The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-07
Common Council May Put
Ninety.Ccnt Ordinance
to Sleepin Committee
PLANT SHOWS
LARGE PROFIT
Financiers Stand on Their Digs
nifty, and Clam Right to Con-
slider It First-Milk Score
Ordinance Killed-Ileld i
Up the o'Kecfe sa
Claim.

Up the O'Kecfe sss
Claim.
Though without regard apparently
for the condition OF the treasury whan
the matter Of increasing salaries by
wholesale Is under consideration, the
Common Council refused last night Ia
i give the citizens any reduction IN the {
price OF gas. referring TO the Commit
tee on Finance the recommendation for:
a 90 cent rate. Members Of that cons
mittee claimed that inasmuch as the
new schedule would reduce the reve-s
nue., 1t was proper to have the qued-
4 ton Thoroughly investigated by tte
'hnanciers" OF Council whose work, it
Is alleged, Is ofteh paramount to that
\ OF the Council Itself. n
incidentally, 1t Is proper to state Ia
4 this connection that, according to the
/! view Of advocates OF lower, gus, there
Is possibility that no reduction may
/ be ordered this year for the reason I
adopted before the gas ordinance goes
! through the cumbersome channeis:
Statements prepared BY Superintendents
as TO the cost Of manufacturing and
| delivering the product vary greatly
ahd Councilman Pollard, on the
strength OF the Crenshaw figures, said
one cent on gas sold to-day at 81 per
| 1000 cubic feet. There was strong
opposition to the motion to refer. hut
the matter went to the Finance Com
mittee by a vote OF Is to ! o.
Revenue Problem Simple.
| Just how 10 per cent. reductious,
you'd affect the revenue of the cas-
aairing sRansthhe the aid as Of aaf te Finanee
mlttee to solve II the rapport of Super
intendent Knowles Is accented as cor-
| rect. ~
Last year the receipts, in round nuns.
bers, were S365,000. Ten per cent. Off
| as explained, would cut the revenue
Ss6.500. while the S5-cent rate to- ttas
twenty or thirty manufacturers whose
price on all monthly blllE OF like
| amount would notzreduce 1t more than
i $40, 900. Mr.. Knowies showed. move
over, that the actual profits last year
famounted to S163,i69,$s.
There was a rambl ling debale on the
whole proposition. Mr.. knowles waa
requested TO come into the sacred pre-
lcincts and speak for his Department.
He showed that counting evel;y possiss
BILE cost. together with the Interest on
1 a one million dollar plant, gas can be-
l'delivered at the burner for TT per z
1000 cubic feet the same being sold;
now at 81. Owned by tie municipality
the plant, it was suggested, would
/ have to scuffle to make ends meet if
i had to pay city taxes. along with
pyNia ipyiNviate corporations; 8
:, MI. , Lynch. Mr.. Miner and others de-.
G!aIea Lnat the common sense plan
was W. 70 fix the new rate now and then
icy the Finance Committee preparas
us budget accordingly. - 1aTfsS75
Plant Is Making Money.
said hs belieye e o,ts the reports viii shows.
uary 1907 The The Increased pes m 1an
t'0d deeIeasys ,ays year vas $1,000
price will unquestionably increase tia liz,
amount am q t !, sol. sold in time. with the nav si
ll1l pant ! oeiieve we can make a further
teGuE,,on Gu,,n q 1,,s Of 70 per cent" B
Of the opinion that the small dealer
sliou!d sL nave the same concessions az
.nose nos !. 81 granted 2, to the manufacturers.
oueb, Mn9 are net tne - largest consumers.
to derive q revenue. I8beiievaS !. nat
rat rate Z of e So cents would be fair and na
/ Prontable as we'll" - - s'e.
some OF the members made sport
Of cry for cheaper gas on the GROUND srn
that 1t was campaign buncombe'" !" bnt
the, the ma5orttya a Fly ruled and the ordinance
wen. ,ys u, a 20 the Finance Committee. with
Milk Ordinancc Killed.
~ uhe iine orrdln;ance. Or recurring the publt.
-
mittee on Ordinance. Charter and Ra-s
9rm reje ted. was killed., after some
| discussion. n i, ~ ~ 80
when the matter is indorsed BY the
board or Health and forty physicians."
said Mr. sLynch h we ought to adopt 1T.
II. we are not going to back up the
r,d gSard of # It Health we might q well get
I, Ailr;,Lynch. NJ !, Mr.; Davis. Mr.. Miner and
others voting against It. sss
L The Cars OF Council. 9S5
The Finance Committee got In moro
the Committee on Printing and Claimas
il urgently recommending that the sum
Of Of $500 $ be paid Miss Annie o'Keefe. the
fire. caused by sparks from fire ems
4 gine. One or two forts were made
to explain that Miss o,Keefe's home
had twice suffered from the same
i not give her a policy because OF tho
proximity OF her residenceSto the Gas
i IsWorks, and that the case was dee
bers of the Finance COMMITTEES nitts insist- g
ed, however. that 1t must tlrst pass
upon X subsequently refusing to asus-g
pend the rules: Mr.. Ferguson. Mr.
4 ful attempts to reconsider. sS
4 Some Other. Matters, ssg n
The ansIss she
4 for mora than four horsestiin the res
4 identiaI section until the building code
is adopted was passed. The question
* 'leslns aasss der s sss9ns
tusing to concur In the ordinance
! making 1t q r NJ, a n the absence OF
Chairman Richa ardson, the report OF tha
mittee-budget controversy was again
| delayed. Mr.. Po ollard's resolution & to-
j revise the rules of Council was pas
cleared "a from the docket, the body
4 finally concurring s. with the Board Sfi In
an ordinance appropriattns $4,000 r.
tho account of the settling basin,
LADY SHOT IN ANKLE,
S .NND Nv WITHOUT "A pIsT0 a.
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