Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
COUNCIL APPROVES
MEASURE CHANGING
|C|TY'S WARD LINES
Lower Body Adopts Re-
port of Committee With
out Amendment.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN WILL
ACT NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
Rodcn Introduces Ordinance
Increasing the Salaries of
Three Directors.
FINEs EACH AT $500 a YEAR
ALSO Presents Resolution Marking
FIRST Step for Purchase
OF City Farm.
FINES EACH AT $500 a YEAR
Also Presents Resolution Marking
First Step for Purchase
OF City Farm.

me report OF the Committee on Or
dinances recommending the adoption
OF the ordinance providing for the
redis'rictinG OF the wards and voting
precincts of the city. was adopted
last night by Common Council after
brief debate, without change. The
| ordinance provides for ? slight exten-
SION OF both Clay and Madison Wards.
the additional territory coming from
Lee Ward. while Jefferson Ward 10
left untouched.
The population of the wards under
the readjustmcnt of lines is: Lee.
33'aS5: Clay. 42.6so; Madison, 1886:
Jefferson. 41.946. The number or
voting precincts is increased from
thirty-one to forty, eleven each In
Clay and Lee Wards. ten I'm Madison
and eight in Jefferson.
There was some little discussion n.
to the line between Madison and Leo.
from Foushee and Franklin to Broad
and Foushce. but opposition to the
proposed change was withdrawn. and
the report from the committee wa.
adopted as Il whole.
Thc ordinance will he acted ,non
by the Board OF Aldermen next Tues.
day night
.,,., wants s..s.s., salaEiea aIaGreasNJ-
rector of Public Utilities at S6.5o0.
All were referred to tho Committee
on Finance.
Councilman Phillips presented an
ordinance abolishing the Departments
of Public Works and Public Utilities.
and creating Department of Public
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panion ordinance to that presented
by Alderman Woody at the last meet
ing OF the Board of Aldermen. but
which he was not permitted to get
through. owing to the refusal OF the
body to suspend tho rules.
THAT the Finance Committee will
have plenty OF material to work
| upon at an early date is evident. Be-
sides the papers here referred to. Al
da1man White will at the meeting
of the Board OF Aldermen next Tues
day night present a paper raising the
| salary OF the Director OF Puohc Cth-
tiles to $500 year.
The first step toward tho purchase
of farm for city purposes was taken
when Councilman Rodcn presented a
resolution calling upon the Commit
te on Utilities to inquire into the
feasibility of purchasing the property
now occupied by the Virginia Indus
trial School for Boys At Laurel Mr..
Roden stated that the board OF direc-
tors of that institution had notified
the Finance Committee that the prop
erty would be vacated some time
early this year, and that the city
might secure 1t at an attractive fig-
| rafn n
committee for investigation, and II
was stated that the committee would
visl; the Laurel institution at ar
early date. and make n report later
TO Council.
Transfers $4,000 for Expenses.
Councilman Seaton asked suspen
. sion of the rules to act upon resolu
ton transferring $4,000 from thi
Gas Works pay roll to the expens
account. so that bills for material
coal and gas might be met at once
He pointed out that the Director o
Public Utilities had saved the city
large sum In the purchase OF oil, an
that as the high cost of material dur
ing the year had prevented the EN-
pioyment OF men In construction an
operating work. II had resulted 1
=, something of surplus on the pay
roll account. which now could readil
be placed to the payment OF bills. TIL
resolution was adopted without dis
sentinG vote.
Similar action was taken on tw
resolutions directing the comptrolle
;" to pay all salaries and wages an
m all freight bills duo by the city. pent
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