The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-02
FROM THE CITY HALL.
icy SysSlos or TBB COMMITTEE
on GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
startled New TO Have Preference Among
ro.l. rahorers--Thc Central school
ruiiding NOT yet Accepted.

..l. Tupio. and Tanner
..ecr was read from Dr. Open
- .a reference 10 the Illness OF Mr..
....a ID. Turner. keeper Of Candles
la ra,&.
r.. ordinance placing the new cavalry
.,r tIG.r ihc control OF the COM
...... VAS r.a1. and on motion "' N',
.1 OBJ. Ciy Attorney was re11'sl''
,. SUBMIT resolution turning 'He pu''"-
...r io ufe cav2uy company
were received for the supplying
... ta uhc department dWiHe the 'om-
..rI.,or and the contract Nas """''-
80. Mrs. Jane Kiue. at thirty cents per
..U,i pounds.
Civ Engineer presented to ihc
... ,yt,t lc thoueht woIll nc fair
.ruutmcnt Of the 500 approprl'l'd
Il..ir Tor the parks OF tne city ;pi"
r..r. a0d his schedule was ipPI'Fcu ~
t.. committee. ,.,..,
on SIT. Turpin's motion the nance l'l''e
Committee aas asked Oh appropriate |''o'
mr. 81, ,s..h thereof as may be necessary,
..- tt,e iusurinc OF the boilers and eieVa-
...- OF the new Cay Han.
AMONG the payroll Was special ron
. nc bands employed ON jefferson IaIh
- Arl Hth, on which day me "'
- Id work. but soon afterWard
r .T and went to the polls. me
..... allowed the men pay for TINS
81 . .rI on motion OF ar Nople'
81 cd .a1 frst a. there were similar
III .r. other park work such en-
.,.sed the motion. lie
81 ".- r.t offer objection 10 civ
~ . ui.e .n which 10 so 10 TIE
,... hut that he could not see
~ .. hands should be paid for fun
Dire did not think IL would
gn..e day for O. man 10 so to
i ... r.4.. and cast his ballot.
r.. 3D. Farmer was nominated by
-- carter f1r the position of keeper OF
r.,.--.i- Park. IL was stated that MI
.-..- or Marshall ward had been at
.r .r this capacity ON this PARK since
. I but that there was much
.r.n to linn holding the place on
.. ground that he lived I'm another end
rr. ttr 1r Farmer. VINO ~ resi-
..f OF Clay ward. was elected, and will
on duty in Few days
-.. question as to the manner OF
employing hands ON tho various parks
r tr. ..ty was discussed at great length.
-. was eereed that all app ications should
t. med with the city Engineer. TO be
listed boy the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings.
,fr noble moved that the foreman Of
..rks be directed to discharge all men
rlw az work who are not heads of
.amnies Mcssrs Turpin and Seay. he
oaly single men on the committee spoke
,r opposition TO the motion. and Mr.
Eohls eventually offered that the question
81. referred o. a subcommittee TO examine
tta rolls Of those employed on the
parks. and to drop those who were not
heads Of families
1'r. Seay offered as a substitute that
married men OF heads of families be
t..i 900 the parks as far as practicable.
Tails was adopted.
poIICg COMMISSIONERS 70 MFTT.
The Board Of Police Commissioners will
meet uis afternoon at o'clock at the
Office Of Major Poe. when action viii De
taken in the case Of Policeman Walter
Williams. who recently got into trouble
d.. the house Of his father-in-laW.
LAW AND EQUITY COURT.
SIN important suit was instituted I'm
.e Law and Equity Court yesterday by
..r. jackson Guy. ass counsel for John
IA. harrO u. who sues the American
Tobacco Company for S2oooo damages for
isuss alleged to have been sustained
' him while employed by that corpora
SION.
AIR. Harrison had been in the employ
meut Of the Allen d Gmtor Company. and
atterward of the American Tobacco Com
pauy. for about nine years. on January
t-h last he was engaged with some others
in removing cases of labels on the fourth
and second floors iu the building known as
the leaf department. az the corner of
Sixth and Cary streets. The elevator had
come down with two cases on it, one
case bad Neen placed uuon a truck and
Nr. Harrison had been assisting others iu
t.arT the other case preparatory To
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