The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-03
COUNCIL GETS
IN HARD WORK
Much Improvement for
the City's Streets.
THE POLICE FORCE.
Mr.. Peters Tells Why There are Few
Men on Duty.
$4,000 FOR SINKING FUND.
The City to Borrow 100000 to Meet
Current Expenses = Street Fair
Spectators to be Protected.
Appropriations for Mill
tary Purposes - A
Long Session.
$4,000 FOR SINKING FUND.

tary Purposes
Long Session.
The Common Council put in five hours
of hard work last night and the session
was enlivened by fiery debates on the
various matters rkat came up for con-
sidel'ation.
TIE question of appropriation to the
| sinking fund and the resolution to borrow
| 100000 to meet the current expenses OF
the city evoked the most animated dis
cussions. 1t was $40 o'clock when Presi-
| dent Caskie raped for order and 1920
when the body was declared adjourned.
Those answering the roli-call were
AIessrs. Bloomberg. Camp. Cottrell, Cur
tbs. Ebe1, Gibson, Gunst. Harrelson, Hob
son, Mccarthy. Mills. Miner, Neaie,
! Peters, Pollock Shea, Tanner, Teefey.
West. Williams. Winston. Wood and Pres
| ident Caslie.
| The major portion of the business was
| confined to ordinances and resolutions
| relative to proposed street improvements,
| which were adopted.
| Mr.. Ebel opposed the appropriation LOT
| the sinking fund, on the ground that ne
| thought it unjust and that the money
ought to be placed where the city could
derive some benefit.
| Mr. Peters made q characteristic speech
! in favor of the ordinance tending to I'M
| prove the police force.
| The first matter for considerable was
I communication from the Mayor, en-
| closing the reports of the various city
! officials. Mr.. Bloomberg moved that the
| usual number of the reports be printed.
| His motion was adopted.
S'rREkTrS IMPROVEMENT.
| Resolutions for the following work
] were adopted: TO construct sewer on
| Lombardy Street; to pave with grano-
| lithic on north side of Broad Street from
| Second to Fourth; north side of Main
| between Eleventh and Twelfth; to pave
Fifth and Sixth Streets: to pave Wil-
! liamSburS Avenue to Nicholson Street
| and east side of Nicholson to Fulton;
| east side of Tenth Street to the river:
! west side of Broad as we'll as the south
| side between Seventh and Eighth Streets;
| north side Of Williamsburg Avenue to
| Fulton: west side of Randolph to Bev-
| erly to Ashton; south side OF Baker to
| Second, and to construct sewer on
| Brook Avenue to Adams Street.
| Ordinances granting permission to
Messrs. Kingan & Co to construct a
bridge on Fifteenth Street between Cary
| and Dock; to allow Messrs. 0. Fl. Berry
& Co. to construct an awning at their
building at the corner OF Eleventh and
Main Streets; to allow the Merchants
| National Bank TO construct an awning
on the east side of Eleventh.; to allow
Mr.. 4. L. Hannah to construct awnings
on his property on Monroe Street, were
! adopted.
IMPROVEMENT IN FULTON.
A resolution appropriating s3,446.3O for
the construction Of sewer work in Fulton
in the west side of Nicholson Street, west
of Fifth Street. and in Fifth Street to
Denny Street, and in Denny Street to
Fourth, and in Fourth to Louisiana.
was adopted, as were also several other
resolutions for other street and sewer
Improvement.
The report of the Committee of Relief
of the Poor was received and pigeon
holed."
Te report Of the Special Accountant
Mr.. Carlton Mccarthy, was read and
filed. The report stated that he had
completed the examination of the ac-
4 counts and vouchers of the following
departments and found them in proper
shape: Engineers. School. Light, Ac-
counts and Printing.
The ordinance fixing the price Of power,
fuel and gas was read and rejected.
The ordinance taxing liquor dealers and
clubs selling spirituous intoxicants was
taken uD. After some discussion the
ordinance was laid on the table.
MUST SPRINKLE STREETS.
The ordinance requiring the street rail.
ways of the city to sprinkle their tracks
\ and to impose fine for neglect of such
was adopted, and an ordinance providing
+ for the payment for the privilege Of the
4 street railway companies to occupy the
streets of the city was adopted.
An ordinance taxing telephone. jtele-
graph and electric light companies for
the privilege Of erecting poles along the
streets of the city was read. The
F amount taxed for each pole is 81. II
/ also requires that every company hav-
ing wires constructed to pole shall pay
81, and that any lessee OF pole shall
4 pay this sum.
Mr.. Pollock asked for enlightenment on
the ordinance from some member Of the
1 Finance Committee, and Mr. Harrelso1
replied that under the old ordinance the
city received only the revenue from the
i company owning the pole, while several
companies use the same pole.
At this gjuncture Mr.. Ebel moved that
4 the ordinance be recommftted to the
Committee on Finance with instructions
to get informa ton as to the amount
now being paid by the companies. and
|reporr the additional revenue.
TO MEET CURRENT EXPENSES.
NIr. Pollock moved as a substitute that
q the ordinance pe referred to the, joiat
4 Committee on Finance and Streets and
4 in making this mot tionu he stated that
i he understood that the electric light COM
8 panies were paying nothing for the val
4 iuable franchises given them. This sub
3 stitute was adopted.
q The resolution authorizing the Finance
i Committee to borrow from time to time
q the sum Of s10o. 600 to meet the current
& expenses OF the city UP
I Mr.. Pollock said tha he understood
81 .t,a - Ifhe FINANCE Committee had SET
81 aside for the sinking fund the sum OF