The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-14
30 ARD QUICKLY
CLEARS ITS DECK
Free Textbook Ordinance Goes
Now to Mayor for His
Approval.
SEVEN PINES OFF DOCKET
New Company Gets Franchise,
and City Employees Get
Higher Pay.

Free textbooks in this public schools
salary increases for police, fircmen and
street sweepers. sale of the Seven
Pines trolley lins and fixing OF election
precincts OF the city in accordance with
the new ward lines were among the
matters concurred In by the Board o.
aldermen last night. They go now to
the Mayor for his approval
Inc ordinance authorizing the transfer
or the Seven Pines line from the Nir-
Sinia Railway and Power Company TO
Tie Richmond. Urbanna and Peninsula
hailroad. upon terms which have been
agreed upon and which have been pub
iShAd for ten consecutive days. was
concurrcd in by II vote Of is to l. MIR
Nielsen being the sole negative The
! board concurred without dissent In an
appropriat ion OF SS,2ll.40 FOR construc-
toi OF retaining walls on Mayo's Island
I, ana other improvements in connoctit
Win the construc ton OF the sw bridge
ne CITY Attorney was instructed ~
ahsti,nte condemnation proceedings 10
ucquire land to open an alley between
sixth and seventh, Broad ana Craze
Strcats. and to report the cost of snrnn
| Appraisement OF damages TO ahut,Ina
property Tor grading a number or
streets was ordered Sale OF a lot
,lohtins ten feet on Fourteenth Street.
between Franklin and Ross Streets TO
| the Cottreil Suddlery ComDarv for sian
| was approved.
| Free Textbooks
| unanimous approval was given tine
ordinanre appropriatinS 10000 for
irte textbooks in the public schools and
oniiSatinS the city for a like sum fron,
year 10 wear. tn. only condition being
that the state Board OF Education ,rust
| give It's approval to list of hooks 70
DC furnished by the City School Board
anu qua rantee tnat no arbitrary
changes Will be made which viii throw
out any large number OF books n, ono
| time. ~ N''S
An ordinance fixing a licens, .ax for
commercial sign painters ana Bill post.
c's was concurred In as was M ord,
nance regulating the erection IF oInc
..c SIGNS roof signs and similar illu
NINA ing devices. Employment ~
male nurse and steward at In, ci.v
Jh'!' at $500 per annum was author.
iHeu' the incumbent 10 be apnotn-ed h.,
1 the City Sergeant -
increases in salaries wcre approved
F,'rst and second assistant clerks IN
! each. per hhnum
! Police Department, general Increase
D - per cent, making the scale as fol.
lows; Chief. S2.ioo; captains. sl,ss5. scy
scants Slice priva,es. sass per DIV
Assistant City Engineer for wash
'nston Ward increased TO $1,000 Der
annum General increase Of
cent Tor all dromcn and fro aIarp,
department employees; similar increr..
LOT street cleaning department EN-
= pio.es' mating the pay Of drivers and
et' s"ecpetrs Si,lo per day each
Contracts Approved.
I The board aDprpypd .
~ the Committe" on Water with tho
%'amorsan Pipe and Foundry Com.
PAM Tor pipe, casting and hre nv
Grants the amount approximatlng SIS.
oue. Tho Mayor was authorized ia az
scute contract with the Southern
Naii"ay for right OF way for new
twentY-inch water main across ito
! yards in South Richmond
An ordinance was concurred in ny
! ing the boundaries OF election prn
T cinctS In accordance with the new four
/ "ard pian and an ordinance was con
I CURED in prohibiting any person or
association from soliciting funds or
noiulh6 religious services on the
i streets without 4 permit from tho
! Mayor. aimed, 1t was said, at the
| American Salvation Army and similar
| organizations holding street services
with collections. and also to prevent
the indiscriminate use of such devices
| as Tag Day., and other forms OF beg
| cling on the streets.
Plans and specifications for the new
First Market were approved and the
! Committee on Markets was instructed
! to secure bids for the two buildings
separately. and to report recom,nen-
dations as to award OF contract
An appropriation OF $500 to ac-
nuirc the Lumpkin property TO com
plctc Washington Square was CON
Cured in.
| Oats Scandal Recalled.
On recommendation OF the Finance
Committee a proposed ordinance i'm
posing license tax on persons solicit
ing business at railway stations was
received and filed. the committee re-
porting that no action was dcsira bile
The Committee on Grounds and Build
!nGs revived the famous scandal of
paving stones in oats by rcportine
that there was an unpa Id bill of Alvey
| Rrothers for feed delivered at Byrd
Park stables. amounting to SlHa.l1 and
| since the city's controversy with Ed.
ward Alvey mas been settled In the
courts by q Judgment in which Mr.
| Alvey paid the loss to the city Tor
| false weights. tho board directed that
the bill be paid.
commune alton from the Board of
| Police Commissioners recommending
an ordinance limiting the number OF
/ pawnbrokcrs was referred to the Com
mittee on Ordinances, Charter and Re-
form. as was an ordinance offered by
Mr.. Bennett, by request requiring
| ventilation in certain workshops and
factories where q LARGO number NJ