Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-16

said II practically. meant that tne CITY
would have TO give 5000 more !" ,,nf ,ns
committee than the approprlallon ca,lea
for. The credit to the cominltteg laae .tsn
year was only a paper credit IL the
Board passed the amendment 1t was
really adding to the budget: -
Mr. HarfWicke said the Finance Com,
mittee had made the reductions. ana had
brought the expenditures withln the IN
come and he hoped the Board Would sus-
tain them. The amendment Was aiesi
further discussion, put ana lost py Vo'e
Mr. Carter then moved to amend sec
tion TO read: "All ordinances and reso,l.
tions making appropriations ior the Se"'
1885 are hereby repealed.
Mr. Hardwicke contended tnat THIS was
merely Mr.. Carters former amendment
in another guise. The amendment was
lost. - .,-.o- -
MIR. Noble then moved that the appro-
priations made to various charitable IN
stitutions in 1896 should be appropriated
this wear less - per cent, subject 20
detailed monthly report belng @ suoilletes l'..s,,
to the Council of the uses 10 "niSn sum
appropriations were put. -. .,
The Chairman ruled the motion OUT OF
order. as it dealt with matter already
Mr Noble took exception to the ruling,
and a vote was taken, tnc Iesuie VI ""'~A'
upheld the Chair.
PLEA FOR THE TEACHERS.
Mr. Turpin moved that Sl2,llsS should
he taken from the Appropriation TOT WateI
meters and applied to the circuit ol Wy
payroll Of the City School BoarI. ne saiu he
that the reduction OF the salailes u ,hsf-
school teachers was the worst cut 'nde
could possibly be made He spoke OF tne
necessity for good education, anu Nvn. n.
tended that the reduction meant tnat ny sne
children would lose one month euu0@''0'4
year. -, - ho,ad the mo-
,,or wouId not prevail. The effect OF water
meters In other cities had peen 10 s@ss ',
money. uhey prevented epideHiCs' or. CIV
had proved not only economical Dut s"'N
tary. 80, 49, School Roard
s,1stern showed the greatest grown OIL any
citv department 1t had grown az d d',s,o 49,
of Il GOO a year. The city had gwen uouD,o
as much as the State required LOT 'ne pun
poses qt education. no,ad the motion
,-',,ld not prevaiI The school apptopi 70. ~.
tion had increased out or an pIopor p,o,,t .,on
other departments of the city goEsi nnoi
gSror, 1s75 TO 1885 the increase IN sSnUot ~
ttendance had been GA per cent, anu ,,,o -,
9noronriations showed only sstorno susnI 1fa
oIdase From 1885 to 1895 the atteluairoo
had Increased 81 per cent, anu anu 'mO 1T 1,he
nrlations had increased 81 per oear ',nrad nv
banitb ~ the children was endahgele,u, ,o, ~
nea''n r ii.oore 0I ~ sewer-gas. The preVeh'io"
80 u,atar waste was most essehtie.i ~
NJ Rahen opposed the meter system, III ., q
satd no understood from the "as,x1d s,1ad and
that the reservoir was AVA s,o "y5ights in the
oat He did not see how the hie'ei ''S
tenn would help matters a, an ,,r,D
'0''' COsTyY AND SHORT-LIVED.
49,, ,r,,rn,n said he understood that ~, ~
NV ont the meter system III ny nle of a
it would cost 100000, anu ,,,a on years No
,,ar5ber of the Board, he sa,ab, oab ,reters
nlen'3 tn Co. this appropriation for lVD iiie''''
,,Diese ne intended TO follow II ~ rrder-
Wr Snead said that any one W. ~ would
NJ bvdraulics knew that water Ha,.al
stoor sn to anv point higher than It's ieTS'
rS, H.. roeters would not affect the % suPP'1 ~
he was i'm favor of them on etooi W. enpro-
economy. In behalf OF lhe sSnoJ h,,t few
pIlhtlo..thh,o ~ a moor man could ahoru ~
snd his children TO school. EVeIy L., a
sailer from the child's school yeal ~ taro,,s
month lost forever ~ was Pspp 10 her
thot richmond should not give Wo+her W
tr,,a, I'M tho same education that % %oelei
otties cave. The increase IN lhs pPtha
e,SiSI r,ntio1 was due to the fact that ono ro
great advantage Of educatloh be I'm
55nnreciated. "Shal We salu ned,o ed,oo cor
APP dpr such a fiimsy pretext as $l2WV b1l
water meters take one-eighth OIL TIC 0''''
dren's education away 49,. h,, vote of
~ D ~ ORahen moved that the I0'Wo tSa tOa
,,,atar-meters should be placed 10 ,,,le
credit of the streets generally. ~
amendment was negatived by vote Vi
13 to 3. ,r,,,, WORN,
FAILED OF TWO-THlRDS Noi T.
Every amendment proposed 10 une vote
atrsnce having been defeated the roIe
oInabeeb on the budget H as it came from the Com
~, yatttne ,n on Finance and was adopted Dy
the Common Council Vas taken: Tl1n ydr and and
sra,' leSu,s a@ainst its adoption. The ordl-
nance. therefore. failed. two-thirds e yoSe
in the affirmative being necessary ,p,ics 20 pas
il. Mr. Turpin moved that con, G98naerencSs sacS
STaTt' bpannh be appointed, with the concur
renee re- nee, of the lower branch. This was was
agreed 70 by a vote of IL TO o. and the
whole budget will have 10 be gone oFei