Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-02
LEAVE THE COUNCIL
QUANTITY OF SHELLS ON HAND.
n,.e.s.,oh Of This Question Causes
. wrsngie In the Light Committee
Proposition 10 Buy "a r""pe's
n ying-Ground.

Room No. ), OF the CITY hh''
as,ernoon Those IN attendance were
Nessrs. IAnderkin (chairmanp' f'0'"
caper.. Allison. Woody. Epps, Fergus
.on vaughan. and Christian. captain
Thomas c. Cunningham. super'h'enue'''
NJ The river work, presented MS repo,'
Of tts dredging done during the i'on''
NJ March. lie recommended tha' '"e
committee make an appropriation oil aoou'
s7s for the purchase OF toois' 10 DC
r.c, IN hoard the city tug. by means
NJ which the men employed under M"
could make the necessary repairs 10 '"e
river.plant. instead OF having 'nese
,.,nrovements made at special cost
cna,rman I.anderkin explained the ad-
vantage OF having these tools ne sa'N
that in such weather as han oeeh
ner,enced during the past lew os!S Wv
,,.r On the boat. with these tools eouiu
80. time now consumed in idleness'
a. waking these repairs. The aGVisa-
bility OF making the expenditure A
considered at length, and the eomn''''ee
finally. on motion OF Mr.. Capefs' oe0iHeu
., ask the superintendent TO prepare
a memorandum OF the implements heeueo
"a s,,hrnit the same TO the CITY Ehsi-
80 WIN "a TO bring the matter BACK
=. 49,. committee. with such recommenaa-
,,ons as he may deem proper TO MAKE
rar,aln cunninghams report sho"sd
49,, during the month or March the
srsd,s C.ltv of Richmond had been Gun
,ioved in dredging in the harbor seVeh'osI
80 and had removed $3.50 cubic yarus
Of sand and ground two logs, ana i've
ho,lders from the channel. Inc P"P-'
was received and filed. .o,,
THE usual bills for the department.
were approved. A. ,,s-
colonel Cutshaw explained the neces-
atty for the recent repairs 10 ths NC"
tug Thomas Cunningham, Sr., winch ~
sald was due TO the breaking OF one Vi
the piston rods, and TO some other nalu-
raj oyerhauling. on motion Oh Mr. I"I -
tlan the bill for the work upon 'he rs
was approved and ordered 10 Dc P"'N'
when funds were aVahapie'
MIR. LANDERKIN TO RETIRE.
Chairman Ianderkin. being asked hy
the city Engineer II II was really iae'
that ne Intended TO retire from the |onl-
,,i,,oe on James River Improvement, re-
nIied in the affirmative. and Colonel cut
shaw took advantage Of the opporIun,ty
10 speak in the highest terms OF MI.
Japderl<tn as the presiding ofiicer OF the
committee. He characterized him as one
az the most honest, conscientious, ana
useful public representatives. win whom
ha had ever come in contact The tribute
maid him was appropriately responded 10
Inv Mr. Ianderkin, who stated That MS
only reason for resigning was tfat Deihs
a councilman he was not allowed 10
do business with the city. lie ala not
feel that he could sacrihce his own DUST
ness interests. and would retire rom
the Common Council next Monday night
Mr. Ianderkin thanked Colonel Cutshaw
for his very kind words.
Mr.. Christian here offered a resolution
expressing the regret felt by the coIn-
mlttee at the retirement or the CHAIRMAN
and its appreciation OF his able, honest
and economical administration OF the al
fairs OF the department. MS was uhahl-
mously adopted, and was made a part OF
the record of the committee.
The Shell Question Up Again.
The meeting of the Committee on Light
last night was quite an interesting one
Chairman Grimes was absent ana sur
Chairman Hardwicke filled the chair, ana
Nessrs. Caskie, Carter, DAVIS, Nooie'
Starke, Vaughan, and Wallerstein' were
on hand. There was some further oyster
shell discussion soon as the pouS
settled down for business.
Mr.. Caskie took exceptions to the re-
port OF the Committee on Manufactures,
which stated that about 1900 bushels OF
oyster-shells were on hand. He said he
had no objection TO his signature beng
attached TO the report, although he had
not seen IL, yet he did not understand that
this was TO have been the case. He ala
not mean to assert that there were not
that amount of shells on hand.
Mr.. Davis moved that the figures used
be substituted by the words IA large
quantity" but the motion was declared
out of order. The minutes were then ap-
proved.
on motion OF Mr.. Starke II was decided
that hereafter the minutes OF the com
mittee be only read at the meeting held
on the 18th of the month.
THE SHELLS ON HAND.
superjntendent Knowles stated, when
the question of oyster-shells again came
up. that of the 6S,O00 bushels of shells
bought last year about 5000 had been
used In making the 81 600 bushels OF lime
rsed during that period, and that There
were now at least 5000 bushels on hand
He was unable, however. To tell how
many shells were on hand at the time
when the shells Under the last contract
were supplied.
The committee finally agreed TO modify
its report so as TO strike out the figures
1900 and insert the words "a large guam
tity" The report was ordered 10 b'
spead on the minutes.
LIGHT CONTRACT AWARDED.
The Chairman stated, on behalf Of the
subcommittee appointed to communicate
with the Richmond Railway and Electric
Company with a view of renewing th'
contract for furnishing electric light Il
the city for two more years from Apr
10Th, when the present contract expires
that the company was willing 10 extend
the contract for 500 arc lights at Is cent.
per light for two years. On motion OF
Mr.. Davis the sub-chairman was In
structed to sign the contract, II aftei
consultation with the City Attorney HI
iinds that the committee has the right &
extend the contract
On motion OF MIR. Wallerstein Superin
sendent Knowles was empowered TO sci
800 bushels of coke. in addition to th'
400 bushels agreed upon at the last meet
ing, and that the restriction be removed
by which only one load should be deliv
cred 10 the same person on one day. Tn,
purchased coke is to be removed a
once.
bill was presented from the Ameri
can Gas-Light Journal for 81. for tn
furnishing OF one OF the Journals to tn,
city gas-works for seven years from No
vsmber l. 1859. TO November, 1886. On
motion OF Mr.. Noble the matter was re
forred 20 the Auditor and sub-chairmal
OF the committee.
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