The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-30
FROM THE CITY HALL
The Paper Submitted by tho Plumber
Gives satisfaction- supplies for the
Water Department.

The Committee on Health held called
meeting last evening at o'clock, in room
No. II Of the City Hall, to consider the
plumbing ordinance. which had been pre-
pared by a joint committee OF the Master
! Plumbers and the Journeymen Plumbers
| Union. The following members Of the
committee were present: Chairman Reeve
and Messrs. George y. Davis, James 7.
Vaughan, and II. J. Moore.
The ordinance submitted by the plumbers
was rather voluminous. but differed only
slightly from the one previously recon-
mended by the committee, which had
been referred back. It's provisions pre-
scribed that there shall be an inspector
OF plumbing. who is to carry out the rules
and regulations with ard TO this work
as laid down In the ordnance
The merits Of the new measure We're
carefully considered In detail, and on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Davis the committee decided
to recommend 70 the Couhcil the adoption
Of the ordinance as submitted by the
plumbers committee.
Mr.. Davis next mOvel thal the preSl-
dent Of the Board of Heai1h pe instructed
TO prepare an ordinance pio'idi"s LOT the
establishment Of the Office OF clerk TO
the Roard of Health. al a salary Of s69
per month. The notion was carried,
whereupon the committee adjourned.
Ava din. oairnets.
The Council COMMITTEE on Water held
an important meeting IN room NO ii of
tho City Hall last evening. Jhere We're
present Chairman J. W. White and
-
Messrs Braucr. Cary, IroWer, mann anu
Mountcastle Bids for supplies heeoeu
by the department during 'he present
year were opened, ara the contracts
awarded 10 the lowest bidders as follows
Fire hydrants. 10 the southern halfway
Supply Company. at go each' valves
TO the same. four-inch, Sb.-o each, SIX
inch. Sll. eght-inch. Sl1-' ten-inch' S-t'V;
twelve-inch. 1913; sixteen-lAch' soV' twenty
inch. 500.
Pipes, to the Admission ripe ana roun-
dry Company. $3.50 per long ton all sizes
from four TO thirty-sN lhches. speCldl
castings. to the Tredegar iron WORKS al
p cents per pound. Large stop-cock
boxes, to the Tredegar company So.o1
each: small boxes, IS cents each
Winning solder. 10 g. b. Gaines N Co..
II cents a pound pig lead. to the South
cents per pound
Brass work to the Smith-Courtney
Communicating cocks. u inch, -
cents: s-l-inch. IS cents. l-inch. 70 cents.
corporation cocks. 1-inch. 80 cents; 81
insh. 80 cents; stop COCKS, a-S-lncn' 81
cents; 81 inch. ~ cents, rs inch, IL
cents: I IA inch. $il2
Excavating and filling Of trenches, to
W. +. Fletcher. clay. . cents; gravel
and Matchmaking. q cents.
Paving. TO John \. Weinbrum. old paw
Ing 30 cents: new. % cents. per square
yard; furnishing cinders, % cents per
load
The committee granted a three-inch
pipe connection to the Richmond Railway
and Electric Company on Browns Is
land and similar connections were al
lowed ". J. Whitehurst and j. j. Mon
tague for fire purposes.
Superintendent Boiling submitted his
monthly report, wherein he called atten-
ton to some repairs that are at present
in progress at the ends Of Bosher's Dam
and the canal bank. He was instructed
10 purchase recording guage for the
shop.
To Build New Shed
The Committee on Second Market held
its monthly meeting in room No. u OF
the City Hall last evening at 6:30 o'clock
After the transaction OF the regular rou-
tine business. such as approving the pay
roll. ETC. the committee decided TO re-
quest the city Engineer to submit an
Of the cost to erect shed on
the Aiarshall-street front Of the Second
Market.
Chancery Court.
A deed OF trust was filed yesterday
i'm the clerks office OF the Chancery
Court by German Kern, who keeps
clothing. dry goods and gents furnish
ing goods store al 3iS north Sixth street.
Mr.. Il. c. Meyer. who Is named in the
deed as trustee, is to sell the contents
of the store for the benefit Of Mr.. kern's
creditors.
out OF the proceeds Of the sale the trus-
tee is to pay all expenses attending the
execution OF the instrument together
with per cent. commission 10 himself
and the sum Of 800 TO Mr. Sol. l.. Bloom
berg as attorney fees; also, all taxes and
rent due on the store.
The following are the preferred credi-
tors:
4. Oppenhimer. $500 due on two notes;
he Citizens Bank OF Richmond, $40,
lue on three notes, TWO OF li'iH tNuOIStu
by Rosa Kern and one by a. Open
himer. d. Weinstein. 500. due on a note;
Moses Meyer. $3.50. due on note;
Sam Jacobs. $3.50. due on open account.
and $l39.50, due on a note; \. ). Batter, or |
New York. SOS. due on open account.
All other creditors are to be paid rata !
by out Of the proceeds Of the sale. The |
liabilities amount to about 5000, while !
the value OF the assets is not known.
This is the second failure which has |
been recorded IN the clerks Office Of the |
Court since that tribunal has
been removed into the new city Hall.
In a suit brought in 1883 in the Chancery |
curt By Kahn and others against Kern.
The last-named party claimed that the
goods in his store were exempt from
eyy. etc. under the provisions OF the
homestead law as laid down in the Con-
ititution Of Virginia. At that time Judge
Fitzhugh decided against him, and the
decision Of the lower court was subse-
luently sustained by the Court OF APP
leals.
This claim on the part Of Mr.. Kern
vas set up at that time in a suit brought
~ Gerson l.. Kahn 10 recover from q.
Kern the sum Of sl9l. and by Isaac VI.
Apple 10 recover from the same party
he sum Of Sl0952