Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-20
TO WAIT FOR DETAILS
The Dshi Commission pOsipOnss lcilonbr Re-
cues! Oft New York Committee
THE NORFOLK FERRY BILL.
The Roads Committee Agree TO Report it
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Measures TO be
Considered After the Holidays.

The State Debt Commission met In the
Governors Office yesterday morning
pursuant to adjournment. HIS Exceliency
laid before the members two kilograms
from Captain Hugh Il. Garden TO Colonel
W. W. Gordon. counsel for the Olcot
Committee. Both were dated the 18th.
The first telegram simply said: Lon
don accepts our proposition" The other
was as follows:
AT n meeting Of committee just adj
Sourned (4.30 z. n 10 was deemed best 70
obtain complete details before gong 70
Richmond, but / an instructed 70 notify
the Virginia Commission Ofhchlly thgt the
recommendation OF the BondholdeIs Oon,-
mittee IN approved by the London ad..
yisers and accepted by large majority OF
The bondholders. ] am further instructed
10 request that no action be taken by the
commission until those details are re-
ceiyed. Please convey this TO Governor
Mckinney"
THE REQUEST HoNoRKD.
The meeting Of the commission yester-
dav was for the purpose OF reviewing MT.
Dabney's report and taking steps for the
immediate transmission or that report ana
the text of the agreement TO the General
Assembly, i being considered that failure
10 do this before the LIST OF January might
involve some complication and give rise to
n question whether or not the state hau
complied 10 the letter with some OF the
terms of negotiations had previous TO the
reaching Of an agreement between the
Olcott Committee and the commission.
The acceptance OF the agreement by the
bondholders, however, dlsslpated all dan
ger of this, and IA compliance with the
rcouest In CAPTAIN Gardens telegram TO
Colonel Gordon 10 was decided in the com
mission 10 take no further steps uhtil Tue
detoils shall have been received. In the
mean time Mr.. Dabney's report, when is
said 10 be q very able and comprehensive
docnment. will be thoroughly reviewed 50
that IT and the other papers can be sent 10
tie General Assembly as soon as practlca-
BILE after the first Of the year.
THE RFAPpORTIONMENT.
The first real lively fight IN the General
Assembly since the session began TOOK
place IN the Senate yesterday. IL was a
family fight over the apportionment oil,
which was finally passed as 1t came from
the committees. IN fact, It was close
Democratic corporation fight, the lone Re
pubdcon senator who IS entitled 20 seat
IN the body not even being there to wit
moss il. Indeed that gentleman has not
"shovp NM this session The details Of
the conflict and list of killed and wounded
are Gwen ia our regular Senate report. Al,
ter the lattIe rNcrNiIlA- was rs Ca'ih anu
sunshiny as "a May morning.
lu the House apportlonment OH went
through like a flash. owing, perhaps, 70
the TACT that, az will be seen from the
House proceedings. the body was slightly
charged with electricity.
LIGHTING THE CAPITOL.
A meeting Of the Committee on Public
Property was held yesterday afternoon to
consider the resolution OF Mr.. Stratton,
which provides for the substitution OF gas
for electricity IN lighting the Capitol
building. he committee had previously
reported the resolution tayorably, but at
the request OF some Of their members 1t
was recomm,tted 60 them.
After a short discussion 1t was decided
10 POSTPONE further consideration OF the
matter until after the Christmas holidays.
The electric company was notified that at
the expiration of their contract, winch
terminates February attn, they would have
10 submit new proposals
The consideration of this subject by the
committee II the result of an agitation Of
the question of taxing the electric lights
out of the Capitol, which was started
some time ago by Capitol officers who do
not consider the system of lighting safe.
At the meeting of the committee held
Friday afternoon testimony was heard pro
and con as TO the safety of electric lighting.
THE NORFOLK FERRY ELL TO BE REPORTED IA
NoRABLY.
The House Committee on Roads spent
nearly FIVE hours yesterday in tho consid-
Grafton of the Norfolk terry bill
They held lengthy session early In the
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