The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-09
Approves Award Of Con-
tract for Bridge on
Mayo Site.
NEW THEA lRELAW
4 SENT IN BY MILLS
sig Hundred Dollars Appropri
ated to Put City Collectors
Books i'll Proper order-Had-
don Elected From Clay
Ward-Then Wrangles
Over Salary of Clerk.

With hardly a word of debate or a
dissenting vote. tho Common Council
last night confirmed the award Of
contract for.thc new Mayo Bridge. and
: appropriated S2J0,33t to cover the
cost; appropriated $4,000 to remove the
rock ledge In James River prepara.
tory 10 building a wharf: appropriated
2 >los.Voo TO acquire the Ford Hotel
block, bounded by Broad. Capitol
Eleventh and Twelfth streets: elected
Y. Gray liaddon a member from clay
Ward 70 succeed Charles Price Davis,
hnd appropriated 5000 TO make out tax
Bills and get tho books and accounts
ut the city Collectors Office in proper
( order. iit
Then IT settled down TO two hours,
aebate over Increasing the pay OF
bill clerk in the Water Department, In
whlcii there were charges and coun-
lcr-charEes Of lobbying and political
influence, OF improper motives and cf.
torts 10 bring come men ahead at
NE expense OF others. the net result
ncins that the entire ordinance read
iusting the scnlc OF salaries through h
out the Water Department was re-
Jtctcd.
Not Yet Through Docket.
H HraQ'caliy tho entire night was
OF the Committee on Finance. and with
q large number Of papers still not
reached. the body adjourned to Thurs.
day night at S o'clock
ne Alliis ordnance to regulate the
granting OF Il license to any theatre
within $50 icet or any church was
offered on roll call and referred 10
the committee ON Ordnance Charter
and Reform. together with a dozon
I'M mi tf..,,. e
OF all denominations fayorinr i,s
adoption.
From the Finance Committee came n
resolution approving the award OF con
tract made by the Committee on Strecix
,or lhc erection of a reinforced con-
'ttele pf.uSe TO replace Mayo's Bridge
ING contract price being sos{.334
winch Was adopted,
Cur, OF New Bridge.
:,cohlpanion resolution appropriated
s<pvsai 10 cover tile cost OF bridge
ana approaches. as follows H. 5
, n,niih CO, bid, s22i.73i; Belgi,n
bipck paving Of roadbed. IS o0n. an
proaches according to tic ..yc,a,,,
me or modified grade. SCI 900 s,.,,ar.
vision and inspection, $1,000; tcs,Inp
ma'erial $4,000. the amounts TO DO maid
out ~ general funds. the treasury later
oe REIN bnrscd by an issue OF bonds
~ iiirschperg thought the item OF So
80 >SS'iHS material unnecessary
asking whether the city chemist could
not do the work. lie also thought
mere were sufficient assistant en-,
slheers and inspectors in thc nav of
. r,e CITY Without employing others.
nc council decided that The cost OF
,.ispection WIS not excessive for so
large Job, and that every preca,,tinn
hhouid PC taken. The EiIrschbcr,,
amendment WAS lost, and tho rcsnl,,'
non ADOPTED as recommended An an
nronriation Of $1,000 was made TO .Nfnvn
oridse contingent fund" for services
- eApert Engineers G. p. Il. Burgwyn
and WI. Watson. called In ny ia
Committee OH Streets. President, petnrs
femarkinE that the committee had
taken their opinion after IL had b,en
secured II -en
Il Wharf Matter Discussed.
i& no FINANCE Committee recommend,
er rejection of the resolution apnro-
priating s3s.7s0 for citv VIA ~ ana
approving award of contrac with ,ho
raymond Concrete Pile COMPANY mr.
inc ground that IL was desirable hrst
70 remove tho rock ledge before DC.
A tcrmininP on the character OF constr,Ic
ION q the wharf The paper was re-
Jected. and comPu,-lon paper nDpro
priating $4,000 and confirming awur.
OF contract to the =. Sanford Ross Cd
10 remove the rock ledge to a dnDth n Z
4 ~ ieet below low tide. was adopted r.
Ter brief debate. AR, latclfe wanted
h 20 know why the city should spend so
much money and get no wharf
Il MI Mills also thought that Tho ~
moval of the rock ana tho consirnc.
ZION OF the wharf should he made All
one contract. Mr.. Boshcn argued for
moving the rock. lie was doubtful II
Inc present Council would provide
FUNDS for wharf. Notwithstanding
Fl the evident desire Of tic taxpayers
1n INC u :
would not be thrown away. even if it
were ten years before Tie city has n
council with wisdom. enough 10 buil
wharves."
Some street Matters.
'.lA - resolution establishing tho grade
o. sroad street from the liosencath
road westward $50 feet to the now
corporation line was adopted. the new
me TO conform to approaches of n
bridge over the Belt Line tracks.
me street Committee reported rcso-
iutions looking TO n $1,000 900 bond is
sue for streets, and Q 100000 bond is
sue for sewers in South Richmond an
approximation OF. $4,000 to acquire
I sravei pits, and resolution autnorfl-
X ing expenditure of $4,000 for opening
Monument Avenue extended, ana ada
cent alleys, all Of which papers Went
10 the Committee on Finance. Is rcso-
Iut'on autllorizins the construction oil
sewer IN tho Hermitage Road from
Leigh to Duncan Streets. at an csti-
mated cost Of $780, from the bond is
+ sue for sewers. was adopted, as was a
similar resolution for n sewer In an
alley between -Thirty-fourth and Thi..
K ty-nfth Streets. nj too Streets, to cost
Z $1,000. ill! 's,. mil
Tax Transient Merchants.
the Finance Committee reported
}ravorably an ordinance offered at tho
E renhcst OF the Retail Merchants Asso.
a, ciation, TO require a license tax on
f transient merchants and auctionee-a