The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-03
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By unanimous vote last night the
Common Council passed the ordinance
appropriating $4s.700 for the improve
ments of River and Second Streets, In
accordance with plans heretofore ap-
proved The improvement contem-
plated the raising of the grade Of
River Street about four and one-half
feet. and the grade OF Second Street
to correspond with the new level Of
River Street: also the Encouragement
Of sewerage and the construction OF
storm sewer along River Street, and
the pavement of the roadway. The
ordinance now goes up to the Board
Of Aldermen for concurrence, where
there seems no doubt OF It's passage
The Council authorized the appoint
rncnt Of joint committee to assess
damages to property which may re-
suit from raising the street grades. Tho
committee will give hearings to prop
erty owners Interested The Council
also passed the traffic ordinance
introduced some time back. The
ordinance makes considerable change
in tho old system of loose traffic. In
this connection structures were passed
on the failure to enforce the ordinance
relating to the speed OF automobiles
IN the streets of The, .citYvo.... ,".es.,...
Tie license tax ordinance for the
year beginning May was passed
without change from the provisions of
the present ordinance. Amendments
proposed by the Ffpancc Committee In
creasing the LICENSE tax on barrel
buyers and fur peddlers were rejected
An ordinance nppropriating S6,42o
for the continuation of sewers and
water mains in Blandford was passed
An ordinance increasing the salary OF
the city Attorney to $500 was re-
ferrcd to the Finance Committee, and
10 the same committee was referred
communication from the Chamber OF
Commerce asking for an appropria-
tion Of $4,000 for the improvement OF
the Jerusalem Plank Road in Prince
George County.
y recommendation from the Street
Committee for "a creosoted wood block
pavement on West Washington Street,
between Dunlop and Chappell Streets.
at cost of $4,000, was referred to the
Public Improvement Committee, and
TO the same committee was referred
an ordinance for the pavement Of Hall
fax Street, Al a cost of $4,000.
Councilman !. e Young offered a
resolution providing that no purchaser
or square or section In Blandford
Cemetery hereafter should be allowed
10 transfer tho same without the CON
sent OF the Committee on Cemeteries
This resolution brought forth live
ly discussion, participated in by sew
cFal members, IN which IL was alleged
and charged that there had been CON
siderable speculation in burial lots
Parties buying them UP and holding
them for an advance. The city's price
for section is s39.4o Mr.. Young de-
clarcd that he had been forced to pay
Sl25 for one. To stop this traffic Mr.
Young offered an ordinance which was
unanimously adopted, providing that
hereafter not more than one burial lot
or section in Blandford Cemetery
shall be sold to any one person or head
of family; nor shall any plot or part
of plot when once sold, be assigned
or transferred from one person TO an
other but the purchaser may sur
render the same, If unoccupied, to the
city, ana be reimbursed the amount
paid therefor without interest The
ordinance further provides that If any
person, directly or indirectly or BIZ
any ways or means whatsoever, sell,
assign or transfer to any other per-
son any plot or section in Blandford
Cemetery. which he has bought of the
city, although 1t may be in tho form
OF surrender to the city, and the
purchase thereof from the city by such
other person, he shall be fined 500.