroad is be-
lg repaired