The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-02
SPIRIT OF RETRENCHMENT.
II Guided Every Action Of The Common
Council Last Night.
The GAS WORKS LEASE RE-OPENED,
And tho Finance and Light Committees
Instructed to Thoroughly Investigate
the Plant Borrowing Money for
tho City-Mr. Garber Elected.


h'shl were marked 10y the spirit OF re-
trerchmcnt and reform. which is abroad
In the land Almost cy,rv resolution pro-
v,dlnr for an aporopriation was promptig
t,fl.d coioo.i fo,,,, i,,1,,. Cha, van %.
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ing supported hy nearly every member
proserf sff.r. ee.rf ,,4s rpa1o 10 get
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chase coal i"r the ""i'' pooi Oh ''e -lls'
but this. t00 failed.
As was predicted in The Times. the
,.,,.,i,.... ~ ,,.,s,,,- ,b. e.e WORKS oano
q'''''o" "'
up again. ana % .N.'l "El'' "'u''' NH',"
resulted ln iu' "Nolo H'''''. "e'"S return
cd 20 thr '"'iii',.' "' I"s", .'o
nance. Win ihrllu'li'Na l' i''.l'e"'e inc
question thoroughly. the cost OF the work
90 he dcfraycd hy thc parucs desiring TO
lease the works
Mr.. Fred II. CARRIER was elected 90 take
Che place of Mr lawdor who was pro-
NOTED to rie BOARD OF Aldermen
The Council met promptly at l30 with
President james Cask.c lu the chair. and
the following members present. Mcssrs
Alu Blanks. IioDnhcrt. Briggs, Cot-
trcil. Ehel. Foster Guust. iirolson.
IiNNNINnt H'N'H. NiAI.'tf Hl.. '.'f .f'.'''f 81
Noble Pollock louutreo Scott Stokes,
Tanner Wake. Wallcrstcin. Williams,
Niite and Woody.
LIVELY FIGHT.
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40 o.. ,,...'. ,.a, 1o,c v,otr on the
-. ,..l,,il l...t..'to ne slammed or NOT
,.atd for
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"a - 49, .-,,.fo and t-ostcr the lat
49,, 10. .t,. d. ,,.o,ia d.. rnfafr IN Tho
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Ar ron,s o,.,,,...l tbr roo,,o.f and was
heartily seconded by Mr.. Rouutroc. the
latter gentleman declaring that The whole
thing was "a farce.
These gentlemen" hc said. "ask as to
carry over money which wo haven't got
There IS no such money We should put
stop 10 the fiction Of carrying over
money that has been expended.
Mr.. Witte said that II such methods
were 10 prevail De did not know what
would become Of The ShOck0e creek work,
the contract for which had been made,
but the work not completed.
Mr. Pollock said that the question was
misapprehendcd that the money was in
the hands ~ the TREASURER though IL
had been practically expended.
TIus SINKING Fund.
,..,.-., 49,. ,..t, .i..+ tl ,,,,1,retlo5
N".D-,' 49, -... 80,
i'"' 30 ''' ..... t.r ,.o,-
'"e k,"el"I 'N ON, ,r,,e or',,
'oM''s ,.,''i- tt,. ,la,,....e tb,t had bcen
done vyae to alont propor business me-
tho5e and TO SION carving over such
balances he therefore. moved that the
,eeoi,,tion he laid on the table.
The motion va- adopted hv the follow
inc vote.
Aves-Nfcssrs Allen. Briggs. Cottroll.
Gunsf Uarrcison. Hawkins Hobson.
Jones Nfosbr Noble. Romntroc. Stokes.
Tanner. Wake. Wullcrstclu, and
Caskic-1f
Noes -Noeers. Blanks. BloOmbcrg. Ehcl.
Foster Miller Ne4lc. Pollock. Whalen.
Witto. and Woody -iO
The Council agreed 10 resolution, i'm
siructing the Guy Attorney 'o prepare
with H. liozgrefe.
me Nounch 'ohc"ii'N q" +" I,SVlu. ioH'
providing Tor thc payment oi st,' u" MIS'
Mary q. . I"}er ana M'7SIa " Gus Vl'l
bv. and Jackson Tor damages s'"''i'n
boy the n"isiiu- on water I'py III 'Ho
idNihe cast OF v"i 'H s"t'| ''tN''"
Jackson and Du'al.
iH' ''u"Dil "i'v "', It'd 300
others 20 withdraw their request TO con-
struct the lee District railway.
Tho Committee ON Relief OF the Poor
presented "a report rccommfndlne mat me
oner OF Mr. Junius li. Moshy. 90 EXCHANGE
some OF the property for ciiy lot 10
struehten the line of ihe A'mshouse
property, he accepted. I"e report was
nIouf0H