The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-05

compensation, the fund reyertfnp to
me treasury. In answer to questions,
chairman Pollard. OF thu Finance Com
mittee. said no had ut first considered
the allowances of tho condemnation
commandments excessive, but after
como study he had concluded tnat they
were fair and that IL not acquired
now the price would De higher at some
later period.
Il move the item be stricken from
the budget" said Mr. jones Mr.. Sea-
ION offered as a substitute that the
amount be added to the fund for
streets generally. holding that there
vas no necessity for nj eighty-foo
street at the point indicated. especial
!? as the property owners wore willing
I" give nothing towaru the improve.
ment. Mr.. Umlaut agreed that the
charge was excessive. and Mr. Haddon
asserted that nothing wbs cheap that
the city did NOT need: shat the streets
were In depiorabIe condition, many
oil them almhs; iinpass1 bic, and that
with the Engineers Department cry
ihs Tor funls L. put them in order. II
was an outrage to enter into PROPOSE
.ion TO buy $4,000 OF property to bene-
III only adjoining property owners.
How the Vote stood.
NT. Scaton's substitute TO divert th.
money 70 streets generally was re.
tccteh. is to 81. after which the vote
required on sir. Jones's motion to
strike the item from the budget,
which was adopted. 81 TO IS, as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Mcssrs. Blake. Boschen. Bow
man. Burke. Ceaae. Gill. Haddon.
Hirschberg. Jones. Lynch, Miller. Pol
lock. Powers. j. c.: Powers. ]. T.:
Rogers. Seaton. Sullivan. Umlauf. Won
derlehr. Workman. Pcters-21.
Butler. Ferguson. Fuller. Huber.
Mills. Primer, Pollard, Powell. Rat
ellie. Reade. Richards. Richardson,
selph. Wiltshire-1s.
Before tho vote was announced, Mr.
Boschen changed from aye to no. and
Dir. Huber from no to aye, and the
vote stood 81 TO Is.
Mr.. Lynch Tas prompt with a mo-
ton that $4,000 o. the fund SO
stricken out be appropriated for a re-
tanning wall on the south side OF
Grace Street, from Twenty ninth to
Thirty second Street and men were
rising all over the chamber with
hastily written appropriation items
for their new wards. Mr.. Pollard
made the point OF order that II was
Injecting new matter into tho nppro-
priatlon ordinance. and was sustained.
Fights for Smooth Paving.
Another light came over the eppro-
pria;iou OF 100000 for streets gen
orally. the budget reading Tor grad.
ing. gra"eling. granite spall paving.
curbs and cutters, and work under
contract" Mr.. Ferguson moved TO
amend by striking out granite spall"
paving. saying that the Street Com
inittes should have the right 10 lay
smooth paving where It desired, with
on. coming hack TO tie Council. There
=; IS- .tr.,
c!sm OF the ward system OF dlstribu,.
Ing street funds. by which two men.
one Councilman and one Alderman,
composing the ward delegation on the
street Committee, have the absolute
expenditure OF all the street funds 10:
their wards without consulting thei:
colleagues.
Mr., Umlaut led the protest. saying
that II the gap for smooth paving
were opened. there would be no grad.
ing, crawling or curbing laid, and
MIR Blake suggested that what was
needed was curb for the Street Com
mittee.
The Ferguson motion va. rejected
Is TO IS az foliows:
Ayes-Messrs. Ba,kins. Blake
Boschen. Bowman. Bradley, Burke
Butler. Cease. Ferguson. Jones. Lynch.
Miller, Pollock, ]. c. Powers. Ratclifre,
SuiIlHtn, NOHQcIleAE.-lS.
Noes-Messrs. Fuller. Gill. Haddon
Hirschberg, Huber Mills. Primer. Pol
lard. Powell. j. T. PoweYs. Reade
Richards. Richardson. Seaton, selph.
umlauf. Wiltshire. Workman. Peters
10.
Money Rcverts TO Treasury.
On the completion of conaidera-
tion OF the budget by items. Mr.. Blake
moved to take $4,000 OF the fund
stricken out and add Il 10 pay OF
teachers to increase those not In
cluded under the resolution adopted
President Peters ruled the motion out
OF order the item having been stricken
from the budget entirely. Mr.. Lynch
proposed a reconsideration of the vote
by which the Roseneath Road item
was reported. with a view to later
motion to d different dispos ton of
the fund, hut Dir. Umlauf protested
that the money would be safe in the
city treasury. and that such plans
could be taken UP in their regular
order and considered that to vote the
money away on the spur OF the mo-
ment would be merely throwing &
away, without regard to the needs of
the city, and his motion to adopt the
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