The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-11
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
.yupoRTAxr BUSINESS MEETING
A Ecror, Recommending the Purchase Of
An Electric Light rlant-To incro"s"
tho Pay Of City Employees.

Tho BOARD Of Aldermen held It's
monthly meeting in the Council Chamber
fast evening. The following members
answered to the roll-call: Messrs. Bahen'
Joscph w. Carter, Cary. II. T. Davis,
Dickerson, Gum. Hadwicke, Mitchell
Moore. Mountcastle. Reeve, Tanner, lay
lor. Turpin, J. w. White.
On the recommendation Of the Commit
tee on Streets the Board decided to lay
upon the table the question as to the
changing Of the grade on Madison ana
Main and on Beech and Chafin streets
The chin of the Cooperative lnYesI-
ment Association, Of Iiehmepd Tor -
900 damages, incurred on the properly
on the south side Of Main and Madison
streets was. on motion of Mr.. Turpin. re-
ferred to the joint Committees on 'iaIIiis
and Salaries and on Streets for inVeSu-
cation and report.
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
Mr.. Gum, on behalf of the COMMITTEE
on Light, submitted resolution appro-
priati1g the sum of Sl2J,OOU tor the es-
Establishment of an electric light plant. IL
was referred TO the Finance COMMITTEE
Mr.. Taylor, on behalf OF the Comnittee
on Grounds and Buildings, presented q
resolution apprOpriating the sum OF 3D.
600 for the completion of JoffCIsO on Park.
II was referred to the Fironce Commit
tee
The Committee IN Hellth presented an
opinion from the City Attorney stating
that Mr.. G.. Il. Richlrds. the garbage
contractor, had 10 legal claims against
the city for an extra remun6 ration OF
the work done by him since the crema-
tory had been built After some discus
sion the subject WIS. OH motion OF Mr.
Bowden, referred back TO the committee.
ANswERINo QUESTIONS.
The conference committee appointed
to consider certain questions raised by
the Committee on Retrenchment and Re
form submitted its report. recommending
that the resolution as adopted by the
Common Council be cOncurred in with
ont the amendment adopted by the
Board. which requires that questions be
submitted to the heads Of departments
In writing. and that a record be kept
of the questions and answers.
Mr. j. w. White moved for n recOnSid-
GRAFTON of the vote by which the amend
ment had been adopted by the Board
The motion was lost. only Messrs. Gray,
j. W. White and Mitchell voting in the
affirmative.
1t is understood that all the members of
the Committee on Retrenchment and Re
form will resign their positions in con-
sequence Of the action of tho
Board. The committee is composed Of
Tiessrs. Allen and Gray, Of tho Board Of
Aldermen. and Messrs. King. Guigon
and Murphy. Of the Common Council.
The Board concurred in the action Of
the Common Council appropriating money
For arsn cfr
Ing the sum Of $1,000 appropriated to
the fund for paving alleys for owners
and like amount for the paving of side
walks. The resolution increasing the pay
of the market h'nds from $50 per month
70 Sl.1D per day was also cOncurred in,
Similar action was taken in regard to
the following: An ordinance increasing
the salaries Of the station men and en-
CINE men of the Fire Department: a reso-
luton appropriating $1,000 for the i'm
prOvement Of the james river i'm the
harbor: resolution granting permission
60 build a large number Of frame build
lngs; resolution constituting a commit
tee of five to consider the advisAbility
of establishing an emergency hospital;
also resolution calling for a confer
ence beteween the Committees on FL
nance and on Streets in reference to
street improvements.
THE cREMAToBY sMoEY-sTAcK.
The City Engineer submitted n report
as to the cost of raising the smoke-stack
of the crematory, 81 as to prevent the
settling i'm that vicinity of the bad odors
from the furnace. He states that the
work can be done for about 500, but
recommends that no action be taken I'M
ill after the Angle Crematory Company
shall have carried out its proposed
changes and remedies. The report was
laid on the table.
Mr. Gum offered n resolution pro-
viding that the sum of S25, 900 be apprO-
priated for the purpose of erecting
water-gas plant, to be Nscd as an aux
Hilary to tie present coal-gas plant The
resolution was referred to the Finance
Con mittec
After the transaction Of a good deal
of business of minor Importance the
Board adjourned.