The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-04

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ordinance, with a penalty of from s1oo
to $500.
The adoption Of the ordinance was OPP
posed by. Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Miner and
approved by AIR Gunst and Mr.. Bloom
berg, and upon the rolI-call the result
showed that the ordinance had passed
by a vote of 90 to /. Mr. Mills being the
! only one who voted in the negative.
NIADUC.T ON LESTER STREET.
Mr.. Casllie offered a. resolution for Mr..
| Curtis who is out of the city, asking
| that the Committee Streets be re-
quested to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
! building Il Eiaduct on Lester Street. or
some other method of communication
| between Williamsburg Avenue and Mich
olson Street on Lester, during the period
! of flood in this section occasioned by the
/ overflow of James River.
l. An ordinance from the City Attorney
4 providing for the sale OF delinquent pro-
| pcrty was read. This ordinance came as
/ :; substitute for the ordinance that was
| laid on the table at the last meeting. The
/ ordinance allows the ~.ty Attorney the
! right to bring suit for recovery on pro-
/ perry that has been purchased unQer the
\ land grabberS' act, the latter to pay the
/ taxes. When delinquent property is sold
/ by the State and bought in and after
! ward sold to a land-Grabber the ordi-
| nance holds the purchaser liable for city
/ taxes The ordinance was adopted.
! a conmunicdti II was rec. i, cd frnn the
/ Council of Manchester asking cooperation
/ with that body in petitoning the Legs
/ Ia ture for the right of constructing free
j bridge on or near AIayoS Bridge
i 4 -p,n motion of Mr. Camp. the comnl1l-
! rication was received and filed.
/. An ordinance allowing the Passenger
/ and Power Company to place it's wires
underground and another allowing the
same company to place tracks on Brook
/ Avenue were referred to the Street Com
I nlittee.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
! A resolution appropriatIng the sum of
| NOT more than $3.50 for the use OF expert
t menting on the building Of good roads
/ was, llpou motion Of Mr.. Waltcrstein,
/ read.
The chair ruled the resolution out Oh
| order and upon that ruling MI CARRIER
asked that the chair be not sustained
/ ,rhe chair was not sustained the rules
| were suspended and the resolution was
| adopted by the vote of q TO l.
/ MI. Wallerstein by request, presented
/ q: dirances fixing the precincts in Clay
and the new Lee Ward, as follows:
cay Ward-F,irst precinct, No. III
! West Main Street; second precinct, res
| ervoir and Cary Streets: third precinct,
/ No All South Pine Street.
i Lee Ward-F'irst precinct, Harrison and
/ T;,oad Streets; second precinct, No. bpS
/ West Broad Street GormeriE NO .upl,
!, third precinct, No. 126 West Broad Street.
Mr.. West moved that the second pre-
cinct be changed back to No 100 West
/ I:road Street.
Mr.. Miner said that a large number Of
| the voters asked that the. change be
! 1Iade because of the environments.
| Mr.. Grimes said that as there were no
! members of the Council from Lee Ward
! present, that any citizens OF Lee Ward,
] who desired to do so, be heard on the
! question.
/ Justice-of- the-Peace s.Nat'' Tyler, who
/ voted at the precinct for tWenty-touf
years, protested against the change MI.
John H Beveridge favored the change,
ana stated that he had in his pocket a
1etitlon signed by about two hundred OF
/ the tax-payers of the precinct asking
! for the change.
PAT. =MDoNoUGI HEARD.
Mr. Pat AtcDonough. in whose place
/ the old voting place was located, ad-
/ dressed the Council. He charged MT.
/ Bevcridse with soliciting votes on elec-
/ ton day while acting us registrar. and
| said that one day he sent Il petition out
| ard got 225 names III about 10 minutes.
Mr. Bevcridgc said he never did such
/ a thing as to work for any candidate on
/ election day
/ On the roll-cai1 for the amendment Of
| fered by MIR. West to place the Totms
place back to No. 700, the amendment
| was withdrawn upon the statement made
| i" Mr. W3llerstcin that the Clay ana
.ce Ward delegations had held j confer
! eNce aud decided upon the change made.
/ Mr. Gibson then offered an amendment
/ to the same effect, which was, defeated
| By the vote Of Il to .. and the ordinance
1 was adopted, changing the precinct from
No 200 to Nos COS West Broad
! Mr. CaSkic offered resolution abolish
/ irc-s the three market committees and con-
i shutting one. committee in lieu. referred
4 to the Ordinance Committee
/ Mr.. Bloombers. offered . resolution rais-s
4 ing the pay Of certain members of the
/ Fire Department. Referred TO the Com
/ nIittee onsRetrenchment and Reform With
! Instructions to report in fifteen days
Mr.. Adams moved that a committee of
! FIVE, three from the Common Council ana
/ two from the Board, be appointed to act
I iii conjunction with the committee from
i Manchester to petition the Legislature
i for the right to construct a bridge across
i tire river The motion was adopted. He
! also offered q resolution directing the
Light Department to place an arc light
urder the Seaboard Air Line viaduct
across Franklin Street which was also
! adopted.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES