Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-13
he Committee on Retrenchment and Re-

the Committee on Retrenchment and Re-
form"
Returning to the matter Of the inyesti-
cation of the First Assistant Superinteno-
eut. Mr.. Gunst presented the following:
Resolved. That 1t Is the sense Of the
Committee on Relief Of the Poor, after a
full investigation OF the rumor relative
to the First Assistant Superintendent col
lecting during office hours, find that there
Is nothing OF import In the rumOr.
Resolved 2, That this committee fully
and cheerfully exonerates the First AS
sistant from any wrong doing
This was unanimously adopted, and the
committee. after directing the Superin-
tendent to have a phone OF the Rich
mond Telephone Company placed In the
colored almshouse. adjourned.
James-River Improvement.
The Committee on Improvement OF
James River held a regular meeting In
Room No. IL of the City Hall last eve
ing. Messrs. Vaughan chairman, Ca
pers. Christian, Ferguson, Harreison'
Mosby and PicGt %e1e Pbomas ne Gun
ningham was read and filed: IL showed
that $500 cubic yards or SAND, roch, etc.,
were removed from the channel curing
the month OF March. Ia. . ro-
The matter OF having the city tug "a
natnted was on motion OF Mr.. Guy, laid
on the table until next month. On mo,ion
OF MIR Mosby the bills OF the department.
for the months of January, fep,uas
and March. including the pay rosi ., liz
March. were ordered paid when propery
audited They amounted to: January pliis s,
| si57. 20: February bills, sli0.5s; March pliis
| and payroll, Slol6
REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
Messrs. Vaughan and Ferguson, mem.
hers OF the subcommittee wnicn went
| 10 Washington to confer with the dutio,
lies with the view OF having the govern
ment make an appropriation tor the
moval of the large rock from sile shads of
of the James river, opposite the sneus VI
the Old Dominion Steamship COMPANY
submitted their report After speaking u
their visits TO Colonel Alien, the 10, :
neer I'm charge of the James llNei VII
movement and Brigadier-Generai VII
son chief of army engineers, the repol9
! goes on 10 say: 1.-The balance OF tne ~
| propriation to James river is apoul $1,000
and this balance, like all similar dPptO,
priations, is to be expe rn' ~ War and
| orr idea is that he will ORDER the eN. ',,,
sion of the work. If an examination an
| survey of the harbor or Richmolu, W.
| the view of making these liiipI ose'n n. %,
! has already been made, the report VI
| General Wilson to the committee, OF ~
| senator Martin and Representative bailp,
| can be made IN a few days from ua'a IA -
| the War Department our SehatorS an
| Representatives inform us that the 49, go
| q
| mo Of the bill as they do; that they wiz
ar the next Congress have the Dill SO
amended that 1t will meet our wants.
! etc" a.. ,hapks IN
| ,ba members of the subcommittee LOT
the services they had rendered III '''''
matter. ,r.n.o,sor tho Clerk
was directed to report at the neNt me- ~
ing the amount OF expe ths Of January.
Eebrmarv, and March, and the average
| expense per month -. o.bar ro,t-
/ After the transaction OF some ot,el i'u
tine business the committee aoJoui
Fire commissioners Meet.
The BOARD of Fire Commissioners nera
n regular meeting at O'CLOCK i"'' '"o
| at the City Han. 49,, hafore the
Several of the iremen were p .,, and
bodv ON charges of missing hres anu
4 4oHyi bnt upon furnishing good excuses
49, we're not dealt with harshiy:
The resignation of Mr.. ii. j. Schlosser,
| onaineer of Engine Company NO D, "as
accepted. There were four appn ntio', us
| eiected nv a unanimous vote on the NE
| baIIot Some years ago Mr.. Bailey mas
engineer at No. Z. and resigned. Inc ap'
nlicants for the position were .. AZ, ~ and
| Mullen. Walter Evans, ". w. DdiiS'' "''
Tha ' ofnce Of Second Assistant Chief
made vacant by the death OF captain H.
II Snead, was abolished. s,ot,or.
II was decided to add an extra s ga onr
man at No Engine-House at gov p'i
The board has under consideration tne
advisability of purchasing a cohoihd'ioh
bose-wagon and chemical engine.
superintendent Thompson was ms ,ts'i roll
! Cd 10 Mace an alarm-gong IN the .oii
ho,se az the Fifth-street viaduct, so ina
the toil-keeper will in future sound az az
alarms of fire on the big bell now at hi'
house. III, -, elevator "
~ i,oUse ~ Engine Company NO. wa
a avn to the Cardwel Machine com
The contract for ice was not given ou II.
hut chief W. G.. Fuller was lnstruoteu y
purchase ice for the department