The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-14
MUST MARK THE
SEATS FOR RACES.
Mr.. Zimmerman Gets Through
Street Car Ordi-
nance.
LONG SESSION OF THE BOARD
Body Again Kills Ordinance to
Increase Police
Force.

increase Police
Force.
The Board OF Alderman last night
transacted q great deal OF routine busi-
ness in regular session but mono Of 1T
was Of considerable public moment.
Mr.. zimmerman got through an or
dinance requiring street railway COM
panies to label the seats set apart for
black and white passengers.
The old fights over increasing the po-
lice force and retaining Sergeant Jones
A. Otey on the force came up, but both
were lost.
The session, thought q long one, was
devoted almost entirely to routine bus
mess.
The Session in Detail.
The body was called to order ut SIS
o'clock by President William NJ Tur-
pin, and after the reading of the minutes
Of the last meeting the clerk presented
q veto message from the Mayor with
holding his signature from a resolution
grading certain streets In the city. The
body sustained the Mayor by unani-
nous vote.
On motion Of Mr. Minor the Davis
monument matter, in which the city APP
propriates $500 for site, was brought
up, and the Board concurrcd
The report Of the Finance Committee
was read and concurred in, most Of It
having related to routine matters in this
department.
The Board concurred In a resolution
to relieve citizens of Lee District from
the payment Of certain improvement
taxes without objection.
Police Force.
The Board refused to suspend its rules
in order to take UP the question Of In
creasng the police force, and the body
went on with routine business.
The matter came up in its regular or
der, however. to fix the number OF the
force at III men. Mr.. Mann moved to
make the force 125 men.
The amendment was lost, as was also
the original proposition, by vote of l3
to Z, it requiring IA affirmative votes.
IS. Lively Discussion.
A resolution came up on concurrence
to relieve the city engineer from liability
for giving the wrong grade in the matter
Of the building Of houses, and 1t caused
good deal Of discussion.
Mr. Minor spoke for the resolution.
fillu IL WAS OpPOscu ny NACSoA o AA'AA'AA1OA
mann and Gunst.
There was some further discussion. and
Mr. Blair declared that he thought the
city engineer should be held responsible
for his own mistakes.
The question came up on a resolution
to grade Strawberry and Allison Streets.
and it was backed strongly by Mr..
Whittet, OF Clay Ward.
Mr.. Whittet finally won, after having
u to,
material respects.
Now Jefferson Avenue.
The board concurred In an ordinance
changing the name of Church Hill Ave
nue to Jefferson Avenue, and a reso-
luton constructing a sewer through the
Tredegar Works took the same course
The board concurrcd in the ordinance
increasing the pay Of the men in the
street cleaning department ten cents per
day more, and also that approprlattng
$4,000 for new smallpox hospital,
The body also concurred in the ordi-
nance giving the city attorney stenog-
rapher and typewriter
The cancellation of the paving bills
for ST. Paul's Church took the same
course.
The ordinance to keep former Sergeant
Jones A. Otey on the police force was
called and Mr.. Blair offered amendments
looking to the employment OF Mr.. Otey
as long as he - able to perform reason
able service In the department.
Mr.. Whittct opposed the ordinance ana
the amendment and declared that Ser.
geant Otey should be pensioned and taken
care OF by the city.
Mr.. Mann thought the whole matter
belonged to the Police Commissioners
and Mr.. Dabney opposed the amendments
offered by Mr.. Blair
There was a good deal of further dis
cussIon and Messrs. Dabney and Whttet
warmly advocated the ordnance.
Mr.. Turpin (Nlr. Satterfield In the
chalr), opposed the ordinance and ne con-
tended that the Police Board had the ex-
elusive right to deal with the matter.
1T is an insiduous pension case" he
said, "and it means simply that the Po-
lice Board wants us to put another man
in Mr.. Oteys place..
Mr.. Turpin thought the ordinance was
a piece OF imprudence on the part OF the
Council and he declared the body mad
no right to pass It,
Mr. Dabney defended the ordinance and
took a very different view from that eN-
pressed by Mr.. Turpin. These two gen
tlemen had quite Wordy battle ana MI
Dabney did not fail to drive nome MS
points to his hearers.
Mr.. Whittet thought the city should
take care OF men disabled in the dis
charge of their duty and ...s views were
heartily seconded by Mr.. Zimmerman
The ordinance was lost and Mr.. DAB
ney moved to reconsider which motion
was adopted and the matter was laid
upon the table,
matters that came over from the coun-
eli. but most Of them were routine III
their nature.