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Seventeenth to Eighteenth Streets
with railing and awning
New Freight Depot.

with railing and awning.
New Freight Depot.
An ordinance closing and vacating
part.of Norton Street between Broad
and Marshall Street and an alley be-
tween Harrison and Norton Streets, to
make way for tracks entering the pro-
posed new freight depot OF the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad was adopted. Mr. Lynch
wanted to know why the railroad com
pany did not operate it's crossing gates
after midnight, Is required by ordi-
nance, and secured adoption OF reso-
luton instructing the City Clerk to
write a letter making that inquiry
OF the company.
The petition of Mrs. Helen B. Chris
.tian 10 close an alley in the block
bounded by Franklin Street, Main
Stree, Monroe and Henry Streets, was
recommltted after protest had been
read from c. D. Wingheld, and the
suggestion had been made that com
promise could be reached satisfactorily
10 all abutting property owners.
Sewers were ordered constructed in
Beverly Street from Lombardy to car
ter. to cost s2.ll3; in Lodge Street, to
cost Sl,256 in Clay and other streets.
to cost S2,3SS; also a sewer in Davis
Avenue from Kensington Street Nortn-
ward. TO cost $3.50. Award of con-
tract to A. ". Maynard G. Co. was
approved for the Bloody Run ravine
sewer. from Thirty-Nrst and Grace
Streets, TO the Chesa peake and Ohio
Railway Company's tracks, TO cost
S6,727 An ordinance closing Clay
Streets. at the request of the r. a.
Patterson tobacco factory was re-
committed
Bond Issue.
The Finance Committee reported ia
forably bond issue for sl,400,o0o for
public Improvements already author
,zed by the Council. Mr. Umlauf, at
the request OF the Committee on Poor.
proposed an amendment adding $780,
200 for public hospital, saying that
ne was not present at the meeting, and
offered the paper by request, and while
IN favor of hospital. was not favor
able TO an appropriation until site
IS selected and a plan presented Chair
nan Pollard, of the Finance Commit
tee. said that the bond issue was al
ready too large, but that no Item
could be omitted: that there was no
question but that the city should have
/ hospital. but that he was Informed
that movement was on foot by which
the Memorial Hospital would be do
mated to the city. Whether the plan
would be accomplished or not. he was
unable to say, but he thought 1t bet
Ter to walt and see whether the city
could not acquire S225,000 hospital
oy assuming its debt OF $4,000. If not
donated, he said he was in favor of the
erection of city hospital DR.. Miller
spoke for the amendment saying that
ne knew nothing OF the plan to donate:
the Memorial to the City. but that 1t
would require s125.0O0 to put that
building In condition for q city. hos
pital; that while well suited to It's own
needs. free hospital should be erect
ed for that purpose, on plans especial
~ arranged Mr.. Lynch complained
that the bond issue made no provision
for charging William Byrd Park, as
proposed Mr.. Pollock thought the
Council should have a more we'll de-
fined plan for hospital. saying that,
when 1t was determined what 1t would
cost, where 1t WAS to be located, and
how 1t was to be operated, he would
favor city hospital. but that such IN
appropriation with no we'll disested
plans could lead only to extravaganza
The amendment was rejected and the
bond issue adopted, 33 TO 0.
No Bonds for Streets.
The Finance Committee reported for
rejection an ordinance providing an
issue of SI,000,000 In bonds for street
improvements. Mr., Pollard said that
even were conditions favorable for
selling bonds he was doubtful If the
ACCESSIBILITY Of eXpending bond money
on temporary street Improvement, the
best of which hardly last fifteen years.
After brief debate the street bond ISSUE
ordinance was rejected, the vote stand
Ing II to 49, the noes being Messrs.
Blake, E-Schen, Bradley, Brown, Fuller,