The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03
NO GREAT FIGHT
ON NEW BUDGET
Few Items i'll Appropriation
Ordinance Objected to by
Councilman.
MUCH TALK AS TO POLITICS
Near Approach OF City Primary
Raises Local Issue i'll
Livery Ward.
MUCH TALK AS TO POLITICS

While come minor attacks on
tho annual appropriation oTdin-
ancc are anticipated at the meet
Ing OF the Common Council to-
morrow night. II Is expected that
the paper will go through with but
little change The chief item OF attack.
it seems, VIII be that allowing SiI.-
53llO for the opening and widening OF
Roscncath Road. many members Of the
Council holding that tho allowances by
the condemnation commissioners were
Excessive. There Is much opposition
" the project in any case. and an ef-
fort VIII be made TO divert purt OF
the fund 10 the proposed 'park-to-
park" boulevard. all oil the land for
which has been donated by abutting
property owners. and the appropria-
ton Tor which viii DC used III road
building, not In purchasing acreage
property 1T boom prices. An effort VIII
also be made TO nave part OF the fund
diverted to completion Of smooth paw
ing ON Monument Avenue from the
Davis Monument 10 the boulevard.
Pay of Teachers.
a few members of the Council are
not satisfied with the general increase
made in the public school pay roll, be-
licv,ng that specific provision should
he made Tor the elementary teachers,
Who. it is held. have been grossly un-
| dcrpaid in proportion 10 other mem
bcrs OF the Guys teaching force. II
any light on the floor is made in this
connection, it will no rather rs to the
| wording OF the appropriation than as
IT, It's amount.
The Madison Ward delegation Will
seek TO have inserted in the budget
provision for motor truck and Tor
pay roll of q now hook ana ladder
company of ten men in the Fire De-
partmcnt the new company to be- in
stalled in South Richmond. With
thirteen men already running for tho
five seats in the Council from new
Madison Ward. It will not be sur
pris!nS II some desperate methods
are resortcd to, be the cost to the
city what it may. Similarly there
will be u tight for special fund TO
! extend the ornamental lighting, not
| withstanding the announcement that
| the electric plant is already carrying
an overload, ana that it has not In
! reserve the power Tor water pump
| ing TO provide which tho plant was
erected. Lights are demanded on
! Thirty-fourth Street. on Seventh
| Street to Byrd Street Station. on
Fourteenth Street and on q number
OF other thorouShfares. Were It not
! for tho enormous demands for street
! improvements in the West End. hight
would be made for funds for orna-
mental lighting on Monument Avenue
| by running the wires under the centraf
| grass plots.
Funds for Streets.
| Among the more conservative mem-
| bers of the Council the belief Is eH-
| pressed that the budget should be
! .crut!nizcd with care. and TINT
wherever an item can be scaled or
| eliminated. the fund should be trans
ferred 10 streets generally-that the
! greatest single demand before tho
| city is for funds to lay miles OF curb
| Ing, s;utteriuS. graveiing and shaping
! up of hundreds OF streets In all sec
| lions OF the city. Every extravaganza
| in the budget. 1t IS held. Is just so
/ much taken from what should iegiti-
| natcly he expended in getting ctti-
! Zerls gu; Of the mud.
| Besides the budget the Council Will
have before it tomorrow night a large
number OF papers of more than usual
! interest Including some of political
! importance to various members. Mt
/ Cease will have his proposition increas-
/ ing the number of precincts In Madi-
son Ward from six to seven plan be-
lieved TO be generally more favorable
| to those members OF new Madison WARD
who were rcdistr!cted into IL from
Monroe Ward. The proposition for
/! cent gas VIII go to the Light Com
! n!ittcc without debate for more
thorough examination OF It's merits
than can be made on the floor OF the
Council 1t is believed that Mr.. Jones
proposition to secure plans for new
Free Bridge will meet with favor. n
the Council caIInot longer hide the fact
that the old bridge is dangerous; that
rhe city would be liable for heavy dam
ages in the event OF any accident, and
that it must be replaced as soon as the
new Mayo Bridge is ready to take over
the traffic.
1t is doubtful is the Water Commit
tee can make . report on the ordinance
In regard to the electric plant referred
&c It. The subcommittee meets to-
morrow afternoon. but in the absence
of Engineer TrafOrd, II may not bt
possible to conclude its work, and the
belief obtains that the Water Commit,
tee Will decide TO report substitute
ordinance more equitable In its term:
to the Water Department. and less ex
pensiye in Its plan for the operation
Of the two power stations the city now
, owns on James River.
/ Circuit Court of Appeals.
The United States Circuit Court OF Az
psals reconvened yesterday morning at 1885