Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-13

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security against fire and other good rea-
sons. the Baltimore United Oil Company
desire TO erect brick warehouses, stables
&c. iuplace of the wooden ones now IN eX-
istence. II has been found impracilcable TO
make the change on the site now occupied
bv then. We have in view a suitable site
/ on the corner of Hull and Second
/ streets. Manchester. but before taking
any further steps IN the matter, III
/ the way Of erecting buildings, we
desire 10 have the consent OF your honora-
| bic BODY for the erection OF warehouses,
| stables. and tank foundations which Will
| be all Of brick, and built in the very best
and safest manner 10 guard against hre'
A. our time for decision IN this matter is
| quite limited we would be pleased 70 have
YOU consider the matter at your meeting
| this evening.
Mr.. McBain was present and briefly adj
| dressed the Council He said one-and a.
/ half OF twO-stOry buildings will be erected
! they will be covered with TIN, and the
| company's Offices will probably be moved
here from Richmond. Mr.. Mcl}ain said
the company's capital in business was now
assessed in Richmond, but II will here
| after be assessed in Manchester. The
| buildings will be on lot 7jXl3O teet.
| There Will be five tanks, and the ware
| house will extend along Second street,
with offices ON Hull.
Tie matter was referred 10 a special
committee composed Of Messrs. {. A.
| Jones chairman, A. c. Jones, B. L. Faulk-
ner, ". }. Rollin, and L. w. Weisiger;
with power to act. The committee VIII
meet at 6 o'clock Monday evening at Mr.
| G. A. Jones's store, on lower Hull street
ROUTINE MATTERS.
The usual monthly reports Of the differ
/ ent departments were read and approved.
| The Chief of Police reported Is arrests
| during the month Of June. OF these 70
were for misdemeanor, 81 for ordinance
violations, and for larceny.
UPTOWN ALLEY.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Bradley,
| chairman of the Street Committee, was
adopted, directing the City Attorney TO
proceed TO have the necessary land con-
demned 10 open n siXteen-tCot alley paral-
| lei with Hull street and running from
! Twenty-third and Iwenty-tOurth between
/ Hull and BWnbridge. A petition was
read from propcrty-owners in this Vi
| cinitv asking that such an alley
| be opened, as il Is needed rs a source OF
| drainage. When heavy rains occur the
water runs down this bottom like creek,
and recently Mr.. b. A. Malone and others
have suffered considerable loss. The idea
now is TO have this alley paved and at the
same time use il As conduit for tins waste
! Petersburg railroad ditch.
STREET PAVING.
The Chair laid before the Council an en-
! tirelv new strect-paving ordinance, pre-
| pared by City-Attorney Clopton at the
/ request of the Council, which repeals the
paving ordinance now in effect and pracu-
| callv substitutes the mode OF strcet-paYlng
| in practice in Richmond. The new ordi-
nance, in effect, provides that when
] ma = -nIk
! shall bear the expense of the brick paving
/ in front Of their property, and that OF the
curbing. guttering and paving the road
wav hall be borne by the city. Where
man owns a corner lot he shall pay Tor the
/ brick-work on his frontage and for halt OF
/ his side frontage. ..
| Mr.. Perdue advocated the adoption OF
/ this ordinance, saying that II would be
much better one than the original measure
and showed wherein 1t would work much
| better financially and otherwise. Under
| the proposed measure prOperty-oWnerS, at
/ the discretion of the Street Committee,
NAV be given one two. three, and four
| years in which 10 pay the claims against
them on account of paving.
The subject was informally discussed
and referred to the Ordinance Committee
with the understanding that It be re-
! ported upon at an adjourned meeting 10 0G
| held next Friday night.
STREETS AND ALLEYS.
Ordinances were adopted directing the
! opening of the following streets and alleys
and instructiug the City Attorney TO pro-
coed i'm the matter of condemnation:
Twentv-foot alley from Eleventh to Flf-
teenth streets between Hull and BAN
bridge, the property benehted to
pay the land damages ana the clty 10 pay
for al improvements TO be condemned and
removed.
Openiug Powhatan on Nineteenth street
from cambridge 10 Buchanan, which Is the
continuation of Porter.
Eighteenth street, thirty feet wide, and
Nineteenth, thirty-three feet from the
south line Of Stockton street 10 the line
of the old abandoned railroad line. one
half of the expense of this improvement
TO be borne by the city and half by the
citizens.
The ordinance providing for opening
Semmes street from Twelfth street TO tie
corporation limit was briefly discussed and
laid over until next Friday nights meet
ing.
TIE AWNING ORDINANCE.
Mr.. Bradley, who at the time voted with
the prevailing side, moved to reconsider
the vote bv which the Council at its last
meeting rejected the ordinance providing
that in future no awning shall be put up eX-
cept with iron frames. either movable or
stationary, covered with cloth.
Mr.. Bradley said as the matter now
stood the merchants had no right 10 put
up any awnings at all, the Council having
ordered the removal of all the wooden
ones.
The motion was reconsldered and the
ordinance was adopted, only Dir. A. g.
Jones voting in the negative.
INSIDE OATES.
- - L I'll
yiding that in future no yard-gates shall be
put up except to swing on the inside.
At IL o'clock the Council adjourned to
meet again next Friday night, when the
subjects of street-paying and new Free
bridge will be discussed. Committees will
probably be announced at that meeting.
JONES GETS FOUR YEARS.
The trial of the case of John A. Jones,
charged with the murder of Alexander
Cotton. was concluded in the Chesterfield
County Court Thursday evening, when the
Jury, after a retirement OF forty-hye
minutes. brought in verdict OF guilty OF
voluntary manslaughter.. and fixed the
punishment of the accused at four years IN
the State penitentary.
Counsel for the prisoner moved the Court
10 set aside the verdict as contrary 10 the
law and evidence This was oyerruled.
Next a motion was made for arrest OF
judgment and the matter comes up be-
fore Judge Clopton on Monday: In the
event of a new trial being refused counsel
for the prisoner viii file bills Of exception
ON which to take the case to a higher
court.
Great interest was felt here in the trial
of this case, and the verdict Of the Jury
was the chief topic of conversation, on the
streets yesterday. Some persons thought
the verdict very light; Others thought II
EXCESSIVE. The prisoner was ably defend
ed by Hon. George ID. Wise and Judees