Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-08
OVER MAYORS EFT y,
COUNCIL ADOPTS RETRENCHMENT
MEASURES AGAIN.
TELEPHONE ORDINANCE LAID OYER.
Tabled for Month and to lie Print
ed-Snfc of Some Of the Cify's
Property Bring:.

mat the Common Council held last night.
There were many spectators I'm the Cham
her expecting that the Gong-dstance teie-
,bopc ordinance would be considered,
lint In this they were mistaken. Nor
was there any keen interest manifested
,p the ordinances and resolutions re-
cently vetoed by the Mayor, or the rea-
sons his Honor gave for dlsapproving
these measures
II was a duh. prosaic meeting, in which
a great many commonplace matters were
disposed Of The telephone ordinance
was laid upon the table for month";
under the rules. to be printed, and the
ordinances and resolutions vetoed by the
Mayor were passed. one by one, over his
Veto without debate.
THE MAYORS VETOES.
The Council convened promptly. but
over an hour was consumed in reading the
minutes OF the previous session. Those
present were President Caskie and Messrs'
Blanks. Bloomberg. Briggs, Ebel Foster
Gunst. Harreison. Jones, King, CottreH'
CARRIER. Mailer. DIosby Noble. Pollock'
Ropntree. Stokes. Tanner, Wake, al
lerstein. Witte. Whalen, Williams anu
Woody. c..
Immediately after the roil-call the SER
reant-at-Arms handed in the ordinances
and resolutions relative 10 retrenchmeh'
and reform which had been vetoed oy
the Mayor. list Of which were puDAsneu
,u the Dispatch several days ago. Inc
measures were accompanied by the lol-
lowing from Mayor Taylor;
3TrpnplIle fhp Common OOuDCl
of the CITY OF Richmond; ,.,...
Gsutiemen.-l herewith return Wltnout
my approval the following @ orulh3ilSSSS a-llSS
nd resolutions adopted by your Dody,
@~d concurred in by your body;
An ordinance reducing the compensation
of fhe Commissioner OF the revenue lIOlh
fge cighths OF l per ceh'uhl 10 'iioe
ordnance reducing the compensation
III tNo CITY Collector from seven eiShlhs
of uer cenium 10 five eighths.
An ordinance requiring the clerk 70 the
Auditor 20 perform the duties or lrans-
fer Clerk without additional cohpehsa-
An ordinance reducing the salary Of the
assistant TO the Auditor from $l,2O TO
an ordinance reducing the salary Of the
Harbor Master from $3.50 10 500 a year;
An ordinance reducing the salary or lhe
clerk Of the Third Market from SsOJ 10
$50 AID the JanitOr Of the Third Market
from Si5 90 S25 a month.
An r.inauCe concerning the Street DC
partment This ordinance limits the num-
her OF vehicles and horses Kept IN me
street pepartme1t as rhis i9illowSj Ny5;rance lwe
also limits the number Of managers or
hands and carts TO two, and does away
with the sewer foreman.
An ordinance reducing the salary OF the
Physician 10 the Almshouse from S,OSJ
70 500.
Secretary of the Electoral Board from
n IL
resolution abolishing the office of
Transfer Clerk in the Auditors office. -.
] cannot give approval 10 said ordi-
nances and resolutions, for the following |
l. am Of the opinion that you have no
right TO reduce the salaries or onlcers |
wifhin The terms Of which they have been
?. DO not believe it is just TO discrimi- |
nate in reducing salaries ana ofncerS IN |
some departments and TO leave others |
untouched.
3. / believe the proposed reduction Of I
salaries and wages insignifcant in the |
attempt to bring our expenses within our |
income. Very respectfully.
RICHARD NJ. TAYLOR. Mayor.
Each measure was acted upon by re-
corded vote and without discussion. and |
each was passed over the veto of the |
Mayor there being not over 3 negative |
votes in any instance.
COMMITTEE on STREETS.
The regular report Of the Committee on |
Streets was next read. 1t makes a |
number of unimportant recommendations. |
which were passed upon. resolution |
providing for the payment Of number |
of last years bills out of this years APP
rroprlation was adopted. Another reso-
tuition apuropriating $500 from the sewer
fuud for tine construction of a sewer under
the Gallego Mills was sent to the Finance
Committee.
There was "A great deal Of discussion
upon the resolution instructing the Street
Comm ittee TO sell at once seven mules
Of the Hands and Carts Department
and 90 sell ten more by July lst. In order
10 enable this branch Of the city work 10
be carried on within the limited appro-
pratlou therefor. Mr.. Bloomberg ex-
planned the necessity OF selling these
mules. which, he said would be standing
500 the stables eating their own heads
or unless the committee was given au-
fho-.ty 10 dispose of them Mr.. Wal
lcrsiein offered a motion TO lay the reso-
tuition on the table for the time being,
with "a view Of ascertaining If some mea-
sure could not be agreed upon by which
these hands ana carts could be kept at
work during the fall months. This mo-
tion prevail d.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany was given permission TO pat down
q side-track at Twenty-eighth and Dock
streets
TABLED TO BE PRINTED.
An ordinance granting the Richmond
Traction Company the right TO put down
a couple of crossovers on Broad street
went over for month. to be printed,
under the rules.
The ordinance granting the American |
TELEGRAPH and Telephone Company Of |
Virginia local and ng-distance telephone
privileges took the same course. as did
the ordinance allowing the Richmond
Railway and Electric Company 10 ex-
tend It's tracks from Z street out Twenty |
ninth 20 the corporation line
The ordinance. already referred TO in
these columns. requiring all street-car
companies 10 put down concrete track
beds when streets are paved or repaved.
was adopted.
The Committee on Relief OF the Poor
presented q resolution correcting another {
resolution relative TO the transfer of GER
tain ground near the City Almshouse !
with q view Of strengthening the lines OF J
Fourth and Fifth streets. The resoiu- i
ton was adopted. ,
Another resolution from the same COM /
nittee providing for certain improve
nents OF Hospital street, In front OF
he City Almshouse. was referred TO the
Committee on Streets. |
The Council agreed 10 a resolution ex- Y
'endlns 500 in rebuilding the bridges on !
g. James and Hospital streets.
FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. a
a large batch Of papers came up from
he Financc Committee. One resolution,
which was adopted, appropriated 800 10
ay for damaCes TO personal property y