Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-08
TWO TROLLEY WIRES
STREET COMMITTEE.
PROBLEM OF ELECTR0LY sls.
majority and Minority Reports Es-
pcctcd from the subcommittee
Bix Fight in Council Mns BE Pre-
cipitntcd-News and Notes of the
City Hall.
!. 4 Mtnority Report. Ex-
City Hall.

The Forthcoming report of the suocom-
a,ittee on streets. on the subject OF electro
lysis. Is being awaited with considerao 'e
interest by those concerned. The CITY, 'iie
stree, railway company. and the tclei'hone
co,nparias are the most interested In lie
question.
/, IL believed the subcommittee is pre-
pering 20 submit two reports. one VI
these will recommend that the street ran
way companies be compelled to ADOPT
system OF double trolley wires In ofher
that the current may get back 10 .iie
newer house in that way; and the otnei
r,ill hermit the telephone companies 10
bond their ducts to the tracks in oroe'
that the escaping current may De taken
back to the tracks.
SUPERINTENDENT Boiling. Of the water
department opposes the latter scheme pc
cause he is afaid the current VIII ieaNe
the rails where the bonding is bad at the
to;nts and find its way to the wafer
mains. which, in many cases. are in close
proximity TO the street car tracks 1t is
understood that Mr.. Boiling favors the
double wire system, and it is admitted By
All hands that this would be by lar the
best and safest plan TO obyiate injury 10
the pipes from the action of elecuoiEslS.
II the city were to require the uoiieS
companies to adopt the two-wire system
Tor the return of the current to the power
houses in order TO complete the circuit, it
would mean an expenditure Of many thou
sands of dollars by the companies be-
cause. in addition TO the extra trolley
wire. 1t would be necessary for all of the
cars to be equipped with an additional
pole 1t is evident that this is going to
precipitate another big fight before the
City Council.
President W. NJ. Turpin, OF the City
Council. has called joint session for next
Tuesday evening. for the purpose Of re-
ceving the resignation of Police Commits
sioner J. W. Laube. Of Monroe Ward.
and electing a successor. Messrs. r. Car
ter Scott. Thomas Whittet, and David
Ainslie are mentioned for the office.
The finances of the city for the month
Of September show falling off when
compared with the same month in 1901
The decrease last month was s1,5S4.So.
In August the receipts were $6.SS1.s4 less
than they Were in August. 1901. SO that
II can be seen that the decreased re-
ceipts in September We're not so large
as they were in August.
The largest single item of loss to the
city was in taxes; this item being
SIT Sc less than 1t was in 1901. The
gas works shows a good increase, while
than last year. U3
The First and Second Markets made
substantial gains, but the Third drop
ped from s71.30 to $3.50 Taxes on dogs
and goats and shows show small in
creases. and on telegraph and telephone
poles there is an item this year of
So 4o6 Co. which did not appear in Sep
TENDER, 1901.
The total receipts this year were
s4s IA and last $50SS424. The balance
on hand at the beginning of the month
or s131 e3o.04. was reduced during the
month to SS3S75.7s. The expenses of the
city in September were 96,063.60.
The officials of the light department
are in excellent humor over the splen-
did showing made by the gas works
since the first of August, and over the
outlook for greatly-increased receipts
during the remaining three months of
the year.
showed a falling off every month except
in March. when for some unaccounted
reason there was an increase of s., 500.
In August there was an increase over
August, 1901, Of nearly $1,000. and now
comes the figures for September showing
an increase Of s., 600 over the same period
last year.
The total receipts so far this year are
s160. 50455, or just S7S4.S3 more than for the
first nine months Of 1901.
In addition to being almost $500 ahead in
actual receipts over last year. the works
have to their credit more than $1,000 than
was expected from it by the finance COM
rnittee when the estimates for 1902 were
made up.
The comparative statement for the year
&c fo1lru-p.