Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-16
THE STREET COMMITTEE MEETS.
Busy Session on Routine WORK
school Trustees.

A regular meeting Of the Council
Committee on Streets was held in Room
No Of the City Hall last evening, and
several routine matters were disposed of,
but nothing of special Importance was
done. There were present Chairman
Alien and Messrs. Carter. Ebel. Bloom
berg. Pollock, Bahen, Burton, Woody,
Foster, John NJ, and John }. King.
Mr. Ebe moved a reconsideration Of
the action of the committee at previ-
Gus meeting, ordering certain paving on
Seventh street between Clay and Leigh
streets TO be laid at the grade fixed by
the Council. in order to have this work
done at the present grade The COM
mittee adopted the notion and agreed
to have the paving done at the present
grade.
A letter was received from William r..
Codd. of Baltimore, calling the attention
Of the Mayor to the automatic telephone
system. The communication was ad-
dressed to the Mayor of the city, and
was as follows:
Dear Sir: We see by our Baltimore
papers that negotiations are pending IN
your city looking to the procuring or
franchise for long-distance telephones.
We wish TO call your attention 10 the
Automatic Telephone Exchange or tne
Drawbaugh Telephone and Electrical APP
pliance Company Qimited). This telephone
system is decidedly better than any other
for the reason that Ii gives better SER
vice and a secret service, and can be lpe-
rated at an expense Of not TO exceed eO
per cent. of the present system.
when you are securing for your city
telephone service, you are certainly lhle-
rested in having that which Is up to daIe,
and is unquestlonaDly going 10 De duopleu
generally.
Yours very truly: c,,r,
The letter was laid on the table until
this afternoon at o'clock, when the com
mittee will consider the lOng-distanee tele-
phone matter.
STREET-CAR TENDERS.
Mr.. John J. King wanted TO know II the
committee could take any action which
would compel the street railway compd-
nies TO place proper tenders on all tnelr
cars. He said two accidents had occurIed
on the roads In this city very recently
and both had been very suecesstui run run
overs" He thought an efficient render.
one which would pick up man, should
be used by the company and was satls-
fed that such an appliance could De s, so',
ten. IL the Council or the committee Would
reanlire H. A subcommittee, consisting Oh
Nessrs John j. King BloomDerg, ana
Burton was directed 10 look into TINS mat
ter. and make such Recommendations as
they deem proper. , ,....~os,
Mr.. Bahen created considerable interest
here by moving a reconsideration OF tne
resolution passed by the committee dls-
charging one OF the superintendehts Oh
hands and carts He said that Mr. Garu-
ner. who was put of, was good man,
who had been in the employ OF the CITY TOT
twenty-six years, and should be protected;
Messrs. Carter and John Nj. King argued
that this matter had gone TO the Commit
tee on Retrenchment and Reform, ana
that nothing could now be done. There was
ouite a spat between Messrs. Bahen ana
Carter i'm which Mr.. Bahen sdid; Mt.
Gardner is your constituent, and you
should protect him. II you don't DO H.
Won should not expect me to do IL.
'.I'Il weed my own row, said Mr.. car
fer pointedly, II don't want your heip
The Chair being appealed TO, declIed
that the committee cottd not consider TINS
matter at this time.
THOSE SMALL APPROPRIATIONS.
nhe CITY Engineer made a lengthy state
ment regarding the small appropriations
10 the Street Department this year ne
eaid the sum named in the budget Tor tho
maintenance OF hands and carts was 50
small as TO make II necessary 10 turn OF
All the hands and put all the horses ana
mules out TO Craze early In April ana icy
them remain SO until July lst, when ohiy