Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-05
WILL NOT RETRENCH.
The Council Refuses 10 Adopt Any Of
the Committees First Report.
VOTE FOR AN ELECTRIC Plant.
Mr.. Glover Presents n Plan by
which One IL TO ne Paid for in
Five ycars-rolicc Question Re
Serred without Debate.


Rloomberg. Brock. Caskie. cottrell. DAVIS
Diacont. Donleavy, Ferriier' hooson'
landerkin. Lawder. Mayer MCDOWELL
Murphy. Page. Trower Waliers'eh'
woody. jackson. and Griffin.
The Committee on Finance reported tno
resolution providing for the opening VI
Duval street from Sixth 10 Seventh WI"
the recommendation that 1t was ihao''s"
bile 20 make the improvement AZ 'n''
time. The matter was laid upon the 'a0'e.
A resolution providing for an additional
iaritor for the CITY Hall was upon '"e
Recommendation OF the Committee on
Finance. referred 10 the Commit'ee 0'
Retrenchment and Reform. opo"
conmendatior Of the same commune" '
Councu adopted the resolution "ppi'
nriating $500 for the purchase OF VUa,
20 hs distributed among me pour Vi INV
city by the City Mission. ,,,o MIR.
1.,a .um of saSO was asked for the puI-
.haao ~ a fre-alarm box for beiie isIe'
ana the matter was referred 10 'he Yum
mittee on Finance. .o,,,o,
The same committee urgea the 80, 90
az the resolution appropriatng go
the pay-roll account OF the rue
mont. and II was laid upon the laoie'
THE SUIT OF MR.. LANDERs.
A volum,nous report came up from tne
Committee on Water in regard 10 .ns
ami, brought by Mr.. t. M. r,,.
AGAINST Mr.. Charles Z. Boinns; Sa ~ ,n
tendent OF the City Water WorNs, "
,.,htcb Judgment was gotten by MT. Ian
ders against Mr.. Boiling for Wow ms
80 a. will be remembered, was re
LILY tried in the Law and Equity Coui l.
ora the Committee on Water exonef"..u
tha SUPERINTENDENT from any blame III .ls
matter. az his acts were approved pS '. 10
body The resolution accompanying w
rcDor, instructed the city Attorhe! ~
80 an appeal from the Judemen. ol
he Law and Equity Court, II ne ne
snch action proper. ana uH - sno
Finance Committee 10 appropria'e ,ho
10 nay the aforesaid claim III ,.ose
meal should not be sustained. lneso
,,,ors were accompanied by letters from
ff'fcee witt and Minor, explaining ine
St,,,s,ton and set forth that Mr.. boiiihs
nod lint done his duty In the pIeiilioe
Mr. brock moved a suspension OF the
LES and the adoption OF the resolution
AIR Meredith, the city Attorney, Mae
bnard mon the question. and explalneu
whv II was necessary for the Couhc'i -
UNFOLD the acts OF the superintendent VI
he Water-Works The resolution was
finally adopted without dissent ing w
A large number Of frame-building per-
mits were granted.
A MASONIC SECTION.
The Committee on Cemeteries recon-
r,ended the adoption OF an oIulianOo
authorizing the committee TO sen 10 t se
Stosons a lot in River-View Cemetery Tor
aNplaingi that the Ma
sors oxnectsd 10 erect handsome smart
uno, the SPOT referred 70 and 10 Dury
80 dead there. The ordinance was
adopted. ,.,.,., an
The council agreed to resolution APP
rronriating $500 for the grading. resetuhs
~ curbing. and repavng OF sidewalks
&c on the north side of Franklin De-
tween Pine and Laurel streets.
A petition was submitted by MI Hlo-
yer from Mr. Briggs, a member from
Madison Ward. asking that he be re-
leased from service on the comm
on Fire-Alarm and Police-Telegraph anu
Cemeteries II was granted.
FOR AN ELECTRIC PLANT.
