Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-03
COUNCIL FACES A LONG
AND IMPORTANT DOCKET
Consider Resolution Appro-
priating 100000 for City
Home Tonight:
c,TY FARM MATTER TO COME UP
May Act on Papers Providing for
Movies md Alusic I'm Parks md
BETTER Lighting In Monroe Park
and Jefferson Avenue:

Better Lighting In Monroe Park
and jefferson Avenue:
Common Council has busy SEES
sion ahead of IT, tonisht's docket
being long ana Important Among
the papers coming from the Finance
Committee ,s resolution apprprri-
at!ng teo.oee for improvements at
the city Hume, where, ~ was stated
by members nf The committee, hon
diticna are IN a horrible state" This
resolution WAS Introduced IN the
Board cf Aldermen by Alderman
White who stated that IN his Bpin-
ion the SUM mentioned would IVA In
sufficient ~ meet the requirements
needed fvr making the Inmates Of
the City Home comfortable. The Fi-
nance Committee was unanimous In
It's Recommendation.
The FULLER resolution proriding
si,ISo FOR moving pictures and music
in the parks for eight weeAs, which
waa approved Ivy the Finance Com
mittee, VIII be acted on by Council.
This measure wea advocated by a
number of civic organizations and
by Superintendent Calder, ef the Bu-
reaa Of Parks,
\ report from the Committee on
Utilities recommending tho arpaIsl.
ton or the Briei farm as a city farm,
wiz be taken up. The committees
recommended this farm after reports
tyTm the Department of Agriculture
had shown II TO have good col, amt
suitable facilities for city farm
The owners fN t5s.ooe as the price
fos Che iarnh which Includes 3si
ACRES With a number or bulld,nss
new sto and a railway station on the
facrn, The committee recommends
that the tara, "Se acquired by pur.
chase Sift or condemnatipn, which
means that the City Attorney vii,
proceed accori;nslS, There Is no
Recommendation that the sua, Vt
s,S.eee be paid Acr the farm,
Re~owme~ds BETTER LiRhtins>
Resolutions providing funds for
better lighting in Mcaros PARK aad
on Jefferson Aveauc, as recommend.
cd BY Director Tvafcrd. viii be acted
upea, AID 4 resolution recommended
and urged by Aldermaa Meitea, an.
9SopraG@G $4,000 for The purchase
Of property 20 wtdea Nine Nile Ruad
~ita!a the city !taEs viii he pee-
scR;ed
Az Increase IL AIS salary. as urged
by Justice RicsS, az tae J0vcnle and
ToTesttc Relations Court. aad the
csSa;iea "f the cc'cc Of female pru,
hat!ea o.r>cr FOR the Po!.oc Court.
with salary OF Si.soe. with DC con-
sIdeT~d by the body, both having ecen
rccc:as= eaacI by ;Ac Finance Com
=i;t;ec,
The GaestSoa ot Increasing the sal,
airy .! the Cs;y A;m<aey sl<o wul be
discussed 4; this Meeting, There Is
a" ua1ercarren; q .ceiiag IL Ceaaeu
circles tSa; the city IS payiar Its
nt;A officials ta- TOO lizzie for the
WORK and responsibilities S;:uu,,
n:aeers IL much smaller cities In
Virginia. < is pointed out. are re,
oeirinE hiEsr- salaries with less re-
sPoas:e.!!sy. TIC ci,.es OF panvlne,
LyaeAeu:S. Roanoke, Portsmouth.
HoT.o!S AID Sewpc.; News arc
Pointed 10 As cities In which all h!sh
officials receive greater salaries than
IN R!ch1ond- where the annual bud.
Sex IS rs large mos; OF ;Ae o,A.y
cities combined
EmrEe.ry Eoninr 0rdin.p..
council vii! act upon an emergency
1oni5g ordinance, designed 10 nre-
VeIt the erection OF stores nuhl,,
garages and other business building,
IN residential! sections wi;hur, sns-
cal permission % Council. The OBJ
)ect OF this. IL was shown by Direc-
Tor Sav:!!e. who advocates tn. ordI-
nance, Is 10 prevent the enc-oach-
meni OF business into strictly resi-
Dental sections
c5unc!lman James e Dickerson
has stated that he would Introduce
resolution designed to amend the
i.ihe! ordinance by striking out III.
bonding section and Increasing IN,
Hcensing ;aI- He says the bond re-
Q1lreNent Is practically probihi-
tive" and tina; the people Of The Ea,,
End and the South Side will he
without 1ttney service until The nro-
POSED amendment IL adopted
measures having been passed Nv
lhe hoard ~ Aldermen. now I'D for
concurrence, include: fixing OF sal
aFy OF tne justice Of the Police Court
al +o'ooo; authorizing the CITY Al
"'neE 10 enter into compromise 4,
teFtain damage claims against m.
city due 10 Shockoc Creek oyerfow
authorizing plot in Riyery;o, Ct,
cemetery 10 be set aside for buria,
o. INDECENT soldiers OF the VEL
war. under direction Of the S.rvicc
legion; acceptance OF dedication =,
iand FOR opening and extending Uaw
'horne Avenue: to acquire land IN .,
ltnh Twelfth street. bctyec, J,ury
street and Delaware Avenue. Soith
Richmond +"
recommendation from the co,r.
m'l'ee on Utilities that proncriy a.
~ nor theast corner pf Eleventh and
t""o streets be secured to be mil.
as slt" for an annex 20 tn.
NHv HAL VIII be considered.