The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-10
the fiscal year was referred to the III
nance Committee.
public Playground.

nance Committee.
Public Playground.
Mr.. Workman offered a resolution
providing for an allowance to the
deputy sergeant of Hustng Court,
part 9. Mr.. umlauf offered an ordi-
nance increasing the pay of employees
of the street cleaning department; MI.
Pollock offered resolution directing
the Grounds and Buildings Committee
to report on the advisabiity of estab-
fishing q public playground on North
Tenth street. An echo of the famous
tlume investigation was the apprcpri.
alton of s1o5o to pay the expenses of
r.. nj. Boiling in coming to Richmond
as a witness in that Investigation, the
bill having been overlooked. Mr. Pol
lard called from the table resolu-
ton as to the assessment of fduciar3
taxes and had It referred to tho FL
nance Committee
Mr.. Mills offered resolution appro-
priating $4,000 to improve the road
bed OF Broad street from Jefferson to
welfth Street, and a resolution APP
propriating $3.50 to the account of tho
Advertising Committee.
Under suspension of the rules an or
dinance was adopted providing for eX-
tension of water mains to the state
Fair Grounds.
After announcing that It was by re-
quest. and that he would not vote for
1t himself Mr.. Lynch presented petit
tion from citizens of Marshall and JEFF
ferson Wards, asking that the Sea-
brook Warehouse site be converted
Into municipal playground.
Mr. Brown offered an ordinance to
provide a district physician to the
poor Of Washington Ward: resolution
to acquire land to round out the court
house square in South Richmond, and
resolution instructing the City At
torney to carry out certain condemna-
ton proceedings begun by the former
city of Manchester, which was adopted.
A communication from the Board of
Fire Commissioners as to fire protec-
ton in South Richmond went to the
Committee on Rrinance.
Washington Ward Mnps.
On recommendation OF the Commit
tee on Finance an appropriation Of
$4,000 was made to pay for maps, sur
veys and profiles of Washington Ward.
represented as the first step In the
general scheme Of Improvement of that
section
The Finance Committee recommend
cd an appropriation of $4,000 in ac-
cordance with the compromise agree
ment made by tho Street Committee
with l.. G. Miles and others, as to
ravine in the East End, but after de-
bate the matter was tabled.
On recommendation of the Finance
Committee s36.190 was transferred
from the recent bond issue to the &C.
count of sewers generally. The Coun-
ell accepted as a public street the
southwest corner of tho Capitol
Square, recently dedicated by the
state. Judgment of $3.50 was ordered
paid to j. z. Clay.
The City Attorney and City Engineer,
with the property owners affected.
were authorized to appoint board
of arbitration to fN the damages by
reason of the change in grade OF
streets in Paramount, the decision of
the arbiters to be binding on both
parties. The Council adopted a great
mass of minor resolutions settling
claims for damages by reason OF
change of grade, refunds of taxes err
roneously assessed and transferring ac-
counts. The salary Of the Assistant
City Attorney was Increased from
50, 600 to $4,000. and that of the clerk
to the Water Committee to $3.50 per
annum. After long debate the pay
of the night foreman at the Lower
Gas Works was fixed at So per day
Appropriations of s3oc were made TO
purchase street car tickets 1or Coun-
cilmen from South Richmond. and OF
SO, 900 for the installation of arc lights
in Washington Ward. and $500 for the
construction of a bridge at the en-
trance of Maury Cemetery, South
Richmond A resolution depositing S3,-
$50 to the credit of the o.rcult Court
of Henrico county for the acquisition
of certain property for sewer rights
of way was adopted.
Many Projects Rejected.
The Finance Committee recommend
ed the rejection of the following
propositions, all of which were re-
iected: Resolution instructing the City
Attorney to acquire land to open St
James Street from Clay to Marshall
Street; appropriating $4,000 for a new
heating system for the City Hall; APP
propriating $1,000 TO the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, and pc.
titions for refund of taxes from the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, r. a. Burton & Com
pany and w. T. Mason.
A proposition to eXpend s96,50o on
ornamental street lights for Broad
Street was reccmmitted to the Com
mittee on Electricity without recon-
mendation from the Committee on FL
nance. In conformity with the action of
the Street Committee. the Committee
on Finance recommended that the City
Attorney be instructed to institute con-
dcmnation proceedings for q strip of
land ninety feet wide over James River,
for a bridge to supplant Mayo's Bridge.
the owners OF that structure having
failed to make any satisfactory offer,
and the resolution was adopted. The
| Committee on Water asked $4,000 for
| operating expenses. and $4,000 for wa
| ter meters for the plant in Washing
| ton Ward. The Street Cleaning Com
| mittee recommended a special appro.
priation for flushing Broad Street from
| Ninth to Belvidere. The Grounds and
Buildings Committee asked $1,000 tc
repair public buildings in South Rich.
mond
1 To UnrHvel Tnngle.
The janitor ordinance in which the
Grounds and Buildings and the Finance