Al this juncture Mr.. Glover created
profound surprise by Offering resolution
providing for the appropriation OF $iyo'Vo
IN 4 per cent. bonds, the proceeds TO De
exAoded in the erection of an electric
us$ plant. The plan presented by
Prysident Glover stipulated that the
pIant shall be paid for as follows:
In 1895. $500: In 1896 5000: In 1871
s97 ONo: in 1895. SOS. 900; IN 1899, 2s.oo' IN
100. $4,000. This would simply be the
payment for the plant. and the plan lur-
Their provided that the cost OF operating
the enterprise shall not exceed $zS'VV
wear. and that the cost Of lights to con-
10
average charges of the Richmond Rail
way and Electric Company All the
moneys accruing from said plant after
the payment Of actual expenses are 10
co into the city treasury, and the en-
tire expenditure is 10 be made according
70 the resolution under the supervision
OF the Committees on Finance ana Lght'
The last provision of the resolution stlpu-
lates that the plant shall be guaranteed
10 be in good and substantial conditlon
at the end OF the five years.
In explaining his proposition Mr. Glover
said he simply wished the Council 70
appropriate the sum It was now paying
for its street lights for five years. or
the condition that the plant should, al
the exniration of that time, become the
property of the city.
PRESENT PLANT PROFITABLE.
MIR. Glover read some extracts from
statements concerning the earnings OF
the Richmond Railway and Electric Com
many. among which was the following Of
its net earnings for FIVE years past
Year ending December !. 1880, 500 SIS. s.
ISL $l26, $50; 1892. sli5.0i6f; 1888, $l5b55I
eleven months ending November 30, 1884
Sl73lSg: annual interest charges, $4,000
These figures were furnished by james
y. Brown d Co., brokers. No. 62 Cedar
street, New York.
President Glover also read the fol
lowing from an affidavit made by Mr.
George +. Fisher in the case Of Joshua
g. Hervey and others against the Rich
mond Railway and Electric Company, anC
sworn to June Is. 1894: This affiant fur
Their says that the gross revenues or th'
Richmond Railway and Electric Compan,
derived from its railways and electric
lighting business are between 100000 ahc
10000 per year"
Mr.. Caskie wanted the proposition re
ferred to the Committee on Finance until
its merits could be looked into, and Mr.
Landerkin was not in favor OF 1t be
cause there was no assurance that plan
such as the city would need could o'
built for $4,000. Those who spoke II
favor Of the resolution were Messrs
Grimes, Davis, Wallerstein, and Ferriter
When the question was finally called tn
resolution was adopted, the only negatV
votes being those cast by Messrs Caskl
and Landerkin.
COAL FOR COLORED POOR.
Councilman jackson offered a resolu
ton appropriating $500 for the purchas
of coal for the colored poor OF the city
which prevailed unanimously.
The report from the Board Of polio
Commissioners In regard 10 increasing IN
number OF police officers was read.
embraced the recommendation TO increas
the force twenty-fOur men. on Mr.. Wal
lerstein's motion the paper was sent Z
the Committee on Police without dis
cusslon.
Mr.. Mcdowell asked 10 take from tn
table resolution authorizing the CIT,
Attorney 10 purchase a strip OF land lei
feet wide on the south side OF Franklin
street from Richmond College for sewe
purposes This was agreed 10 and III
resolution adopted.
KETRENCHMENT AND REFORM.
on the final roll-call Mr.. Caskie. chair
man of the Committee on Retrenchmen
and Reform, moved that the report o.
that body. which recommended a re
duction OF certain salaries, be taken up
lie spoke at some length upon the neeC
OF retrenchment He said that the city
was going rapidly toward bankruptcy
that for the past two years the city
had gone in debt $4,000 a year, and tina
this state OF affairs could not go on
SIR. Ceskis spoke OF the general attitude
of the Council toward the report anC
toward the work OF the Committee OF
Rstranchmepf and nafor,r sayfp,, tho.