The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15
MAYOR APPROVES
. BIG BATCH OF LAWS
Opens Way for Large Number
of Proposed Public
improvements.
CLOSE souTHslDE ALLEY
Makes Possible New Tobacco
Factory-Sewers Are
Authorized.

Ordinance granting permission to
tho Standard Oil Company to maintain
certain pipe lines under streets in
Washington Ward. connecting branches
of its plant.
Ordinance authorizing the narrowing
OF thirty foot alley between Tween
tysecond and Twenty third, Broad
| and Marshall Streets, to twenty feet.
Ordinance changing the name of
short Street TO Spruce Street
Ordinance granting permission to
the Virginia Railway and Power Com
| pany to operate cars on the Fair
Grounds loop during the state Fair.
| Ordinance authorizing the appoint
ment of keeper for Washington
Square, South Richmond, who will also
| serve as janitor OF Hastings Court,
Part e. at q salary of $500 per annum.
Ordinance increasing the pay of the
bookkeeper and accountant OF the
| Committee on Streets, to $1,000 per
| annum,
Ordinance increasing the pay of the
clerk of the Street Cleaning Depart
| ment, TO sl,0s0 per annum
| Make Way for Factory.
| ordinance authorizing the closing
| OF an alley south OF Batnbridge Street,
between Fifth and Sixth Streets, South
/ hienmond. through property owned by
the Larns Bro. Company, to make way
! ior erection of a new tobacco fac
! tory,
Resolution authorizing the issuance
OF allegations for a large number of
improvements at expense of AUDITING
property owners
ordinance authorizing the construc-
| ton OF the following sewers from the
fr,,. 49,
! Nlneteenth TO Twentieth. TO cost $500,
| In Lownes Street east OF Buchanan 70
Littlepage and along Littlepage TO Ba-
| ker. to cost S2,08i; In Ashland Street
| from Meadow Street 10 Allen Avenue
TO cost sl,TsS; In Taylor Street from
| sheppard Street 10 the corporation
limits. TO cost S3i+.4G: in Crenshaw
Avenue from Floyd 20 Cary Street to
cost v-,l792o; In Meadow Street from
Blair to Ashland Street, to cost ST..
1881: in the Mechanicsville Turn
pike from S Street to the new citv
limits. to cost s1.545; and in Cillia m
street from louisiana to Denny. to
cost S90o.
Private Sewer.
resolution authorizing S. P. Cowar-
ain end C d. Coleman to construct I
tneir own cost sewer in Street,
| from alley between Thirty-nfth and
Thirty sixth Streets, for 500 feet.
| Ordinance establishing the GRADES
OF alley between Erin, Fulton, Graham
and State Streets 90
ordinance establishing the grade of
| Iwenty-Hfth Street from Venabls TO 8
street and OF Darlington Street be-
| tween twenty fourth and Twenty-tifth
streets and of r Street between Tween
1 Nr,ourth and Twenty sixth Streets.
resolution authorizing the sale OF
certain property recently acquired by
ne city oil both sides of an alley on
| lhe west side OF Fourteenth Street. he
tween Ross and Franklin Streets.
resolution authorizing the Assessor
CT Damages to ascertain the damages
On account of the grading and gravel.
ing OF stuart Avenue from Sheppard
street TO the Roaeneath Road. an, q,
| ilaen street from Hanover to stuart
! Avenue
Resolution authorizing the Committee
on Markets to secure plans and bids
! LOT the erection or new First Marls
house On the present site.
New EcgimentaI Ar1npry,
authorizing the CITY Attorney 80 ac-
4 cure by condemnation land adtoinine.
the fiFst virginia Regiment Armory,
/ on MARSHALL Street, between Ssvantb
and eighth Streets. and Transferring .
fund OF $4,000 from repairs 20 tha
aFmory 70 acquisition of this property.
Appropriating $1,000 to repair rooms
OF me CITY school Board on the fourth
Hoor OF the City Hall. recently dam.
aged by fire
I Appropriatins $3.50 TO send sub
committee OF the Committee on James
RIVER improvements 10 the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Appropriating $500 to sewers for
the City Home
Authorizipe- the ,-a,,.f tr.,., -
hcer TO attend meeting OF the
| American Public Health Association
in Cuba.
AppFopriating $1,000 to entertain
the United Daughters OF the confed-
eracy convention In Richmond in No.
vsmber.
Appropristing $3.50 to acquire a lot
Tor Keepers house for the Monu-
Inent Avenue grass plots.
Resolution to acquire land to open
an alley between Second, Third. Broad
and Marshall Streets
.Appropridting $1,000 TO relief Of the
poor for repairs and equipment at tile
| City Home,
Widen Hull Street.
Directing the city attorney to &C
! CURE by gift purchase or condemua-
ton land to widen Hull Street twenty
three feet on the south side. from the
! atlantic Coast Line tracks TO the new
| corporation line.
/ Appropriatng 5000 to pay CANA g es
caused by grading Nineteenth street
Confirming award OF damages made
by Assessor of Damages 4. C.. Har-
man. as follows: For grading Twenty
eighth street. no damages allowed: for
| grading Cary Street from tho old to
the new corporation line, damages
$500 for grading B>verly Street from
| the old TO the new corporation line,
damages 1880
Resolution authorizing payment OF
$50 to p, MCCARTHY, an employe OF
the Lower Gas Works. time lost while
] on ter-day furlough granted by the