The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-06
ANNUAL BUDGET
T |NALLY PASSES
After a Breezy Session
Board Adopts Appro-
priatiOn Bill.
EAST END COMBINE
RETARDS ACTION
Held Up Budget on Two Items,
One Making Appropriation
FOR Blues Armory, the
Other for Paving
West End.
Streets.

After four-hours' session consumed
in discussing two items, the Board OF
Aldermen last night concurrcd In tho
action of the Common Council on the
budget for 1907.
The result was attained only after a
recess and the enforced attendance Of
| absentees. The difficulty in passing
the budget was due solely to the op-
position OF Alderman Turpin. OF Jeffer-
son Ward, and Aldermen Mann. Satter-
field and Washer, OF Marshall Ward.
reinforced by MIR. Seay, of Clay Ward.
With only twelve other Aldermen pres
cnt, the ordinance failed for the lack
OF the requisite fourteen votes, two
thirds OF the membership OF the BODY;
but 1t was only a temporary failure,
4 The usual recess was had, and the
| sergeant -at-arms was dispatched for
/. the absent members The arrival Of
!, Aldermen Burton and Wood soon after
midnight provided sufficient votes to
insure the passage OF the ordinance
| President Turpln led the opposition to
| the budget, or rather to the two con-
i tested items, one of which provided S40,-
/ 900 az first instalment for an armory for
I the Blues and the other an appropria-
/ tion OF $4,000 for paving Franklin Street
i and Monument Avenue, and for opening
and widening streets. Alderman Mann
/ Of Marshall Ward conducted the fight
against the second item, making a plea
4 for more equitable ward distribution Of
the funds available for pavements and
street improvements.
The session was a breezy and inter
esting one, and was characterized by
some very striking addresses by Pres-
dent Turpin, Alderman Dabney and
others. The presence Of committee of
district school teachers added interest
TO the meeting, the ladies' being very
much in evidence and very enthusiastic
III urging the passage Of the budget,
When 1t WAS finally adopted they ap-
plauded vigorously, in defiance Of alder.
manic rules, and no ono said them nay
After the meeting they had a jollifica-
ton. AS a result OF the, adoption of the
budget the teachers will all receive from
SIS to s25 or $50 additional with Their
April salaries.
Session in Detail.
The roll-call showed the presenc,
. of quorum. as follows: Aldermen
Adams. Cottrell. Dabney, Donohoe, Ell
: lett, Gilman. Grundy. Gunst Larus
: Mann. Masurier, Moncure. Rennolds
Satterfield. Seay, Washer and Presiden
Turpin
The call for the meeting was read
and then an ordinance canceling un
/, making the same a part of the funds
for 1907 was adopted.
President Turpln had read a petitio,
from the negro teachers Of the city
H appealing for consideration at tbs
hands OF the Council and the schoo
, board In the proposed increase OF sal
laries. The paper, which Is couched Il
most respectful language. and whic
recites the needs of the teachers an
I<t f,,1 sv, No opt
: referred
Consideration of the budget wa
then begun, the ordinance being rea
as it passed the Common Council. Be
!, fore the reading of the budget bega
t President Turpin served notice that II
: would have few objections to make
z but that these would be rather i'm
= portant 9
n Salaries Of Teachers.
= The reading proceeded, and no snae
v were encountered until the appropria
: ton for the pay of teachers wa
d reached. Here Mr. seay wanted infol
Y nation as to how the $4,000 appro
!. priation was to be apportioned anon
o the various grades.
{, Mr.. Dabney, acting for Chairma
Wood, who Is III, explained as best L
could the understanding between I'll
Finance Committee and the Scho
N Board as to the distribution of I'll
money.
~ In emi-humorous speech. sparklin
"a with clever badinage and bristlin
"a with parenthetical compliments Il
10 the ladies'. Mr.. Turpin (AIr. Gunst
,e the chair) commended the work of Il
). teachers and the proposed increase
II salaries. He defended the increase Il
10 the High School teachers, contendir
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