Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-26
CITY0F MANCHESTER
IMPORTANT SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
The Southside Company to Give n Guar
antee rs to Its Railway Track-uroke
His sArm-PersonaI, &c,

Mntee as to It's Railway Track-proke
His HisArm-PersonaI,& &c.
A special meeting Of the Manchester
Council was held at $50 o'clock last night.
The nine members present were Messrs.
Perdue (presidenD, Hart, Browder, Beat
tie, Rolin, A. G. Jones, Fair, Weisiger, and
Morris.
The President stated the object Of the
meeting TO be to consider the question Of
paving Perry street with granite blocks
instead of macadamizing it. and also TO
pass upon what kind of rails the Southside
Land and Improvement Company shall
place on that street.
THE NECESSITY.
The necessity for this meeting grew out
of the objection that has been raised to
the Southsde COmpanys laying 7 rails on
its strect-railway track on Perry street from
Seventh to Cowardin avenue. The track
has been laid and ballasted. and is now
waiting for the street to be grayelled, this
work having been ordered some months
ago.
At the meeting of the Council last Friday
night Mr.. ROlin raised the point that this
rail should not be allowed, and made
vigorous effort to induce the Council TO
order that it be removed TO give place 10
fat rail. The subject was then referred to
the Street Committee. but no meeting OF
the committee has since been held.
PAVE THE STREET.
Mr. Rolin, who was instrumental in hav
ing the meeting called. briefly addressed
the body on the subject. He said prompt
action was necessary. as unless some other
course was directed the work of gravelllng
the street would begin az once. He was
unwilling, he said. TO have the II rail laid
unless the street is paved. If the street IL
to be gravelled. then fat rail should be
used. Mr.. Rolin then offered resolution
providing that Perry street from Seventh.
be paved with granite blocks from the edge
of the CUTTERS 10 within two feet of the
railroad track.
THE COST.
Mr.. Robert Nelson, the City Engineer,
read a statement which he had prepared
giving an estimate of the cost OF paving
and grayelling the street. The city's part
OF the cost of paving with granite. the En-
gineer says. would be about $500 and of
grayelllng about $500 or 5000.
DECATUR STREET, ALSO.
Mr. Beattie offered an amendment pro-
viding that Decatur street also be paved
with granite blocks. He did this because
the Manchester Railway and Improvement
Company has Trail on the track. on De-
catur street. which thoroughfare has been
gravelled as 1t is proposed that Perry shall
be. The two companies, he said, should
be treated alike. and If one required a
paved street the other must need 1t equally
as much.
Mr. Rolin thought there was decided
difference, "a there is a double track on
Perry street and only single one on De-
catur. One or two Others endorsed TINS
view.
IsIrFAIR?
Mr.. Perdue called Mr.. Hart to the chair,
and took the floor to express his views on
the subject, which he regarded very i'm
portant one. He briefly reviewed the CIR
cumstances under which this company
came TO occupy Perry street. lie was not
at all pleased with the rail- out he thought
the Street Committee and City En-
gineer were responsible for the er-
ror. The company having been allowed,
after its President had given the Engineer
an assurance that if when the road WAS
completed il was not satisfactory II would
be made So to put down this kind OF rall,
he did not think the Council could change
IT, The ordinance provided that the track
should be satisfactory to the street Com
mittee. Mr.. Rolir, he said, should have
raised his objection before the Street Com
mittee, and if not needed there then he
should have come before the Council.
HE DID OBJECT.
Mr.. Rolin saidi he did object as vigor-
ously as he knew how, and SO far a. he
knew the committee had never voted the
company the right to put down the L rail-
He then recalled what had occurred IN
the committee and Council meetings,
and said at the meeting of the
former when the subject was discussed
the only members present were Messrs.
Bradley and Beattie, both of whom were in
terested in the Soutbside Company These
gentlemen. he thought, while perfectly
honest and honorable, were not the proper
ones to pass upon matters III which they
were personally interested. This COM
panv, whose stock was held at $50, owned
large lands outside of Manchester, which
could only be made valuable by being
connected with Richmond by street-car
line. They had no interest IN Manchester,
which had given them valuable franchise,
but wanted TO get through her streets as
cheaply as possible. He was not acting Ill
this matter. he declared, from any per-
sonal motives. but as a representative of
the peoples interests. He wanted 10 see
the cItv's streets in good condition. and
not made unit for use by improperly-con-
structed street-rallways.
ANAGREEMKNT REACHED.
This discussion, in which about every
bodv present took q hand was kept up
nearly two hours, and then Mr.. Beattle Of
fered resolution, which was adopted al
ter being amended in some particulars.
This provides that the President of the
company shall give $4,000 bond with ap-
proved security to guarantee that II
the 4 rail Is not entirely satisfactory 10
the city it will be taken up and another that
does meet all requirements put down. III
is also provided that the company shall
gravel between and for two feet outside OF
its tracks and that they shall keep that
part of the street in condition. The only
persons voting against this were Messrs.
Jones and Rolin.
At 1890 the Council adjourned.
During the discussion Mr.. Beatte said
he would be the first man TO propose
taking up this rail it il was not satisfac-
tory; that his interest III the company IS
triaing as compared TO that IN Manchester.
He would hardly miss what he has III the
Southside Company, he said, but his pro
perty in the city represents his llfe's work.
HAD HIS ARM FRACTURED.
Mr.. +. H. Bhck, of Manchester. had his
arm fractured above the elbow Thursday
morning while on the train going from
here to Petersburg. The accident happen
ed at Port Walthall. Mr.. Blick was pas
senger on the train leaving Richmond at
g:4O A. NJ, which does not stop at al OF
the points at which mail is taken on and
left. One of these places is Port Watnall.
and when he got there his arm, which was
projecting out of the car-window, came IN
contact with the mail-hanger," resulting
as above stated. The injury is very
painful one. but will probably not cause
him great inconvenience.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The annual report of Mr.. Samuel X.
Owens, the Commissioner of the Revenue,
shows the number of births In Manchester
during the last fiscal year 10 have been as
follows:
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OF these there were l16 males and l4l
females.
As TO deaths, the report shows that there
were 80, divided between the races as fol-
lows:
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