Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-02

Council by the Vote of-1o to IL Re-
fuse to Allow the Acts of Former
Members of Common Council and
Board of Aldermen to Be Inquired
Into Toll Bridge Ordinance
Adopted.
The meeting OF the Common Council
last night was rs full of business as two
eggs of meat.
1t broke the record too, in the matter
of appropriations, providing for the ex-
penditure of much more than half mil
lion of the peoples money for much need
ed Improvements.
Clear Water Report.
The report of the committees on
Finance and Water on the means of
raising S350,0O0 for the building of coagu-
lating and settling basins to clear the
James river water was read, together
with the ordinance to authorize the issue
of S405, 900 twelve-year, 315 per cent. bonds.
MIR. Crenshaw offered as a substitute
resolution that three experts be appointed
to examine and report upon the sources
of the city water supply Mr.. Crenshawt
said that a great deal was being said
about this proposition being an expert
ment. He felt that the Council was not
sufficiently enlightened on the subject to
go into this tremendous undertaking
without taking every possible measure to
ascertain whether it is the proper step or
not. 1t would be an irreparabe misfor-
tune. if the step We're taken too hastily
and found to be q mistake
President Bloomberg said he hoped Mr..
Crenshaws substitute would not prevail.
This subject had been sufficiently agltar-
ed and delayed. He trusted the Council
would tonight tell the people of Rich
mond with no uncertain voice that they
should have clear water to drink in the
shortest space of time possible. He had
studied the subject for eight years and it
was time to take positive action.
/. Mr.. ,Hargrove said that the James river
water is as good for the purposes as any
water in the world if treated in the
method proposed. The supply would be
abundantly sufficient for forty years to
come.
10 SCH Clty fiHll.
Mr.. Hicks delivered an eloquent tribute
to James river water and said if we had
to sell the City Hall to give the people
OF Richmond clear water, even that
should be Gone.
Mr.. E. w. Miner said shat the city Of
Richmond had always been contracted in
its methods of public Improvement. He
feared we should make a mistake to ap-
proprate this large sum of money to
keep the James's water clear when before
we are relieved of the debt James river
will be public sewer for all the little
towns that are being built on that stream.
above us and this temporary provision
will be out of date and some step will
have to be taken to do what we should
have done at first, find some pure source
Of supply
Would Damn Council.
Mr.. Pollock agreed for once. he said,
with Mr.. Miner. He believed the people
of the next generation would be damning
this Council for forcing them to drink
James river water
Mr.. Elicit said that the committee had
spent night after night looking into this
question He and Mr.. Hargrove were
nearly one hundred years DID, and they
had been drinking James river all their
lives and he thought they were as healthy
specimens as some OF the younger men,
berS. This report ought to be adopted.
Supt. Boiling Has n Say.
Superintendent Boiling was invited to
address the Council and inform members
as to the successive steps taken
Il Mr.. Boiling made a very interesting
and convincing talk in the course of
which he went over the whole ground
that the committee had taken in arriving
at it's report and answered seemingly very
satisfactorily all the objections that had
been stated to the adoption of the report.
Mr. Crenshaw's substitute was then de-
feated-Ayes. 4; noes, %.
The vote was then taken on the COM
n1ittee's report recommending the appro-
priation and the method of raising the
money, which was adopteo-aFeS, 81
Pollock and Mills voted no.
west-End StnEi Pipe.
resolution to include in the annual
anpropriatiors of 1903 $4,000 for the erec-
ton of a stand-pipe in the West End
was adopted.
No Investigation.
The Minor resolution for the appoint
ment of a committee to investigate the
conduct OF the members of the Board of
Aldermen and Common Council came up
for concurrence and was defeated by
vote of IA ayes and 19 noes.
Mr.. Elicit moved that the resolution pe
concurred in.
The vote was taken without debate, anG
the Council refused to concur.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Anderson. Cloves. Crenshaw.
Elicit. Ferguson, CARRIER. Harsrave,
Hobson Miner. phillips, Pollard, Russell.
Spence Bloomberg.
Nays-Allen. Morton, BossieuX. Curtis,
Grimes, Heslip, Hicks Huber, Mills,
O'Neill, Peters, Pollock, Shea, Stein.
Teefey, West Whalen, Williams Wins
ton.
LIQUOR Resolution SheIved.
The resolution concerning applying to
the Legislature to pass a law restricting
liquor licenses was referred to the Com
mittee on Ordinances, Charter and Re-
form.
On motion of Mr.. West. the ordinance
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