Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-17
NO CARS ON GRACE.
1ue PETITION OF Mr.. MOORE AND
ASSOCIATES REJECTED.
An Oh. Churches oppose the Route and
Nobody Appears for It-Par Of
street Hands

| A fnll meeting OF the NOuncH ComMiItco
on Streets was held in the Chancery-Co
room at Z p. NJ. yesterday.
The chief business Of the meeting was
tho consideration Of the petition of Mr..
Warner Moore and associates and others
for street-railway privileges, though con-
| siderable routine business was transacted
before these matters were taken up.
PAY TIE HANDS.
| Mr Stratton moved that the committee
! hold a special meeting Monday lto-mor-
row. night TO provide some way OF paying
! the street and cart-hanGs. the Council
| having refused to appropriate money there
| for. III. -,
Mr.. Curtis thought the matter would
regulate itself. The city was responsible
| for the money. and when the 3ands became
tired of waiting they couid Drihs sult ~
the Police Court and get judgments which
| the city would have 10 satisfy.
Mr.. Carter suggested that the money
could be taken out OF the streets-gene-
rally" fund.
Several members opposed TINS. ,
Colonel Cutshaw also expressed the
| opinion that the city was bound 10 pay the
money now DUE and to become So III ne
cessary an attachment would DO served on
| The Council would then be brought face
| To face with the alternative OF approprl-
ating funds or selling the mules and carts,
which he was certain they would never al
low.
TIE COMMITTEE REspoNsIBLE.
Citv-Attorney Meredith informed the
committee that there is a special ordnance
preventing any committee from exceeding
its appropriation. Further than TINS the
CITY. he said, il not responsible, though
possibly the members of the committee
could be held liable personally.
Mr.. Carter said the work must 90 on no
matter how the funds are obtained.
MIR. Stratton made a motion that the
Council TO memorialized to allow the COM
mittee TO consolidate its accounts II an
appropriation Is not made.
MIR. Curtis offered substitute asking
the Council for an appropriation OF $751;
600. This was adopted III lieu OF Oil pre-
vious motions.
STOP THE WORK.
Mr.. Turpin was in favor of setting some
time when il the money for pay-rolls IS
not forthcoming. work on the streets shall
be stopped. This was Incorporated IN
motion designating October lst as the
time 10 discontinue and memonalizing the
Council 70 hold a special meeting to con-
cider the matter.
Mr.. Curtis moved TO amend so rs TO stop
the work at once if the money Is not ap-
propriated. This was adopted.
sTREET-RlILwAYs.
The petition of Mr.. Warner Moore and
| Others, published in the Dispatch yesterday.
! for certain street-railway privileges was
read. as was also the rule of the committee
| limiting the speeches of visitors TO ten
| minutes each.
The Chairman stated that he had adverse
petitions from the Chamber of Commerce
and the Centenary-church stewards.
CENTENARY CHURCH.
Rev. DR.. JudKins, pastor of this church,
appeared on behalf of his congregation.
/ The cars running on Grace street, he SAD,
/ would seriously disturb church services,
! especially marriages and funerals
| Messrs. Robert II. Whitlock and j. L;
| Freeman, of the same ceurch, endorsed
| DR.. Judklnss views.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
A petition signed by DR.. Kerr, OF tho
First Presbyterian church, protested yigor-
| ouslv against the proposed route as unne-
cessary and detrimental TO public worship.
GRAcE-sTBEEr BAPTIST.
A committee from this church consist
ing OF Messrs. I. NJ. Foster. n. W. Bowe,
!
Conway Il. Sands were IL attendance and
| presented a petition which set forth IN
| strong terms the undesirabllity of Grace
street route.
Mr.. Bowe said that, leaving the church
question ont. the depreciation OF value IN
nropertv would be at least $4,000 per
| block or $500 for the entire thirty
blocks.
cLAY-sTREET BAPTIST.
Mr.. Russell. of the Clay-Street Baptist
| church. stated that his congregation had
! purchased lot on Grace street IN order to
get away from the electricians and 1t
| would be rather a queer Joke If the cars
| pursued them to that street.
NO FRIENDS PRESENT.
The Chair then asked if there was any
one present who favored the new route.
| No one responded.
Mr. Capers stated that Mr.. Moore was
| Mr.. Stratton explained that he did not
read the petition before he presented 1t 10
| the Council. and that he was not in favor
Of il. The only thing to be gained was
the breaking up of existing lines, which
was TO be deprecated.
MIR. Curtis moved to decide the matter
| Of a future meeting when MIR. Moore could
| be present.
Mr.. Bahen opposed this, and offered as
a substitute resolution recommending
/ to the Council the rejection OF the petl-
ton. This was adopted.
| RIyER-YIEW BOUTE.
The petition of the RIyer-View Company
| for a track up Cary street was referred to
the respective ward committees.
| The same disposition was made OF the
petition for railway down Adams from
| Broad to Main and thence to Twelfth
| street.