The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-07

iagan permit was finally rejected, not
receiving two-thirds majority
me following papers from the Board
Oh aldermen were concurred in, and
now go to the Mayor for approval:
Ordinance granting the FIRST Ma.
tional Bank Building Corporation the
right to excavate under Ninth Street.
Appropriating $3.50 TO smooth pave
Laurel Street from Grace to Broad
Streets
Appropriating s2.29O to smooth pave
Belvidere street from Grace TO Broad
streets Notwithstanding that the
Council last month rejected a similar
ordinance. and that the Finance Com
mittee recommended adversely. this
was concurred in rs TO Z, the noes
being Messrs. Bradley. Brown. Pollard.
Powell. Reade. Richards and Selph
Ordinance liking the salary of the
city Collector at $4,000 per annum in
lieu OF all fees, and making proyisinn
Tor the clerks and expenses of his
office.
Pave Eiftb Street
On recommendation OF the Commit
tee on Streets, the Council. under sus
pension of the rules. ordered F,ft,
Street from Franklin to Main Street
TO be paved with bituminoug macadarn
10 cost Sl,2ss. This s a tyne of paw
ing not hitherto used in Richmond
giving a smooth surface at much loss
cost than the present smooth paving.
ana without being as noisy as granite
spails. II this block proves salts
factory II is expected that next year
a good deal OF 1t will be laid In rcgi
dental sections
Contracts awarded by the Commit.
tee or Streets to A. W. Maynard for
inc two main trunk sewers for Wash
ihston ward one to cost s13.is7.o5 and
the other s3?.ss9.50. were approved
n of
Committee. si2,ooo waa Appropriated
for expenses OF operating the GAS
works for the remainder OF the year.
and Sl,a0o for grading an alley BE-
tween Harrison and Ryland Grace and
broad Streets This is the alley in
amounting to $4,000 were paid some
time ago. after the payment OF whtch
II was found that there were no avail
able funds with which TO do the actuul
grading.
a resolution was adopted directing
inc special accountant TO check over
the assets Of the sinking fund. AUDI.
tor warren, who is custodian OF the,
papers having refused access 10 the
accountant even on order Of tn.
Finance Commi,;cc, holding that
neither the accountant nor the Com
mittee on Finance had anything 10
90 with tho sinking fund.
Three Sets OF Damages
Report No. I OF the Assessor OF
Damages for the grading OF the uortl,
and south sides or Grace Streets be-
tween the Boulevard and Sheppard
streets. was referred to the Committee
on Streets on the statement OF Chair
man Pollard, of the Finance Commit
tee, that nc had been told that the
city had already paid abutting prop
erty owners three sets OF damages TO
grade that street. an Improvement
which. by the way. can only enhance.
the value OF the properly, but for
which Assessor Hartman has allowed
damages in the sum OF $3.50.
Il would like 10 know IL we arc pay
ing three times in damages for grad
Ing the street once" said Mr.. Pollard
No member OF the Street Committee
present could inform him.
On report OF the Light Committee a
resolution was adopted. calling for a
Joint committee of three members each
OF the Committees on Light, Electric
ity, Streets and Water TO consider the
condition of mains under Main Street.
between Seventh and Twelfth. 1t be-
Ing represented that there have been
many dangerous breaks in gas mains
since the laying OF a concrete bed
for the street paving. On report OF
the Committee on Printing and Claims,
SIC was ordered paid to T. w. Chiffon,
MHp UEOht ms NOOCen Ice through
stepping into defective meter box
The amount represents the cost OF a
new leg.
An Expensive Light.
Mr.. FERGUSON. on roll call. called
attention to lack of co-opera ton be-
tween city departments. AS an In
stance he told OF a gas lamp ordered
installed BY the Light Committee in the
alley back of the synagogu the piping
and installation of which cost $500.
besides tearing up new paving which
has not since been properly replaced.
The Electricity Committee has pole
line through the alley, and Mr.. Fer
~usson said he was informed that an
arc electric 9ight could have been in
stalled for less than $50. Mr., Rat
cliffe agreed that the Committees on
Light and Electricity should be con-
solidatcd at once, but neither offered
any resolution on the subject. MIR.
liTschberg offered on roll call an or
dinance to license sign painters and
bill posters, which was referred to
the Ordinance Committee. as was an
application for a stable permit offered
by Mr.. Umlauf. for S. n. Campbell,
who desires to enlarge his stable on
Franklin. between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Streets.