Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-16
ROW ABOUT PAVING.
ENGINEER AND A CONTRACTOR HAVE
A TILT IN THE COMMITTEE.
IL II Only War Of Words About Inferior
stene-Midnight Session About
street Matters.


| the Committee on Streets last night. The
principal question TO arise was that OF
| the award Of the paving contract for GER
, tain streets. Chairman Allen presided.
! and there were present Messrs Bahen,
Bloomberg. Boykin, Diacont Ferriter.
King. Mann, Mcdowell, Page, Gray, and
Blanks.
The matter Of opening and grading the
alley between Plum and Harvie streets
and Grove avenue and Floyd streets came
up, and was discussed at length. Two OF
the interested property-owners declared
themselves in favor of having the alley
kept open. as had been decided by the
Street Committee last year. while three
other property-owners expressed them
selves as desiring to have the alley closed.
A good deal of discussion followed. ana
the City Engineer explained the situa-
ton. \ petition was also submitted from
other property-owners in the vicinity
asking that the alley be closed.
The Chair ruled that upon the action
OF the former committee the alley was
now open, but the Council could be asker
to close the alley again. ON motion OF MI
Boykn. the committee finally decided 10
postpone action until the next meeting
OF the committee. and the latter Will.
in the mean time. with the City Engineer
and City Attorney, visit the premises
THE EXTENSIONS RECOMMENDED
4 subcommittee Of the Committee on
Health. with Captain Reeve as chairman,
appeared before the street Committee,
and recommended that the Council be
asked to order the following. as sanitary
measures: To construct a sewer on Sixth
street from Broad street 10 Marshall
street. with which all the houses on that
street are to be connected; to repaye the
alley ON the east side OF the meat-market
from Pink alley TO Marshall street with
block-stone TO place an inlet at the
northeast corner OF the meat-market. con-
Meeting with the Narshal-street sewer;
TO properly grade and repaye the alley
and market-space east of the vegetable
market from the scale-hOuse 10 Marshall
street with blackstone or asphalt.
On motion OF Mir. Mcdowell the matter
was referred to the Ward Committee and
the city Engineer.
Mr.. HObsOn, OF the Committee on
Health. on behalf Of the latter, advocated
the extension Of the sewer on north Firth
street to the creek, and of that on Kan
dolph street to Tobacco street. The Clty
Engineer stated that the extension OF the
Fifth-street sewer was already under con-
sideration, and Mr.. Boykin moved that
the sewer on Randolph street be extehd-
ed to Tobacco street. DR.. OppenhelHser'
president OF the Board Of Health, also
advocated the measure, and the motion
was carried The Council will, therefore.
be asked to make a special appropriation
for the work.
On motion OF Mr.. Bahen the commit
tee decided TO recommend to the Council
that n special appropriation be made for
the extension Of the sewer on north Filth
street.
ALLEY MATTERS.
Allegations were then heard in regard
10 the opening and grading Of the alley
between Leigh and jackson and judah
and Price streets. All the property
owners present were in favor Of tho
opening Of the alley, but opposed 10 its
being graded. The committee. therefore,
ordered the alley to be opened.
on motion OF Mr.. Mann, the City Engi-
neer was instructed TO submit an estimate
as TO the cost of draining the alley be-
tween o and l. and Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh streets.
TO the removal OF her house. which en-
croaches upon Meadow street at the eN-
pense Of the city, was referred 10 the
Ward Committee. with the City Engineer
and City Attorney.
OPEN THE BOULEVARD.
A letter was read from Mr.. l.. ii. Blair
who offers TO sell 10 the city for the sum
Of $3.50 a strip OF land for the purpose
of widening the boulevard between Grove
avenue and Floyd street. 10 the same
width as that thoroughfare has eise-
where-namely l0i feet The strip to be
purchased to secure this width is G. feet
wide Mr.. n. W. Bowe, who appeared
for Mr.. Blair, advocated the purchase OF
the property, thinking that the price
asked was reasonable one. ON motion
OF Mr. Mcdowell, action was postponed,
and committee Of three was appointed,
in conjunction with the city Engineer,
TO ascertain the cost of the strip neces-
sary between Grove road and Main street
for the widening Of the Boulevard. on
motion OF Mr.. Ferriter, 1t was decided to
increase this COMMITTEES TO five by adding
the chairman and another member,
Chairman Allen then named the commit
tee as to consist OF Messrs. Mcdowell,
Ferriter, Mann, and King, and Chairman
Allen.
The resolution providing for the filling
ND Of the east side OF Nicholson street
from Lester to Second was sent 70 the
Council with the approval of the commit
tee.
ROW WITH A CONTRACTOR.
The rules of the committee were sus-
pended, and "a number Of bids for certain
city work were opened. Clerk Jacobs
read as the first bidder c. a. Goodwin.
manager, and this brought Colonel Cut
shaw. the City Engineer. 10 the floor
He said that in view OF previous trans
actions between Mr.. Goodwin and the
city. he felt compelled to recommend that
the proposal Of Mr.. Goodwin be not con-
sidered. The Engineer made long state
ment concerning the unsatisfactory ma
ture of work done by Mr.. Goodwin. Mr..
F. =. Taliaferro of the Engineering De
partment, bore out what Colonel Cutshaw
said The whole trouble seemed 10 have
arisen over the use in city paving or stone
that was not furnished by the quarries
required by his contract, and was inferior
in quality.
Mr. Goodwin was allowed 10 make his
side OF the case plain to the committee
He said that combination had been
formed to keep him from fulfilling his
contract. He declared that four carloads
of inferior stone condemned by Mr.. ITALIA
ferro, had been shipped here before he
signed his contract with the city. Mr.
Goodwin said that he had never used
any inferior stone. but had only furnished
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