Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-06

was then taken. II resulted. s ayes:
noes. 20. The vote was as follows:
Ayes. -Messrs. Bloomberg, Ferguson.
Grimes. Mills, Pollock, sheai Teefey and
Whalen-S
Mo N9'es;-Messrs, Camp cottrell. Curtis.
noe,. darber, Gibson, Gunst, HARRISON,
neeke Hobson Mccarthy. Miner. Neale'
letters, Tanner. Wallersten, Williams,
winston Woody and Casklc-2o
MI. bloomberg offered an amendment
TO section 8, providing that the city ex-
presSly reserved 10 itself the right 10 re-
quire the railroad company to put its
track under Broad street whenever the
City Council should so require.
Mr.. Ebel said such n provision I'm the
ordinance Mould be the heaviest mort
gage which could be placed upon the road.
Mr.. Winston moved to lay this amend
ment on the table The vote on this mo-
ton resulted ayes. l6: notes. u. and the
motion was tabled.
THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED.
There were no more fights. The Clerk
read The nance section by section.
hut no were suggested, The
fiual vol ken at 9:55 1t resulted
ayes, g. =. The negative votes
Were cast .dessrs Bloomberg. Of JEFF
ferson Ward, and Ferguson, Of Marshall
Ward.
At their request. Messrs. Mills and Win
stOn were excused from further atten-
dance upon the Council.
NOT A DISSENTING VOTE.
Consideration of the Chesapeake and
Ohio ordinance was then taken up. From
the first II was apparent that there was
to be no general fight against the ordi-
nance. The councilmen paid little atteD-
ton TO its reading. and the clerk waded
through it, being finally relieved by Ser
geant-at-Arms Ruskel.
No change was suggested until section
was reached. when Mr.. Ebel offered a
slight amendment, making a few verbal
changes. Two amendments Of similar
character were made to section 6. and
then the reading of the ordinance was
completed. without amendments being Of
fered.
AT precisely 1880 o'clock the final vote
on the ordinance was taken. 1t was
adopted without a dissenting voice.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
Mr.. Caskie then called Mr.. Wailerstein
TO the chair, and the Council began the
consideration of routine business.
The Finance Committee reported favor
ably the resolution submitted at the last
session of the Council appropriating s., 1000
for the purpose Of reimbursng the City
Sergeant for money expended in feeding
prisoners in the city jail. Mr.. HARRISON
moved TO amend the resolution by insert
ing ST. go instead of 81 900. and providing
that ii be taken from the police contin-
gent fund. The resolution was adopted.
A number of minor appropriations were
made without objection.
The resolution appropriating $500 for
the repair Of the wall around Shockoe
Cemetery met with grave" opposition.
Mr.. Grimes, of the Cemetery Committee,
made an earnest appeal for the appro-
priation of the sum asked, and in order
to secure the appropriation reduced the
amount asked for to 81 100 The Finance
Committee recommended that the money
be not appropriated. The resolution max
ing the appropriation was lost.
THE GAS-WORKS' REPORT.
The report of Superintendent Knowles,
OF the gas-works. giving the cost of i'm
proving the gas plant. or building new
one. was received.
Mr.. Ebel moved TO refer the report
to a joint committee from the Commit
tees on Finance and Light. Mr.. Harrel-
son moved 10 amend by referring the
report to a joint committee from the
Committees on Finance and on Retrench-
ment and Reform.
Mr. Wallerstein spoke at some length
in favor of immediate action on the re-
port He said the plant could be mo-
dernized according TO the report OF Mr.
Knowles, at cost of $4,000 He be-
Heved a moderniZed~ plant would save the
city every year as much as $4,000. He
insisted upon an appropriation of $4,000
He said he believed il would be the means
Of saving the city at least 5000 year
Mr. Ehel said he did not know how
many kinds of gas the Richmond plant
hn1
WINGED him it was better on creased air
and fabricated vapor than anything else.
He could not thoroughly understand the
report; II could not receive proper con
sideration in the Council until II had been
passed upon by the Finance and Light
committees.
While the resolution was under discus
sion, Mr.. Curtis moved TO adjourn to to-
night at O'Clock. The motion was car
ried by vote OF IA 10 II. and the Coun-
ell adjourned until tonight.