Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-02

was accompanied by communication
I! signed by Mr.. Phil. Il. SHIELD. setting
| forth that his company had been delayed
| in the erection OF it, plant on account OF
| the difficulty In obtaining n franchise
| from the Council. but that they expected
to have 1t In operation by April 18th
next.
POWER OF THE LIGHTS.
The letter further asserted that there
wes reason to believe that the Richmond
| Railway and Electric Company. which at
present received 10 cents per light. does
not furnish the 1.2O0-candle power re-
CURED by its contract, and could not do
so at that price without loss. The South
ern Company. said the letter, would put
up new plant and furnish lights of LOO
candle poser.
Mr.. Hardwicke moved that the COM
mittee recommend to the Council that the
contract be awarded TO the lowest bid
deT-the Richmond Railway and Electric
Company-for the ensuing three years.
MIR. Noble thought that the charge that
the company was not furnishing the cadIe
power required by contract should be
investigated. and that the ACCESSIBILITY OF
the city's having a plant Of its own
should be looked into.
Mr.. Hardwicke said that no attention
should be paid to any such insinuation,
but that the contract should go
to the lowest bidder, especially as
the Superintendent OF the Fire-Aiarm
and Police Telegraph had tested the lights
and found them up to the standard.
Mr.. Wallerstein contended that the com
mittee had no power to recommend. and
the committee then determined to forward
the two bids to the Council, as required
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The Superintendent was instructed to
have light placed In the alley between
Fourth, Fifth, Main, and Cary streets.
The committee, after attending TO few
matters OF little interest and approving
the payroll adjourned.
Pay Salaries Twice N Month.
The Committee on Cemeteries met at
1:SO o'clock. Pay-rolls were approved as
follows: lakewood. S251; River View, liS;
Shockoe Hill, $50.
The annual report of the Superintend-
ent Of Riverview Cemetery was received
and filed. The receipts for last year
amounted to s2,OS5.7S, an increase over
1886 of $35l.06.
Mr.. Noble revived a motion that he
had introduced at a former meeting,
looking to the payment of employees OF
this department semi-monthly, instead
of monthly, as heretofore. He recog-
nized, he said. the difficulty of getting a
quorum of the committee even once
month, and he asked If it would not be
possible for the committee to empower
the chairman to approve the bills and
payroll. Mr.. Vaughan said the COM
mittee had no authority to delegate this
power.
Mr.. Noble, continuing, said he recog-
nized that the men are only laborers,
and that they might be able to save
money by being paid twice month. and
he renewed his motion that the commit
tee should meet twice a month.
Mr.. Vaughan said he was quite willing
to attend two meetings, but the men had
stated that they were willing to be paid
once a month, and he thought 1T strange
that they should want change at this
late day.
Mr.. Blanks moved that the committee
should meet at O'clock on the LIST and
18th of every month Mr.. Noble with
drew his motion, and Mr.. Blanks s>reso-
luton prevailed. the chairman alone
voting in the negative. Mr.. Vaughan
stated that he had interviewed the
Finance Committee as TO the needs Of
the department. and the result of his in
teryiew had been very satisfactory. The
COMMITTEES passed. a vote of thanks to
the chairman, and the meeting was ad-
journed.
work of RecapitulatiOn.
Messrs. Marx Gunst. f. c. Ebel, James
7 Smith, and S. II. Cottrell, who were
appointed as committee to recapitulate
the work done by the present Council,
held a meeting yesterday afternoon at
) O'Clock.
After a brieg discussion it was decided
that the WORK could best be accomplish
ed by the appointment of subcommittee,
and the following were nameG
Messrs Smith and Cottrell to recapitu-
late the work of the Council as far as II
refers to ordinances and resolutions.
Messrs. Ebel and Gunst as a sub-com-
mittee on Finance, to collate the principal
items of expenditure and the amounts
saved in different departments.
Messrs. Gunst and Ebel will meet to
begin their work next Friday morning at
1890 o'clock. Messrs. Smith and Cottrell
will hold their first meeting at 4:3O to-
morrow afternoon.
Street Committee.
The Committee on Streets was called
TO meet at o'clock yesterday afternoon
at Third and Cary streets TO inspect an
alley between Third and Fourth streets
north of Canal with n view of ascertain
ing whether 1t Is advisable to pave it.
on account of the extremely cold wea-
Their. however only Messrs. j. j. King,
Foster, Burton, and Woody were present,
so no action could be taken. a number
of the property-owners, also, were on
hand. and the City Engineer. An in
formal discussion was held, and Colonel
Cutshaw explained that there were two
methods by which the alley could be
paved One was to pave 1t up TO the
established grade, when the water would
run off by gSstvity, or to pave 1t TO
lower grade, and put in trap for drain
age. He advised them to think over the
matter before the next meeting of the
Street Committee. At that time the
matter will be decided, and it is thought
the committee will order the work to be
done as a health measure. as it seems to
be necessary.
other Meetings.
The Committee on First Market was to
have met yesterday at No 1913 east
Main street. Mr.. Tanner was the only
member who put in an appearance, so no
business could be transacted.
The Committee on James-River I'M
provement will meet in the City Hall at
6 o'clock to-day