Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-11
CITY Government BEARS
ALL HOSPITAL EXPENSE
Citizens Committee and Red Cross
Decline to Raise Promised
$4,000 for Emergency.
APPROPRIATION is INCREASED
CounciImen Would Pawn City Hall,
IL Necessary, to Provide Funds to
Cope With Influenza Situation.
Salaries Increased.

Meet Meeting surprising situation with
money SO long s the City Hall stands
ON its base, the Common Council iasp1
Finance Committee adopted Il resolu-
ton increasing the approximation for
the John Marshall Ma High school Hospital
face the malady known as Spanish in
iiuSnza, now epidemic in Richmond.
COMMITTEES. whsH met r1 o day nighs to
railroad the $4,000 through for the
hospital, was read last night IL mem
creased figures were read IL a mistake
had not been made. The explanation
that that followed was that the Gitizens'
10 raise ' the ss5ooo as represe aGS"e to
il was asked for the 5000 ee and W .lai
il regarded the fight against the cpl
demic i'm this respect purely IA muni-
that the Red Cross Society. which was
understood TO have volunteered to do
nate $4,000. had voiced the opinion
tina; the emergency hospital with its
eHuipment was entirely city matter.
The resolution donating $4,000 was
adopted unanimously. Several OF the
members aired the opinion that the city
was behind the health authorities in
beating the plague and that it was
from J. Il. Taylor stating that he
as chairman of tho citizens commit
tcc. had consuted with several OF
his colleagues and that they were Of
opinion tho matter was for municipal
concern alone. If the city was able to
| raise the funds was spread on the
minutes OF the meeting without dis
scntinS voice.
WOULD PAWN CITY HALL.
TO RAiSi: NECESSARY FUNDS
Mr.. Taylor's letter. also stated that
| meet the situation until .hc Council
conld maize III" necessary arrange.
I'LL The required time for passing the
! resolution elapsed.
Captain Morgan II. Mills stated that
on it's appearance struck the Finance
COMMITTEES like a holt from clear sky
nrs. E:nnion 6. Williams, state Health
Health officer. and MIRA: WILLIS. OF the
| Johnston-W Willis Sanat o'i;;n. addressed
the CITY Council las, Monday night md
| promised the $4,000 and that a com
mit,oe Of citizens would he appointed
time mentioned ~ the -ouncilmen. Tho
Gonmcil was therefore only asked for
/ $4,000 which it readily appropriated.
as invorinG the appropriation that the
work might go on 1t once without
Mai,rE for the Isr,s OF ,hG sons.i,a
| that as the reason the Finance Com
mittec failed Tuesday night to anpro-
pirate more than the requested $4,000.
so long as the city Hall could be
/ placed IN pawn shop the city would
that he supposed il was best the total
| responsibility has fallen on the city
| government; He predicted that ii GER
| tanly would be done with no less care
| Councilman Clarence Seaton sub.
chairman of the Finance Committee,
| explained the increase OF the appro-
| for the reading OF the resolution OF
the Finance Committee and OF j. p.
i Taylor's letter of declination. both of
which were spread on the minutes. He
! stated that every cent of the expense
OF equippng and operating the hos
| nital had been put up by the City
| Council.
| RICHMOND WILL NOT DESERT
STRANGERS WITHIN IT'S GATES
In his connection he stated that the
nha OF 1he patents ITS, in John Mar
marked that Richmond would not de-
| sert those unfortunate enough to be-
| come i'll within her limits
| The recommendation of the Finance
| Committee that the salaries Of the
city employees be increased on de-
ed. Employees receiving not more
| than $1,000 will receive an increase
| Of 10 per cent: those receiving moro
will receive an increase OF 10 per cent.
and those receiving more than $4,000
but not more than $4,000 will receive
an increase OF . per cent. The reSolu-
ton placing school-teachers and other
school employees on the same footing
with other city employees was adopted.
In some cases the school employees
have been increased within the past
year more than called for the by the
scale. In those cases the salaries will
| not he reduced to conform to the scale.
In other cases the salaries have been
raised only partly as much AS is de-
manded by the scale, and in such cases
further increases will be allowed to
bring the increases to conform with
the scale.