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

EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITs.-The
question of the extension of the city limits
was again before the committee of the
Senate on Saturday, in the Senate cham
Der. Mr.. Gray, the senator from Rocking
ham, announced to the debaters that the
committee were very busily engaged upon
other matters, and could only give that
morning until the hour for the meeting Of
the Senate to the discussion Of the city
limits. The contestants might arrange and
divide the time two hours) to suit them
selves; but more than that they could not
get.
1t appeared that there were six speakers,
and Messrs. Young, McRae, White, and Nat.
F. Bowe of Henrico, and Messrs. Evans
and Lee of Richmond: each having one-
third Of an hour pretty hard upon talk
ers; but the committee had already guam.
suf., and were inexorable.
Mr.. Young opened the ball in reply TO
Mr.. Lyons on the general question of ad-
vantages to both city and county of the ex-
tension. He contended that there was no
necessity for it, as there was much vacant
ground within the present limits, and that
it would infict punishment upon the
people Of Henrico who, had not offended,
by subjecting them to the payment OF
heavy taxation without corresponding bene-
fits. They had not asked to be allowed to
come into Richmond, nor had the people
of Richmond petitioned for the extension
Of the corporate limits of the city. With
regard to the comparison drawn between
Richmond and other cities at the North,
he argued that the circumstances were en-
tirely different in the different cases. In
the suburbs of the rapidly increasing north
ern cities the steady increase of wealth
caused them to be improved and populated
with facility, and the suburbs then asked to
be included in the city. When that was
the case here, the city cars extended to
the suburbs, and Richmond had no ground
unoccupied by houses, all would agree to
the extension. Bat he protested against
it until such time.
Mr.. Young was in the full tide of his an
tagonistic augmentation when the minute
hand on the WALL cried "time's out"; and
shutting off q head Of steam that would
have lasted an hour "by Shrewsbury
clock" Mr.. Young very gracefully yielded,
and gave way to Mr.. Bowe.
Mr.. Bowe, a well-known suburban, re-
spected alike for his integrity and strong
intellect, declared that he was there to
represent himself, plain farmer of thirty
or thirty-six acres-we forget which-who
had made 1900 bushels Of wheat upon his
little estate. Mr.. Bowe is first-rate
talker. He only wanted ten minutes, but
he rather got on yam side of "ffteen," and
was talking SO we'll that even he, q farmer,
as he is, would have>been delighted to hear
the words, $50 on !-go on!" But Mr..
GRAY is not multitudinous man-wc doubt
whether he ever uttered the democratic
phrase of "go on!" However much he
might have been pleased with the game
and piauancy Of Mr.. Bowe, he looked at
the clock and at Mr.. Bowe, who Is . man
that adheres religiously to contract If
ever q man did, and who sat down as
promptly as he would do under one OF
Els own outrageous trees after an
bour,s labor in one Of bis fair fields
an a hot summers day. But what did
Nr. Rowe say Mr.. Bowe, who has the
ioveliest situation for fne residences
of business men In the suburbs, and whose
rich acres ought to sell by the foot instead
of by the acre why, Mr.. Bowe OBJECTED
with that earnestness and clinched. q
positiyeness characteristic of himself
against any extension Of the city limits.
He criticised the proposed line as taking
in large amount of land which was now
cultivated as farms land with not an In
hahitant to the acre and the lines, ne
said, were run without respect to roads,
running where there were no roads, apd
rust beyond roads, in order, It was said,