The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-06
INVESTIGATION OF
LOSSES BY FIRE
Committee Organized Last Night.
Other Council
Matters.

The special Council Committee on Fire
Losses met last night Superintendent
Boiling, OF the Water Department, and
Mr. Il. L. Tray1or, of the Insurance men
of the city, were present. Tho resolution
creating the committee was read. on
motion of Mr.. Gibson, Mr.. Uobsou was
elected srb-chairnan. The communion
ton of the insurance men of the city to
the Council was read. 1t was decided to
ask of the Council an appropriation Of
$500 to cover the cost OF a stenographer
and other expenses y measure of this
character will be introduced in the Board
of Aldermen OF Tuesday night next. The
Finance Committee will be called to meet
the same night in order that the measure
may be at once referred TO the committee
recommended during q recess Of the meet
ing Of the Board of Aldermen and passed
by the Board on Tuesday night. The
Common Council will be called to meet
on Friday, tho 18th, to pass on the same
measure.
The committee does not desire TO go on
with its work without steuographer
and adjourned to meet on February 18th
when the insurance men, the water works
superintendent, the Fire Department
chief, the president OF the Board and the
City Electrician will be summoned 10 be
present.
It is proposed that the insurance men
shall have the first say, and that the rep
resentatives of the city will follow.
Messrs. Gordon, Hobson and Miner were
named as a subcommittee to draft Il line
of procedure for the committee. This
subcommittee will meet on Friday night.
Those present were Messrs Gordon o.
S. Allen, Gibson, EIobson, Mills and Miner
the Committee on Retrcnchment and
Reform met last night MCssrS. Allen.
W
don were present. Petitions for increase
in salary of the following officials were
taken up: Clerk of the Police Court me-
ter clerk in the water Department. aims
house engineer, extra fireman at City
HALL, lakewood Cemetery employees and
engineer of the city drcdgc.
Mr.. Mills made Il fight for the consid-
Grafton of the petition of the Police Court
clerk. Mr. Gibson moved that they all
be sont to the Council with the recon-
mendatfon that they be sent to the FL
nance COMMITTEES. 1Ir. Mills moved as
substitute that the petition of the CLERK
of the Police Court bs taken up. The
substitute was lost by a. vote of to ),
Messrs. Mills and Glenn voting in the
affirmative. MIR. C;ibson's motion to send
the whole matter back to the Council was
then adopted by Il vote of to , the ttt-
vision being the same as the preceding.
The Committee on the Improvement of
the James River failed of quorum last
night, and had no meeting.
If tlaa views OF the subcommittee on
water and gas are carried out, the city
VIII employ an additional clerk at $40
a month in the Auditors office. This
view was reached at q meeting OF the
committee in the office of the gas inspec-
tor yesterday afternoon at O'Clock.
The purpose of the meeting was to pro-
vide a system by which a repetition of
the Epps affair might be prevented. ST.
perntendent Boiling, OF the Water De-
partment; Inspector Shelton. of the Gas
Department and the City Accountant,
gave their views, and a resolution was
adopted requesting the City Accountant
to Shape up an ordinance providing for
an additional clerk in the Audi tors Office,
whose duties it shall be to audit the ac-
counts between the Gas and Water De-
partments and tho Treasurer, and, fur
.ner, that the Treasurer be required to
provide penalty column for gas bills in
his desk books, and that notice be print
ed on the gas and water bills. stating
that no city official is permitted to re-
ceive payment for such bills except the
Treasurer
The committee will meet in called ses-
sion to consider the ordinance wren 1t is
!
Messrs. Winston Walerstein and Tanner.
The Finance Committee will meet in
open session in the Council Chamber at
o'clock to hear citizens on proposed ap-
propriatious for the charitable and educa-
tionaI institutions Of the city.
The Grounds and Buildings Committee
viii meet in regular session at s;39 o'clock
this evening.
On tomorrow night at 8 o'clock the
| Streets Committee will meet in special
| session to consider q petition of the
C,besanes.ke and Ohio Railway Company
to continue the overhead bridge and the.
| otstruofien.at Eiglrt1zantf Canal streats
|. The Isichnond- Telephone Company F.iii
/ also te heard on the petition for n fran
chise. similar 10 that granted the Bell
Company, except that the Richmond
! Company asks for ten years in which to
| comnlete the placing of wires under
| ground.
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