Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-04
TOPAYTnETEACHERS
COUNCIL WILL REIMBURSE THEM
FOR THEIR SERVICES.
The VOTE STOOD 20 TO 5,
The sum of sf,s7o,O7 Appropriated
TO Pay for Days Spent I'm SCHOOL,
Fifth-street Calvert to he Rebuilt
An Adjournment Until Thursday.

After much debate and agitation tn
Common Council has taken the first stel
towards paying the school teachers O
this city for their services during thu
latter half of December, 1887.
| A resolution that they should be pait
| for the days they actually spent In thu
school-room was adopted by vote Of
| 20 TO al the regular monthly meeting
last night.
This resolution carried with It the ap
preparation Of si.s7oo7. and was a subsh
| tute TO a motion that the teachers should
| DO paid for fifteen days, or the sum oil
| SS.50257. This end was not reached with
out a spirited and lengthy debate. and
one member Of the minority voted be-
.cause he thought the matter should be
referred again to the Finance Committee
who had reported 1t adversely, on the
| grounds that the claim was not Legal
one. and there were no funds to meet IT.
An appropriation was made for the re.
| building OF the F1fth-street sewer, and
| a number Of claims for damages made by
| reason Of the collapse OF the culvert were
| conceded.
The debate on the school question was
| SO long drawn out that at 1890 the Coun-
| ell decided TO adjourn until Thursday eve
ming. Many matters CT vital Importance
remain to be considered, among them the
altering of the city water, plans for new
city jail, and for dealing with electro
lysis.
THE SESSION IN DETAIL
When the Council was called 10 order
the members present were Messrs.
Blanks. Camp, Cottrell, Curtis, Ebel, Fer
c7lsson. CARRIER, Gibson, Grimes, Gunst,
Harrelson, Heeke Mccarthy, Mills,
Miner. Neale, Peters Pollock, Shea, Tan
ner, Teefey, Wallerstein, West, Whalen,
Winston, Woody. and Casde president.
A number Of resolutions from the Com
mittee on Streets, recommending the APP
Precipitation Of small sums for the paving
Of certain streets, cutters, and sidewalks,
were adopted. The sum OF $3.50 was APP
propriated for paving the east and west
side OF Fourth street between Jackson
and Duval at the cost Of the property
owners.
An ordinance granting permission TO the
Southern Railway Company 10 construct
and operate spur-track on Virginia
street was, under the rules. laid upon the
table for a month, and ordered to be
printed at the expense Of the company.
Ordinances granting similar privileges TO
the Chesapeake and Ohio took the same
course.
THE FIFTH STREET SEWER.
The sum Of s21,0S2 was, on resolution
from the Street Committee, appropriated
from the sewer fund to construct sewer
in Fifth street, from BaconQuarter
branch to a point south Of the rayine be-
tween Jackson and Duval along Third,
Fourth, and Fifth streets to Baker street.
The claims of numerous property-hold-
crs for damages by reason Of the break
ing of the Fifth-street sewer were COM
promised for 1885, and this sum was APP
propriated for this purpose, Mr.. John
Grimes alone dissenting, and Mr.. Pollock
being excused from voting, on the ground
that he was counsel for several parties
interested.
An ordinance framed by the Committee
on Poor, providing for the appointment
Of an additional driver of the city ambu-
lance at salary of s45 a. month, was re-
ferred TO the Finance Committee.
NO MONEY FOR WATER TESTS.
The report Of the Finance Committee
contained a recommendation that the
suggestion of the city Engineer and Su-
perintendent of the Water-Works that
5000 should be appropriated for testing
methods to clear the city water should be
rejected. The matter was laid upon the
table until the report from the Water
Committee should be submitted.
An ordinance requiring all contractors
doing work or furnishing supplies to the
city to give bond endorsed by some in
demnity or guarantee company having an
office in Richmond, was adopted.
THE NEW POLICE STATION.
In lieu of the plan suggested by the
Police Committee and Police Commission
ers for the erection Of a new police sta
ton in the Third District, the Finance
Committee recommended that the Audi
tor should be instructed to take 5000
from the expense account of the Fire De-
partment and 5000 from the contingent
fund, TO be placed 10 the credit Of an ac-
count 10 be called the police contingent
fund. This fund is TO be used only for
the erection or the proposed police sta
ton. The recommendation of the Finance
Committee was unanimously adopted.
An ordinance fixing the salary of the
Coroner at $3.50 year, payable monthly,
beginning January, 1898, was adopted.
AS TO PAYING TEACHERS.
school teachers Of the city shall or shall
not be paid for their services during the
latter half Of December. 1897. was intro
iuced by report from the Finance Com
nittee. This body had been requested to
furnish the Council with a statement of
the amount legally due the teachers. The
reported that they did not
any legal claim on the part OF
the teachers, but they presented @ state
ment from Superintendent Fox, showing |
that the payroll for the month Of De-
cember would have been S46S467, the |
amount paid was s6l321o. and the balance |
eft unpaid was sS502.57.
"If the resolution means the pay for |
he time from December 18th to 24th," |
reports Mr.. Fox. "the period during |
which the schools were in session, in |
,ludng Saturday and Sunday, the amount |
would be s5.Si40S. IL II means the amount |
or the days in which the teachers were |
actually engaged in the school-room, this
would be $i.SOo7'
PLEA FOR THE TEACHERS.
The introduction OF this report brought
dr. Minor TO his feet, and in the course
f an earnest plea for the payment of the
alaries, he declared that the case seemed
o him to be one that called for an issue
Z bonds IL there were not funds in hand. |
10 moved that the sum Of $S-502.57 should
o appropriated to pay the teachers.
MIR. Walerstein said the matter was
o be viewed from business standpoint
md not in its sentimental aspects. He
vent over the old ground as TO the i'm
,licit instructions which were given 10
he Sc1.ool Hoard that their annroprfa fioo \