Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-14
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
MEETING OF THIS BODY HELD LAST
NIGHT.
The Water Ordinance mended-ClRrk
Spring Property to be soid-street
Railways.

The Board Of Aldermen met last night
The Committee on Streets submitted an
ordinance to require the City Railway
Company to remove by May 18th the branch
or sidc-track leading from their main line
at the corner Of Main and Twenty-eishth
streets TO the car-sheds.
Adopted.
The track is on lot belonging TO the
city. il Is provided that fine shall be
imposed il the company fails to comply
with the ordinance.
AN EXPLANATION.
Mr.. Crenshaw stated to the committee
that in view Of an explanation made by
member at the last meeting treferring. to
Mr. Charles y. Willamss statement that
be (WIlliams) is not responsible Tor certain
street improvements in front OF ms
(WIlliams's) house which he (Williams)
characterized as an unnecessary expendl-
ture Of money! he had been requested by
the Street Committee to show the Board
how this Improvement came about.
Mir. Crenshaw then had read the follow
ing petition:
RICHMOND, VA, February, 1889.
To Tie H0nordbis Committee on Streets:
Gentlemen,-We. the undersigned. citi-
zens and taxpayers, would respectfully
petition you to have the cobble-stone gut,,
ters on Grace street between Fifth and
Sixth streets and on Sixth street between
Main and Broad taken up and replaced
with granite cutters. the present cutters
being very rough and out of grade.
Charles L. Williams, C.. W. Branch (execu-
tor of Thomas Branch, deceased), G. W.
Branch, /. Davenport, Jr., W. McCaw,
W. VI. Cary, Hunter Mcclure, Leigh X.
Page, Mrs. L. Il. Blair, Mrs. K. G. Hulst,
II. Wenzel. all residents within the
boundaries described.
MIR. Crenshaw said this petition was re-
ceived on the 23th Of February, 1889, and
was referred to the Street Committee on
it's tour of inspection. The committee re-
commended 20 the Council the adoption
of the resolution appTopriatlng 500 10
mike The improvements. This resolution
was adopted bv both branches and ap-
proved by the Mayor
MIR. Belvin said he had recommended
that this work be done. He did 80 at the
solicitation of his constituents. Mr.. Will
lams being among those who requested
the Improvement. MIR. Belyin also stated
upon the authority of Colonel Cutshaw
that he had never made any estimate for
the New reservoir and the City Hall. as
charged by Mr.. Williams. who, In opposing
the increase in the salary Of the CITY Engl-
neer, said that that official had cost the
city great deal Of money by estimating
the cost for several pieces OF work ana
each tine his estimate was far too low,
especially in the cases OF the New reservoir
and the City Hall.
THE WATER ORDINANCE.
When the amendment TO the water ordi-
nance which was adopted by the Common
Council (and makes the rate on water TO
the original family occupying house %
and 20 each additional family 80 came up
Mr.. Wilkinson moved to amend by striking
out the charge for each additional family,
so as 20 have only the charge OF 30 to each
house.
The matter caused good deal of discus
sion.
MANY amendments were offered and voted
down. and finally Mr.. Wilkinson's amend
ment was adopted by the following vote:
AYas.-Messrs. Bahen, brown, Capers, Carter,
Chapueli, Crump, Davis, Wilkinson, snead,
Taylor. and sitterding-lI.
NOEs.-Messrs Belvin. Crensbaw, DickersOn,
Hargrove, Hill, and hurphy-h
The ordinance as amended was then
agreed 10.
CONQUERED IN.
The BOARD concrrred in the action Of the
Common Council in awarding the contract
for city advertising to the Daily German
Adretiser.
The action of the Common Council in
opprOpriating 5000 for a Subcommittee
from the Committee on Health to visit
cities and examine the modes Tor destroy
ing garbage by cremation was also con-
Cured III. .
The ordinance imposing tax of s25 per
sday upon vendors of assignee goods, etc.,
was agreed TO.
THE wooDsoN MATTER.
The Board concurred in the action Of the
Common Council IN ordering the CITY At
torney to proceed against the estate and
the sureties of tie late Aylett II. Noodson
to recover the sum Of S33.0S0l6, due the
city according TO the report OF MIR. W.
Hall Crew, the expert accountant appoint
ed to examine the books of the late Col
lectOr.
The Board concurred in the resolutionto
place gas-lamps on Fifteenth street from
Clay to NJ.
CLABR-sPRING PROPERTY.
The City Attorney. in response to reso-
luton asking his opinion as to whether the
city hes the right to sell the land known as
the Clark-Spring property and reinvest tho
proceeds in land owned by Major James II.
Dooley, adjoining the New reservoir, re-
piled that it was i'll the province OF the
Council TO carry out the provisions OF the
resolution introduced on November llth.
After amending the resolution by strik-
ING out tho portion which refers TO the
purchase of Major Dooley's property, and
directing the City Engineer to stake the
citv's land of in thirtv-foOt lots, aud direct
ing that they be sold for one-tourth cash
and the balance in SIX, twelve, and eighteen
months, the resolution was agreed 10.
ovERCRowDED HOUSES.
Mr.. Capers presented the following:
BE Il resoioed ly The Board Of Aldgn,e,, (the
Common Council concurring), That the
Committee on Ordinances is hereby III
siructed to prepare and report 10 either
branch of the Council, an ordinance forbid
ding the overcrowdlng of places OF amuse-
lpent by allowing the aisles of the same TO
be occupied in whole or i'll part by seats or
by persons either standing or sitting. =.
In this connection Mr.. Capers had read
extracts from the Dispatch OF December
29th showing that the crowd at the Mozart
Academy at the matinee the day before was
no great that if panic had arisen those III
the aisles would certainly have been
trodden to death before they could have
gotten out also. an account OF the Christ
Inas-tree celebration at Laurel-Street
Methodist church and the great excite
ment in the over-crowded building when
an alarm of fire was turned III.
Referred.
TIE STREET RAILWAYS.
Mr.. Snead offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resoiredby NE Bodrd Of Aldermen Of the cityof
Richmond Oho Common Council concur
ring), That the Mayor of the city be request
ed toreport to the Council his views of the
unsatisfactory street-car service of this city.
with such suggestions for its Improvement
as he can make, and that he be empowered
to call upon any officer of the city for such
information az will enable him to so re-
spond.
Adjourned at 11:iO o'clock.
The Argument Begun.
Argument was begun yesterday morning
in the damage SUIT of K. L. HUBBARD cS. j.
Thompson Brown & Co., the trial of which
has engaged the City Circuit Court since
last Wednesday,.
Mr.. Edgar Allan. of counsel for the
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