Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
A VERY LONG DEBATE
COUNCIL SPENDS TWO HOURS OVER
THE ELECTRIC ORDINANCE.
DENY COMMISSIONERS MORE POWER.
The Wrangle Embraced Many SUBJ
jccts and Amounted to Nothing
PROVISION VII de for Numerous
street
stree: improvements.

s'rfcs rONemcn
The Common Council sat far into the
night. 1t the outset It looked as though
the meeting would be over by IL o'clock.
at the latest. for the members came to-
eether earlier than usual. and business
was well under way at S O'Clock.
The rock on which the members split
was the old electric ordinance, which has
been before the present and past Council
for some two and a half years. Ihis or
dinance gives the custody Of the electric
wires in the city into the hands Of the
Fire Commissioners. Mr.. Gunst led the
opposition 10 the ordinance, advocating
the appointment Of an electric committee
OF thu joint bodies Of the Council. He
was supported by a bare majority. but
the ordinance was hung up after two
hours juggling with parliamentary pro-
cedure. The debate was very spicy at
times. and there were many features Of
interest in the later hours OF the meeting.
a great number Of resolutions for street
improvements were adopted.
DETAILS OF THE SESSION.
The Council was called to order, with
the following members present: Messrs.
Caskie. Cottrell, Curtis, BloOmberg. Fer
susson, Grimes. Heeke. Mccarthy, Mills,
Miner, Ebel, Peters, Pollock. Shea, Tan
ner, Teefey. Wallerstein. West, Winston
Williams. Woody. HARRISON, and Gunst.
The following appropriations were made
for street Improvements: 500 TO pave side
walk and lay granite gutter on the east
side Of FOushee street. between Broad and
Grace; $l25 to reset curling and lay
granite gutter on west side OF Fifth. from
Franklin to an alley; 500 to lay granite
tagging on each side Of Tw%enty-seYenth
street. crossing Clay. and the same sum
for the same purpose on the south side
Of Clay crossing Twenty-seventh, and a
Ike sum for a similar purpose on Iwen-
ty-ninth street crossing Grace; 1892 TO
set granite curbing and lay granite gutter
on south side Of Pleasant street from
Scott to Randolph; 5000 10 pave road
bed Of Cary street from Twenty-second 20
Twenty-fourth; $3.50 to lay granite curb,
pave. and reset granite gutter both sides
Of LOwndes street from Seventeenth TO
Concord; 800 TO reset curb and repave
both sides of Nineteenth street from Main
to Franklin; S1.125 to pave rOadbed of
Nicholson street from Hopkins to Fifth;
1856 to lay curb and reset gutter on the
east side Of Leigh street; $iJ6 to curb
and lay gutter on the west side Of Leigh
street TO NJ; 1876 TO lay granite curb and
reset gutter on the north side of Twenty
first street from Leigh TO NJ; 1926 TO
pave. granite curb, and lay granite gutter
on the north side Of Broad street from
-Thirty-second 10 Thirty-third; 1926 TO
pave. granite curb, and lay granite gutter
on the north side Of Marshall street from
Thirty-second TO Thirty-third; 1895 TO
pave. granite curb. and lay granite gutter
on the east side Of Marshall street be-
tween T%hirty-irst and Thirty-second
streets; $500 to reset curb and pave gram
tie gutter on the north side of Franklin
street. between Twentieth and Twenty
eighth: Sl.32O TO pave roadbed OF Main
street from Beech 10 Short; $2,l00 10 pave
| roadbed Of Cary street, Belyidere to Lau-
rel: $40 to pave rOadbed Of Cherry street
| from Albemarle TO Beverly; 500 TO pave
roadbed Of Clay street. Madison TO Hen
rv: $500 to lay granite curb and gutter on
| the north side OF Franklin street. between
Harrison and Ryland; sos 10 lay curn
and gutter on the north side or emma
street from Cherry TO Laurel; $3.50 to lay
curb and gutter on the south side OF
Beverly street from Beverly TO Pine; $2it
10 Law curb and gutter on he east side
of Reservoir street from Main to cary
500 TO Law curb and gutter on the west
side Of Beech street from Main to cary
s75 TO lay granite tagging on the north
side of Floyd avenue; 500 for nagslns
west side OF Morris street, crossing Grove
avenue: SIS for tagging south side OF
cumberland street. crossing Cherry; $lh
for tagging on west side of Beech street
| crossing cary: S1,O15 for sidewalk on west
side of Seventeenth street, from Lowndes
street TO the corporation limits.
COKE GIVEN TO THE POOR.
The Committee on Relief Of Poor SUBJ
mittad q report stating that 22,335 bushels
NJ coke had been distributed during the
cold weather i'm February. and asked tha'
the action be ratified, which was done.
Tba amendment TO the ordinance regu'
latino the Board of Health Department
providing for the appointment OF a cleIh
IN the board at a salary or $40 a mohlhi
was adopted. m,o
rorv uee of the colored armory by the
school BOARD as a school for cOlored
children. The School Board Is required
hv the resolution TO appoint a Janltor
ord keen the building In good order
chairman Gunst suggested that as the
Lu,ldino was now a burden upon the city
and I'm view Of the fact that the battalion
which occupied Il formerly had been as
handed. that the building might be turn
"a over TO the city. No action was taken
THE FEEDING OF TRAMPS.
The claim Of Sergeant Epps for feed
inc prisoners committed 10 Jail under the
tramn ordinance was referred TO the FL
nance Committee, at the suggestion OF
! chairman Wallerstein, who said the
tramD ordinance was a decided luxury