Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-11
BEGIN ON STREETS.
WORK ORDERED IN MARSHALL, CLAY.
AND JACKSON WARDS.
tor Acknowledgement Committee Or
ganizations-C Court News, Etc.

Negro Nurses and the Parks-Tbe Eleva.
tor Acknowledgement Committee Or
CARNATIONS Court News, Etc.
The new Board Of Aldermen held its
first session for the transaction OF regu-
lar business last night. President VIII
liam NJ Turpin filled the chair After
expendlng nearly an hour in reading the
minutes Of previous meetings. the body
began its work by taking up the report
from the recently-organizcd Street COM
mittee. This report recommended inc
same improvements In Marshall. Clay,
and Jackson wards that were proposed
by the old Committee on Streets. inc
board authorized the following appro-
pratlons for street and Sidewalk I'M
provements:
Main street from Harvie to Plum, 300;
Plum street from Floyd to Grove avenue
$780, Grove avenue from Haryle 20 Plum,
sl.1O0; Lombardy from Floyd to Grove
avenue, S756; Grove avenue from l,om-
hardy street 80 feet west. SEQ; Park ave-
nue. 20 feet between Harrison and Monroe
dere TO Pine SS2S. Pine street from Grace
60 Franklin, 1912; tagging on norm OF
Clay street crossing Norton. 500: hagginS
on west side Of Norton crossing Gay.
s2j tagging north side Of Clay crossing
Kinney. Slo0: Kinney street crossing Gay,
$i25 Hancock from Broad to clay,
Sl.2S2.6 50; Taylor street from Linden 10
Beech. $780, gutter on Dance street west
Of Reservoir. $3.50; Main from Plum TO
Lombardy. 1920: Leigh from Graham 10
Gllmer, $50; Twenty-eighth street from L
TO corporation line. 500; . from Twenty
seventh to Twenty-o!ghth. 500: twenty
seventh from O 20 @. n,l736O: twenty
ninth from o to L. S64S: Clay street from
Twenty-fourth to Twenty-hlth, $oss;
Twenty-seventh from NJ to y, $500; Fourth
street tRoCketis) from Louisiana 10 Denny,
$780, Fifth street from Louisiana 10 Den
ny. S67j; Sixth from Louisiana 10 orleans
$40. Orleans from Seventh street 10 WI
liamsburg avenue, Slo; louisiana iao ii
Williams burg avenue to sixth street
81 600. First street from Orange street 10
the Niaduct s929; First street from Baker
to Charity, Si.O72: Second from Preston 10
rates. $751; Seventeenth from B. Dad 10
the railroad crossing. 1858; 81. Paul from
Baker TO Charity $500. st. James from
Charity to Federal, $500
TRUE GRADES ESTABLISHED.
After the adoption OF these resolutions
there was read from the Committee on
Streets report establishing me true
grades of a number Of streets and alleys.
among them being certain parts Of Tenth,
Canal. Fifth, franklin. Rowe. Twelfth.
Seventh, and Cary. This was adopted,
and the Board, after some other unimpor-
tant routine business had been disposed
of, adjourned.
Just after 7 o'clock last evening the
street Committee held a short meeting.
Chairman Otway ). Allen was In the
chair, and the only business disposed OF
was the sending OF the report OF mat
body 10 the Board of Aldermen instead
OF 10 the Common Council, as had been
Grounds and Buildings Meet.
The Committee on Grounds and Build
ings met at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
and had a busy session or more than
two hours. Mr.. Henry l.. Carter was
made chairman. Joseph T. MOuntcastle.
ESQ. sub-chalrman. and Frank 7. Bates
of the Engineers Office, clerk.
The committee was about To 60 into
the election of park Keepers Tor the next
two years, when Mr. Gunst stated that
he deemed it his duty 10 ofer a sugges-
tion to the committee and TO those who
would be elected park keepers In visit
ing the parks OF this city at different
times in the evening. and especially on
Sundays, he had found the seats so occu-
pied and even Obstructed by coiored
nurses that IL was often difficult for the
white race to even use the parks as
;horoughfares. He gave notice that If
this should occur hereafter he would Offer
Il resolution that something should be
done TO prevent this evil.
THE PARK KEEPERS
ON motion Of Mr.. Grimes l. was decided
and read. Mr.. Epps thought this was
unnecessary, inasmuch as each member
had already made up his mind whom ne
would vote for the several candidates
having been agreed upon on the recon-
mendaton of the representatives from the
various wards.
Mr. Blake stated that the members Of
the committee held a caucus prior to the
inc hon hA Hlu fFgaG of It4
applicants were presented and discussed,
and those who were to be elected were
decided upon.
The following park keepers Were then
elected by acclamation: w. J. Shervin,
for ChimbOraZo; Daniel Higgins for Libby
Hin; f. J. Parater for Jefferson Park;
Innius s. l.. Owens. Tor CANDLES Hill;
Henry Kracke. for Monroe Park; II. Cal
der for New Reservoir Park.
All the park keepers were reappointed
with the exception of Mr.. Parater who
had been only a temporary Keeper, and
Mr.. Owens. who succeeds Mr.. Daniel j.
ON motion OF Mr.. Blake T. was decided
that Mr. Owens's salary as keeper should
begin with the day on which he qualified,
and the committee agreed on Mr.
Grimes's motion, that MIR. Sims, who had
been IN charge Of the park since July lst,
should receive Il keepers pay up TO the
time that Mir. owens succeeds him.
Mr.. Carter moved that Mr.. John {.
Ham be reappOinted nurseryman for the
next two years. but Mr. Seay raised the
same objection that M did two years ago
that he was not "a resident OF the city OF
Richmond. He added that otherwise b.
would cheerfully vote for Mr.. Ham. and
he moved that the appointment OF Mr..
Ham be laid over until the third Tuesday
in October. in order TO give him an OPP
pOrtunity 10 become a citizen OF Rich
mond This was agreed TO.
on motion of Mr.. Blake, Mr.. James
r. Eddins was reappointed armorer for
the First Regiment.
Mr.. Gunst offered Il resolution amend-
ing the rules governing the management
Of the City Hall 50 that the four en-
frances of the building hereafter be kept
open until L. NJ. instead OF L. NJ.
This was agreed to-
THE ELEVATOR ACCIDENT.
At this point in the proceedings Colonel
Cutshaw called the attention or me com
mittee TO the elevator accident OF Monday
night. Superintendent Thompson ana
Commissioner Joseph l.. Levy maze cor
robor,-a statements concerning the az
fair ley gave pretty mucn the salne
account of the accident published In yes
Snncrintendent Calder and Engineer
Disney said they left the elevator IN sVou
condition that -vening, ana that aiiei
careful examination no delect cVulu ~
discovered i'm the same. they thouBht
Come mistake was made somewhere. ana
that n was duc 10 excitement. -.
After some further discussion Mr.. EppS
offered a resolution that 1t was the seh.e
of the committee that no blame was az
tachod to any employee OF the puildlhs
in this connection. 5000 A.,
MIR Snead offered as an amendment tnaI
as far as the committee could ascertain
there was nothing whatever wrong WIN
the machinery, but the same was IN as
good order as it had been in the pa, l.
and that no repairs had been made 10 u.
Both resolution and amendment were
4 number Of bills were ordered TO be
paid and Mr.. Blake was elected auui'oi
of the committee for two years
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Colonel Cutshaw suge' sted mat the COM
mittce go on n tour of inspection as soon
as possible in order 10 ascertain Whal