Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-19
MANCHESTER NEWS.
A BUSY ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
A Sewer Wanted from tho Tannery-Th'
Mayor Wants His Salary Increased
Street-Car Rails, &c.


TANNTsY SEWER.
A letter was read from Mayor Attkisson
in which he SAID that the tannery now
situated in the lower part OF the city hau
been long considered nuisance; tnat ne
had inquired into the matter, and the only
means he could suggest to abate the null
sance would be to run q pipe from the tan
merry through the Danville railroad embank-
ment. and under the canal to th9
agreed TO do. and bids have already been
advertised for 10 put in an eight-inch pipe
to the river, the cost of which would DE
s2s5. The company" continued the
Mavor, will give the city check Tor SSuO
If the city will have pipe from hfteen 10
twenty -four inches IN diameter put under
said canal and railroad. and also put an
eight-inch pipe from the tannery 70 the
sewer at their own cost. This would cost
the city about ~35."
The paper was referred 10 tne StTcet
Committee with power to act.
WAIT STONE STEPS.
A letter was read from Mr. G. A. Carr.
chairman of the School-Board Committee
on Buildings. asking that the Council ap-
proprlate S4O0 to put stone steps to the
white-school building. Referred 70 the
Committee on Public Lands and Buildings.
A letter from Mr.. John L. j.. Turner
making application for a position on the
city police force was referred to the Board
of Police Commissioners.
The MAYOR reported that the fines col
lected in his court during the month OF
June amounted to s33.6O.
WANT MORE SALARY.
A letter was read from Mayor Attkisson
asking an increase OF salary IRON What IL
now is TO what the charter contemplates
a obfnf 0t CITY OF tnlS
size should receive. or at least $500 per
wear. He states that when the present
salary was fixed the city had only
ak thousand inhabitants, whereas 1t
| has now nearly twice as many
| The duties Of the Office, he says, demand
nearly the whole of his time III order tnat
| he may properly look to the, clty's interest.
| His present compensation, he says, Is less
! than seyenty-fve cents per day. ana less
| than street laborers are paid. he asks that
the increase 90 into effect from July lst ana
| that ne be allowed the fees OF justice OF
| the peace.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
THE CEMETERY
The Committee on Cemeteries presented
a reuort showing that the total receipts tor
| the wear ending June 3Oth last were
| &. .52l. SO: superintendent and lana hire,
al 263. amount to the credit W the ceme-
| tery. 1858. SO: sale of sections, S995.33; re-
ceipts for burials, S523.
| A large number Of building permits were
granted
SANITARY MEASURES.
The Board of Health had a communica.
tion before the Council urging that vigil
liant measures be adopted throughout the
| summer SO as to keep the city IN 2ooc
sanitary condition. and asking that TIE
| Council let the board have the city carts
for sanitary purposes. Referred to the
| CITY Engineer and Street Committee VIII
directions TO lend all the aid possible tt
the board.
| sTREET-CAB RAILs.
Mr.. Rolin offered a preamble and resoiu
tion citing the fact that the L rails De
ing LAID on Perry street by the Southsid'
Land and Improvement Company VIII pre-
vent traffic and are unfit for the purpose o
city railways and directing the City iEngt
neer to stop the laying of - rails OF
Perry and other streets and that other rali'
be used.
MIR. Beattie made q motion, which aftel
free discussion was adopted, t9, refer th'
resolution to the Street Commlree. INT
trouble of which Mr. Roln complains l.
that these rails are so much above TN
eronnd when they are laid OF
the stringers or ties that 1T i
impossible to pave or gravel VI
nIase 70 IL 4 reference to the ordi
nances did not show. as was th0ught !
would. what kind of rail was 20 be USED
The president of the company. Mr. sea
don. has written the Engineer that tn
railing will be made 10 suit the Council.
PAY FOR PAVING.
An ordinance was introduced regarding
the having of the cost of sidewalk paving
As the law stood lot-owners were require:
| L. l., cf
nance proyides that the cost shall be pai'
in four instalments, o1e fourth OF IN
amount within sixty days after the compie
tion of the work, and the other payment
in one. two. and three years, with legal III
IN m 1tjon of Mr.. O'Brien the rules wer
! suspended and the ordinance adopted.
OTHER MATTERS.
resolution was offered by MIR. Roli
, that the section in the ordinances relatln
TO the weight carried on two-horse cart
he suspended. The section referred l
nroyides that the weight OF any two-ho,Ii,-
cart shall not be over 1000 pounds. IN
matter was referred to the committee
Ordinances. e..
noned until the next regular meeting
At 1915 o'clock the Council ADJOURNED.
{ Mr. David h. Winfree. Jr.. and Miss Jer
mic Archer were married Wednesday nIgh
at Bethel church. In Chesterheid; hea
Midlothian. The ceremony was ,pertormee
c Inv Rev. Robert Winfree, brother or tl
a Groom. The bridesmaids were Misses Eli
= Fulks. of Manchester; Addie Vaughan,
Powhatan: Matte Archer and julia WOO
I ridge. of Richmond. There was recel
. | ton after the marriage.
! Mr. G. L. Z. Caracristl. of Granite, Che
terfield county, who has been taxing
, horseback tour of Southwestern virgin
and Western North Carolina, has returns
I home after lengthy stay.
a The Chesterfield County Court has a.
! iourned for the term after one OF u
h busiest sessions held for years, Bosto
Perkinson ,colored) was convicted OF stea
ing brass working barrel worth 1922, u
property of the Midlothian Coal MIMI
a Company, and sent to the penitentiary i
: two years. Judge Clopton refused tne
4 plication of MIR. Miles t.. White for
h license to sell liquor on the. Mldiothia
a turnnike. about four miles and half fro
l. Manchester. :.
s Mr.. Henry Prichard, a vell-known eli
N zen of Chesterfield county, residing aoo
two miles above Matoaca, had his II
}: broken on Wednesday by a log falling
|. him.
l. PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. Lou Voolfolk is visiting at Bn
Hill.
Mr.. James +. Harrison, OF Danyiile, W
s. in Manchester Thursday afternoon.
Miss Alice Mcmahon, OF Chesterfield, d
)r left for a visit to relatives IN Washingto
Mr.. j. Cook left yesterday for vl'
r of several days to the seashore.,, wv.
Misses Mamie Snellings and Virgie WI
B. free have gone to Danville to spend sever
weeks.
Mr. Augustine Royall. who, has been
1T disposed for several days, has gone
at Ocean View to spend awhile.
The Alert fremen spent some time Ia
night testing the fire. plugs.
The sidewalks on Porter street are bel
IN graded ready to be paved.
]. Professor ElIhu Morrissette. OF AZ
re- mond. for many years resident OF MI
RS chester, was IN the city yesterday;
Major Leavenworth. or Petersbu
he formerly City Engineer here, was in M'
al chester yesterday.
~. City-Sergeant Fitzgerald, who has be
To very sick for week or two. Is steadily
proving. He was able to be out In
yard yesterday. :,
The Rev. J. j. Clopton will preach at
he Meade Memorial church Sunday al!