The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-10
BOARD of ALDERMEN
ADOPTS THE BUDGET
POWERS MAKES MANY injuries
CONCERNING AppaopnIA-
TIoN ITEMS.
ia OK SON MONUMENT
TO BE PLACED Ar MONUMENT AVE-
Mt r. AND BUTLEVARD--XA-
CATION FOR CRUTtHFIELD.
CHEAPER GAS.

The Board of Aldermen last night
near the hour of midnight adjourned.
after having adopted the appropria-
ton ordinance.
Alderman Powers questioned II
number of the items, ana while he
stated that he would vote for the
apportionments made in the budget.
he thought that the amount given the
street Department was not sufficient
for the work which should be done.
In reply TO this objection Chair
man Grundy, OF the Finance Com
mittee, explained that here was
mittee. explained that there was
sue Of last year which went TO the
streets Improvement
This was revelation.
No one knew that there was a
balance of such a large sum to the
account of streets. This gives the
administrative Board the sum OF
s3l 5000 for street improvements.
Alderman Powers. who was calling
attention to many items in the budget,
agreed that IL the budget itself fixed
upon certain amount for streets,
which nlinimized itself to se5, 900. and
there was $4,000 to the credit of the
streets improvements, from the bond
issue OF last year. and still s100, 900 left
in the extraordinary appropriation of
Sl25. coo for the relief of the worthy
men who had nothing to do, then he
felt satisfied.
Powers Asks Questions.
Have We 800. 900 left Of the money
appropriated for tho aid of the UNI
empioyed?' asked Mr.. Powers
Yes" said Colonel Grunday, chair
man of the Finance Committee
Il thought" continued Mr.. Powers
that the sI25,00o was for the relief
OF men out Of work, but II we still
have sioo 900 left what have we done
for the relief of the people for whom
the appropriation was made?"
There was no response
After questioning Il number of other
items, Including that OF street clean
ing. in which he said that the depart
ment could not pssibly do itself jus
ttice with the appropriation. Mr.. Powers
, referred to that OF James River i'm
provement. He could not see why S23,-
o2o should be sent that way, without
something to show for the money,
Alderman Mitchell at this point
arose and stated irrelevently that he
! felt that the amount of money appro-
priated for the maintenance of the
Virginia Hospital and the City Home
was not sufficient, and he would. II
member of the Finance Committee,
make the appropriation more.
| All to City Home.
| Mr.. Mitchell said that he would like
q to have appropriations for other hos
pitfalls and eleemosenary institutions
cut out, and the entire sum devoted
to the City Home and particularly, the
Virginia Hospital He is strong ad-
vocate OF the Virginia Hospital and
believes that the city should provide
a site for a hospital of it's own.
After all this discussion, which
brought out a number Of things of
vast importance 20 the general public.
the budget was adopted as passed by
the Common Council, and now II is up
to the Mayor
Other matters adopted by the Board
of Aldermen were:
j Placing the Jackson Monument at
Boulevard and Monument Avenue: 40
pointing two sanitary officers to take
care of the annexed territory; TO al
low the Water Department to run a
main over the Fifth Street v!aduct;
sending the ordinance on the gas
proposition OF permitting the gas in
spector to require deposits to the
Ordinance Committed the ordinance
placing the voting precincts in the
hands of the City Council.
/ Cheaper Gas.
! Alderman Powers presented paper
on behalf OF himself and Alderman
Melton. asking that the Committee on
! Utilities in quire into the question OF
cheaper gas. These two aldermen in
the last Council proposed this, but II
was killed. Now they ask that it he
+ considered,
| The board adopted the resolution
placing the Stonewall jackson monu
ment at Monument Avenue and tho
Boulevard, with speeches from Alder.
men Grundy, Mitchell, Christian and
Powers,
Alderman Gunst presented a reso-
luton of thanks to Mann & Brown for
the decoration In the Council Chamber,
and Alderman Mitchell offered "a reso-
luton expressing sympathy with Jus
tice John j. Crutchneld in his Illness.
and giving him ninety days In which
to recuperate The resolution states
that Wilbur ]. Griggs shall preside In
the Police Court during the absence of
Justice Crutohfeid.
This resolution was passed unani-
mously, with every member of the
board present except Mr.. Fuller