Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-12
$4,000 APPROPRIATION
8; APPROVED BY ALDERMEN
RoArd Adopts Ordinance Looking
~ Toward Improvement of Pc.
So tersburg Highway.
JGONCURs IN PAY INCREASE
Measure Granting 10 Per Cent Raise
Ito City Employees Now Goes TO
-: Mayor for Signature-Many Mat
" ters Arc Disposed or.

mayor LOT OVERWHELMINGLY Mat
" ters Arc Disposed or.
The ordinance appropriating $4,000
for the immediate improvement OF the
Retersburg Turnpike from Hull Street
to- distance not exceeding ten miles
from the present corporate limits Of
the city. which is to be in conjunction
With the reconstruction of the entire
roadway by Richmond business men
and. others. was adopted last night by
the Board of Aldermen. The measure
will so to the Common Council at its
next meeting for concurrence. after
which the funds for the Improvement
will be available.
Supporters of the resolution which
provides that the expenditure shall be
made under the supervision OF the Ad-
nlinistrative Board. stated that sub
stantial progress was being made by
the business men of the city in raising
the s25.000 needed to carry out the pro-
jecf. Indications pointed to "A fund OF
$4,000 from the business district Of
the city. they said. for the rcconstruc-
tion and maintenance of the road. which
Is. to increase the transportation facili-
ties between Richmond and Petersburg.
S.EIn companion resolution, which was
a
Finance Committee was authorized to
borrow this sum in event such action
Was necessary, and to include it in tho
1915 budget.
GoNCURs IN ORDINANCE
FOR INCREASE OF PAY
ssThe Board also concurred in the ordi:
nance granting a 10 per cent increase
in salary to all city employees. includ-
Ing school teachers. whose salaries are
$500 or less annually, for the remain
der OF the present fiscal year. The
Ordinance becomes effective September
1evafter being approved by the Mayor.
and will give employees OF the city
the benefit of the increase for four
and one-half months.
--SliEht opposition on the part OF AL
derman Powers. OF Madison Ward. over
half OF the ONCE expenses OF w. II.
Sands. State Examiner OF Records. de-
veloped during the meeting. Mr.. Pow
ers thought the payment OF this
amount. as recommended by the FL
nance Committee. in view OF the fact
that Mr.. Sands had been assisting the
city for several years without compen-
sAtiou- would set bad precedent. and
believed that some cit. officer should
be delegated to the work now per-
formed by the examiner OF records.
During IN. discussion OF the measure
Alderman ord~ay Fuller suggested
That the proper authority be obtained
from the General Assembly this fall
providing for the creation OF such an
Office fer the city OF Richmond. say
inE tina, Il would prove an exceeding
Il. raluahls one fer the municipality.
In the vote Gr. Powers alone opposed
ht resolution. but with only ten mem
b.rs present IL was lost. Mr. Powers,
howerer, moved reconsideration and
the paper was tabled until the next
meeting.
MANY MEASURES ARE
APPROVED ny BOARD
The Board adopted and concurred in
other ordinances and resolutions as
follows:
Authorizing appropriation OF $4,000
for furnishing and eauipping the new
Second District Police Station
Authorizing the Mayor TO enter into
an agreement with the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Richmond, Freder-
scksburg and Potomac Railroad Com
panies. allowing the construction OF a
concrete pier on the bank OF the canal
as; a part OF the new Belt Line Rail-
road Bridge.
Appropriating 1900 for payment OF
rent on city's display in the Richmond
Manufacturers Exhibit. and terminal
ing the lease after January 81. 1918
- Approptiat ing. sl.5o0 for incidental
a1pensas 81 the Shcltcring Arms Hos
pital for the remainder OF the fiscal
year, and $500 TO the account of the
Wrist Battalion. Virginia Field Ar
tiliery.
Transferring 5000 from the emer-
geney fund to the contingency fund.
with $1,000 from the emergency fund
to the special vaccination account OF
tho Richmond Health Department,
I. Appropriating $500 for indexing the
the Chancery Court. and $4,000 for re-
pairing the damages to tho Soldier,
and Sailors Monument in Marshall
Square which was struck by lightning
pm May 90.
Appropriating 81 600 for the expenses
Of the Juvenile Court and transferring
S.i0S.S5 from the School Board equip
ment OF new buildings account to the
account OF expenses and repairs
authorizing the City Auditor. after
a, conference with the CITY Attorney
to destroy certain old papers i'm his
vaults to relieve the congested condi.
tipn.
The Board also authorized the re.
funding OF numerous erroneous tax
assessments. and accepting paving tax
bills. and received from the Admins
tr1tive Board resolutions requesting
the appropriation OF $4,000 for the
Improvement OF the Government Road
and $4,000 for the expense account,
Of the Pine Camp Hospital. Both were
referred TO the Finance Committee, a..
was resolution providing for the en-.
p1oyment of a female nurse at the Citv
Jail.