Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13
SUSTAIN THE MAYOR.
BOARD REFUSES TO REDUCE GER
TAIN cIry-HALL OFFICIALS.
THE STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT.
This Matter and Tint of Isvcstt-
eating Health Department Refer
red 20 VeaIth Committec-sewer
Measure Agreed To.

was transacted Those present were
President TurpIn and Messrs. Allen.
Bahen. Burton, Brock. Carter. Cutchins.
Hordwcke. J. NJ. King. Montgomery,
Moore, Lawder, Noble, Smith, snead,
Starke, and Vaughan.
letter OF complaint was received
from A. J. Staude and others. through
the Committee on Light. against the
Richmond Railway and Electric Com
pany. charging that this company would
not furnish these citizens with electric
power. The company's position was that
II could not afford TO furnish this power.
The communication was received and
fled
The next matter OF consequence taken
up by the Board was the report OF the
Committee on Light as to the granting
OF certain franchises asked by the South
ern Electric Company and the Home
Electric Company. In view Of the Light
Commttee's recommendation. the ordi-
nancG~-ano accompanying papers were
forwarded TO the Committee on Streets.
SUSTAIN THE MAYORS VETO.
IL was at this stage of the proceedings
that Clerk August read the minutes of
the last meeting OF the Common Coun-
ell. so far as they referred matters TO
the Board for concurrence. The first or
dinance, reducing the compensation of
the Engineer and Assistant Engineer Of
the City Hall building, abolishng the
ofhce OF oiler. and making certain other
changes In the list OF employees of the
city Hall building. was read and dis
cussed at some length. 1t Will be re-
mcmbered that Mayor Taylor vetoed
this ordinance. but that II was passed
over the veto Of the Mayor by the Com
mon Council. The measure was, after
nuch debate, voted downs noes TO
ayes.
Resolutions were then coneurred in as
follows:
Appropriating $500 from the street fund
% grade and pave the west side of
Plum street.
Providing for the expenditure of the
s5Z6.6s subscribed by private citizens for
repairs TO the bridges across Hospital
and st. James streets.
The ordinance recommended by the
City Accountant. laying down a system
for accounting for the penalties
imposed upon delinquent city taxes.
evoked some discussion Mr.. Cut
chins said that. as he understood the
measure. II was simply to make the
hardships Of taxation more severe upon
the Taxpayer, whose burdens. he thought,
were already great enough. The ordi-
nance was finally rejected
The resolution appropriating $500 from
the street fund for the grading and
paving Of Marshall street from Seventh
TO Eighth was the next paper consi-
dered. 1t met with a great deal of OPP
position.
Mr.. Cutchins said he knew nothing
about the merits Of the appropriation,
but he held that the greatest curse to
the city Of Richmond was the drawing
Of modern lines. He spoke incidentally
of the great need for sidewalk improve
ment in Richmond. and moved that It be
recommtted to the Committee on Streets,
which was done.
number Of frame building permits
we're granted.
The resolution appointing a special
committee TO recaptulate the work of
the Council from July, 1896, to January
1895. was cOncurred I'm.
Concurrent action was also taken In
the matter Of establishing the true grades
Of Nicholson and other streets. and the
Board decided TO allow the educational
department of the Young Mems Christian
Association Of the city to use 100000
feet OF gas free Of cost during the next
twelve months
AS TO CONCERTED ROAD-BEDS.
The ordinance releasing the Richmond
Traction Company from the requirement
to concrete certain of its tracks already
laid was briefly discussed and referred
10 the Committee on Streets, along with
certain amendments.
Mr.. Starke offered a general ordinance
OF relief. which took the same course.
The Board also agreed 10 a transfer
Of $4,000 in the accounts Of the Light
Department
STRENGTHENING DEPARTMENT. !
There was some debate upon the ordi-
nance providing for the establishment OF
a STRENGTHENING department here. Mr..
Turpin (Mr. Cutchins in the chair said
shat ne did not know what the ordinance !
contemplated. He did not understand its
Tamihcation and its possible merits. 1T |
looks very much TO me-" said President !
Turpin, that this ordinance means the
creation OF another fat office, and If so,
] am opposed to IT, / cannot see from
the terms of that paper what becomes |
OF the sanitary officers we now have. |
Certainly we are not going TO have a |
Sanitary department with four sanitary |
officers overseeing nine carts each, and |
a sanitary superintendent overseeing |
these sanitary policemen.
Others spoke I'm opposition to the ordi- |
nance as IT stood, and il was referred |
10 the Committee on Health.
The resolution providing for the APP |
pointment of "A conference committee TO |
consider the resolution appropriating |
t25o 600 in per cent. bonds of the city for |
sewer work was adopted.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT INVESTI- |
CATIONS.
The resolution providing for an inyes- |
tigation by the Committee on Retrench- |
ment and Reform of the Health Depart |
ment of the city was read. and there |
was quite a little squirt Of discussion over
H. This resolution. II will be recalled, |
was the outcome OF the recent inquiry |
made by the Retrenchment and Reform |
Committee of the complaint submitted |
by the five men some time ago discharged |
from the health force. Mr.. CUtchins |
took the position that the resolutions
contained only a general allegation, and |
MIR. Hardwicke demanded that specific
charges should be made. lie offered a
motion. which was adopted. laying the |
resolution upon the table until specific
charges were preferred in connection
Herewith.
Colonel Cutsbaw submitted his report |
as TO work being done in what is known
as the Lee District. stating that the
work called into question at the last |
meeting OF the Board was evidently be-
ing done by private citizens at their own
expense The report was received and |
filed.
Mr. Starke made a futile effort 10 have
taken from the table the resolution re-
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