Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-11
THE BUDGET PASSES.
BUT THERE IS A FIGHT BECAUSE THE
BOARD HAD NO COPIES.
The watcbmcu Resolution Causes Taik
About A" ButtonhoIing $4,000 Tor
the Monument Unwilling.

The Board OF Aldermen met IN moh'"y
session last night and drove through WIN
great quantity OF business In business
like way. Those present were Pfesiuehl
Dickerson, and Messrs. Allen. Baheh.
Carter. Davis. Gray. Hardwicke' Moofe'
Mountcastle Reeve, Tanper, Taylor, lur-
pin. and White.
Upon the recommendation OF the COM
mittee on Water permission was given
the Goodman Manufacturing Company 10
lay main from It's steam pump TO the
dock. There was nothing from the other
committees.
Concurrent action was taken in resolu-
lions as follows:
Appropriating s2.7oo from the sewer
fund TO construct a sewer in Clay street
from Twenty-ffth TO Twenty-eighth
street; appropriating $500 from the fund
for the paving of alleys for owners Tor
the grading and gravelllng Of the alley
between Graham and Hancock and
Broad and Marshall streets. the work to
be done at the expense OF the adjacent
property-owners.
THOSE NIGHT WATCHMEN.
There was much discussion mpon the
resolution directing that night watchmen
be placed at the Chesapeake and ONO
railway crossings on MARSHAL and Brown
streets. The Street Committee recon-
mended that the resolution be rejected.
taking the ground that the watchmen
were not necessary. Mr.. Allen, chairman
OF the subcommittee. which went over
the ground and formulated the report,
explained the situation carefully as to the
number OF trains crossing Brown street
after dark, and the degree Of danger in
volved at this point
Mr.. Bahcn. one Of the champions Of the
Waterman movement. handed in petit
ton from n number of citizens of the
vicinity asking that the railroad be re
qured TO place the night watchmen az
the points designated. Mr.. Bahen said
he thought there must be something IN
the matter. when representative OF the
company had been buttonholing every
member Of the board He thought the
watchmen were greatly needed.
NO BUTrONIOLING.
Subsequently, when Mr. Brock. one of
the employees of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio, vas given permission TO explain
the situation. he made denial that he
had "buttOnholed" any member OF the
body.
you buttonholed me, sir" said the
Jackson-Ward alderman.
Il did nothing Of the kind" declared
Mr.. Brock. IL asked you how you were
going to vote on the question.
Didn't you go TO the other members
also?" asked Mr.. Bahen.
II may have spoken TO one or two
others as l did 10 you TO ascertain now
they stood, but not to try TO influence
their votes"
MIR. Alien: I desire to say that no
representative Of the railroad company
approached me in this matter. 1t would
have been very delicate thing Tor any
one TO have done.
Mir Dlckerson here said that he merely
wanted 10 get proper Information IN re-
gard 10 the question, and urged the re-
ference Of the resolution back 10 tle
Committee on Streets.
Mr.. Gray thought there was no use OF
"nickering' in the matter, ana was III
favor Of immediate action.
Mr.. DickersOn denied that he was TICK
ering."
Mr. Cray declared he did not intend so
to intimate. .,,o
MIR Allen moved to lay on the table
and this course prevailed =,
Mr. Gray also stated that no one hau
ondeayored to buttonhole him with re-
card 10 the watchmen resolution.
The board promptly TOOK concur"
action upon the preamble ana Tesoiu''oi'
arnropriating 5000 for defraying the eH-
,'a,,e.s ~ unwilling the Confederate Sol
diers and Sailors monument vi
Hi. May Goth
WHERE WERE THE COPIES.
bal an hour
reading the ordinance making appropria-
tious 10 the various city departments
and institutions for the year, ana can
ceiling the old appropriations. When the
budget had been read the President asked
WHY COPIES Of the report had not been
furnished the members Of the board.
TAYLOR AND TANNER.
Mr.. r.. II. Taylor said that the "fellows'
had been too busy electioneering. There
was much discussion over Mr.. Allen :
motion to lay the budget on the table
until next Monday night at O'CLOCK
when IL should be considered at an ad-
iourned meeting. and II was finally lost
Mr.. Taylor said the Finance Committee
had been slow this year. Colonel Tanner,
who is chairman of that committee, said
that this body had not been slow In
presenting the budget. as it tad acted
ports had been received from the several
departments. He added that the Finance
Committee was a splendid body and
iocularly sad that the presidents Of the
two branches Of the Council usually put
the very best men In their bodies on
the Finance Committee. 0aughter)
After some further talk upon the mat
ter Mr. Allen moved to strike off the $50
added by the Common Council TO the APP
preparation made to the Little sisters
of the Poor. He thought IT bad prece-
dent as II meant that the increased sum
would stand upon the budget forever.
He was heartily in sympathy with the
city's charitable institutions. but could
not favor such means for giving the adj
ditlonal funds. This motion was lost. as
was the ordinance at first. but it was
reconsldered, on Mr.. Reeves motion, and
concurred in.
MANY MINOR MATTERS.
on motion Of Mr.. Davis the resolution
approprlating $500 for the opening OF
Spring street through the pententiary
grounds was referred to the Committee
on Streets.
A number Of frame-bulding permits
were granted.
The ordinance comforting certain powers
upon the Committee on James River I'm
proVement was laid upon the table until
IL can be ascerlained what are the powers
spoken of.
The board referred TO the Committee
on Finance the resolution setting aside
81 coo for the purchase of the triangular
lot opposite the Sacred Heart church. and
for the purpose Of converting 1t into a
park.
Mayor Ellyson, in an official commune
cation, notified the board of the resisna.
ton of Charles II. Phillips as member
OF the Board OF Police Commissioners
from Jackson Ward. on motion of Mr..
Reeve il was decided that joint session
of the Council should be held on the eve
ming Of May Fist at o'clock for the
purpose Of electing a successor TO Mr..
phillips Some other unimportant routine
business was transacted, and the Board
adjourned