Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-29
NOCASH FOR FILTERS.
,xcr COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
REFLECTION or RESOLUTION.
TIE PRESENT TINE IEOPPORTUNE.
r,,crimcntS Possible before Next
s,mmcr-pIans for the New Police
stntion-Mnri>ct Men After the TN
licensed PcdIcrs.
licensed Fcd"

,-,.. t,oancc Committee has declined to
..,,-.pd TO the city Council the APP
.....-.,uon O. 5000 for experiments in
.r.fs TO clear the water Of James
..,.- uscd by the city. This decision
.s reached at the meeting held after
... t1int session with the Water Com
.....e on Thursday night
.. docs not mean that the committee
NOT fully alive to the desirabiity OF
....- water. but that the members think
..- present time inopportune for expert
,..rts. 10 would be impossible TO make
... tr,ts before next summer. and the
r.-.nec Committee is not given 20 cross
... lr.iccs before 81 gets 20 them. Then,
... another reason why the committee
.... mo-, recommend the appropriation
MAS chat there is no money in the trea-
.... and the contingent fund is ex-
t.as,ed.
condition of Third Market.
Tho Committee on Third Market met
81. Tho city Hall last night, Messrs, Snead
..rmam. Cottrcll. Peters, and Tecfey
luc present
HHe regular monthly business was dis
....d of. the report Of the custodian
Slowed slight Improvement in the Dusi-
-..- of the market The clerks report
showed tho sum of N5155 still standing
.. thc credit Of the department. Bills
and the payroll. amounting 10 $3.50, were
ordered 10 be paid.
There was an interesting discussion Of
.. affairs OF the market. and the failure
~ IN mi fpe q.
~rfo terms with the Police Commits
srrers. so that the two departments
-..eIt be located I'm n single building on
BROAD street. The Police Commissioners
received the proposition with disfaYor.
..r Sir. Snead. chiefly because they did
.at want their station on Broad street
though other considerations entered into
.r..r refusal TO combine interests in this
matter. Chairman Snead said il would
-.t bee advisable 10 remove to any location
.r the main thoroughfare, and the clerk
~ the market made a statement TO the
effect that the prospects Were decidedly
brighter The committee has i'm hand
about So over and above sufficient 10 run
-r- market until the end Of the year, and
10 was decided to spend this sum in
making repairs. the clerk TO report at
the next meeting what was most neces-
slry 10 be done.
AGAINST UNLICENSED PEDLERS.
The committee took very decided ground
a, 90 the pedleTs who are doing business
d. Richmond without licenses, and the
Police Department came in for some very
spirited criticism for their indifference.
Tho recent decision Of Justice Crutchheld
was brought 10 the attention of the COM
mlttee. and a motion that a committee OF
three should be appointed to confer with
the Chief Of Police concerning the man
rer in which pedlers are allowed 10 carry
ON their avocation without license, and
request that efforts be made 10 enforce
The law, was adopted Messrs. Snead.
Cottrell. and Peters were appointed to
serve on this subcommittee.
Plans for the New station.
The Police Department has purchased n
site for the new Third District Station at
the corner of Marshall and Smith streets.
and plans for the building have been
drawn by Mr.. carl Ruehrmund. The lot
was purchased from Mrs. Bette ID. Powell
for S2400 and the title. which was exam
ired by the City Attorney, was pronounced
clear at the meeting of the Police Com
mittee yesterday morning. The negotia-
lions. which have been i'm steady progress
for some time, were made public at this
time
The lot fronts 30 feet inches on Mar
shall street and runs back 40 feet -
inches on Smith street. The plans pro-
vide for a one-story building 2SX76 feet.
the cost OF which will not exceed $500,
the balance Of the appropriation. The
front portion viii consist of wide han,
ON either side OF which will be the cap
taiu's and sergeants rooms, both OF which
.r. handsomely fitted up with marble
washstands and other handsome acccsso-
lies The main entrance is on Marshall
street being double, while the captain
room is reached from Smith street. The
han running from Marshall street enters
a. large assembly lighted by sky
light Back of the assembly-rOom is the
1lutors apartment. and neatly-ftteo
up cloak-room ranged on either side of q
nail which leads 10 a large corridor, in
the centre of which will stand six modern
steel cells. The flooring of the corridor
and cells will be granOlithic, in which. al
intervals. traps will be let I'm order thai
water may be turned on and the same
washed out at any time.
Matter of Fire Permits.
The Committee on Fire Department me
last NIGHT with Messrs. Smith, Peters
Shea, and Woody present IL was decided
that hereafter this committee will NEE
only ON the call OF the chairman. Sine
the power 10 issue frame building permits
has been vested in the FIRE Board. this
committee has no regular business L
transact. The question was asked whe
ther the body had the power to recon
mend the issue of a permit over the heaC
of the Fire Board, and answered in tn,
affirmative.
The regular monthly meeting Of tn
Council Committee on 81. Johns Burvine
Ground was held in the schoOl-room o
the church last night.