The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-18
THE 1IMEs-RICHMOND vA.TpEsDAY, AUGUST ~. 1896.

portant session in commlttee-room No.
II OF the City Hall last evening at I
o'clock. Those present were Sub Chair
man Wallersten and Messrs. Tanner.
Allen. Stokes. and Witte. The Super
intendcnt presented his usual report Of
the operations OF the Gas Works, and
the special subcommittee appointed TO
look into the alleged excessive use OF
gas in the public buildings OF the city
submitted a very important statement.
regulating the use OF gas In the City
Hall by the use Of dropliehtsmfwyp
Hall by the institution Of drop-lghts.
and summoning the heads OF the depart
ments before the committee for the pur-
pose OF cutting down the quantity OF
gas consumed. Superintendent Knowles
offered some figures In this connection.
showing that during the first seven
months Of this year there had been a
saving in public buildings OF s2s.Oo0 cubic
feet Of gas. or sS2S. according to the price
Of that commodity.
After some argument az 10 what steps
should be taken In this direction, the
body referred this matter back to the
sub committee for further Information.
The superintendent was instructed 10
- 'Nei"th''o A'A If'Fi 10
cover the oil tanks - tie Lower Gas
Works. lie was also directed to brick
up the ammonlacal liquor tanks IN order
10 save waste ~ exhaustion.
II was ordered that three electric lights
be placed In proper position In Chlmbo-
raza Park. This was done al the request
OF the Committee on Grounds and Build
ings
Bills and pay-rolls were approved and
the body adjourned.
THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.
At $3.50 O'Clock last evening the Com
mittee on Relief OF the Poor held its
first quarterly meeting since Mr.. George
b. Davis became superintendent Of the
Almshouse. Those present were Chair
man Blake and Messrs. HobSon, Snead,
Smith. Gunst. and Wake
The report Of Superintendent Davis
showed that there were in the almshouse
Julv a. PIN inmates, as compared 10 2i3
on the same date last year. number OF
patients in the hospital July 81. 1896, ~.
received during that month. y white and
d colored. Sixty-seven were discharged
from the institution during that month,
while y died. 3 Of whom were white and
Q colored The statement further showed
that there at present remained 70 the
credit ~ IN almshouse IS, 1870. outdoor
poor. N,2l2.4.
Tho matter OF providing collins for such
bolies as by law should be turned over
70 the Anatomical Board provoked some
d,s.ussion. Superintendent Davis eN-
rIot,ed that these bodies were put into
cor,rnon nine collins, which were made
IN, the inmates OF the almshonse, ana
onl,, cost about - cents 10 81 each.
Mr. Gunst thought that the department
could save money by procuring half
dozen plain collins. which could be used
in delivering all these bodies TO the
Anatomical Board. q'fIese collins he
said could be returned 10 the hospital
after the corpses had been disposed OF,
and thereby the city would be saved
several hundred dollars per year. Mr..
Gunst put his idea into Il notion "hich
was adopted.
The committee then went into the te-
dious business Of opening bids for the
department for the next three months,
the result being as follows
For beef and lamb. Mycr Kirsch; bacon.
TO V. Hechler. Jr.: -four, 10 r. r. VIII
liams & Co: lard. 10 Y. Ilechler. Jr.;
coffee. 10 Leopold Levy & Sons: sugar. 10
g. w antrim " NpINs T'iFs ~ ls'hIviN
lew & Sons: salt. TO i. +. Williams
G. Sons.
OTHER COMMITTEES.
4 regular meeting Of tla Water Com
mittoe was held In room 80. y Of the
City Hall at 80 o'clock last night those
present being Me-srs. BRIGGS chairman.
Stokes. Carter. Cuichins. Montgomery.and
Tanner. The bills Of the apartment for
the usual pay-rolls were approved. and
some other unimportant routine business
was transacted.
The Committee on First Market met
AZ the City Hall Yesterday afternoon NJ
o'clock hut only routine matters were
disposed Of.
The subcommittee ~ the Committee On
Health held q meeting last night I'm tho
Office Of the Board Of Health for the
purpose OF considering the report 10 he
made 10 the general committee. All
the members were nrsent-Messrs. Bur
ton. Cufchins and Jones. They talked
informally over their report. went over
the payroll and the classification *
the employees after which they adjourned
without action