Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-08
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
TO Be PR0VIDEDBY CITY
Common Council ADOPTS Ordinance
Creating New Department by
Unanimous Vote.
NIoNEN foR WOE COMMISSION
Emergency Relief Is Voted to Pine
Camp--No More Parking Of Cars
in Lower Main Street--Stte, for
Jackson Monument.

By 4, unanimous vote the Common
Council last night passed the ordi-
nance creating the Richmond Public
Employment Bureau, designed to pro
Vide work for the citys unemployed.
Tho bureau is to be conducted by II
paid manager. elected for two years at
n salary OF $4,000 u year, assisted by
Il c1orll. whose salary will be 5000 n
year. '.
AS reported by the Finance Commit
tee. the ordinances placed the bureau
under the direction OF an independent
board OF five members, to. be elected
BY the Council from q list OF ten nomi-
mated by the Mayor. Councilman Rat
cl!re objected to dividing the RESPONSE
billy between tile Mayor and Coun-
ell. and offered an amendment pro-
VidinS for tho appointment OF II bonrd
or five members by tho Mayor, with
out confirmation By tho Council.
MAYOR TO HAVE APPOINTMENT
OH HOARD OF -DIRI;CTOnS
Councilman English SAW no reason
why the Council should depart from the
present practice o. clecting all mem
Dcrs OF city boards. and urged that the
Mayors appointments be- aado sub
Ject 20 confirmation by. tho Council.
The 1tatcliffe amendment, however, was
adopted by q vote OF . Ito :. Thus
amended the ordinance vas passed
unanimously.
The Council passcd by. n unanimous
vote the resolution appropriating s4,-
$50 for the RELIEF Of Pine Camp or
this amount, $4,000 is. for tho niaintc-
nance OF the camp during tho re-
matnder Of the current fiscal year, and
$3.50 Tor the construction OF n main
connecting the property with tho
water system CT Gintcr Park.
Over the opposition OF Councilman
English, who alone voted against the
mcasnrr holding it To be Intellectual.
tho body passed the Rogers ordinance
prohibiting the parking OF vehicles FOR
more than thirty minutes on Aluin
street. between Eighth and Thirteenth
streets. and on Twelfth Street, be-
tween Franlilin and Cary Streets. The
,measurc IL designed to prevent tn.
blocking OF the downtown section by
automobile owners who park their ears
for hours along the curb
APPROPRIATION MADE
Folt VICE COMMISSION
Other measures passed ny the Com
mon Council follow:
ApDropriatink $1,000 Tor tl,., corr.
niissinn appointed by tie Mayor to in-
rcstiEntr local vice conditions
Appropi'iat!nE $500 to tlcfray the on
pcnscs or u committee consisting OF
; the Dock. River and llarbor Commit
tee, the presidents Of, tho two branches
OF the Council, ana the Mayor. In. M
pcaring before tho Rivers aid IIarbors
Committees OF Congress-, on behalf OF
| nm appropriation for James River i'm
| proverncnt.
-hppropriatins $1,000 Tor coal anu
| OIL expenses or the Cas- Works. and
$4,000 for Gas Works extension ana i'm
| pruvcnicnt.
The body referred tp the Finance
, Committee the resolution for tho pay
nent OF sl.160 i'll prizes 10 winning
rarch;tccts in the municipal building
designs competition. AMI tho ordinance
! directing the acquisition, of property
In Paramount upon which to continue
the playground activities now carried
on IL Short l. ana Twentieth Streets
by the Church Civic Association
President Peters introduced an or
dinance directing tho dedication OF a
plot I'll ground ut Monument Avenue
and the Boulevard for the location OF
the Stoncwall Jackson monument. 1t
was referred to the Committee or
Streets An ordinance introduced by
Councilman BatllIns asks for an ap-
preparation OF $4,000 for the proposed
Rivcraidc Drive.
WILL CONDEMN PROPERTY
ron FOURTEENTH SlTll3Ep
The body passed tho ordinance re-
ported from the street Committee di-
rccting the City Attorney to acquire
certain properties on Main Street, be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth Street,
and on Cary street, needed for tho
proposed ncw short street cast OF Four
teenth as part OF the plan for widen
ing TourtcentE Street between Main
and Cary.
The ordinance lvas recommended for
n 80 lsrn d Ian