Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-13
CITY OF MANCHESTER
VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONSIDERED BY
THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
The Company Can Only Have One Route
The Water supply-Stopping Of
Trains-Other Items

Trains-Other Items
The September meeting Of the Manches-
ter Council was held last night. beginning
promptly at o'clock.
President j. X. Perdue occupied the
chair, and the other members in attend
ance were Messrs. O'Brien, Weisiger, Brad
ley, Beattie. A. c. Jones, BrOwder. Fair,
Rolin, and Hart.
The report of the Chief of Police, which
was forwarded by the Mayor, showed that
there were 100 arrests made during the
month. OF these were for felony, % tor
misdemeanQr, and SO for ordinance VIOLA
tions. The collections for the month
amounted to $1,000.
SALE OF BONDS.
The Finance Committee reported that
the sale TO a Baltimore firm at ninety
eight cents and interest of the >2j,OOO OF
bonds issued for the Free-bridge repairs
and other purposes had been confirmed
by the committee The report met with
the approval of the Council.
The DEcATUR-sTREET FRANCHISE.
Mr.. Bradley, chairman of the Street
Committee, to whom was referred the pc
tition of the Manchester Railway and I'm
provement Company for certain franchises,
made a report recommending that the pc
tition be granted. provided the company
surrendeIs its right OF way on lwelith
street from Decatur to McDOnough and on
McDonough from Twelfth street 10 Co
wardin avenue. Mr.. Bradley also submit
ted an ordnance prepared by tho Clty AT
torney carrying out the views OF the COM
mittee. Under a provision of the charter
requiring ordinances TO lie over one month
no action was taken.
The ordinance gives the company the
right 10 construct a street-car line TO he
operated by horses, electricity, or otner
mOtive-power up Decatur street from
Twelfth to the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad. thence on the company's. private
property into Hancock street, and thence
10 Holly street, which IL the corporate limit.
To avoid coming back into the city, as
would be tho case were the line to 90 oalong
Holly street from Decatur to Hull, the
company, has purchased lot IN the county
by which Hull street is TO be reached.
The ordinance provides that the company
shall give transfers over the Richmond
street railway.
CAN HAyE THE TRACK.
The Council adopted an ordinance IA
vorably reported upon by the Street Com
mittee authorizing Messrs. Renney *
Mcintosh to construct a branch track
from the Richmond and Danville road
into their stOno-yard on lower Hull street.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
The report of the Committee on Gene
teries showed that the receipts on account
of Maury cemetery during August were
S13G. ~, and the expenses s11O.2O, leaving
the net profit of S26.U.
Tho Committee on Light reported adj
versev on the proposition of the Iraylor
Electric Company to light the streets of
Manchester. as the city does not control
the electric poles now up, which the COM
pany desired TO use. The report was
adopted.
A large number of permits to erect frame
buildings were granted.
SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE.
A letter was read from Mr.. W. 7. De
Saussure petitioning on behalf of himself
and associates for the exclusive franchise
and privilege of laying a sewerage system
in and under the streets Of the city, to be
connected with the dwellings along the
streets. Mr.. De Saussure gives the assu-
rance that the system adopted shall be ac
ceptable to the Council and Of the most
approved modern construction. Connec-
tion Herewith shall be made compulsory
by an ordinance which shall also provide
efficient means for the collection of sewer
rents and rates for connections.
Referred to the Committee on Streets.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
The President submitted a letter from
Superintendent II. :. Bradley, of the Man
chester Wster-WOrks, saving that the Old
Dominion Iron and Nail-Works Company
is constructing dam from Belle Isle across
to the Chesterfield shore, cutting of the
city's entire water supply. Dir. Bradley
stated that efforts were being made 10
reach an agreement with the Nail Works
people, and expressed the hope that the
Council would take some action to supple
ment the claims of the company.
Judge Clopton, the City Attorney, stated
that he had talked this matter over with
Captain Williams, counsel for the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company, which
owns the Manchester water-power, and he
thought the matter would be settled with
ont anv trouble. Several members spoke
of the Importance of prompt action To the
city. and the subject was referred to the
City Attorney, with power to act.
WHAT IT COST.
A letter was read from Captain William
Henry White. of New York, president OF
the Manchester Water Company, acknow-
Lodging the receir' from Secretary Walden
of n resolution g he Council requiring
him to give a state Ient of the cost OF the
works. Mr.. White aid that he did not
think the CouncIi H. The right to require
such a statement, Ddt waving TINS he
yould attempt IN the near future TO give
the information with as much accuracy rs
possible, not having preserved all the
vouchers. .
The letter was referred to the Commit
tee on Water.
THE STOPPING OF TRAINS.
Mr.. Perdue called Mr. Bradley TO the
chair and took the floor to read letter
which he said he had been asked to bring
10 the attention of the body. 1t was from
Major Fred. X. Scott. president of the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
Company, and related 10 the or
dinance recently passed by the
Council providing that all passenger
trains passing through the city shall stop
at the Manchester dep0ts. Major Scott
said the company's counsel were of the
opinion that the city could not impose
any such conditions. but he desired 10
waive all questions Of law and asked that
the ordinance be suspended until COM
mittee from the Council could nave
conference with Major Myers. IL
was the disposition of the company to
afford the people of Manchester every ac-
commodation possible, but there Were two
trains that il would be almost Impossible
Tor them 10 stop without violating sche-
dule contracts which the road was under
heavy obligations 10 execute lie expressed
the belief that II Mao" gYerS was gIanteu
a hearing bv stopped in thor tae Council
he wCci' 100 soon yet to Groom that would
be j. PosTMAsTERs APPonain,oa ache5nie .rla1 ,e
4 ostmasters for Virginia: Ii.
enhein. Albemarle county, o,
.her, resigned W. 1. Ri, with
sta I, reh View Nirewg5lrins little more into de-
tai ", closed by moving that the ordi-
mace bc temporarily suspended; This
was agreed to, and then on his further mo-
ton Messrs. Rolin. Browder. and Bradley
were appointed committeeto confer with
Major Myers.
Mr.. Beattie said if the city did not have
the right to prescribe what trains should
stop il could say what should be the maxi;
mum rate of speed. Ashland did tins, and
rather than take ten minutes to run tram
through the town the company decided to
accede to the popular wish and make the
stop.
MIR. Bradley said he thought the com
pany could easily arrange to stop the tast
mail, which consumes over twenty minutes
in Petersburg, and the cannon-bail tram,
which lays over at that point forty-hve
minutes before proceeding to Norfolk.