The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-20

the senator and representatives from
the Roam Ike district in tho general as
tembly to do all in their power to defeat
tho senate bill now pending enlarging
the powers of the Gas and Water Com
pany. After this had been disposed OF
there ensued scene between members
of tho body which for spicyness and
rich repartee and denunciation rivaled
any of the previous personal oontrover-
sies which have ever arisen in Council
The meeting was called to order at
s o'clock with the following Lnembere
present: Boehm, Crabill, Davies, Dick
erson, Fackenthall, Graves, Groves,
Johnson, Hough McClelland, Moomaw,
Pattie, Ramsey, Stevenson, Strickland,
Terry and President Buckner.
The clerk read the call OF the presi-
dent and at the request of member
tho bill now pending in the senate,
granting new charter to the Roanoke
consent, section was tho objec tion q BILE
feature in the proposed bill, which reads
as follows:
~. Tho said company is also hereby
authorized and empowered to acquire,
by condemnation proceedings, lands or
springs. or other sources of water SID
ply needed for tho purpose OF said com
pany, in cases where tho said company
and those entitled to said land or
springs, or other sources of water sup.
ply cannot agree upon the terms of
purchase. And wherever it shall be
necessary for the said company to con-
denim property, 1T shall proceed in &C
cordance with ecti)n 1912, and the fol-
n ~
before the court Of tho county or corpo-
ration in which said land, or the greater
part thereof, or whera such springs or
or other sources of water supply may be
situated, and tho proceedings shall, in
all respects, conform To the provisions
OF the Ledo, in reference 20 the con dem
nation OF land for tho benefit of com
panies incorporated for works Of inter
nal improvement"
MIR. Graves stated tn at since the reso-
luton he would offer had been prepared
he had been called upon by q representa-
tive OF the Gas and Water Company,
saying that the portion relating to the
condemnation proceedings would be
stricken out and also that Manager
Rawn, OF the Gas and Water Company,
had gone to Richmond
The resolutions offered by Mr. Graves
are:
whereas there has been introduced
in the State senate Of Virginia bill
known as senate bill No. 322 providing
new charter for tho Roanoke Gas and
Water Cum Cany, of Roanoke, Va, in
which are many Objectionable features,
and should sid bill become law will
prove detrimental to the interests of
the city of Roanoke and it's ciuizens:
Nov therefore be it
Resolved, That this Council as rep
resentives of the city of Roanoke do
earnestly protest against the passage
of said bill in it's present form and re-
quest Hon. j. Allen Watts, the soma
tor from this district Hon. r. H. Logan
and Hon. M. c. Thomas. bers OF
tho house of delegates from the Roam
oke district. to use their best efforts to
d. ieat the passage of the bill.
BE 1T resolved, That the aforesaid
senator and representatives be, and are
hereby. requested to use their best eff.
forts to defeat any legislation which
vests in the Roanoke Gas and Water
Company the power to institute con-
domination proceedings for acquiring
land, water or other real property for
it's uses; and
"Be it further resolved, That the
aforesaid senator and Representatives
be, and are hereby, requested to trans
nit to the clerk of the Common Council
for the city Of Roanoke any bill which
has been, or hereafter may be, intro.
ducod to either branch OF the general
assembly granting any additional
rights, privi EGGS or franchises to any
quasi-public corporation operating
within the corporate limits Of the city
of Roanoke; and
"Be it further resolved, That the
clerk of the Common Council be, and is
hereby, instructed to mako copies of
these resolutions and transmit the same
Immediately to tho aforesaid senator
and representatives., to which copies of
the aforesaid resolutions shall be at
tached the corporate seal of the city of
Roanoke and duly attested by the clerk
OF the Common Council"
MIR. Graves made brief speech in
favor Of the resolutions.
MIR. Ramsey objected to a portion OF
the resolutions that would prevent the
gas and water company from acquiring
lands to lay it's pipes to carry water to
the city. Mr.. Fackenthal took the
same grounds.
MIR. Buckner was opposed to granting
this company any privileges Of condem-
nation of private property for their
own peculiar uses.
Mr.. McClelland thought it looked
like high handed move. and Council
ought to do everything it could to pro-
tect the interests Of the city under tho
charter.
The resolutions were adopted by the
following vote: Ayes-Bochm, Crabiu,
Davies, D!ckerson, Graves, Groves,
Johnson, Hough, McClelland, Moomaw,
Patio, Stevenson, Strickland Terry
and Buckner, Is. Nays Fackcnthal