The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-03
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SPECIAL MEETING
TO VOTE MONEY
Council Tables Annexation APP
preparations for Action
on Friday.
MAY GIVE AID TO PINE. CAMP
Finance Committee to, Confer
With Administrative Board on
Relief Measures
MAY GIVE AID TO PINE CAMP

Under the rules governing the dis
position of all proposed appropriations
originating In committee, the Common
Council last night laid on the table.
every one of the emergency measures
reported by the Committee on Finance
to take care of the annexation expenses
of the several city departments.
In consideration of the urgent nature
OF the appropriations In question, Presi-
dent Peters last night issued call for
n special meeting OF the Common Coun-
ell to be held at s o'clock Friday even
ing. The special meeting will be for
the purpose of considering only the
annexation. appropriations and the re-
port OF the special Redistricting Com
mittee.
The tnbling Of tho annexation meas
ures left the Common Council few
munication was. presented from Mayor
Ainslie inclosing letters from the Tu-
berculosis Camp Society and Chief
Health Officer Levy describing the
critical condition In which Pine Camp
finds itself, and urging relief measures
by the city.
WILL TAKE STEPS FOR
EMERGENCY RELIEF
Mayor Ainslie urged immediate and
careful considerations. Councilman Rat
cllffe. moved that the papers be re-
ferred to the Public Utilities Commit
tee. The Council defeated this motion.
and adopted one offered by Councilman
Pollock referring the papers to the
Finance Committee with the instruc-
ton that 1t confer with the Administra-
tive Board on Immediate relief meas
ures and report as early as practicable
to either branch.
Under n suspension of the rules the
Council adopted a resolution offered by
President Peters refunding to the Sal
vaf Arr ~ no M Shn M a 4
to the city as rental for the City Audi
torium for Thursday night. when Eva
Booth, daughter of'the famous founder
OF the order, Is scheduled to make an
address.
The ordinance creating tho Public
Employment Bureau OF the city of
Richmond, reported with n unanimous
recommendation by the Ordinance Com
mittee, was referred to the Committee
on Finance. A petition was Rad from
the widow Of Michael j. Moore. the
Street Cleaning Department ernploye
who was killed recently In n runaway
accident while In discharge of his duty.
asking that the Council make some
restitution for the great loss suffered
by her. The petition was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
NEW scHooLHoUsEs
ARE PROVIDED FOL,
The Council passed the resolution
1
Sites account SS2.420.94 to new ac-.
count for the building of the Nathaniel
Bacon lakewood School,, at Thirty-fifth
and NJ Streets. 1t passed also the
resolution authorizing the School
Board to secure plans for the construc-
tion of a new. 100000 school on Balm
bridge Street, between Cowardin Az
enuc and Fifteenth Street, South Rich
mond
A resolution making an additional
appropriation of $1,000 to the Commit
tee on Advertising and Enterprises.
was passed by a unanimous vote. The
body passed also the resolutions APP
propriating sl5.605.7e for City Home
expenses $4,000 for expenses incident
to the grading OF streets. and $4,000
for the expenses of the Electric Plant.
Councilman p. r. Pitcher. of Clay
Ward, introduced an ordinance au-
thorizing the Administrative Board to
employ city-p,anning expert for the
purpose of making plans and specif-
cations for the development and i'm
provement OF the new territory that
will OH Thursday become n part OF the
city The ordinance carries an appro-
priation OF $4,000 to cover the cost of
the work.