The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-01-21

that both sides Of the roads might be in
cluded. or his farm it took in six acres,
and for what advantage to anybody ne
could not see. 1t was said they wanted to
give them light. He did not need any-he
had the sunlight of Heaven, and Richmond
could give him no better. He did not de-
sire her gas. Did they offer him water
He had o never-failing fountain Of the
finest water on top Of the earth, yielding
twenty-five gallons minute; and you,
gentlemen, know the kind Of water which
Richmond has-so muddy that no man
would drink it if he could avoid it.
Passing by Mr.. Bowe's house, the line
struck Shockoe branch, and followed that
as the boundary-a stream so uncertain in
its course that no man could tell one year
with another where it would be. 1t was
not especially interesting to him to know
say was, if it had nothing more to recon-
mend it elsewhere than it had in his neigh
borhood, then it was useless and unjust
extension, doing no good to Richmond and
much harm to people of the county. How
1t was to be accomplished, whether by rape
or seduction, he did not know but it be-
longed to the class Of Outrages, and he so
denounced it.
Mr.. Bowe enlivened the wearisome de-
bate on the limits with some of the origi-
nal Virginia sprit-stronger and more en-
during than Monongahela-and, though
often "old fogy" in proclivities, always
frank, piquant, pithy, and proud. But
Mr.. Bowe revealed, unfortunately, trea-
sure which will forever disturb the peace
Of this city until it possesses that treasure
that everything fountain of pure, limpid,
and icy cool lin summer) water Better
were it gold or anything else than water,
and such water! We were not fully alive
to the importance of the extension until
we heard that startling revelation. Now
we are an unlimited" extension-o of limits" !"
man. Such spring we would contend for
with undying contention with all sorts Of
means and arms, even though it were to
become another "bloody runw 1t settles
the question of extension, and that extern
sion must include this grand fountain.
Seriously, Mr.. Bo%e gave hard hit at
the extension, though his great spring will
victimize him yet
Mr.. Lee, the delegate from Richmond,
suCSCCuCu NIL DOWtY duu SdNC HSaii uii
of his time to the other debaters. He did
not speak ten minutes. He stated that
Richmond was cramped for means that
the county line was really within hun
dred yards of her principal market that
during the recent cholera epidemic vege-
tables, fish, crabs, &C., prohibited by the
sanitary regulations of the city, were back
ed up on the Henrico side Of the street, al
most in the centre Of this city, and there
sold, to generate disease and imperil the
safety Of this city. He defended the pro-
posed lines. He had ridden over them, and
knew they were reasonable and fair. They
were direct lines, including some land with
few houses upon them but that must be
the case in any boundary drawn with re-
ference to propriety and homogeniousness
of form, whether we consider appear
ance or utility. Yet vacant land was what
was wanted, whereon to build residences
for citizens now pressed for house room
and oppressed by heavy rents. Mr.. Lee
presented the following tables, showing
what the present inhabitants of Richmond
paid for improvements, large part of the
benefits of which we're now shared by the
people of the suburbs, and further showing
Iuc property ON Utu blC do oh oiioSe
to its debt of about s2,0O0,OO0.
Subscription orme city to state h.prorcusats.
To James River and Kanawha Com
To Virginia Central railroad .......... 100000
To Richmond and Danville railroad.... 1900
To Virgins. and Tennessee railroad. 100000
Total. l........................ 81, 226, 500
To city Works.
To the gas works. ks...................s s402, h56 Is
To the water works. 25G, SAG Is
Total. $659, ,202 So
Real Estate O,cned By the city,
Value Of the citys real property. 1893, 73o q
Presidents house and turnItuTe..... ~, 200 90
Total. al.........................S $685. $3.50 y
Mr.. Lee stopped without exhausting his
time an act so unusual with speaker
that it afforded Mr.. Gray the utmost plea
sure-his face beamed with satisfaction
SO did Mr.. Mitchell's, member of the COM
mittee. Such a voluntary limitation to the
tongue upon the almost limitless discussion
of the extension Of the limits drew forth
their admiration. But Mr.. Lee said great
deal in his ten minutes. Mr.. Bowe could
hardly have said more.
Mr.. Evans, the city delegate, followed in
his rapid style, crowding great deal into
his small space of time. He dilated upon
the necessity of the enlargement for the
purpose Of police and the protection of the
health Of the locality. Mr.. Young in
formed him that the county would take
care of those matters-they were going to
police the suburbs. Mr.. Evans contended
that these were serious evils, as the gentle
man admitted by his promise to remedy
them. But Mr.. Evans contended, the
county could not remedy these evils-the
county system could not accomplish the
undertaking. Under that system this city
could never be protected from the many
evils growing out of close population OF
10000 resident upon the borders Of the
city. We could have neither police nor
sanitary regulations to protect Richmond
from these evils-evils injurious to the
city, county, and State. One cholera cpl
demic inflicted incalculable injury upon
the trade and prosperity of Richmond, to
the injury of the county. 1t was, there
fore, the interest Of both that the limits
should be extended for the proper policing
and sanitary measures of the city and su-
burbs. During the recent epidemic it pre-
vailed much more fatally in the suburbs
than it did in the city.
Mr.. Evans, speaking of the territory and
population to be acquired by extension,
Mr.. Young remarked territory, not popu-
lation," and Mr.. Evans added: In the 500
acres there were from eight to ten thou
sand inhabitants. Mr.. Evans then spoke
of the size and population of Henrico out
side of the proposed extension. 1t would
still be one Of the largest counties in the
State. 1t would be nine times as large in
population as the county Of Warwick-six
times as large as James City-three times
% largo as Charles City Elizabeth CITY,