The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-06
Majority in Council Last Night.
Favored an Increase IN
the Force.
.MAsURlER ,0RDlNAN 9; PASSED
Effort to Repeal the Alley Clos
ing Proposition Defeated,
# Contract Measure Again.


in the membership OF the police depart
rent was shown on test vote IN Ccun-.
eli last night. #
Tho question arose when the ordinance
Recommending an Increase In tho nuns
Der OF ncn, coming from the Finance
Committee, was reported. The opponents
4 Of the increase showed their hand, and
lost. although the ordinance Itself was
not passed because 1t required two
thirds vote. carrying as 1t did an appro-
priation. The actual vote, however, was
nineteen In favor OF the ordinance and
4 SIX against 1t. At tho next meeting OF.
Council tho ordinance will again come UP.
and IL will probably be adopted.
Those who opposed the ordinance last
D night did not do so, they said, because
i they were opposed to an increase. but
they wished the ordinance Increasing the
phy OF the policemen to be disposed Of at
the same tins. N g,.l .S
The Council adopted the Masuricr ordi-
nance, designed To debar city officers and
employees from active political work. with
but two dissenting voices The only
change was the time OF Its becoming d
law. Councilman Masurler himself off,
fered the amendment. fixing September
x lstSas the time. NJ
The Zimmerman ordinance, requiring
tho Councils approval OF all expenditures
Of over 5000. took a similar course,
Only a little Whit o. discord arose
when the ALLEY ordinance was reported
adversely from the Street Committee. a
movement was started postp0ning final
action on the ordinance, during tho abb
sence OF Mr.. Elicit, the patron ButAthe
ofE tEa cStranf wa 4 c0n.
cured In, and when Mr.. .allett comes
& back he will find his ordinanLs among
( the lost.
But he VIII be glad to know that HIS
ordinance concerning the purchase Of
street car tickets Will receive more at
tention upon HIS return to the Council
chamber, for after that ordinance had
been defeated. Mr.. Pollock graelously
moved a reconsideration, and his motion
prevailed. ati
May Close the Alley.
The COUNSEL met about s:45 o'clock i'm
mediately after the adjournment, q the,
& joint session s
tween Broad and Grace and Foushee and
First Streets received a. little more air
ing The ordinance permitting the closing
p p A ths % d pls tho measufe
sought to have tho act repealed. Botli
sides were heard at the last meeting OF
tho Street Committee. and the repealing5
Gil for It's rejection. When It came UP
last night several members wishing 70.
give tho patron. Mr. Elicit the oDpor-
4 ton suspended BY a. vote of 10 10 the
ordinance was rejected.
An ordinance granting John NJ Camp
the east side OF his new hotel at Tenth
j and Broad Streets was adopted. II y
An ordinance appropratng a sum of
money for tho purchase oG one hundiss.
her Of the Council was rejected. IN view
of tile absence Of the patron. Mr.. Elicit.
4 the vote was reconsidered and tho ordl-
nance laid on the table. &
No Increase in Wages.
Tho question Of raising The wages Of
the wagon drivers ct the gas works 70
Lynch and Bottom thought ss.s enough
for the work done. and upnn tho. mo-
K ton Of Mr.. Lynch that figure was fetcr-
mined upon. me ordnance fixing me
the gas works at twenty-five cents an
hour was recommltted.
An ordinance fixing tho salary OF the
to of e Nh r. Mis Ills ob a e state o.
was TO hold tho matter in allegiance until
intended tod In regard to the position.
OF Inspector, ~ Y
May Increase Force.
The ordinance making the police force
i'll men. Instead Of 10i, as at present
constituted, was read as comics favor
ably from the Committee on Finance. -
the question Of increasing the pay Of tho
policemen had been acted upon. .
Mr.. POLLOCK said the two matters were ere
) present
force
Mr., crenshaw wanted the matter die
pssa q a. @ ~ ~ sounn
would be useless to carry lot Of, papers lpd1
Mr., Bottom argued that the citizens
was no proposition before the Council for
.po yoa get Better protection in ~, an
and tho police board are advocating an
Increase In the force. Those who know
tho territory Ia be covered by the police
know that more men are needed" said
Mr.. Mills sllG he wa6 not opposed to an
increase. in the force.
bdard e @ e ana g0Ss s
FINANCE Committee asked for an Increase
In the force, and he was IN favor now of
wing Mr. ek thaa an Increase il the
pay and would then favor an increase IN
men. Flo moved the proposition be re-
committed and be brought up again
when tS.tS was 9 fun meeting OF the
4 Council, He Withdrew his motion on sug-
* vote was theh taken on the PROPOSE
Upon aaroll. call It was lost by q vote q
nineteeif ayes to six noes, the chair rul-
Ing that a tWo-thirds' vote was necessary,
asllle ordinance carried an appropriation.
When Mr. Mills's name was called he
said he was not against the increase IN
the fares INT as the Council was tso BENG tg
vote mo-
The result showed that a large majority
of those present were favorable to an in
crease in the force, but under the ruling
the ordinance could not pass.
The ordinance was then recommltted
Masurier Ordinance Passes. /,
The MasurIer ordinance was adopted
unanimously with an ameadnent making
the law effective on and after September
Isl, The ordinance now goes to the Board
This ordinance prohibits any employee
OF the city gpyerrnment to hold positions
hers Of political boards or committees,