Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-30

! Ayes--Messrs Caskie. Brl8gs, haru-
wicke. Wallerstein, and Chairman ~iiu
NoesHMessrs. Bahen. Bloomberg, Brock,
Jones and j. NJ. King-o.
CHARITIES AND STREETS.
The body then took up the budget Win
| doors wide open, and MI. brlBgs S.,eo inoNeu "
reinstate all the charities ana 70 4, reupoe oe
all of thelA p per cent, except X r. Lee
| Camp Oor the Soldiers Homel which re-
| ceives 81 900. He said he believed the COM
| mittee would do well to ADOPT TINS piau'
/ as IL would not materially aHec' tnc puu ~
get in dollars and cents Last year the
| sum appropriated to these CHARITIES was
S06i5. while the sum allowed thls year
was s. 295.
Much Informal discussion was here m
dulged In. Mr.. Bloomberg wanted NOVW
/ taken from the item OF $4,000 to repay the
| sinking fund. and placed TO the credlt OF
streets generally. He said the approprla-
/ ton Of 10000, as provided IN the puuBet,
! only gave the Committee on = reefs $500
for new work this year. as work contract
! "a for already would consume the remain
l der OF the sum. II was explained tnat tne
I sinking fund debt would have 10 De pald
within ninety days from about FEBRUARY
/ lst but that ii need not necessarily De
provided for i'm this budget.
/ spirit OF compromise was urged by
| Mr. Caskie who felt that all members OF
] the Council should take a cOnciliatory view
| OF things, in order 70 get the Duoset
/ through. He willing to meet MI
| Bloomberg half way. and take $lOuW from
| the $4,000 item and meet MT Brlgss py
taking p per cent. off all the charities, Lee
| Camp included Mr. Caskie stated that
| Lee Camp Soldiers Soldiers Home re-
! ceived $4,000 from the state. He added
| that he would also be willing 10 take
t5,oCo off the $4,000 allowance for water
| meters.
The committee finally got back to the
! original motion of Mr.. Briggs, who agreed
/ 10 the general cut of p per cent, al the
| charities being restored. save the Found
ling Hospital. which did not want the aid.
! Amendments were offered by both Messrs.
! Bloomberg and King. which were voted
| down. Mr. Hardwicke moved 70 amend
| the original motion simply by leaving the
allowances 10 the Kindergarten Of the
! Woman's Christian Association and the
| Home for Incurables as they stood in the
| budget. Mr.. Bloomberg moved as an
| amendment to the amendment that the
Free Dispensary OF the Medical College
/ OF Virginia be allowed 10 remain at $1,000,
but this motion was lost. The motion. as
amended by Mr.. Hardwicke, was then
/ adopted.
Mr.. Bloomberg offered. in the form Of a
motion. his idea 10 reduce the item to
| repay the sinking fund" from $4,000 10
4 $4,000. which was debated a some length.
| Mr. Caskie offered an amendment to this
| making the reduction TO $50 900. which was
finally adopted.
ENOUGH MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
The sensation Of the evening was caused
| when the Items for the schools were
! reached. Mr. Briggs said that the sum
| allowed 10 school expenses would be sutt-
| cient but he did not know so much about
the payroll appropriation, which was
! 100000. He added that he did not know
so much about the sentiment OF the
Council with reference 70 having the
| schools I'm operation only eight months in
the year. and that the members Of the
School Board had only discussed this
matter informally. He was asked why
the board wanted so much more money
this year for pay-rolls than IL had re-
quired last year.
1--WE have one more school this year
Randolph school" said Mr.. Briggs, by
way OF explanation.
Mr.. Hardwicke then explained that the
School Board, when given the money for
the construction of Randolph school, had
said that they would need no more
funds.
Mr.. Briggs said here that he thought
the School Board could get along with
the appropriations made by the budget.
He said the board could cut off some eX-
penses. such as French and German In the
High School and could abolish entirely
the night schools, which had not been a
qyf.'i Mr.. iBiloombeeg however. made fight
10 have the schools payroll appropria-
tion made as large as it was last year,
lowance this year by 5000, which was re-
jected by tie vote. as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Caskie. Bahen. Bloom
berg, Briggs and kings.
| Noes-Messrs. zimmerman Jones'
Brock. Hardwicke. and Wallerstein-5
} MORE MONEY FOR STREETS.
on motion Of Mr.. King. the $4,000 taken
from the $4,000 allowance was placed 10
the item streets generally" making this
a total Of $4,000.
the budget might exceed the estimated
receipts be taken from the item "taes
refunded" This was adopted.
Messrs Bloomberg and King then en-
deavored to get the $4,000 appropriation
for the purchase Of water-meters reduced
to $4,000 the other s. 900 to be placed "a
the contingent fund. The committee re-
fused 20 do this. however and Mr.. Baher
announced that he would not vote for the
meters when the budget came TO the
Board OF Aldermen for adoption.
The body adjourned at 1905 a. NJ.
visit Charity Institutions.
The committee met yesterday Afternoon
at o'clock and inspected St. JOseph's
r Orphan Asylum and the Little Sisters OF
the Poor with the view Of deciding whe
, ther these charity institutions should re-
ceive aid from the city.
The "City Fathers" assembled at st
: Josephs orphan Asylum, where they
, were cordially received by Sister Made
line. who has charge Of the institution
} / and Mr. John NJ Higgins. The cOmmitte,
I
2 the entire premises. but went through
two of the main departments of the home
! II was found that there were I'm the asy
lum siXty-seven girls ranging in age IRON
] fore the institution has received 800 pei
annum from the city, but the Finance
Committee dropped this appropriation thi'
year and that of $3.50 10 the Little Sister'
Of the Poor
INSPECT THE PREMISES.
mi H. a., h.
very perfection of neatness. The com
mittee first inspected the children in som
of their calesthenic exercises. where tn
long line OF girls went through the dumb
bell and Indian-cub movements. &c, will
remarkable precision. After witnessing
the attractive exercises for some time
and while the girls were yet holding thei
dumb-bells i'm their hands Mr. Higgln
made a brief statement of the vast worl
being accomplished BY the asylum. III
smoke of the superiority of the training
there and Of the thorough manner In
which girls were brought up-morally. in
teIlectually and physically-and made al
earnest appeal for the institution.
Mr. Turpin responded 10 Mr.. Higgins's
remarks. saying at the outset that II h'
smoke over a minute the largest girl In
the crowd could throw her dumb-bell al
| hin, He then expressed his qualification
served everywhere in the institution, and
COMMUNICATED both the management anC
the girls
o,as escorted into the cooking depart
ment. where score or more Of youne
misses under a skilled teacher were pre-
paring salads. puddings. coffee, &c. Some
Of these deicacies were dispensed amoni
The c6uncilmen. and after the usual cour
tesies the committee departed for th'
home of the Little Sisters Of the Poor.
Upon arriving at the Little sisters o
the poor the councilmen were showI
tb,orgb the various departments OF thi
instit1tiou and it's operations We're ex
NAMED by Mr.. Higgins There was al