The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-08
COUNCIL PASSED AZ;
!. annexation NJ J {! \ ACT .|'''|
sulting in % ayes and 8 noes. Eighteen
votes were necessary to a passage. IA,
Buy Gas Pipe.

L IVY tN~.S~S
resolution was carried authorizing
that The contract for the gas pipes from
tho lower Gas Works to the holder In
West End to awarded to Messrs THOMAS
A. Barry & Co. at the price OF $50, 2so.bo. \
The salary Of the assistant water STU
1perlntcndent wns Increased from 1880 to
$1,000. @
Taxes to the amount OF Sl5 were rotated
Ito George b. Bull
Taxes to the amount Of $3.50 were ro-
funded to the Old Dominion Steamship
Company. 5
JOHN b. Minor was relcnsed from pay
ing 1890 pipo tax on q house on Lo,gl
street
The request or DR. Stuart Mcclure That
Harrison street between Broad and Grace
Streets on the side of st. Luke l1osnithl.
be smoothly paved, was granted and $l72
was appropriated for the purpose.
Sprinkling Ordinance Lost.
rho Ferguson street sprnklns ordt
dance approprlatlng $4,000 for sprinkling
the streets OF richmond, was lost by a
vote OF Il DIP, eighteen votes being
necessary to It's passage.
A communication was read from tho
city attorney stating hat It would be
necessary to condemn certain lots on
Eighth and Ninth Streets In order to
secure clear title to the property on
which the new high school will be built.
Tho Finance Committee at meeting
held previous I to the Council meeting
agreed to ask for condemnation proceed
ings, and 80 moved the Council. The rcso-
luton was carried.
resolution was passed re-imburslng
Mrs. M. L. Smith on account OF her son
breaking his crutches on broken /, water
metre box. .
a resolution offered to FIX the pay or
Tho stable bosses and fumigator ~ me
street Cleaning Department was sent
to the Committee on Charter. Ordinances
| and Reform. VII
Tho notltion Of the American National
rank regarding the erection Of fire cs-
canas vas referred to the Committee on
charter. Ordinance and Reform.
Not to Mark Car Seats.
Tho resolution requiring The virginia
po sscnger and Power Companyto marx IF.
the seats Of "thc different races In its
When the vote was taken on concnrring
in fra Mayors veto on the former annex, 6,
a tior, ordinance, Mr.. Gates alone Votea
not to concur. The vote was % 70 70, !: :.
THE resolution Increasing the salary o.
/ r.s 81 /. Z . I
we Re a. vote 1S OF IS to fifteen hundred dol.
were approprstad f of the ine ety.
tbs renort OF Police Justice Crutch'
| Held was received and fled -.
i'. rcport of the city attorney on INC
length and weight OF the cars Hs|a ~ ~, y
P fnu and Power Company was re-
"a resolution aimed at the dest est, CT o.,
of the new fence around Reservoir q" ss
| was defeated by four votes.
Holiday for All Employees.
Mr.. Lynch offered resolution author.
Ting the heads OF all city departmiee ~ I.
to give five days holiday 70 "a az -, NM in.
snrting the words ten days. me ne Iu' = y
vars s,isnendcd, and the resolution ~
amended. was unanimously carried.
Mr. Iynch offered a resolution recurring
the erection Of a stand pipe N tne uIS ~
e f5o p Eomm IF eae on ny Water
Mr. Ferguson offered reSoiutlohs y
pave In front Of the Whitlock Branch o .,
the American ;a5o T for sop,nkng s Sue
yards va, s'l of the city. The res ,.l:lo1 wer'
sent" To- the COMMITTEES on Streets,
Mr.. Bottom moved that the Vlrgln M
Passenger and Power Company ~ .,, ~
auired 10 sprinkle its tracks on 1 Re5erV0 Vol
Street and to regulate speed. me, rue!
w yel e't SUSPENDED n and the resolution was
adopted. x,,n,,,,o, roo
luton. which was sent to the Commlttee
Whereas, the Finance and Electrlcit!
Committees OF the City Council nav
under advisement the desirabliity o
erecting an electric light plant, for tn
city OF Richmond. -,
Now. therefore be it resolved BY IN
I Council Of the City Of Richmond, ina
the said Joint Committee on Finance ant
5 Electricity are authorized and dlrecte'
10 consider the adblsahlity or supmit
ting the question to q vote OF the quall
+ ncd electorate of said city. 0a
Mr.. Don Lenvy offered q resolution re
curing the Virginia Passenger an
Power Company to maintain a five min
ute schedule on Its Seventeenth Stree
Line between six and seven o'clock
tho mornings and six and seven o q rck J
) the evenings. or in lieu thereof tho car
of the Seventeenth Street line be, fur
3 nishcd with trailer" during the hour
above named The resolution was gel
to the Street Committee.
Lawn Party a Success,
The lawn party that was held at No.
II yyout Morshnl Street by Mrs. SarRen