Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-07
THE PHONE NATTER.
uTl TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT MEET
ING or THE COMMITTEE.
Animals At New Reservoir Park ctrench.
ment and Reform Proposed Dog Ordi-
nancc--City Hall News.


buildings held a regular meeting IN Room
No. 6 OF the new City Hall last Night
Chairman Carter presided, and Mesrs.
Blake. Ems. Gunst, Sncad, and King were
present. The first matter OF business 10
arise Was the petition OF Mr. J. H. "'"'ne''
lessee OF privileges at New reservoir
Park. for permission 20 have quar@red
the animals Of a certain show at the
park for the winter. Mr.. thinner said
that in this collection OF animals there
were Hons tigers. elephants. and such
ms woula interest the children. The nomi-
nal sum OF 10 cents would be charged for
admission to the geological arrangement.
sir. Epps moved that the request be
granted: with such restrictions as the
cav Engineer might see iit to make. Mr..
snead offered an amendment to the mo-
ton providing that the mcnagcrie should
either be closed or be free on Sunday.
Mr.. Snead's amendment was voted down.
and hs made another motion to amend
so az TO have the menagerie open lFee
on the sabbath. Mr.. thinner explained
that he ala not think this would JUSTIFY
the show company 10 come here, ana
p in Norfolk. wHere IL had quartered US
animals for the past several seasons.
Mr. Epns withdrew his former motloh
and Mr. Snead withdrew his. Mr.. BAKE
then offered that the whole matter DC
laid upon the table until the next regular
meeting.
THE TELEPHONE QUESTION.
Mr. Gunst. chairman OF the sub ComInu-
Tee on Telephones for the new Clty H"l''
made n verbal report OF the cohleien0e'
ord communications between that BODY
and the authorities of the Southern Ben
Telephone Company. He explained the
proposition OF the company TO the Guy
10 furnish "a phone free 10 the mayor.
and ali other phones used in municipal
offices OF the city at half price. lie aodeu
,hat ne had heard that the company had
given assurances that the city should
have what It desired and needed In TINS
respect. ..
Major stiles. as counsel for the COM
many said that kilograms had been sent
10 tho New York Office concerning the
matter. but that no replies had been re-
coived Ue was. therefore. unable TO say
what the final determination OF the COM
pany was lie. however. said that the I'M
nress,on was that the company had gwen
assurances that 1t would comply with
my request that the city might make
This point evoked considerable dlscussIoh'
and disclosed that there had been ms
understanding in the premises. In oroer
10 give the company and the committee
further time the matter was postpoAeu
until the next regular meeting
Rctrenchment and Reform.
The report TO the Council OF the Con'-
mittoe on Retrenchment ana REFORM
which was published in full in yesterday
IL.
/, was a topic of very general discussion
az course, those city officials whose
salaries ara affected by 1t were not
pIeased with the report. and many DINERS
do not favor the reductions recohliheh"e"
Several councllmcn last night. WINE taiN-
ine about the matter declared they "ouiu
never vote TO cut down the olHClaIS guSt
10 save the sum Of 5000 to the CITY Ihvy
regarded that other reforms were more
necessary than this.
This report is but one OF probably ten
IN be submitted by the Retrenchment
and Reform Committee. It treated fuzzy
and disposed of, according TO inc state
mont OF n member OF the committee last
night, the question of salaries. only one
or two commissioned offices would De
reported upon later on.
CAPTAIN CUNNINGHAM TALKS.
The paper presented Monday nignt re-
comroends n cut in the fees OF Doth the
Collector OF City Taxes and the CoInnlS-
sioner Of the Revenue. In speaking upon
This subject yesterday, captain fFdiis
Cunningham, City Tax Collector, SAL"
that twelve, years ago the Council maze
o general cut II 10 per cent. In salaries.
reduced the rate Of taxation from $."
10 $40 reduced the Collectors commas
SLOWS from uer cent. TO 10 Of per cent?
and took away from his Office the cor
lection Of delinquent taxes. worm aOouI
81 ,ro n year. That practically all the
salaries had been restored in the case or
other officials. but the reduction III MS
office and that of the Commissioner %
Revenue was still in force. Again. nc
said. the committee reported that tne
oynenses of his office were only Sz,ZoV.
when In fact they were not less than S'o~
annually. The proposed cut would re-
duce the nav of his office 10 about $S,Wo.
and that was not all. The pubic hau
no idea what IL cost man 10 hold oliioS
An Richmond. The necessary expenses u,
each campaign and the demands LOT an
sorts Of charitable objects would IN ms
case. amount to at least Sl,VV year VA
an average. That left the Cohec.1'
very small margin. when the respohslpih,
~ Of his office and the bond required
OF him were considered.
TWO SETS OF BOOKS.
ur Munford. when called on. replied
mt ne had nothing to say, except that
he thought that the report would prooa-
NV lead many to believe that only one
set of land-books were Kept in his oIiice'
.e1he fact Is" he continued, the COM
missioner Is compelled to keep two com
plete sets Of books-one for the stare ulu
one for the city. In the main these poohS
are the same. but each set requires ne
same amount OF labor. ana ooup4e ''''
amount OF labor for BOTH.
The Proposed Dog Ordinance.
Al the meeting of the Police Board
Monday night Mr. Joseph w. Laupe, VIM
had been appointed committee 70 ac-
ouire such information as he could re-
garelng the dog laws OF tho large cltle91
OF the country, submitted his report, anu
az the hoard. who are TO confer with tho
Council Committee on Ordinances 10 pre-
pare an ordinance regulating me tNts 81
cnce Of CANNES In Richmond. ii! ms ~.
port Mr. Laube says that from the uald
secured from other cities he learns the
That dogs must be registered and IL
censod: that the enforcement or these uoS
ulations-and In many of them the cap.
ture OF stray dOgs-is part or the uutS Ot
the police force; that rigid provisions are
made in all for the capture or estray
dogs; that licensed dogs must carry thelr
license tags on collars TO insure thtli,
protection; that estray dogs are regarIeu
as nuisance. menace, ana Against thc
welfare OF the communities: that they
are generally regarded as dangerous when
not under proper control and manage-
ment: that strict provisions are Hnaue
against the harborlng OF such as annoy
neghbors by bowling. or that may be
vicious: that no dog-licensed or other
wlse-is allowed to be on the streets WITH
out competent control: that estray dogs
after a limit OF three days at the pound,
are destroyed by asphyxiation gas ana
other means decided by police authorizes
that IN Memphis. Tenn, the ponce hlSnt
relief must be provided every night with
meat prepared with poison TO destroy
estray dogs: that some OF these cities nave
q permanent dog catcher system In opera
ton all through the year: that many or
these cities require the muzzling OF dogs
for several months during the heated
term
The report was referred TO committee