Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-14
REFUSE TO CONCUR.
IMPORTANT ORDINANCES BLOCKED
by THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE REFERRED
No Fans for the Council Chamber
The stray Animal Fund Sent to the
Finance Committee-Parik Trees
May Not BE Named.

The Board OF Aldermen held brief
but busy session last night and trans
acted much routine business. The Board
refused to concur in the electrical ordi-
nance, the ordinance creating stray
animals fund. and the ordinances provd-
ing for the placing OF electric fans in
the Council chamber and committee
rooms.
The following members were present;
Messrs. Turpin chairman. Drewry, Bur-
ton, Gordon, King, Montgomery, Snead.
Lawder Whittet. Smith. Allen. Hard
wicke, Bahen. Donohoe, Ferriter, Seay,
and Cutchins.
The Board concurred In a resolution
abolishing fees for certificates in the Of
fee of the Board of Health.
AN OLD BONE OF CONTENTION.
The Board also concurred I'm the reso-
luton appropriating N.lf5 to pave the
alley between First and Adams streets
and Marshall and Clay. The resolution
had been upon the table of the Board
for three months. 1t was opposed by
Mr. Gordon. but advocated as a health
measure and endorsed by the Committee
on Health.
The resolution appropriating $50 to label
trees in the public parks was opposed by
the chairman Of the Finance Committee
and referred to the Committee on Grounds
and Buildings. The resolution was in
trOduced in the Common Council by Mr.
Wallerstein as an educational measure.
The Board concurred in a number of
resolutions making appropriations for
various street improvements.
The Board adopted the ordinance re-
quiring the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac and Richmond and Petersburg
railroads to keep the road-bed along the
line of their tracks in repair, and to re-
pave when necessary.
The Board concurred in the resolution
granting free use of water to the Baptist
Young Peoples Union during the conven-
ton to be held in this city next month.
ELECTRICAL ORDINANCE DOES NOT
PASS.
The Board refused to concur in the or
dinance creating a committee on eectri-
city and defining the duties of that body,
and Of the city electrician, and referred
the measure 10 the Finance Committee
with the Board of Fire Commissioners
and Light Committee
Mr.. Hardwicke opposed the ordinance.
on the ground that it created a position
of city electrician. If one read between
the lines, he said, it was possible to see
that ii was only leading ordinance. and
was calculated to pave the way for all
sorts Of expenses in the future.
The ordinance appropriating $3.50 for n
stray animals fund, to be used under the
direction of the Mayor In the collection
Of stray animals and prevention of cruelty
10 animals. was referred to the Finance
Committee
NO FANS FOR THE CHAMBER.
The ordinance providing for the placing
of electric fans in the Council Chamber
and committee-rooms took the same
course, the chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee stating that there was no fund
available for such a purpose.
The Board concurred in the resolution
providing for the appointment of a spe-
cial committee of 1--WE 10 consider what
changes. if any, are necessary or advisI-
bic in the City Charter The Board then
adjourned.