Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-27
THEY WILL BE TAXED
THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL REFUSES
TO OEXEMPT NEW ENTERPRISES.
What Has Been Done I'm the Way Of street
Improyement-May Revoke Franz
chises--Other Items.


iourned meeting last night TO wind up all
business on hand.
The Mayor submitted a communication
concerning the draining Of certain lots on
upper Decatur street, with remarks thereon
by the Health Committee. The matter was
referred to the Committee on Streets.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The following recommendations OF the
Street Committee were adopted: To curb
and pave Tenth street on the side OF the
Presbyterian church; the opening ot ap aney
from Senmes 20 Railroad street ten feetin width
The building Of n retaining wall AZ the inter
section Of COwar,lin avenue bridge along the me
Of Railroad street. Tho contract for this work
has already been given teMldden1Qn Donald
Tho committee submitted its report Of receipts
and expenditures for tho past two years:
Receipts. .SlOS,5SE y
Disbursements. s...... ................ iVo''o' ~
Balance. sI,39O "a
COWS RUNNING At LANCE.
petition from number Of citizens asking
that the running ~ COWS az large I'm the city De
prohibited was referred to the Ordinance COM
mttee.
Tho committee on the purchase Of the Central
Methodist church rcpHrtcd it inaiyisable 70
make the trustees an offer at this time. The re-
port was adopted and the committee discharged.
Communications were received from the IAN
| chester Tobacco Company. tho Transparent lee
| Company ami the Manchester Pickling and Can
| ming Company, asking that they be- exempted
! from taxation ~ IS customary with new enter
! pri>cs.
Mr.. Bradley moved that the application Of the
| tobacco and canning companies be granted Tor q
| period OF five years. The vote was taken sepa-
| rately and each was voted down.
| f. 4 similar motion in regard 20 the ice company
| shared the same fate. There was not n full vote
D of ffrf frna frHttffI
ciiuon bong Interested n each enterprise
TO SILL CITY lots.
! 4 resolution instruc'ing the Finance Commit
tee 20 sell either privately or publicly theiots ne
| longing 80 the city in Hollands addition was Of
! fereI boy Nr. Bradley aud adopted.
IL was decided thnt all Of the rcul estate agents
In the city should be allowed an equal chance TO
make the sale.
To REVOKE THE FRANCHIsES.
| City-AttOruey Clopton read q resolution which
] he had been requested TO prepare ana which was
adopted requiring the 0ld Dominion Electric
] Iiyht and Power Company tO appear before tho
! Council next Tuesday night az special meet
ing 20 show cause why certain privilege gtantel
| the company for furn1niug electric light ana
! power i'm Manchester should not be- revoked aud
! given 10 Mr.. n. :. Bradley, they having ialled 10
comply with the provisions oi the ordinance.
SIREEr-woRE CONTRACTS.
! NJ. Perdue inquired II the street Committee
! II every contract executed i'm tho past two years
! haI been carried ont 20 tho letter. The chair
/ man, Mr. Bradley. replied that IN All except q
| few instances they had becu. When work had
! NOT been done properly the committee had done
! the best it could 20 have it corrected.
Mr. Perdue explained that he E1d no lhtoh-
| ti0u Of rejecting upon the committee, but sim
| Div wanted CD show that n anything htl not
! been done right 70 WAS not thcr fault Their dl-
! ties had been oncrUus. and they hal done Mell'
! Mo.srs. % Brion and NeisiEcr endorsed AL thht
! Mr. Perllue said i'm commentator oi tho street
/ tDrlmIffpp
! Mr. Bradley returned thanks for tho kind
! wishes, and no 1908 p. =. Tho Council adjourned
| until next Tuesday night.
other Manchester News.
John Jones lrolorcdl was fined 50 by the
! Mayor yesterday morning for cutting the circus
! tent Mt the corner of Fourteenth and Decatur
streets. Jones went around % the circus grounds
! Wclnrs slay night. lie vented % witness lu'
performance free AMI % DO that took his kriio
| and rUt hole I'm the tcn'.
| Cornelius Halri- u.lUrrN was before the
! MAYOR upon the complaint of Jim Evans, a
| E'hmonI negro, on the charge of ightinE IN the
| street Harris Nas fined one cent and EYans
| the complainant, war assessed ~ lh dtlhHN "l
! which hr was sent % jail.
Several prOpcrty-Owuors wore before th'
! Mayor for allowing staguart yaicr 10 remain 'u
their premises which nulsluc'S they were AZ
! lowed time To ahatC.
Mr.. Hatcher Moore, of Crcwc and Mi-s Nan.
ME Harrison, of Etrlct, Chesterfield county
| were married Thursday afternoon NJ the resi-
dencc col the bride. Rev. &. j. Gibson ouicintcd
| Master William Y. Bruuough, who has been
! attending thc Shenandoah iui"orsity school, hv
| returned home for tho vacation, coming on "ltI
! second honors Of the entire school
The amount cleared at the juno carnival Pc
Gently held in Leader Hall, was 9lS1.1j.
| Tho grading o. Semmc- street T. going ON 1uli'
| rapidly, and in a short while vehicles VIII b'
able 10 reach the avenue boy this route.
quite number Of people attended the moon
/ light picnic aud dance at FOr"st-ilill Park las
| uight. In the company were number ~ ladie
| and gentlemen from Rlchmord.
Nr John &. Hewlett has returned from Bail
| more, where he attended the Maryland instlu
| tiou for the education Of the Deaf Dumb, an,
| Blind. lie Will return % the institution IN sep
| teuber to accept the position OF instructor -
| tuning. which no made n speciality. His mother
| Mrs T.. j. Hewlett, and lis frisi and icrnc
| sch0olmnte Mr.. Gus Garbcr, who attended th'
| turned