The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-07
ID.ECLA|REs|!lE FOR
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Common ouncil tdoptss \ Reso'- Res q
luton; c Comn1itt ting City to 85.5.
81 Propo sitioil. s8i5#5
MAYOR M cARTHY SUSTAINED. d !. | l|l::
Ordinanc lowing Three l\l,er lem. 1.
sSof Commit Eto g. Approve l'',:5
5885 IN F. ay3 r oil pefeated.


The Common Council last night: dopted
tile resol ution cormittIn the city to the
proposlt Hon OF building q free bridge across
James River in con function with u u an i !
chester. .concurred in the utior 81 for g.
the examination bys an expert Of n sthe ll
cause tho poor gas \.
nlshed y
or.;s OF III u; tnnn An ordinance
ALLOWING three IN enbers ofs an y commit II
tee TO approve pay Ills, M
SS The, body y Xsalso ssdef feated The ordinance
allowing the sale.of general admission
|ticketsst the pl laY houses sof tho city and
adopted tyresolutions touching sthe death
oft former Mayo Ant hony n. Kelley
7Ass A8 grea q. mass of less important bust.
ness was \ d disposed OF, i and tho body at
III is r. NJ, ad djourned until is o clock to-
night hen the bud get will be- col siderMed' rec
President Peters called the Council TO
order t,at%S O'clock ana & the clerk pro-
ceeded to read the record Of the last meet
ing a perhaps the 3: most voluminous ever
heard In the chamber. i5Sis i
This consumed " great deal of time,
during which members studied out the
items In the buds get as proposed by the
Finance Committee, copies Of ~ hich fla
been PLACED before them for the first; time.
' Mr. r Rlchard "a. Talley the newly elect
ed member OF the Council from 81 fer
son g Ward, sent letter resigning his
Iseat lin he body, on account OF continued
iii health The resignntion N was accepted, !,
Iii health. Tho resignation vas accepted.
a Nj. IT alley was elected to I'LL the Na- !
caucy8 accustomed. by the reslg lgnation5 OF
Mr.. Thomas 3. illiams,a but has never
participated the proceedings owing to
continued III health. y,
s Will Have the Bridge.
The report OF tho Street Committee was
the first to come up, and In this was the
recommendation OF that body relating to
the proposed new free bridge, n hero wa g
a, large attendance of citizens outside the
railing, most OF them having come to
watch the progress OF the bridge matter.
4 The clerk read the resolution on this
subject. and fit was adopted $unan!m nous
". This resolution commits the .clty 70
the bridge proposition, the y details con-
corning tho bridge to be worked out later
on. IN i,s3 iS} ,f} I4 4 Sf-
&sl lA brief wrangle bel tween the Street and
Health Departments took place over the
ordinance to allow the former to help
the latter to clean off snow from the
streets, VI 81 !.
Mr,. Polloch opposed the ordinance and
it was defended by Mr.. Gates and Mr..
FERGUSON, md it was adopted. III II
1.-The new budget was read. and not q
single amendment was Offered, II was
tabled s8on motion of Mr.. Bottom un-
til g O'Clock tonight, when II will be con-
sidered lat nSspecial meeting Vi
s.2 a. good many Recommendations from the
Finance Committee for small salary In
creasea were adopted 4,
Not to Protect Skaters,
i. The body rejected an ordinance nppro--
up the Reservoir Lake to aipniform depth
or three feet, {, and that fixing, the pay
OF officers OF tho police department took
the same course. Mr.. Glenn made an Of
FORT TO change his vote with the View
to moving To table tho latter ordinance;
but the chair did not see the Y member
rise. and declared the ordinance rejected,