The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-15
ALDERMEN ENDORSE
REQUEST Of R., F. { ?.
fore Corporation Commission and
Press for Granting of Petition.
BOOST OFFICIALS SALARIES
Mr.. Fuller Would Increase Assistant
City Attorney to $4,000 and Judge
of Hastings Court, Part III, to 49,
250-Jitncys Reduced Cty's Income
From Railway Taxes.

l The Board of Aldermen last night
passed resolutions offered. by Alder
man Ordway Fuller, favoring grant
Ing the petition of the Richmond.
| Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road to make Elba Station the termi-
nal point of three of it's local trains,
and directing. the city attorney to ap
pear before the State Corporation
Commission when the petition OF the
railroad is heard, and request that 1t
| be granted.
/ Under the plan Of the road two
trains arriving at Byrd Street Station.
one at s:25 A. NJ. and the other at
9 p NJ. will stop at Elba Station.
arriving there at $40 and $3.50, re-
spectively making that the terminal
station instead of Byrd Street. The
| other train. which originates at Byrd
Street Station at 4 p. M, will under
the new plan start from Elba Station
at 4:1o o'clock All of these trains
are accommodations. and the majority
OF the patrons leave them at Eloa
Station.
The adoption of these resolutions
is in line with what we have been
trying to accomplish for years" Mr..
Fuller stated. lin that II discontinues
he passa &c Of trains through the city.
1t will mean that six trains less will
go through the streets. thus eltmi-
mating a great deal OF the present
danger, In addition IL VIII relieve
| the congestion at the Byrd Street Sta
ton. and permit more rapid move
ment o. other important trains"
! Urges Prompt Action.
/ a letter was read from Norman
Call. secretary 10 the president Of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad. in which he urged
] the passage of the resolution. He
stated that the work on the new West
End Station was progressing rapidly.
and that the use OF the crosstown
tracks could soon he abandoned.
| air f'utte- also offered two ordi-
nances increasing the salary OF the
assistant .city attorney to $4,000 and
that OF the Judge of the Hastings
Court Part IL. TO s3250. These were
/ referred to the Committee on Ordi-
nances A resolution was offered call
| ing for IS 500 for the completion Of
the additions to the Binford School,
and Alderman Gilman offered a reso-
luton instructinE The School Board
to purchase three school sites at a
sum not exceeding $4,000.
The board adopted the ordinance Of
fered by Alderman Gunst prohibiting
the sounding OF gongs bells or other
signals when near church In which
services are IN progress, and making
IL necessary for all vehicles to sup
press all noise when passing houses
OF worship.
A claim OF 1870. made by Mrs. G
f. Riley. 6cs South Belvidcre Street
for loss sustained In her store when
IT was closed by order OF the Health
Department when typhoid fever was
on the premises was passed by the
board Alderman Fuller pointed out
N urging that the claim ne allowed
that Il was not an admission of legal
liability. and il was not done to set
a precedent. hut Il was the opinion OF
the committee that Mrs. Riley should
be reimbursed for her loss In connec-
ton with the quarantine.
The appropriation OF $3.50 for the
preservation OF the bricks and tim
| bers OF the old Poe building was
passed by the hoard.
The ordinance permitting bread. ice
and milk to be sold from house TO
house without the owner OF the
wagons paving the peddler's license
,ea--et>ae-,i -tife-t,oarti-
Changes Streets Name.
The body also voted to change the
name OF I.ombardy Street from Grace
Street 70 Park Avenue to Stuart Cir
Gle.
Apr oprtation OF $4,000 to cover
interest and redemption OF bonds was
passed. and the following appropria-
tons were also made: $500 for the
recent insurance convention here.
5000 for a fraternity meeting, and
$500 for the Virginia Educational
Society, both OF which will be held
here during December,
The School Board was authorized
to have plans prepsr red for a school at
kensington Avenue and WestStreet
not TO cost more than $4,000
report from Special Accountant
II. c. Golfer, appointed TO check the
gross earnings OF the Virginia Railway
and Power Company showed that the
city would receive s72 1885 from
the company on their earnings for the
year 1918. This is about $40, 600 less
than It would have been had the
3itneys not nut in their appearance
= The board also received a report
OF the recent Waterways Association
held in Philadelphia, which was at
tended by Mayor Ainslie. Aldermen
Fuller, Paul and others.