The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-07

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conditions and requirements. as already
! published.
! Mr.. Gunst moved % amend by requiring
/ The company 10 concrete their road bed
! over the entire line known a. the Union
I line from Beach and Main streets to
! Broad 10 Hancock 20 Clay TO Seventh 90
! Main. and also that the present track Dee
! taken mp and replaced by sirGer rails
! over the line.
Mr. Mills thought there was part Of
! the line already laid with elrdor rails.
Mr.. Gunst replied that II this was so
! the work had been done so crudely and
| unsatisfactory that ono could not tell 10
] without close examination.
/ Mr.. Gunst then withdrew his amend
! ment and Mr. Cottrell offered an amend
ment 10 require the company TO lay
| girdcr rails from Main and Harrison 10
| Broad and thence % Clay street This
was adopted.
THE SCEDULE.
/ Mr. Blanks offered an amendment that
| there be a schedule of not more than five
/ minutes over the whole line from Twenty
/ ninth and i streets 90 Reservoir end Main
streets. This amendment brought out
some discussion one gentleman declared
| that the present schedule Of the .'ne was
/ anywhere from three 60 ten minutes Mr.
/ Hobson said he was Of opinion that the
/ schedule was sometimes twen'y four
minutes.
Mr. Blanks amendment was acrccC IN.
Mr. Mills then moved that ull members
I who had amendments 10 one' should 90
So and the ordinance as amended DE -hon
referred TO the Street Committee. This
was adopted by q vote of 4 ga 32-
This appeared 10 be q rclief 10 LARGE
number of people, including several law-
yers. who had evidently come 10 with css
a lively fight. When ire result ~ the
vote was announced most II these gentle
men left the Council chamber amid
hub-bub.
CHARGES FOR WATER
The ordinance was tfen taken up fixing
the rate charged by metre measure for
family and household use az - cents per
] 600 gallons for the quanuty Of water
actually consumed
argued that by this Arrangement all p'r-
ties concerned would feel tnar they were
getting what they paid for and paid only
for what they get
This ordinance had been 1dve,. ly ie-
ported by the Committee on Water.
Mr.. Crimes stated that the metre system
I'm his part Of the city was creating much
dissatisfaction. and there We're many CONF
plants by reason of what the people in
his section of the city thought were eN-
cessive charges. The ordinance was rec
jected.
The Council corcurred in the resolution
~ The Board 10 employ associate counsel
I'm the case Of the CITY of Richmond
against the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany. .--,.,.-
The rcport of the Jail Commissioner was
read which showed the building 20 be in
very unsatisfactory condition. ana re-
commended many much-necled repairs.
Immediate steps were urged to n sure the
| safekocpine OF the prisoners letter
| from Jtcgt Witt. of tho Hastings Court
ACCOMPANIED the report callrg attention
90 the necessity of remedying the needs
| at once The report went into the details
| OF the condition of the building ana re-
forred 10 many evils and unfortunate
difficulties caused hy the dndpidated
condition OF the structure IL was stated
that money expended on the repairs Will Doe
practically wasted as they will have 20 be
renewed every year and this would be no
economy in the long run The repairs
would cost 81 800 annually. The report
recommended omphaticahy that ne"
iau be erected ON suitable site. for eco
nomical as well as humanitarian reasons
and that the Council take steps al once
10 this end The report was filed.
REGULATING CARS.
Mr.. Cottrell introduced an ordinance
recurring the cars of the street car COM
panies I'm the city 10 stop their cars on
the nearest corners OF paved streets aft
intersectine points when taking on and
putting of passengers instead Of the
fartbest corners as at present. lie want
ga this ordinance put upon its passage
as he thought II was a matter Of import
ance and there were good reasons for
sncb n regulation. The ordinance was
adopted.
M was decided that 500 copies OF the city
charter be printed at cost not 10 eN-
coed SIS copy 10 be given 20 each
member of the Board OF Aldermen and
Common Council. the rest 90 bee sold by
the Committee on Ordinances at price
fixed bv them
MIR Guust introduced a resolution that
the Grounds and Building Committee be
instructed to report what city property
could be- disposed Of at a price that VIII
not be TO the detriment Of the city OF
Richmond the object being with "a view
10 providing funds with which 10 tuiid
new city jail The resolution was
adopted
TO SELL PROPERTY.
Another ordinance was introduced in
structing the Committee on Grounds and
Buildings 10 dispose of the Clarke Spring
property for an amount no. less than
SO 600 the money to be devoted 10 a
fund known as the city Jail fund and 10
be expended for the erection 81 new
Jail
The measure was referred 70 the
Finance Committee.
An ordinance was offered creating
Committee on Electricity consisting Of
four members and defining their powers
and duties After much discussion az
to what disposition should be raada OF