The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-07
Declines, After Sharp Fight, to
Place Bust Of Engineer in
City Hall.
10 KEEP MINORS OUT OF BARS
Building Code Again Delayed.
Fund to Advertise
Richmond.
City Hall.

Without completing its calendar, the
Common Council sat until late hour
last night, passing the appropriation
FOR an advertising fund for the city,
and for entertaining the National
Prison Congress, and declining by
decisive vote to erect memorial in
the City Hall to Colonel Wilfred E.
Cutshaw, the late City Engineer. The
building code was not brought before
the body. as the Finance Committee
failed to get a quorum at It's after
noon meeting. After taking up the
report on the Improvement of the
City Auditorium and referring it to
the Finance Committee, the Council
adjourned until Thursday night with
B out reaching concurrence with the
Board OF Aldermen in awarding the
designs for the Blues Armory.
To Open ana Widen Streets.
Mr.. II. r. Pollard, Jr., called from
the table a series of papers, securing
the adoption Of an appropriation of
$4,000 for the opening and widening
OF certain streets In the annexed ter
ritory. and for the widening of Cedar
4 Street to uniform. width of ninety
two feet from Grace Street to Park
Avenue, at a cost of $4,000. The ordi-
nance appropriating $4,000 as a fund,
for the entertainment of conventions
and for a general publicity campaign
G for the advertising of the city was
adopted. as was an ordinance appro-
priating $4,000 to entertain the Ma
tional Prison Congress, which meets
in this city in November.
Mr.. e. q Richardson introduced a
resolutions d;rectiiig the Committee on
Electricity to ascertain and report on
the feasibility of utilizing the surplus
power at the New Pump House to gen
crate current for 1os lights in the
annexed territory until the proposed
municipal plant is ready.
Mr.. Lynch introduced an ordinance
making it unlawful for any minor to
enter a saloon or any place where
liquor is sold to be drunk on the
premises, providing fine of not less
i than IS nor more than so5 for each
offcnse.
President Peters laid before the body
the resignation Of DR.. Ennion G. VIII
Hams. DR.. Frank NJ. Reade was elect.
ed unanimously for the unexpired
term.
q A certificate from the Hastings cour
az the qualification Of Judge Dc
Richardson as Mayor, to take eff-c,
September list, was. received and spreae
on the minutes.
Mayor Against Dill Boards.
fTlFsls SDeClal message VIZ -'Ao' -
was presented recommending that the
Council abandon the present city seal
ana return TO the original seal the
message and accompanying ordinance
heinr referred to the Committee on
Finance A second message recon-
mended the passage of an ordnance
Il II prohfbit show bills and posters on
houses. fences and bill boards, and SUBJ
stituting patent cylinders belonging
to the city. on which space for White
cards OF uniform design might be
rented.
The MAYOR returned without his ap-
nroval a resolution fixing grades@ot
IS rertain streets in the annexed terri-
tory for Lac OF a proper caption. Sub.
4 Chairman Pollock, of the Street Com
mittee. though the objection trivial
but the Mayor was sustained. and Mr
Pollock introduced the same ordinance
with new headline and IT was adopt
ed unanimously under suspension o
IS the rules.
1.-THE Mayor also returned without hi
approval an ordinance to consolidate
VI the; street car tracks for one block o,
Ii South Cherry Street, where two lou
S lines have cars going In the same di
a rection on narrow street The Mayo
n! raised the question whether the pas
sage of the ordinance would have TIL
effect OF extending the franchise o
8 the street car company after Januar
a !. 1890, the present date of expiration
and after extended debate the pape
was sent to the City Attorney for a
opinion on the legal question raiset
4 and the veto message tabled spendin
y his answer.
The Mayor also presented veto Q
f the ordinance granting the right 40
w Antrim 6. Sons to Greet q stable o
s Green Street between Linden an
8 Cherry streets, holding that the sit
Eft Was two close to tile City Auditorium
The veto was sustained. 4.
The Committee on Finance reports