The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-05
THE CITY.
Mayo's Bridge be
Purchased or
Not .
rsrEREsTISG INTERVIEW ON THE
sUBJECT.
Local Briefs and Personal Ment on

As reported In this paper YESTERDAY Yesterday
morning the Common Councll auoP'su
Monday night resolution oiierga py
presiden, Campbell requiring the Boar9
- public Interests TO inquire lnto anu
renort the expediency OF purchssipe
Nsyo's bridge as the properly OF lne
ci,y and also to inquire whether Man
.hes,er would assist In The purchase
Before the Board OF Public Interests can
art ON the resolution the Board OF Al
Jermep. which meets next MonuaJ
NIGHT. will have to pass upon H.
The Board of Public Interests consists
of the following gentlemen
From The Common Counell-ffesiueh,,
Campbell, Messrs. Higgins, Courtney anu
From the Board Of Aldermen-Messrs'
Hargrove and DiokeIson, r.u,or AL
Private citizens-G. Watt Iayior' az !,
fred R. Courtney, John B. Purceil anu L
o. Noting.
TIE BRIDGE =,
belongs to the Mayo estate OF Whlcn WI
I THOMPSON Brown Is the 1ece'eL NJ.
THE TIMES reporter called on nii
Rrown Yesterday afternoon 10 lealn any
fscts about the status Of the properly
lie ssld that In his opinion me ci.S
nade . mistake when It did not buy ln'
hridge nrior to building the free oriuee
S D.,IsS ,To ou,rers made a mistake In no
cling II This trouble was the olne'
i, ef few hundreds Of dollars IN th'
oIice The city never made any ollei
P,, ,t,e nrioe refused by the owners Wa
k250 600 for the bridge ana islauuS saI'a, 1,
found that there was more ieei'.s IL, -
favor Of the two cities, or one oi ,ed eH' - -
nuying the bridge than l uIealneu ,I an, -,
NJ Campbell took on to IL heaI'Ily' ,' on
Mr. Perdue, president OF the hancheS''
"onnci came to see me about IT,
Seve no interest in the sale myseii al al Al
Gor et nresent | get percehtssS y
,Ie , Toll whereas when sold | would Oh
'a, ,ha onctioneers commission.
g aWbat WI will be the benefit TO kichmoi
of her buying that bridge -, rh
" "Yon can see that for yourself IL
: Ci,v of Richmond will have TWO nv
brIdges. You cannot imagine inas oti,e 80
= chester will be the only place ,ed pei,ed'I ,
: The Ninth.streeth bridge IS iOO'id ia i,
u line falls oft river. The Mayo ua,uH
!, where is the water power anu alons " :,
y Manchester water line where are y
u lii and factories of Richmond, VINO
nneratjyes ~ TO a large extent i've
R;chmond. The value OF 1t to hichino
"a Iii he that people in MahcIes' os'
wiii ii come TO Richmond and not h,S -;
mnnd NOR people go to Manchester i i
moIu pVanchester comes to RichmoI
a "a a. The Greater the facilities oil our sis
:. 81 ai,- onT coming 10 Richmond the more pu
SO ness sMhet She' is the traffic on the bridge J
,e. now" ooo ...onrer. walk
od ner month besides vehicles anu Jus' ~ y
If nf svthst one of the mills (relerrea 10 y
', Ioo g MeCance) have, during the 'lni
- 80 heen receiver, spent a fortune
% 'ous an their wagons hauling "hea'
"a a. or meal. etc, icross the bfidge.
~ ~ bmsv season the tolls have amoui
10 over $500 per month. o.uuor
"noes the Manchester halfway
tmnroyement Company want 10 cio7s
bridge 80 oross II hut I
ut, .onosi,ion was so much per edPIld,
ich rbst made no allowance ior 'he ~
q is on the bridge when all holses w. "
run; ,~reed re in the same tracks. The cl'y sh'
ute avn the bridge and then let the f"li
,i"e ma Ike The one on the Nlnth 81
nridge and Manchesterians couid i
on. Pichmond quick, and at Main ana 1 :
the - s',cst. connect with Two rail
can a. - ,here and reach any part oithe
lion How much money does Inc
! on ggtherer take In 1900 of z
oses mot less than an average Vi
imi- nor month. This is heavy TAX Oh
and mond people" uuo hr,doe 70,
the "What will you sell lhe pliuES Ia .
sc "Tbe bridge can be bought Ioi
ooo Including the right Of way d
Mayo's Island, but does no. MI adt
4 n island itself or any oi '"'
no' "Whst Is the bridge worm
iii cost $4,000 10 build the
s,rnc,ure of the present bridge ai'e
I aid fnrmer bridge was washed away III
hibi. Thts bridge was raised FIVE feet !
Than before and safely $1,000 lIg u u
q by tTesbet known, that of 1877, Whe
4 DR.. add the cost OF piers you nave lne
' hich of the bridge You should say i "a
K. citv should own tnis orldge anu
,nded mill another OF granite, one thal
Z. and be nayed one that railroad Win
aimed 1ocnmotiges could run on, ana o"
IL Sc. nne for the benefit Of her own cou
and people in the meanwhile.