Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
NOW FOR THE BOARD
THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE TO BE
CONSIDERED TUESDAY NIGHT.
Fire Commissioners' Regular Session.
News Of tho City Hall Courts-suits
Brought and Other Matsera

The December meethb VI Wv
Aldermen will be held on Tuesday night
and the most important matter to arise u
the ordinance revoking the privileges III
this city OF the Southern Bell Telephone
Company, which wars adopted by the Com
mon Council on Thursday evening, ana
now only awaits the concurrence OF the
upper branch and the approval OF the
MAYOR From what could be learned
Yesterday. It is pretty well settled that
the Board will concur In the action OF
the Common Council. Up to the present.
the telephone company has done no.
thing since Thursday night to check the
tide Of affairs.
As already published in the Dispatch
the Chamber OF Commerce and the busi-
ness-men outside Of that organization are
interesting themselves In this matter
with the hope Of getting cheaper phones
company claims now TO be ready 10
nut in n telephone system here, and ex-
nects to ask the Council for privileges
lust "a soon as the question now pending
Is settled The Southern Bell has between
ten and eleven hundred SUBSCRIBERS IN
Richmond, and It receives $50 each lot
its phones, except for such instruments
as are rented by the city. for which 80
each Is paid According to the statement
of Superintendent McCluer in his re-
marks before the Council on Thursday
night, these phones cannot be Kept up
at a less cost than $40 each per year.
At this rate, the Southern Bell Telephone
Company makes about twenty thousand
in thia city The SUBJ
feet is one in which the people are tho
roughly aroused, as they have been led to
believe that by revoking the ordinance OF
the old company and allowing a new COM
pany to come into the field they Will Sc
cure their phones at from twenty-five TO
thirty-five dollars each per year.
THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
A regular meeting of the Board OF Fire
Commissioners will take place Monday
night. A great deal of important routine
business is to be transacted. The board
has determined not to begin the work of
tearing down Washington Hall until next
spring or summer, when the men, horses,
and apparatus now housed there can be
ouartered in a big tent in the middle OF
Broad street. This will be a big saving
to the city.
At o'clock tomorrow evening the
Council Committee on Relief of the Poor
will meet In regular session at the city
almshouse.
NEWS OF THE COURTS.
In the Law and Equity Court yester-
day suit was Instituted by II. i. Court
ney, Jr., VS.. Cornell. Hickox & Under
hill, of New York. Damages, 2,4co. The
plaintiff in this suit alleges that the de-
PENDANTS made a contract with him on
July 1st, to run one year, TO conduct
branch office in Richmond, and that. with
out cause, they shortly thereafter closed
his office, and broke the contract.
The next term of the Law and Equity
Court begins tomorrow, and the day Will
be devoted to setting dates for the trial
Of cases. The jury is called for Tuesday'
Counsel in cases before this court are
urged TO be on hand Monday at II O'CLOCK
promptly.
Judge Wexford, Of the City Circuit
Court, on yesterday granted an amend
ment TO the charter of the Life-Insurance
Company OF Virginia, whereby sections
s. 9. and IA are amended. Section was so
amended as TO give the company power
10 hold, convey, and mortgage real
estate also to improve the same. and
exchange it for other property. and TO
manage it In such manner as best suits
the needs of their business. Section . Is
so amended as to give the president
power, under supervision Of the Finance
Committee to invest capital upon certain
securities, a list Of which is given. the
amendment to section IA empowers the
stockholders, at their annual meeting, 10
name the number OF directors.
Judgment was given for 500 In the case
of Daniel Grinnan. administrator, vs.
Mrs. Fannie NJ. Griffin.
In the case of w. w. Old. special COM
missioner, VS.. d. s. Gates, late Sherin'
further time was given counsel to file bill
OF exceptions.
The following persons were substituted
as trustees in the conveyance or the
Washington-Street church lot: @. *. Will
lis. James w. Martin, W. II. Clements
A. Maupin, w. D. Willis, J. A. McGilvray,
C. f. Lowry. George u. Massie. and H.
r. L. Toler.
The case OF Charles Began, q young
white man, charged with violently resist
ing Policeman +. c. Bailey. was called
in the Hastings Court yesterday. Began
pleaded guilty, and was fined $50.
William Vincent pleaded guilty to the
charge Of entering the store Of Charles
King and stealing jar Of candy and was
sent to jail for two months and fined
cent