The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-07
City Officials Were Not In CoI|usiol
With Epps.
VICTORY FOR Mr.. JAMES CAsKiI
Trustees fos Carnegie Library as Elssaes
Last Night Are Opposed to .he Pollock
Substitute = The Result Kills the
Present Plau-Traetion Come
pany Gets It's Franchise.
Other Couacil Matters.

| S
| The report of the Epps investigations
| Committee as presented to the Common
| Council last night was something Of
! boomerang for Mayor Taylor 1t charged
! him with dereliction and delay. as we'll
| as those whom he charged with collu-
| sion. and refuted the latter assertion as
| not having been horne out by the facts
1t also used pretty strong language
when 1t stated that the Mayor displayed
| a lack of dignity when he appeared be-
| fore the committee in its Investigations.
| The result of the election OF trustees
| for the Carnegie Library Board was
| surprise. It showed that the advocates
| of the original or Caskie resolution had
| things well in hand and 1t is quite prob-
able that if the question OF appropria-
ton had come up it would have been
| ingloriously defeated. Many of those
| who had voted for the Pollock substi-
tute voted for men for the board who
had opposed the substitute. and it was q
signal victory for Mr. Caskie.
| The Traction petition for the extension
| of tracks on Church Hill went through
| without dissenting voice and the PEI
tit1on went to the Committee on Streets
as quietly as could be. while the resolu-
ton from the Finance Committee in
reference to the taxation of the Passen-
ger and Power Company hardly caused
a ripple.
THE SESSION IN DETAIL
| The Council was scheduled to meet at
| I o'clock. AT us Mr.. CARRIER and Mr..
| Pollock were the only members In the
! chamber, and at 7:25 the number was aug
| mented by the addition of Messrs. Glenn.
/ Curtis and .s1Wallerstein.Then others
stra aggfed in ,thtil at TO q Quorum ap-
/ peared ann bGsttisss started up-s
| Messrs E. L. Bemiss aud Randolph
/ Williams. In the interest OF the Traction
| Company and Captain A. 3. Guigon.
for the Passenger and Power Company.
| were on hand early. and Messrs- Clyde
/ W. Saunders and Chris. Manning and
! Henry Cohn were present in connection
| with matters in which they are inter-
| ested.
| The ordina nee authorizing the Jeffer sorl
/ Davis Monument association to err.t
memorial arcn at Broad and Twelfth.
| Streets was presented from the Co7s.;!t-
! tee on Streets and adopted.
USE-OF' CITY SEWER
| An ordinance allowing the use of the
! citv sewer VITA certain restrictions. by
| residents of Grove Avenue, IN Here1eo
| county adjacent to the corporate limits,
| was read.
Mr. Wallcrsten opposed the adoption
of the ordinance. on the ground that 1o
| The privilege of those who pay s0eh
| taxes. II they are to enjoy that priv
lese. thew should be brought into the city
| by annexation. Mr.. Pollard Thought ina
| ordinance should be accepted. a1r- cas-
! kie opposed it's adoption. He said ie was
offering a afpremium to people 70 NOV os .
| outside the corporate limits, where "a
! city privileges could be secured Wlthoas
! the city taxation. He opposed the ordi-
/ nance. on the ground that 1t was oe1ec-
/ tive, and tnac it would work asainst ex-
| tension of tho city limits.
Mr.. Pollock moved that the ordinances
he recommitted to the Committee on
streets ,,pon which motion q roil-call
! was ordered, and the motion to recomrnie
was lost The ordinance was deTeated
by the vote of 20 to 4.
TRACTION LINE EXTENSION
The ordinance allowing the Tractors
Company to extend it's tracks from iWen>
ty-ffth and .road streets 70 NJ, 70
/ ty-first. to G, was adopted without
word OF debate. and 4 broad smile passed
/ over tho faces Of Mr.. Bemiss and Mr.. Wiz
liams, who had expected some dlscusstmoh- m
An ordinance from the Finance Com
-nittee providing for the appointment oS
the Council of first assistant clerk .s., 70
the City Collector was adepteG. M ms
is In keeping with the method pursued IN
reference to the offices OF the Cl1y 1HeeS- 1H
urer and the Auditor.
An ordinance appropriatins the sun,
of sI01 so to the Committee on James
ERiyer improvement for the purpose OF
pushing the work Of securing an appro-
yriation from Congress for James River
Improvement was adopted. This SUM
i, the residue OF the ss.ooo appropriated
last year for the same purpose.
TO FORCE PAYMENT
A concurrent resolution from the
= ~. ,sri1, <t,.C a r.
to-ney to demand OF the Passenger ana
power Company the percentage due the
city upon the extra gross receipts from
tha date Of which the payments com"
u,enced until January /, 1866. and there
fer as ascertained by this exhibit to
the special accountant of the city. WITT Win
t out rebate or deduction. and In the event
of the refusal of the company to pay
to take the necessary legal steps 20 COM
mel the payment The City Attorney IS
4 instructed to notify the company thae
the deduction herctofors made from the
entire gross receipts as reported Tor
3 taxation. on which payment is demanded.
Z viii NOT in future statements be allowed.
Tha Passenger and Fewer Company
have f,educted certain amounts derived
. from their Manchester and Henrico
hrancI,es. ARD II is on this point that taa
contention arises. In explaining the
resolution. Mr.. Casffe stated that tina
question was purely q legal one. ana
that whIle the company contends that Il
q is not bound under IT'S charter. the City
3 Attorney does not agree on that point.
g The amount claimed by the city IN sna
tcontentioni is about s1.seo sfsss
EpPs INVESTIGATION REPORT.
: ,r,,e report OF the special Committee Oh
f1nvestigaticn in reference to the Epps
( n,atters was received from that COM
nittee. & l,r,d during the reading of the