The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-06


pcrcd with.
Called for estimates on cost of
| buildings viaducts on Marshall ana
| Broad Streets.
Received request for enactment of
curTcw lazy.
Accepted Mayors veto of OrtI-
nance giving burgInr alarm System
right to Iny wires ETC., In streets.
Killed rcsolut ion for seinI-niOnthly |
Council meetings.
without discussion or division, the
Common Council last night authorized
the City Attorney to apply for an In
junction against the officers of St.
Johns Church, restraining them from
proceeding with the work Of erect
Ing the proposed memorial chapel on
tic grounds of the church property.
TO sue for an Injunction 1t Is ncces-
gary to give bond, and though no
regular appropriation was made for
that purpose, the Mayor. acting for
the city, will be protected in the event
that he should have to stand the
bond. After the meeting Mayor Me-
Cartby said that he supposed City
Attorney Pollard would Immediately
make application to court for the in
junction.
III the same manner that the st.
Johns ma tier was passed, the Coun-
ell adopted a resolution, hurricdly
/. brought from the Committee on the
Poor. TO Investigate he charge that
bids for certain supplies had been
opened before reaching the commit
tee.
Put II to Sleep.
Councilman tlih,aantA.e tsrr,iits6n for
somi- monthly meetings was put to
sleep by an overwhelming vote. the
proposition meeting with general dis
favor. There was more than an inti-
motion, however that the meetings
would not run so far into the night If
there was less talk on questions of
no Importance.
The women of Richmond working
in the interest of the curfew law, Sc
lected Mr.. umlauf to present the
ordinance, and 1t was duly offered for
more careful consideration later. on.
resolution of Mr. Lynch calls for
an estimate on the cost of construct
ing steel or concrete viaducts on Mar
shall Street from College to- Twenty
.hlrd and on Broad Street from Twelfth
to Twenty-second.
Councilman Spence presided over TIC
meeting in the absence OF President
Peters. who explained by letter that hi
could not attend. He took control with
such an aggressive hand that mass
of detail, along with more important
work. was cleared from the docket
without much delay. Early in the ses-
zion there were requests to be excused,
md when the number had dwindled
down to twenty-siX Mr.. Don LeaVy
suggested that they might adjourn and
come back some other night, when IT
would be more convenient to those SO
t I, irH
not prevail
rhe twenty-six faithful ones who
kept on to the last were Messrs. At
kinson, Barber Bliley, Davis. Don
I.eavy, Eergusson CARRIER. Gates, Green
Graham Hobson. Mills. Miner, Neaslc
Phillips, Pollard, Powers. Richards. IL
D. Richardson. w. T'red Richardson
Fpence, umlauf We'll, ID. NJ. White, w
l., White, Williams and Wiltshire.
Session in Detail.
The meeting was late in being called
IL cider, as the scenes in the Commit
Toe on the Poor were so exciting thai
members could not leave. Vlce-Presi.
dent spence raped for order ut :2t
o'clock, and the food Of petitions
zane in.
BY request Mr. W. l.. White offered
resolutions increasing the pay of the
earbor master to 5000.
letter was received from Lee Camr
asking the Council to reconsider Its
refusal to adopt the Mayors design fol
the civic flag
Mr.. Pollard offered resolution au-
,horizing the Auditor to place to the
credit of the sinking fund the sum OF
sS5,4723s to pay Richmond city bonds
Tor q like amount retiring January !
1905,
Mr. Tynch offered a resolution tc
,acertnin the cost of constructing stee
and concrete viaducts on Marshal
street, between College and Twenty
third and on Broad Street from
twelfth TO Twenty y-second Streets.
Mr.. Umlauf offered an ordinance tt
pompel the Passenger and Power Com
pany to lay car tracks In the centre
Df Harrison Street.
Curfcw Ordinance.
Mr.. umlauf, by request, introduced
the curfew ordinance, as follows:
1. That it shall be unlawful for
any child under the age of six
teen years to be or remain IN or
upon any of the streets. alleys or
public places of said city in the
night timc after the hour of 9,3O =
fhon March 18th to September
15th, inclusive, of each year, and
from September 18th to March
18th, inclusive, of each year, after
the hour of 500 r. M,,lnless such
child Is accompanied by parent
or guardian, or unless such child
be employed In business, and whose
employment.mak 1t necessary to
be upon said streets, alleys, or
public places during tic nighttime
after said specified hours, or un-&