Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-06
REFER THE MEASURE.
The Team Matter to Be Investigated BY
the Reform Committee.
TO FIX THE TUNNEL At LAST.
The Council Appropriatcs $4,000 TO DO
This and Restore Eighth Street.
Bonds for Sewers.


two members were absent. the roll-cali
showing that the following gentlemen
were in their seats: Messrs. Glover tpresi-
denO. Boykin, Brauer. Carneal. Carter.
Curtis. Davis. Epps. Ferriter. CARRIER
Gibson. Griffin. Grimes. Grooms, Lander
kin, Jackson King. Mcdowell, Murphy
Noble, Page. Seay, Smith. stratton.
Thomas. Trower. Vaughan, w. l.. and
Royal White.
After the reading OF the minutes, the
question Of the arrangement Of seats OF
members from The different wards was
brought IN. and n special committee was
appointed TO report at once a plan as to
the desks to be occupied by the council
men. This body retired and soon re-
turned recommending that the wards oc-
cupy the positions upon the floor already
taken up. by this Jackson-Ward mem
bers sit al the extreme northern desks
Next 10 them are the Clay-Ward council
men. Then come the members from Mar
shall. Jefferson Madison. and Monroe
wards.
WORK OK STREETS.
The Committee on Streets sent in quite
a lengthy report recommending many
resolutions.
The first was one granting to j. X.
Williams permission 10 block up inc
street at the corner Of Ninth and cary
streets within three feet Of the street
car tracks for a period of ninety days
during the erection Of his proposed ware
house at that point. Adopted
The City Attorney was directed ny reso-
luton TO ascertain by suit or otherwise
oft n Nicholson
from Lester street TO the river
Resolutions appr0priatng s346.jO TO con-
struct a seye~ ia Beech street from Grove
TO Floyd qvcnOe. $3.50 to construct
sewer In Twenty-ninth street from Mar
shall 10 Leigh. and $50 to construct Il
sewer in Twcnty-sixth street from Mar
Shall 10 Clay streets. were adopted
Ninth street was ordered 10 be graded
beyond y street by the hands ana carts.
The Council in accordance WIN , ny
committees recommendation, rejected the
resolution providing for paving win
granite blocks the alley between Clay anu
Mafsbau and Fourth and Fifth streets.
STOP RUNNING THE CARS.
without a dissenting voice the body
gcrecl 10 the ordinance allowing the
Uicbmond and Manchester Railway COM
many TO temporarily suspend running cars
,r its tracks from Seventh and cary
etrc.ts TO Ninth and Main. The ordinance
had been gone over by the CITY Engineer,
and the proper safeguards Tor the CITY
inserted $50. from,
,bo Stroet COMMITTEE. and were promptly
Tierosod Of Number involved appro-
r~,ations Of $1,000 to pave the streets
arn,,nd the new city Hall. and $3.50 LOT
,ha.onening Of Spring street &c IL was
am motion Of Mr Curtis, referred 10 the
C.r~,nittec on Finance. The third report
e,riaiucd the authority of the city En-
oineer and certain Of his assistants 10
rave teams at the expense OF the Guy
Tn. paper was received ana hieu'
TO FIX EIGHTH STREET.
r,ror, the Committee OF Finance came
q hatch of resolutions, the most I'M
,,ortant OF which was one appropriatihs
$4,000 10 repair Eighth street ana 10 pace
the tunnel Of the Richmohd anu oneS"-
,ealte Halfway Company under II in
20, condition. The Council agreed 10
the resolution by a unanimous vote
4 resolution appropriating $1,000 from
~. sewer fund for a sewer In Ranuoip1
erect from Ashland street 10 the cor
porate lire was adopted
m samc action was taken upon the
r,rorosition TO devote Sl,5i0 from the same
fund for a sewer In Twenty-nihth street
from Marshall TO Leigh.
Two thousand dolla;e were voted 10 the
civ School Board for the purpose OF
s1nplving the new Central-Schooi build
ing with desks and other necessary Iur-
niture.
4 long preamble and resolution came
from the same committee. appropriating
81 700 TO pay for steps and platform To
he placed around the Private Soldiers
AMI Sailors MOI ument. which Is TO be
unveiled on Libby Hill May 3Oth, was
amended 50 as to make the sum donated
81 200 The resolution was then adopted as
amended
The resolution RENTING to the Junior
Order of nitcd American Mechanics the
taxes upon Tholrs Hall, on west Broad
street, was agreed to.
WHY He HAS A BUGGY.
The Committee Oh Water sent forward
n report showing its reasons for providing
the Superintendent of the City Water
Works with horse and buggy. on
motion OF Mr.. White the paper was re-
cetyed and filed.
The Committee on Health reported that
IL cot its authority to provide the Presi-
dent of the Board Of Health with horse
and buggy from joint resolution OF the
Council in 1887, and its report was pigeon
hOled.
Without a particle OF discussion the
Council granted permission for the cree
ton OF the Moody tabernacle at the corner
of Fifth and Main streets. A large num-
Der of other frame building permits were
granted.
THE ORDINANCES REPORTED.
After having spent nearly three years
IN its labors the Committee on Ordinances
reported the newly-codihed ordinances.
Accompanying them was a resolution re-
commanding that the ordinances be print
ed. and that every member OF the Council
be furnished with copies OF the ordi-
nances, and a joint meeting of the Coun-
ell be- held for their consideration thirty
days after such printed forms shall have
been furnished 90 the councilmen.
Mr. Stratton offered as an amendment
that the joint meeting be held April 5th.
The amendment was voted down and the
resolution from the Committee on Ordi-
nances adopted.
The Committee on Police made a report
OF its authority for supplying the Chief
OF Police with "a team, and this was filed.
The Grounds and Buildings Committee
recommended that Washington Hall be
turned over to the Board OF Fire Commits
sioners, and the resolution was adopted.
BONDS FOR SEWERS.
From the Board of Aldermen there came
a number of matters for concurrence.
By far the most significant was resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 OF per cent.
bonds for the purpose of constructing
sewer in Harrison, Broad, and Hanover
streets: $4,000 OF bonds for sewer In
Marshall street from Nineteenth TO Shoe
koe Creek. and $4,000 in bonds for sewers
generally in the city. These resolutions
were all adopted.
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRES.
Al this juncture the President handed
down the following communication from
the Board OF Fire Commissioners
1.-THE Board of Fire Commissioners, hav-
ing In view a desire TO benefit the pro-
perty-owners in the vicinity of Tenth and
Byrd street. entered into correspondence
with the authorities of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company and asked
10 I've allowed 10 dam supply OF water
from the old basin sufficient for the use
OF the Fire Department in case of fire
south OF the basin on any Sunday when
the water may be out OF the canal for
repairs 10 numerous factories and mills
along its banks tan average OF about fif-
teen Sundays out Of fifty-two); but every
effort on the part of the Board in this
direction has proved fruitless by reason
OF the many severe restrictions and con-
dItIons imposed by the railway company.
and they now most respectfully petition
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