Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-22
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BLOODY RUN RAVIN ||:..
EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
STOP DESTRUCTIVE HDMoRRHAGE.
PROMPT ACTION ADOPTED.
Common Council Makes Approprln-
ton for Construction OF New sewer
ut Thirty-Fir.t ana Broad Streets
Special Meeting of Board of Al
dermcn Called to Concur.
PROMPT ACTION ADOPTED.
Common Council Makes Aprroprin-

It took the Common Council about i've
minutes last night, after it got money
quorum together, to suspend the rules
and adopt the recommendation of the
Committee on Streets, that SSH be ap-
propriated for the construction OF sew,
or on Thirty-first street from Broad to
Franklin. and on Broad street from
Thirty-frst to Thirtieth street, In conse-
qucnce of the cloGging and overflow Of
the Bloody Run ravine sewer and the re-
ported havoc wrought thereby to pri-
vate property during the past few days
CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING.
The following is the call FOR the spectal
meeting and the resolution reported by
the Street Committee as read by CLERK
August on the assembling of the body:
MIR. Sol l.. Blooomberg, President of the
Common Councils:
Dear Sir-The Committee on Streets
and Snockoe Creek respectfully request
YOU to call a meeting Of your honorable
body to consider the question OF appro-
priatirg the sum of $4,000 for the con-
struction Of a sewer on Thirty-1rst street
from Broad to Franklin street; also on
Broad street from Thirty-first to Thirtieth
street They deem the action necessary
from the facts as stated 10 them by MI
jackson Bolton, Acting City Engineer,
hat the sewer in Bloody Run ravine has
either broken or become choked UP, anc
should be replaced by a sewer on Thirty
first street from FRI nhlin to Broad street..
also along Broad street from Thirty-tirst
to Thrtieth street.
"In consequence of the great depth OF
tho RIoo1v Run sewer and in view of the
e,ot +hat the serer r,,ns across private
nronerty II would he more expensive
as we'll a 8 unwise. to attempt to repair
the Bloody Run sewer, and 1t should pc
replaced by the sewers mentioned above
md at once and from the further fact
49, ~ C,i+,, Attorney Mr n r Pol
s t,.r, sts+ed t,,at tl,ere should he no de-
~, !, tb;s natter
:.Tr,,.ttn,, tb.+ ~, vii, cornn1v with the
-eo,,eef of tho con,n;ttee T am.
VERY resnectfully
"O'TyvAY S. ALLEN,
"Chairm,n of Committee on Streets and
shoc1,oe Creek
pEpOpT OECO,1,r1,rTEEO ON STREET,
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ne Co''t 1850 ~ ~. 80 co,,o, c,ur.
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lin street also nm BROAD street from
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