The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-08
COUNCIL
HI. .RI|iNl.AlAl STEIN
The Justis Island Property to Be
Transferred to Irigg Go.
THE CARNIVAL ARCH TO STAND
Those Who Roll Baby Carriages MUST
Comply With Ordinance Adopted
Last Night-NIilitaryo rsaniza-
tions Get Appropriations.

| Last Night-NIiIitary Orsaniz
tions Get Appropriations.
The Common Council met last night ana
| passed an ordinance requiring the trans
fer of the Justis Island property 70 the
wv. r. Trigg Company; elected MT. hei-
man Stein as the successor OF the ID
Henry J. Heeke; passed q resolution ~, ~
regard to the disabled policemen o. .iis
city, together with resolutions to extend
water mains and sewers on certain streets
| of the city. and transacted a lot OF rou-
tine business.
The body was called to order by Mr.,
| Wallersten, President Caslzie being absent.
! Those present were Messrs. Blanks,
| Bloomberg, Camp, CottreIl. Curtis, Eoel,
Ferguson, Career, GIBSON, GRIMES,
| Gunst, HARRISON, Hobson, Mccarthy,
AIlls, Peters, Pollock, Shea, Tanner, Wal
lerstein, West, Whalen, Williams, WIN
ston, and Woody.
The resolution asking for the purchase OS
condemnation or otherwise fifty feet on
| Meadow Street, for the purpose OF eN-
tending the street, was, upon recordeu
vote. defeated.
An ordinance was presented from the
Street Committee repeating certaln orQi-
| nances granting privileges to railway com
| panies. Mr.. Bloonberg explained tnal me
| passage of the measure would not repeal
| the ordinances, which, under an old law,
! are revokabie only when two Councils
have voted to revoke. Tie purpose OF the
Street Committee it was stated, was to
| put the city in such a position that one
| Council might hereafter revoke railway
! privileges. As the matter has stood, the
railways have enjoyed permission TO pro-
| coed with their work. A vote on the
ordinance was then taken, and it was
adopted.
| MONEY FOR THE BLUES.
The resolution increasing the appropria-
! ton for the Richmond Light Infantry Blues
| by $500 additional was adopted.
The following ordinances were adopted:
| Granting the extension of the water mains
along Seventh Street to the Richmond Ilo-
| conceive and Machine Works and along
| Leigh Street to the Rosenegk Brewing Com
pany; granting the use of water to the
| Rosenegk Brewing Company under certain
| restrictions.
| Mr. Mills moved that the ordinance be
| SO amended as to require the putting IN
of metre to measure the water used
| by the Richmond Locomotive and Machine
| Works. His motion was defeated
| Mr.. Manner was unwilling to impose
| any hardship upon the Locomotive
| Works.
| The vote on the original ordinance was
| then taken, and the measure was adopted
| by a recorded vote of 4 to 20, which was
| as follows:
Ayes-Blanks. Camp. Cottrell, Curtis.
! Ebel Ferguson, CARRIER, Crimes Gunst,
| HARRISON. Hobson, Peters, Pollock,
Shea, Tanner, Wallerstein, West, Will
! liams, Winston, Woody-20.
Nces-Bloomberg, Gibson, Mccarthy,
] Mills.
| The resolution requiring that the sum of
| $10G be taken from the contingent fund
| and appropriated to defray the payment
| for the gas and water to be used by the
| visiting militia during the Carnival Week.
| was adopted
Several ordinances. together with the
| report of the Committee on Retrench-
ment and Reform, were read, and on
| motion of Mr.. Ebel, laid upon the table.
! The ordinances were to increase the
salaries of certain city employees.
| TO PAY EXPENSES
The resolution providing for the pay
| ment of the expenses of the Congressional
! party. who visited this city on April s,
| 1902 to inspect the harbor of Richmond
and James River, was read. The eN-
| penses amounted 10 $5S410 for which
amount the auditor is required to issue
| his warrant and charge the amount to
| the contingent fund The resolution was
adopted
| An ordinance, transferring to the w. r.
| TriSg Company for the sum of S6,S4S.52,
| all that part of land Which lies north
| of a line parallel with and twenty feet
| north and distance from the new harbor
line established by the United States
| Government, and recently condemned by
| the city of Richmond as the property of
| W. w. Justis, W. c. Preston and the
| estate of A. D. Williams (deceased), the
| said land being bounded on the north
| by the property of Chesapeake and Ohio
| Railway Company, was adopted. The
| Mayor of Richmond is instructed to con-
vey said land TO the w r. Trigg Com
| pany by good and sufficient deed of
/ conveyance, with special warranty, after
| said deed stall have been approved by
the City Attorney and he is satisfied that
| the said amount is paid into the treasure.
| of the city.
! The deed shall not be delivered until the
| w. r. Trigg Company or the Chesapeake
| and Ohio Company shall have executed
| and delivered to the city of Richmond a
| good and sufficient deed, conveying with
| it a strip OF land twenty feet wide along
| and north of the new haribor line recently
| established by the United States govern
/! ment for the proposed dyke or wharf be-
| tween Eighteenth Street and tthet western
| line of property recently condemned by
| the city OF Richmond, and shall have also
| dedicated a street fifty feet wide. running
/ from the eastern line OF Eighteenth
Street to the western iine OF Twentieth
] Street parallel with and adjacent to said
/ dyke or wharf. The deed shall not be
| delivered until the w, r. Trisg. Company
! shall have entered into a contract with
] the city, which contract must be approved
| by the City Attorney, City Engineer and
| the chairman of the Committee on James
River Improvement by which it shall I'M
| dertake to furnish and deliver the stone
| for the construction of the dyke or wharf
| proposed to be built by the city from the
| west line of Seventeenth Street to the
proposed ship lock eff the ". r. -rIgg
Company, and shall also enter into a bond
in the penalty of $4,000 witt, security sat
asfactory to the City Attorney condition
ed for the faithful performance of each
| and every condition of such contract.
OTHER CONDITIONS,
And further. this deed shall not be de-
l;vered until the Chesapeake and Ohio