The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-02
Both Sides Represe sented Among
Spectators, But Took
No Part.
5PO OLlCES I'M NCREASEs
AGAIN sDEFEATEDS u
Ordinances Offered 10 Give
Mayor 4 stei1o phers and to8
Abolish the City Acco countant. "a
President Bic oon1berg and
Other retiring N en- 5SsSSs M
bers Thanked

1.-The Common Council, & by al vote OF S2ls "
,to&s last night concurred In the ordi--5g
nance TO allow the vestry 10 h ST . ohnlsS
Church to- ma e tile X changess they desire
In the old building under certain res
stricticns set out In the rdinance thou ghB
there was sonnet thing %of a a. ightS over the
prep ositlon. Mr., II icks, of Afonroe Ward,
spoke earnestly againstSS the report sof the
committee and de clared that not a. nail \
In tho present building should he touch
ed. 5Ss ssS s;sS
rs Rector r. slA,SS g ood win and prominent:
$menbersS Of the yes try and cong gregationS
were present but took no part ii 81 ths
proceedings. g 1t was expected that some
of them might address the body ~ but
they lid not, Ca ptain ] ohm "A. Curtis
one o G The X rninorlt ltys members, who sisS
ISxisorously opposed to any chan q 81 wa
in the cloak ON. u and was eepl vi ir-
|stereslcd Sin the brief q ebat as vel Il
the calling S2 6 the roll. which result las
s Ayes--Ai iessrs. "a lem, Bat tkins,5 Bossteux,
|sBottoln, Cloves, S,rensh INV, Elicit, Car
|sber.. flnrgrove. Hobs sCns$ NJ fasurier,5 Lynch
MI iner, Pet RS, Pol lock, spence.Ms
Estein, Nest, Williams and N yltshfr I
4 Noes-AI Iessrs. Curtis Il Glenn Hicks IL
Morton, q n ell ,ollard splcer Ind /
E1combe berg--s.
Both Defeated S;5sS3
.S T The propos sitoD3 to increase the police
force End to increase the pay Of the men
10 per cent. came up and 6one Il He'd the
other nsatn. I. This si Is the end sof both
uni. tho new Council goes In: SsS 81.
SFres, dent Bio oomberg & and OIL her re tiring \
members were thanke for their Ell ftcientE
No. nfSys n
many brief sReec hesz over the sub bject.
s5s Ordinan ceh were Of fered and referred, II
to allow the Mayorga a stenog her and Y
To abolish the o Ice Of cit a ccountants N
and have the duties performed bys the
Mayor. clerk lfs Il sSsS
$ r he session started out wit h stunb bliiirS
blocks set all along the wa , As n um-5
ber Of committees were in son,S nd attA
was a long while before "a suffl Client nurl-@
Der OF members could be secured to- trans;
act business. During the lull Mr., Elicit
OF Lee Ward took occasion to say he y
hoped the next Council would make sit3
unlawful for committees to meet during
the sessions OF the main bod he SIT tua.EE E
ton was an awkward one. the han Sup
having come in tn e rnidst aof g rol l4call :s
sThe president declared u that unless the
absentees came In. he would ad 3ourn he Y
body. and they finally Needed, and the
heavy calend ar was taken up. A good
deal tofs the work at the opening was 4 o.
a routine nature and 1t dra eyed along,8 8
attracting but little interest anon g the II 4
members, 81 .g q sla s3s
SS3 When the question OF fixing the salary
OF the Police Inspect tor came up, Mr.. Mil 8
sreofrered his amendment to increa Sc the Il
pay OF the entire force 10 per cen t. and i
Mr.. Pollock moved to tai BILE. This wa \
lost, ayeRt1 / s. noes s. and the amendment Y
offered BY Mr.. Mills was adopted, ayes yes 4
51S. noes 40. q 3 ASS3
@ls The ordinance as amended now came 4
up for adoption and Mr. Hicks spoke y
earnestlyi@in in Its favor. He spoke with
much feeling OF the II hazardous position
OF a. policeman and said the city had q -$
ready Increased the pay ofSne ear!y all the
city officers and employees, Mr. Elicit
followed and said that nearly all the en-
}ployes had been given an increase OF L
as Ia per cent He8hoped the ordinance 1
would be adopted as amended. "a;
s4 Mr.. inerS took he opposl lte3 view II e
wished to see the number Of officers in-s.SS s.S
creased before their pay was ra alsed .&ggs tte
thought SIS was a fair salary for tn g. pa
increasing the pay of the men, Il the City
were In 5 "a position to tlrst ilicrease seSEt The
size OF the force. 33 q III N
The ordinance was reject by the sfol ~
lowing vote. itfrequiring twenty votes
In the affirmative: Il 5Sss s4a,
It's. Cloves, Elicit. CARRIER. Glenn, Hicks. II
i 8Hobson, Mills, Morton. O Neil. Sptcer.
Stein, West, Williams, Wiltshire and
r IBloonberg- s. II;
Noes-Messrs. Bolton Crenshaw, Har-5fis
grove, Masurier. Lynch, Miner, Peters
Pollard, Pollock and Spence 10,
Same Old Fight.
The proposition To- increase I. the police
force by ten men now came up. and was
rejected ayes, q Noes. Hit having
failed by only ono vote.
Thus the old police increase question
had been fought over again, and both Il
propositions went a own in defeat, mainly
because the friends OF the patr rolmen A
we're strong enough to prevent the
crease OF the force until they shall he
given the ten per cent increase In pay
which they ask. ,s v,
3s Tne ordinance fixing the sal arg ". the
MAYOR at $500. reported taverably from
the Finance Committee was rsfersed tos
the Committee on Charter, 0rdnanees !
and Reform. !, !. T. "a,
mord and Manchester free bridge was
reached. lit was. on mo- ton of alfr Bots
tSTn \ referred To the COMMITTEES on Char !
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