Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-19
MANY MEASURES BEFORE
CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK
Monument Avenue Extension, Gas
Ordinance and Memorial Audi
turium Most Important Ones.

For the next two weeks the City
Council Will have the busiest time
of the year. preceding the last meet
Ing OF the city fathers before the
newly elected Council takes it's seat
in September. Several special scs-
sions are predicted i'll order to clear
up the business accumulated during
the year. as all matters not passed
by the Council before IL goes out of
office. die automatically.
Two special meetings are sure to
he held. one is already scheduled
for "Wednesday night. when the Com
mon Council Will convene to consider
the Mills memorial library audi
forum ordinance and other special
matters.
Probably the final meeting of the
Council Committee on Claims is
$. The committee has little or moth
:nE on it's docket and will meet sim
ply. TO clear up its calendar.
Many important matters are now
ticn measure, calling for s256,006 for
the Department of Public Utilities
The funds are asked to take care
of the additional cost of fuel since
the budget WAS passed by the city
fathers.
Before the committee is also an
ordinance carrying large appro-
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Hull Street. 1t is expected chat
II cinbcrs OF the committee from the
South Side Will mako a last attempt
to keep the paper from dying in COM
mittcc Another measure which is
to have its fate decided by the Coun.
ell Committee on Finance is an ap
propriation measure asking for ST.
100000 for the Improvement and en-
larEc nlcnt OF schools In the city in
GLIDING the addition to the John Mar
shall High School OF another story.
The most important paper which
Will come before the committee. how
ever. is the ordinance authorizing
the extension of Monument Avenue
beyond the Belt Line Bridge and
work. Every effort will he made to
have some final action taken on the
measure 50 that 1t may come before
the Common Council next Wcdnes-
Aldermen for action at it's next meet
ing. one resolution which Is ahso-
lutcly essential that the committee
act upon is that of the salary OF the
central registrar of the city, which
is still in committee. the debate on
tho measure being as to whether he
should be paid $4,000 year or S2,i00,
as provided in the measure intro
ducrd.
Final and decisive action on the
Mills ordinance. calling for the gift
of the Ford lot to the state for the
erection of Il 100000 memorial
nv al VIII come DcIOTe
the Common Council next Wednesday,
night. The ordinance will come up
Tor concurrence and will probably
pass by Il Vote OF II TO 3. 1t has been
passed by the Council already. but
the action was disqualified when II
was found that 1t was acted upon
illegally.
tlnal fight on the new traffic or
dinances, as indorscd by Colonel Will
liam NJ. Myers. chief of Police
Charles sherry and Captain OF the
Traffic Squad s. Il. Samucls, will come
up Wednesday night when IL is un-
dcrstood that an effort Will be made
10 have the paper taken from tho
table under suspension of the rules.
The paper has been under considcra-
ton for eight months and will COM
p!ctcly revise the traffic laws of the
city. making them conform with those
OF other mctropoliscS. There is much
opposition TO the ordinance. but II
has the backing Of city officials. and
was drawn TO curb the accident
epidemic from which the city has
been suffering.