Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-02
COMMON COUNCIL MEETS
IN REMODELED CHAMBER
Hall Has Been deliberately Refur-
nished and Decorated at Cost
OF $4,000.
IMPORTANT MEASURES PASSED
Street Car Company Asks to BE Re-
lieved From Track Reconstruction
Pending Settlement of Franchise
ApplicatiOn-New Ordinances.

Housed for the flrst time in the newly
rcmodelcd and redecorated Council
chamber, tho Common Council last
night devoted session that lasted
from S:l5 o'clock until midnight to tho
consideration of Il docket crowded
with resolutions and ordinances of the
first Importance.
large vase OF flowers graced the
desk of President Peters and another
bouquet reposcd on the desk OF City
Clerk August Aside from these in
dic"s OF formality nothing Of cere-
monial nature marked the occupation
OF the romodclcd chamber. Th" mem
bers had placed on the table Il silver
water service for the use Of the chair
man and his successors in Office. but
the presentation was accompanied by
no specchmaking The gift was
knowlcdgcd In n brief speech or ap-
pr"ciation by Vice President Itatcliffc.
SHORTLY before adjournment.
The chamber was decorated with
palms which. with the flowers. had been
sen, by Mann e Brown. The Council
adopted unanimously Il resolution cx-
pressing the bodys thanks for the con-
federation accorded the event By the
florists.
IMPORTANT MEASURES
ARE PASSED ny COUNCIL
Among the measures passed last
night by the Common Council were the
following.
Authorizing the City Attorney to ac-
Uuire through the usual channels the
sewer and water installations owned
in Woodland Heights by the Southsde
Company. Inc, no purchase to take
place until the price has first been
approved by the Finance Committee
and the Council.
Amending the Building Code so as TO
admit the use Of hollow concrete
blocks within the limits In which frame
houcss are permitted.
Charging to the city the cost OF in
casing service water and sewer pipes
in terra GOTHAM expense now met
by property owners.
Prohibiting the purchase OF add
tonal automobiles or automobile
trucks by any department OF the city
government, wi,hou. tho consent and
approval OF the Council.
Authorizing the Health Department
TO employ two additional sanitary in
Spectors.
CiTf-PLANNING EXHIBIT
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
The Council concurrcd unanimously
in the resolution. passed by the Board
OF Aldermen. appropriatinE $3.50 for the
proposed city planning exhibit II re-
fcrred 10 the Committee on Finance
the ordinance creating the Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court. reported
favorably hy the Committee on Ordi-
President Peters presented. By re-
quest. AN ordinance. accompanied By
petition from the Virginia Railway and
Power Company. asking that II be re-
licvcd from the obligation To recon-
struct its tracks on East BROAD Street
intif the Council has permanently dis
posed OF Its pending application for n
new franchise, which, H. granted In Its
suggested form, will provide for thu
removal Of the East Broad Street
tracks.
The paper was referred to the Com
mittcc on Streets.
The ordinance carries out the request
OF the petition and authorizes the rout-
ing OF the Broad and Twenty and
oakwood and Broad Street cars over
the Marshall street viaduct, pending
the adjustment Of the East Broad Street
track question, since, in the opinion Of
the company, ii Is advisable to suspend
the use of the tracks on Broad Street
from Eleventh Street eastwa rdly, be-
cause they are not electrically welded
and are otherwis" defective.
The Council referred TO the Commit
tee on Finance the report or the special
Joint committee on the new municipal
building, recommending an appropria-
ton OF $500 for the preparation of
working plans from the prize winning
design of Carncal & Johnston