Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-26

was Mr. lsaWdcrs reply 10 Mr' luiph'
Mr. Gunst who was present. and VINO
Is chairman of the Committee on Grounds
and Buildings. was heard regarding the
ordinance. and he denied any knowledge
Of the. existence OF any combine.
THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED.
After some further discussion. the or
dinance, as amended was adopted the
vote being as follows.
Ayes-Messrs. Allen. Bahen, Brock
Burton. Cutchins. Moore. bawder, Nopie'
Vaughan and Zmmermann-lO.
Nocs-Mesers Carter Hardwicke,
Smith. Snead. and President Turpin-5.
The Board without debate. agreed to
the ordinance reducing the pay of the
park-keepers and the City Nurseryman.
but the ordinance as to the government
OF park-kcepcrs was tccommitted TO the
Committee ON Grounds and Buildings.
The Board concurrcd in the set Of rules
and regulations governing the city ceme-
terics.
IL was also decided that joint session
of ,he two branches OF the Council should
be held July 18th. for the purpose OF
electing a member of the Board Of Fire
Commissioners from Clay Ward, 10 sue
ceed Mr.. L. c. Jenkins. and a member
OF the Board of Police Commissioners
from Madison Ward, to succeed Mr.. {.
c. Bosher
REPORT OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
The report OF the Board Of Fire Com
missioners. I'm reply TO the request OF
the Committee on Retrenchment and Re
form. to state in what respects the ex-
penses Of the department could be cur
tailed. was read. and sent 10 the Com
mittee on Retrenchment and Reform.
Mr. Brock called up from the table his
ordinance concerning the employment OF
tramps and vagrants in the city jail upon
the public works. and the measure was
referred TO the Committee on ordinances.
with directions to be reported upon at
the next regular meeting.
The petition of the Southern Electric
Company for the right to establish and
operate an electric light and power plant
here. &c, was referred 10 the Committee
on Light.
Mr. Vaughan offered an ordinance re-
ducng the compensation of the Commis-
sioner of the Revenue from 5-s of / per
cent. to 1-2 Of l per cent. and after some
debate the measure was adopted.
Mr.. Burton presented the much-talked-
Of petition for cheap fuel gas. and it was
sent TO the Committee on Light. The
paper was signed b. fully 5000 citizens.
The board adjourned at ] 80 A. NJ.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS YESTERDAY.
There were to have been meetings of
several of the committees OF the City
Council yesterday.
The Committee on Water was TO have
convened for the transaction of regular
business at o'clock. but a quorum was
not secured. The same was the result
of the session to have been held Of the
subcommittee appointed by the Com
mittee on streets to look into the matter
of affecting an arrangement for general
street-car transfer system. Only Messrs.
Ebel and Pollock and President Williams
and Attorney Shield, of the Richmond
Traction Company, were present.
There was a meeting of the James
River Improvement Committees sub-Com-
mittee on Retrenchment and Reform last
night Messrs. Harrelson chairman.
Christian and Vaughan were in attend
ance. The subcommittee had before it
the City Engineer and Captain Cunning
ham. who has charge of the work upon
the river. and the matter of what en-
ployees could be dispensed with, and in
what ways expenses could be reduced,
was considered. and il was decided that
one of the three deck hands could be dis
missed. but no other retrenchment could
be effected. The deck-hands get SO a
month
The subcommittee also recommended
TO the general committee code OF rules
for the government of the department.
The First and Third Market committees
were to have met last evening, but did
not get quorums