The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21
Pure FOOD
ORDINANCE
Subcommittee Appointed to
Prepare One.
A QUESTION OF SALARIES.
Some Increases Recommended in the
Water-Works Department-Oth ers
a QUESTION OF SALARIES.
Some Increases Recommended in the
Water-Works Department-O Others
q. Laid on the TabIe-Matter
ofPosting Bills.

"a Provision to secure pure milk and food :.
for the city is now being made by
Messrs. Minor, Crenshaw and Bottom.
constituting a subcommittee Of the Com
mites on Ordinances, Charter and Re-,
form, which met last night.
They will emboty the suggestions made
last evening by President w, II. Open
himer, Of tho Board OF Health, that the
ordinance DO amended so as to provide
that the Board Of Health shall be given
power to select the inspectors and two
assistants. ono Of said assistants to be an
analytical chemist, instead Of leaving the
election to the Council.
THE POSTING OF BILLS.
An ordinance prohibiting tho posting
Of advertisements, dodgers, handbils, or
other written or printed matter intended
as an advertising medium upon and gas
telegraph, telephone or electric wire post
and also to prohibit the throwing upon
the streets or sidewalks of tho city or in
the yards or on the porches Of ctizens
any such advertising matter and fixing
IL penalty OF not less than SIS nor more
than $40 for each offense, was favora-
| bly, reported to the Board Of Aldermen
| in lieu OF a similar. ordinance referred
| by that body. B5
Ordinance granting the free uso Of gas
| to tho Valentine Museum and Methodist
Institute for Christian Work were con
sidered in connection with report from
the City Attorneyyto the effect that such
grants are expressly prohibited by tho
| new Constitution of the State unless au-
thorized by the General Assembly. AS
I the Assembly has not yet acted the COM
| mittee returned the ordinances with the
RECOMMENDATION that thoy be rejected
on this ground.
/ The taxation ordinance OF agents and
subagents of insurance companies recom-
NEEDED by the Finance Committee and re-
ferred by the Common Council, was re-
ferred to a subcommittee consisting OF
Messrs. Pollock, Hall and Isrenshaw.
Tho resolution recommended by the
Street Committee instruoting the City
Attorney to procure an amendment tc
the charter, allowing the city to con-
i; sttruct. sewers and drsns outside Of the
city limits along tho highways of Hen
rico county was referred to the City At
torliey, City Engineer and President o
! the Board OF Health for suggestions a!
TO the needs and deslrablllty Of sucl
powers by the city.
: NO RAISE OF PAY,
Resolutions fixing the pay of laborer
( In the Street Department at sl.76 per da,
4 ian Increase OF % cents per day., IN
creasing the pay of the bricklayer a
the Lower Gas Works from s2.75 to S
per day. and all of the employees at thu
Lower Gas Works, working twelve hours
per day, upon a ten per cent, basis, re
commended by the Street and Llgh
Committees, respectively, were laid OF
the table,
1t developed hero Tint tho action 0
The Council IN not acting upon the re
commentators OF tho committee az re-
ported has caused most of tho member
OF the committee To think that thei
I6time and work devoted to Il thornug
and careful investigation OF tho depart
ments as 10 positions, salaries nm
wages, Is but wasted and amounts 4
iiuught II Is more than probable tina
an effort Will be made by members o
The committee to have tho commltte
discharged from further consideration .
measures relating To salaries and wages
g'he subcommittee Oh Mated Depart
mcnt submitted report aud ths rseom
mrndatIunS wore approved and prdere
J 10 be reported Tor adoption,
WATER DEPARTMENT. SAi-aHl IDS,
The report recommends that tho erd
lance fixing Tho salary OF The assihtal
/ superintendent OF tha water works q
$500 be rejected, that thA salary OF til
slerk in tbs water works ottics be iasd q
. 1900, instoad of sl.sI0 that the pay {
= r. J.. Lucas. Il, r, Harrison and y ]
!. Aston, messengers, be liked at slao sac
per day, that Il, q, Lucas, foreman {
piks-layals, receiYs $50 per day an
mat John w, Glenn, Wetep biz clsrk