The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-04
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encroaches. provoked O storm OF debate.
ME- Umlauf said that while of course
no one would vote to tear down tho
wall OF the building. yet stop should
be put ON such encroachments of streets
ana alleys. Mr. Blake thought that
this and similar troubles would never
cease until the city charter Is changed
ana the city can have n business like
council, composed Of men who can give
thelr time to city business. He said
thnt he was not ready to vote for F.,
commission but thought the civ shn,,n
be redistricted and small Coi,ncII ~
Hot more than fifteen men paid to give
tncir whole timo to the city be nut In
charge Retallating for some laughter
at his remarks, he said:
.., Not Their Own Money.
=, We nave some smart young mon n,
ans oody who know 1t all. and who
uont take five minutes to considcr
n 1' Az, oder men would think over Tor
not their own, they arc Spending:
president Peters ruled further dIscns
sion out of order.
AT sea,9n thought that a weakness
nad been shown saying that apparent
~ mere was no one In authority who
In.io Eivo an owner true property
me iine winch would be authentic and
SAID tnat there was the law at present
but Mr.. Seaton insisted thai he had
not Seen SO Informed when he applied
ordinance was finally adopted. as wa,
an ordinance extending the franchiso
OF the Richmond and Henrlca Railway
company from Thirty-nrst and Mar
snail Streets through 10 a loop in Full
ton. ana resolution instructing tho
Slty Attorney to acquire land to omen
n re, Street thirty feet Wide, from
y Ef.YG d.,
street in South Richmond rh. Street
committee recommended spending
Sie,ooo on smooth paving East Broad
street. between Thirty-second ana
ThirtysiXth Streets. II vas re,erroa
to the Finance Committee A hind
alley from Seventeenth street bctwocu
MarShail and Broad streets. was closer
at the request OF the American Tor
minal Warehouse Corporation, which
owns all abuttiny property. Nicholson
street was ordered graded from Tonp-
kins street through 20 the Government
TOAD a resolution making an extra
allowance or sT53.02 to /. j. Smith &
company on account or sewer in
Sary street east OF Virginia Street, IN
which solid rock had been cncounterco
was adopted p to Z, after It had been
cNplaincd that there was probably M
legal claim, but that the city owed the
money s matter OF equity. MIR
POWELL wanted to know whether there
was ever ans rebate to the city when
contractors working in rock encounter
soft earth.
a sidewalk on Twenty Street
beside the property of Alderman John
crimes was ordered graded. the as
SCISSOR of damages TO hx the dana ge to
AUDITING property.
another case of an encroachmcnt
came UP ON petition of j. Lee Davis,
VINO had erected a dwelling on Syca-
more Street over the street line an
men or more. Mr.. Mills thought that
there should be some one In the Build
ing inspectors Office who would as
certain whether buildings were proper-
~ placed. The building was allowed
The The FIJI Committee reported a
resolution for condemnng a tract OF
ianu TO enlarge lakewood Cemetery
which was adopted.
Fight over Street Lights.
Ihe Finance Committee also recon-
mended the award OF contract 10 the
for 1900 Boulevard gas lamps al STA
per lamp per year. already recon-
'ne END t,,, by the Light Committee
ton. He wanted to know why 800
additional lights had been added since
last year. and Mr.. Radcliffe, OF the
EnGfht COMMITTEE explained that the
additional lights. and that the commit
tee mad many demands; that II was i'm
possible TO ascertain at what time tho
ready Mr.. Fuller said he did not know
OF his own knowledge but that he had
peen informed that the lamps which,
under the contract were not to con-
sumo more than three and one-half
CUBIC ieet OF gas per hour. were burn
ing SIX or seven. Mr. Lynch added
that II appeared TO him that the candle
power OF the lamps had greatly de-
creased since they were installed last
year. Mr.. Fuller said he was also In
formed that sl3 was not the lowest
bid and held that the city could we'll
do without ornamental burners on its
Easposts in alleys
Mr.: Ratcliffe defended the committee
OF the subcommittee, he explained
Messrs. Wiltshire and Cease had favor
ed the contract. Alderman joseph
Powers reporting on the lower bid
OF $3.50 per lamp. Mr.. Radcliffe said
that the Light Committee had not test
ed the lamps as to their cRndlepower
or consumption. but that the superin-
tcndent had reported them as salts
factory; that the committee had merely
made an inspection TO determine loca-
ton OF new lamps
Time tn Get to Work.
Mr.. Lynch vehemently opposed Civ
ing contract when the city doesn't
know whether It gets what II IS pay
Ing for. We should not take what the
Superintendent of Gas thinks !" said
Mr.. Lynch. "He should know. 1t IA
time our city officers were getting
down to work and seeing that the city
gets value received. whole lot Of
them are not doing it."
Mr.. Cease said that tho sunorfntan-