The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-06
F|RENEN, POLICE,
MAYOR GET RAISE
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tho proposed street sixty feet in width
That would be ample, he held, when
Fourteenth Street was left free of car
tracks Mr.. Mills thought this a
/ penny wise and pound foolish" atti-
tude. The eighty-foot street, he said
/ was only the beginning Of system Of
/ improvements, including the extension
Of Fifteenth Street, north OF Main,
under Broad Street Mr. Pollock
| thought II would cost little more in
condemnation. as tho city would have
TO pay the whole value Of buildings in
either event. Mr. Umlnuf thought tho
object of an eighty foot street was TO
and that with freight cars removed.
sixty feet would be- ample. The amend
ment WAS rejected, to 13, the ayes
being Messrs. Butler, Fuller Ratcliffe,
Seaton and Umiauff. The resolution
was then concurred in. carrying the
eighty foot condemnation by vote
of l6 TO :, the noes being Messrs. Sea
ton and Umlauf.
Amendments to City Charter,
resolution providing for special
committees of five to draft amendments
TO the city charter for presentation to
the next meeting OF the General As
sembly was concurred III, as was "A
resolution for similar special com
mittee TO confer with the presidents of
steam railroads entering Richmond,
with a view to selecting a site for a
union passenger station for the use of
all railroads.
| On report OF the Committee ON III
nance an appropriation OF SgO.io0 was
made 10 provide for erection this sum
mer or new Springfield public school
Al twenty NTH and Leigh Streets, the
Finance Committee being authorized
to borrow the money If necessary An
appropriation of $1,000 was made to
| NtgIt tS..II
be known as the John b. Cary SCHOOL,.
both OF which are TO be opened in Sep
t"mber An ordinance requiring Sc
cuiity Of city repositories was adopted
An appropriation OF 3l.749 WAS made
to enable the Administrative Board to
settle unpaid bills OF the Building De-
partInent for last year. An appropria-
hon OF SLIGO was made to supply new
Sidney School with terrace floors The
report of City Accountant Crcnshaw
showed that tho accounts of City Col
lector liulce for 1912 had been checked
and found to be correct
Streets In William Byrd Park.
The Committee on Finance recon-
mended resolution directing the Adj
ministrat!ve Board TO suspend work of
grading streets adjacent to the lands
OF Stanhope Boiling and the William
| Byrd Park Realty Corporation until
! nnal action is taken with regard to
CONDEMNATION or the tract for park
purposes. MIR. Pollock asked to be cx-
I cused from voting on the matter MS a
stakeholder in the realty corporatlon
He asked that it be recommitted thal
the parties might he heard. II was out
/ OF the question. he said for the CITY
! 10 ACQUIRE the tract at this late dav
Tor park purposes, after il had re fuscd
! TO buy 1t for years and when others
had undertaken its development The
city, lie held, could not abroGatc the
contract made for the grading MIR.
Atkinson moved TO rccommit in order
that all parties may he heard. and the
paper went back TO the Finance Com
mittee
An ordinance concerning the colIec.
tion OF taxes was adopted, giving The
city Attorney the right to proceed
with The collection Of delinquent Ii
censes by lien on property 4 Joint
resolution providing for water mains
IN New York Avenue and other streets
IN the suburb OF Riverview, built bv
! the CITY in pursuance of it's contracr
with the Rivcrview Land COMPANY.
growing out of the Virginia Avenue
sewer litigation, WAS adopted
ReEuintc Second Hand Stores.
Inc committee on Ordinances ra
ported an ordinance regulating second
mana dealers. requiring "A daily report
and record as asked for by TN. f,hicf
protest OF Mr.. Pollock, that under lis
provisions no church could have n
rumnagc sale unless IL fled with tho
police list OF articles and where thcy
mad been secured. y stable hermit
was Issued TO the Richmond pairv
company at Brook Avenue and Mar
Shall Streets letter from the CITY
Clcrk OF Cleveland. Ohio. in reference
10 government ownership Of tcIcrranb
uhcs was referred To the Board of
lnbhc interests amid some laughter
Inc ordinance Committee reported for
H"optlon an ordinance limiting the
licensing Of moving picture theatres
10 Inc district within the foilowinn
hnes: beginning at Marshall and I,am1
ifei streets along Laurel 10 Broad. IN
Maulson TO Main, to Eighteenth. ia
MafShaIl, and back TO the point Of he
ginning; The two exceptions bcinp Hull
street, South Richmond aud Louisiana
street, Fulton The ordinance wav
amended TO provide for a colorea nic
ture house on Second street. bofyyncn
Gay and Leigh, and one on Icifth
street in Fulton. and adop,ed as
amended az
TO Invite PrenIdent Wilson.
On roll call, Mr.. Pollock offered for
tresident Peters Joint resolution pro.
viding for special joint committee. -,
Ave. to consist of the president ~
each branch. two members OF the Cow
mon Council and one from the Hoard
of Aldermen, together with tho Mavor
20 extend an invitation to the presi.
dent Of the United States and to tho
Secretary OF Agriculture to visit mis-
city during Fair week in October. The