Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-29
MUST COME TO TIME.
STREET COMMITTED CENsuREs
RAILWAY COMPANY FOR DELAY.
THE BROKEN FOURYH-STREET SEWER
A subcommittee to Draft . Plan
for Having the New Sewer Con-
stractcd at Once-street-Car and
Other Matters.

| The Council Committee on Streets helt
its regular monthly meeting in the City
| Hall last night. The session LASTED
nearly four hours. and was occupied
chiefly with ths transaction of routin,
business.
The breaking of the Fourth-street
sewer was the principal topic discussed
and 1t was, after much debate, referred
10 a subcommittee. which will meet OF
Friday to prepare a report.
The Richmond Railway and Electric
Company was censured for the delay il
making the repairs ordered on the Four
teenth-street line, and the Traction Com
pany was asked TO make some changes
An interesting report of the financla
condition of the department was submit
ted by Clerk Stratton. This was n nota
Bile departure for the terms of the ordi
nance requiring monthly reports, ha:
not, hitherto, been observed by this com
mittee, owing to the inadequate force II
the City Engineers office.
THE SESSION IN DETAIL.
The committee was called to order by
Sub Chairman Bloomberg. with the fol-
lowing members present: Messrs. Burton,
Ebel. Bahen, King, Pollock, Woody, Pc
tiers. Gibson, and Lawder.
Under a suspensions of the rules, allie
cations were heard for the construction
of certain sewers and paving work.
Mr. Holtzback appeared before the COM
mittee and asked that regular schedule
should be maintained on the Lakeside
Line.
Mr.. Bahen advocated the petition, and
moved that steps should be taken to in
sure a fifteen-minutes schedule on the
First-street line. The motion was adopt
ed.
WANT BETTER SCHEDULES.
Mr. King thought the Richmond Rail-
way and Electric Company was getting
very lax in the matter of schedules on
all its lines. 1t was decided that the City
Attorney should be asked TO write to Mr..
Fisher in this connection.
The Allegheny Box Company asked for
permission to construct spur track to
their factory, on Seventh street. On mo-
ton of Mr. Ebel the matter was referred
to the City Engineer. with instructions TO
draw up an ordinance, which should con-
cede the request under certain limitations.
A question was raised as to whether
the committee could advertise for BIDS
for work before the Council had author
lied the expenditure. The City Attorney
expressed the opinion that ii would not
be advisable to adopt this mode of proce-
dure. n motion was adopted empowering
the Engineer TO advertise for bids as
soon as the Council authorizes the work
to be done.
DELAY OF THE RAILWAY.
Colonel Cutshaw reported that the Rich
mond Railway and Electric Company
were delaying the work OF laying the
straight rails on Fourteenth street UNI
reasonably He expected that Mr. Guigon
would have been present to explain the
cause Of the delay. and he had suspended
an order issued by him pending that ex-
PLANTATION and the action of the commit
tee.
Mr.. King severely criticised the action
of the company in this and other mat
tiers. and moved that the City Engineer
should be ordered to enforce the compile
ton of the work without any more delay
on the part Of the railroad company.
Unless the work is done promptly the
committee decided to impose penalty
for each days delay.
The bills and payroll of the committee,
aggregating S5.66iH, were approved and
ordered TO be paid.
THE DEPARTMENTS FINANCES.
Clerk Stratton presented the following
statement of the financial condition Of the
department: