Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-16
THE LIGHT CONTRACT
Il Contained No Provision Putting Broad
Street Lamps on fractions Poles.
Moxnr WANTED ron snwEns.
street. Committee Asks for an APP
preparation of 100000 An Bonds
trouble at Cro.sing--0ther Basil
ness Disposed of Last Evening.

OF the City Hall at o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Those present wero Chairman
Allan and Messrs. Blanks. Bloomoers'
burton. Ferriter. Mann, Mcdowell. King,
and Page Messrs. +. c. Brauer ana .
III. Pusliam. representatives OF the falr-
mount Traction Company, presented the
ordinance granting to II PERMISSION +"
nuild an equip an overhead trolley street
car line from a point In the centre Vi
Broad or Marshall street out twenty
third street 20 the southern end OF Tuiip
street. thence northwardly along Iuhp
street TO the corporation-line. The merits
OF the proposition were briefly explained
and. on motion of Mr.. Blanks, the COM
rasttee decided not to consider the mea-
sure until the company put up slo'v"
bond. such as is required by the city
or,liuances. This, II was assured by the
Paramount Company's representatives
would be done by tomorrow, ana tne
committee agreed to meet at O'Clock
Tomorrow afternoon TO act upon the orci-
nance.
THE HOLLYWOOD LINE.
The Richmond Traction Company petit
toned the committee to designate for It's
southerly extension to Hollywood Gene
terry. a route from Broad and Madison
streets, along Madison to Cary along
Cary to Linden. along Linden 10 Aipe-
marie, thence TO Cherry. etc. The original
ordinance Of the Traction Company
grants II the right to build and operate
such q road The paper was referred TO
subcommittee, composed of the CITY En-
gineer and Messrs. Mcdowell, Blanks, and
Ferriter
city Engineer Cutshaw called. the atten-
.tion of the body TO the manner in when
Broad and Seventh streets are being
, blockaded because OF the tearing down
OF the old Richmond Theatre. Colonel
Cutshaw stated that Mr.. Fritz. Sitterding,
the contractor. was not carrying out the
spirit OF the resolution passed by the
Committee on Streets, allowing him to
obstruct the streets After some discus
sion. Mr.. King moved that Mr.. Sitterding
be notified that he was creating NUS
ance at that point, and endangering life
and limb, and that the Chief-of-Police be
requested to see that the committees in
strrctions were carried out and the city
ordinances touching the case enforced.
A number OF bills and the usual pay
rolls were approved, and much minor rod
tine business was adopted.
Mr. Diacont presented a petition for a
at Twenty-seventh. so as TO accommodate
several houses In that section, and the
matter was listed.
Mr.. Bloomberg offered q motion to make
certain repairs to the alley between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth and Main
and Cary streets, which was adopted.
He also submitted a resolution TO repair
Broad street between Twenty-third and
Twenty streets, and the commit
tee Instructed the Engineer to have the
work done.
MIR. Mann offered a paper asking for
an extension of the culvert on Twenty
ninth street from Leigh street to GER
tain alley. The sewer was regularly
listed.
$4,000 WANTED FOR SEWERS.
The sewer-building question evoked
considerable discussion. Mr.. Mann de-
nounced as wrong the present system OF
amending money in sewer-construction.
Colonel Cutshaw explained that there
was imperative need for about dozen
small cuverts in different sections OF
the city. and he urged the Importance OF
asking for an appropriation or about
$4,000 worth of bonds for sewers. The
Engineer said that this action had been
taken by the Street Committee about two
years ago. and he had then presented TO
the Finance Committee list OF sewers
needed. arranged according to their I'M
portance. the cost OF which would nave
aggregated $4,000. Nothing had resulted
from this. andsit was now necessary ioi
the Committee on Streets again TO 90
something.
After some talk over the situation, a
motion of Mr. King recommending that
the Council appropriate $SOVO In pohos
for sewer-construction was unanimously
adopted, and the City Engineer was III
rected TO go before the Finance Commit
tee when the measure comes up peiore
that body.
COMPLAINT AS TO HEAVY TRAINS
A petition, signed by IL. ID. Herbert
M. A. McGifin, N. Huntington, an'
Others, residing on WILLIAMSBURG avenue
and presented by Mr.. Diacont, complained
that those citizens were being supJeete'
~ a great nuisance by the running
freight and coal-uains on the easter
extension OF the Chesapeake and ON
halfway Company, directly In the rea
~ their residences. The petitioners III
sisted that the committee should TAX
action upon their grievances, and In I'M
connectiou presented the following
.~-bat the trains run along the piac
etnted are composed OF twos heavy loco
motives and thirty or forty COAL
freipht-cars: and that at TINS point Nt'
beginning OF the up-grade). 1t Is neces
cary for the engines to put on an eNtr
amount OF pressure Of steam. whlc
causes the houses to vibrate and create
a heavy ana terrible nuisance from IN
srooke and gas which issue thereiroii
Also. that we believe that, according
law. the company has no right 10 at1ac
more than ten or twelve loaded cars
any train" etc .,.,s.
Mr.. Diacont insisted that the petiuof
ara were seriously annoyed and incoI
ven,enced by these alleged evils, and !
urged that the committee should tah
sosae action in the premises. the ma
ter was finally referred to the war
COMMITTEE and the City Engineer.
CANNOT ENCRoACH.
The yestry Of st. Philips church pet
f,eted the body for permission to bull
sters from the street to that house
worship. The City Engineer stated thi
the committee could not legalize an oil
structson upon the streets, and the pap'
went 70 the Engineer and tho Ward Con
mittee.
Recommendations as to the grades
certain parts OF Cary, Belvidere, an
fs,ay streets, which had been sent to u
Council and had been returned, wei
sent back TO the Council.
On motion Of Mr.. Blanks. the Richmon
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