Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-29


directors of the Manchester Railway and
Improvement Company, asking that the
tmc for the completion ot their street
railway line from Alayo's bridge % Seventh
street. and 60 have cars running thereon.
hc extended from July Sth to September
let. The letter stated that the track had
been completed except across the Rich
moud and Allegheny Company's bridge
over the canal. which is not now IN proper
condition to receive the siringer- for the
track and at he Richmond and Danvllle
railroad crossing. where the space between
the tracks instead of beng paved IS hlicd
with rails These rails the company
think. should be required to be taken MP
and lct the space hc paved. The assurance
rs given that Just as ,oon ms the company
can cross the canal bridg" their track Will
be finished and cars Will hc Iun. If the
RIGHT of way over Mavo's bridge shall not
have heen gotten before that time he COM
pauv proposes 80 make transfer 10y herdlcs.
lhe company profess 20 be exceedingly
auyions 10 begin 90 run then cars as soon
as possible.
The Street Committee recommended
that tha extension be granted and the
Council concurTcd IN thle.
NOT ALLOWED.
The Committee ON finance. to whom
w.s referred q communication from Mr..
q
pprtv Oh Perry street between Twelfth and
thirteenth. sustained 10y reason OF tho
street bang filled at thi, point, reported
| that the city was NOT liable. The report
was confirmed.
CLOTH AWNINGS.
The ordinance offered az previous
meeting providing that ln future only lron-
| frame awnings with cloth covers shall he
vut mp ON Hull street was taken from the
I ] ...f.. tod
AvcS. e.: noes. g. Mr.. Bradley changed bis
vote from Ave 20 No and the matter went
over. 10 may be taken dp At a iulue meet
| iu- ON motion 20 reconsider.
IEr FoR HDrx.
transcript from the record If the lI1s-
tiues CoGrt showing that an allowance II
SI7j had been made by the Court 20 Clcrt
H. T.. DuNal for making an index 10 deeds,
wills. DC. was read and referred IL thh
Committee on Finance.
4 largo number of building permits were
granted. and other masters a % routine
character were disposed OF.
TAXI MANCHESTER ~.
W- Rats.i. who Is now making am Illus
tratcd map 81 the City of HlchInoud. was
granted thc privilege of the hour. and
briefly addressed the Council wtih WOW
90 securing m order for ten copies oi the
h
Manchester and Ler immediate suburbs
shall u, embraced u the map. Tho map
of Richmond viii be- made INTO thirteen
sections. and Manchester. II included,
viii be gwen three additional sections
lir Bradley thought it very important
that there should be o good map of the
CITY. and III order that the subject might
be properly considered tho proposition
Was. ola his motion, reIerred to the Fmnnce
Committee.
Mr.. Bates yaid while on the 1ocr that
four Of the businessmen O! Manchester
had consented 10 take the map and TINS
would leave only Ak for winch the city
would have - pay.
THr NFv BRIDGE
Nj Perdnc read the resolution recently
adopted hy the Free-Aridgc COmnlSgioDeTS
and published IL the USpatch, recommend
iup the bulldlne Of "a new bridge instead OF
rcna1riug the present structure. aud asking
thai tho $1,000 already appropriated by
each cltv for repairs bc increased 70 t2J,OOO
each, which amount. supplemented oy
what would be realized from the sale ol The
ola bridge, would bee sufficient 10 pay tor
the new one. The report OF Engineer
Shrrcd5 showing wherein 10 Is West and
most economical 10 build a now bridge,
which was also published IN this paper. was
read I'D connection with the cominlhslon-
crs' resolution
Mn. Shlrreas va, present. and inrepiy 70
a question as 20 the cost of building .
st1uc-lrch bridge SAID he bad never made
am estimate for one lie bad been told
that some of the present piers were built
on rip-rap foundations. and # such was
the case he doubted the pracucabllty OF
having stone bridge as the break
ing If any one Of the twenty spans
would cause a crash Of the whole
stone arches might be built from
the present piers but the bridge could not
be made any wider than the present one
Mr. Shlrrefs said he had at the suggestion
of Colonel Cutshaw, figured on hnck-
arrh lridrc. and this me thought would
cost about $3.50 ,Ol0 and an iron bridge, he
thouobt. would cost at least GjO,OOO more.
Mr.. Perduc addressed the Council briefly
in advocacy of the appropriation asked ior
and showed that II Is economy 10 huhd q
new bridge He thought tho time would
soon come when Il would be eXpcdlent 10
build an iron bridge between the two
cities, hut for The presen1 a how wooden
bridge was best
MIR Per,iur offered resolution appro- !
priatine $3.50 10 the credit Of thc Bndge !
Commissioners in addition 10 the clO.OO0 |
ALREADY placed at their disposal. Hctcfred !
10 the Finance Committee.
wA11.R TEST.
Nr. Faulconer thought The Council !
sl,olld have IA test Of the firc-plugs of the /
Manchester Water Company made 50 rs 70 |
ss-- whethcr there 4, such protection |
against fire AZ Is guaranteed 10y The COM
pauy
on motion of Mr.. BRADLEY II was resolved |
that a test br made Oh te afternoon OF |
Julv 4th at ( O'Clock. Some thought II best |
10 have the test IN the forenoon, but the /
above hour WAS fixed
PAETNG WORDS.
This beng the last meeting Of the pres
cnt Council, 81. Bradley sad he thought |
speeches Wcro m order from the retrlhs !
members. lie expressed his friendship toI
every member Of the body, and sad he re-
gretted having to part with amy.
Messrs. Walsh and Hewlett the only Two
retiring members, spoko briefly thanking
then associates for tho uniform courtesy
shown them and wishing continued pros
Ueritv 10 the clty and her law -mLkers
both retired feeling satisfied that III all that
they had ever done they had acted ior the
best interests Of the city as they saw It.
Adjourned al 1910.
Ls0IsLAIIyB CONVENTION
Ata conference held Yesterday between
Mir. +. C. ID. Farmer and George T.. Robert
son. Esd, charnen respectively ot the
Democratic party III Manchester and tlc--
tsr6eld II was decided to hold the contch-
I IOu iOf lhc uoluiiotioh "a t"' H.'
OF the House of Delegates from tins DIS
trict in thls city on the 18th OF August;
Tho county of POWhatan IS also embraced
in the district. Delegates viii be chosen
upop the same basis OF representation 10
the State Convention, and the same ones
NAV serve IN both. This doubtless was the
chief reason for fixing the date Just one
day before the State Convention. 1t has
not vet been decided in what hall tho con
....,tta, Will ba held III Is understood that |
one of the delegates will be taken from
Manchester and one from Chesterfield
Several persons have already been spoken
OF ia connection with the nominations.
TIE SCHOOLS.
The public schools of the city closed
after very successful session
sf nine months. At tho white schools
shore were no formal exercises The teach
- sinnlv handed the dipiomaa and cer-