The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-06
Sale of Seven Pines Line
Is Unanimously
Endorsed.
SLOW TO TACKLE
SYSTEM or FEES
Pay of All Firemen, Policemen
and Street Sweepers Is In
creased Five Per Cent.-Or-
dinances Adopted Regulat-
ing Billboards, Signs and
Electric Displays.

Sdie OIL the seven t'lnsS tfoiley lne,
provision for free textbooks in the
public schools, and Increases OF per
cont. in the pay of all hremen. police
men and street cleaners were among
the measures which met with favor
able action in the Common Council
last night. the Melton resolution op-
posing tho bill Shortening the time tor
quaiifcation of city officers was con-
CURED in by q narrow margin; strin-
gent ordinances were adopted to reGu-
late sign painters and those erecting
both billboards and electric signs: pre-
cinct lines for the city were adopted,
and large number OF papers met with
favorable consideration, the session
continuing until nearly midnight, and
clearing the docket Of the lower
branch.
An effort of Mr. vonderiehr to force
through in the closing moments a gem
eral resolution requesting the General
Assembly TO abolish all fee Offices in
the city of Richmond. allowing the city
to fix salaries in Lieu thereof, the fees
to revert to thu treasury. went to the
Ordinance. Charter and Reform Com
mittee, the body unanimously refusing
to suspend Its rules to put II on Its
passage.
Says It's Chinese Wall.
Debate was general on the Melton
~
OF Aldermen for concurrence. 1t put
the city on record as opposing the
Montague bill. now penulng In tho
| General ASSEMBLY. designed to shorten
the period OF eligibility for city office
of citizen of tile state from one year
to thirty days. and IT has been charged
| that the bill was offered in the inter-
ests of Charles r. Winston, brother
in-law of Mr.. Montague, candidate
for the superintendency OF the cleo
| trlc plant.
Mr. Ferguson led fight against
| concurrence. holding that the city
should be allowed to employ techni-
cal skill wherever 1t could be oh tanned.
Mr. Pollard also thought 1t o step in
| the right direction. though he doubted
its constituuonality. DIR. Miller said
he knew personally five eminent ensi-
neers, natives of Richmond, whole
relatives live and pay taxes here. but
who have gone elsewhere seeking en-
ployment, and who are now ineligible
to election, should the city need the
services OF an expert in air line lie
was to erect Chinese wall around
the city. The resolution was con-
CURED in by the following vote:
How the Vote Stood.
Ayes-Messrs. Batkins. Bowman,
F.. Burke. Haddon. Hirschberg, Hobson,
, Jones. Lumsden. Mills. Pinner. Pol
lock, j. T. Powers. Richards. Seaton,
Sullivan, umlauf. Wiltshire. Work
Noes-Messrs. Blake Bradley. Brown.
Butler. Cease. Ferguson. Fuller, GIL,
Huber. Miller, Pollard, j. G. Powers,
Ratcliffe. Reade, Richardson. Rogers,
selph. Vonderlehr and Peters-1s.
Before the vote was announced.
Messrs., seiph Cease and Rogers
changed from no to aye and the reso-
luton was announced as being con-
CURED in 81 to 16.
The Council also concurred in tho
action OF the upper branch in refund.
Ing $464 to Mrs C. D. Hagan for con.
! struction of a sewer In North Sixth
Street. and OF s232.3S to II. l. Mathews
| for sewer in Short Street.
Seven Pines Sale Approved.
The Street Committee recommended
an ordinance permitting the sale of tie
Seven Pines trolley limo from the Vlr-
| ginia Railway and Power Company to
the Richmond, Urbanna and Peninsular
railroad Company. setting forth that
a preamble outlining the terms ami
conditions had been adopted BY the
Council. signed by the Mayor, ana
| published ten times. according to law.
| After the. preamble had been fully
spread on the record, together with
the certificate OF publication, the
| Council adopted the ordinance making
the TRANSFER by vote OF 81 to Q.
! A resolution instructing the CITY
Attorney to acquire lnnI to open an
| alley between Broad and Grace Streets,
Sixth and Seventh Strssts, recon-
mended by the Street Committee, was
| adopted, but on objection number
of similar resolutions relating to othef
proposed alleys were referred to the
Committee on Finance.
! To Grnde Many Streets.
The Assessor Of Damages was in
! structed to appfnIse damages from
| grading Cary Street from Lombardy
Street to thu Boulevard, Sheppard
street from Monument Avenue TO
Kensington Street. and Park Avenue
from the Boulevard to Sheppard street:
Twenty-ffth Street, fiom Venable to
S Street, and Leonard Tom tho Bot1le
ward to West Street
| Consent was given to the sale OF the
ten-foot lot owned by the city on the
west aide of Fourteenth Street, between
Ross and Franklin Streets. to the Cot
trell Saddlery Company. for 500.
On recommendation OF the Commit. :
tee on Finance an ordinance was
adopted prescribing license tan OF
| 500 for those engaged In the business
! OF painting advertising signs, and re-
qu!ring bond In the sum or $4,000. Tho
ordinance was adopted unanimously,
| though 1t was suggested as being In
| the interests Of the bill pusters trust"
| The measure was stated TO be designed
to prevent itinerant b.:l posters from
/ littering the city with their wares, and
then going on leaving 70 recourse
should their Sign boards become dan
gerous or their signs a nuisance A
| Judgment obtained by Luther B. FRANKIE
against the city for $3.50 was ordered
/ paid, and a resolution was adopted au-
| thorizinE the City Attorney 60 ACQUIRE