Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-01
STREET COMMITTEE FORWARDS
ORDINANCE TO THE COUNCIL.
The COMPANY AT LAST VICTORIOUS.
No Maximum Rate Imposed, md No
Joint Use of COndufts or Poies-
Changes In the Engineers once-
Mr. Jacobs Loses His Place.

bow 10 the OppOsllloh ehSS'u'ii'' ~ "
vote of ayes to noes the Committee
on Streets recommended to the City
Council the ordinance that the commit
tee had previously agreed upon, with
slight amendments, and rejected the
great bulk Of the ordinance presented
at the request Of the body by the City
Attorney.
The measure agreed upon provides Tor
no maximum rate of charges, no joint
use of poles. and no joint use OF con-
duits.
MR.. JACOBS IS DROPPED.
The committee convened at o'clock,
with every member in his seat Char-
man Otway 5. Allen presided, and Senator
John W. Danie4, senior counsel Tor the
Long-Distance Company; Colonel George
wayne Anderson, senior local counsel
of the company, and Mr.. Clarence H.
Young. another OF it's representatives,
were in attendance, as were Mr.. Johh
c. Robertson, president. and Captain a.
B. Guigon, counsel for the Richmond
Telephone Company. The CITY Attorney
and Engineer were present.
Colonel CutshaW called the attention OF
the body TO the fact that the retrench-
ment in the engineering department con-
temBated in the ordinances from the
Committee on Retrenchment and Re-
form. which had recently been passed
by the city Council. had gone into
erect. and that the end Of the
month was at hand and the painful duty
of making recommendations, IN ac-
cordance with these ordinances, which
would mean the dropping OF some valued
assistant from his office, devolVed upon
him. His recommendations were as lol-
lows:
Mr.. S. L. Bates, First Assistant.
Mr. Jackson Bolton. Second Assistant.
Mr. p. =. Taliaferro, Third Assistant.
MIR. Frank r. Bates, Clerk
BEFORE announcing his recommends
tlons the City Engineer spoke in the
HIGHEST terms Of the two men from
whom he would have TO select a CLERK
| This office had for Il great many years
| been filed by Mr.. 5. y. JACOBS. MI
Jacobs had kept the books OF the oihce
| and conducted a good part or the cor
| resnondence. Mr.. Bates had done the
having off OF the hands, conducted the
| hulk OF the correspondence or the ONCE,
| and had always done the TEDIOUS "n"
careful work of searching up recorus'
etc 1t would, the Engineer thousht De
impossible for his office 10 De properly
carried on with only one clerk unless
| the others were called upon Iol
| elstance. He went on to explain
,bot n was painful TO him to be forced
| IN make a decision as between two such
rnep but that il was the law ana ne
! bad nothing TO do but TO make the re-
| com,nendation, and he recommendel Mr
| Pstes All the nominations oil the
| CIV rrgineer were confirmed, but It was
| noticeabie that when the vote was taken
] mon ;ba Office OF Clerk, only one mem
| hor Mr. Tawder. voted in the affirmative.
| There we're no noes" however ana IL
! was main that the committeeman haleu
| 10 part with their. old clerk. MI Jdcopa
was greatly surprised. He had peeh
| connected with the Engineers ONCE oFeI
| twenty-eight years. and had been lailh-
| ful 10 every trust. but just as much can
! be said OF Mr.. Bates.
| TONG-DIsTANCT MATTER.
The committee then took up the mat
| ter of the ordinance to be recommended
| to the Council granting the American
! Telephone and Telegraph Company ol
| VIRGINIA the privilege OF extending us
| long-dlstance telephone system TO hlch-
mond. Chairman Allen asked the Clty
| Attorney if he and the a'.o'
news for the company had reacned
any agreement in reference 10 inc
| ordinance in question. Mr. Meredith re-
piled that counsel Tor the Coiilp'is ,t',.
| himself had conferred upon the na.svt, (,
! They had taken the committee ol 80.
| and the ordinance recommended py NM
| and gone over them, making notes ot
| fha differenccs and had sucn noteS VIII
| tbem The Attorney went into lengthy
| cvnIauation of these differences, an Vl
| which have been given by tne DIsp"oGSn. -,
| lie spoke of the necessity ior tng -, 80
| TO properly protect itself ana us cl'iIeli9, I,
| 'nhone service should bc put IN the oiui-
| nance if only for a couple OF years, ~ ~.
| order TO give the company an OppoI tuIl'y
TO show TO the Council that us propoScu
| Graded system of charges was a Boou
l. thing. and impressed upon the minus VI
| the members of the committee tne Ied1
| sons why the general use or poies Sloulu
| be adhered TO, and spoke at some leiis -.
| about the necessity TO have the company
| 10 equip its own local telephone e4cndn5e'
The CITY Attorney was followed by Mr.
| Clarence T.. Young VINO advocated thc
ordinance as previously agreed upon ~
the committee. He said while he ana ms
associates had made a number or COLI
| cessions. Mr. Meredith had made none.
| Mr. Young dwelt upon the hardsnlps the
general conduit ordinance would place
upon not only his, but any company
| and said the ordinance was, ne peheEeu,
II
| the CITY Attorney went to New YORK clty
| he would be able to understand SOME
thing of the benefits the people uerlNeu
from having a graded rate There a leiS.
phone subscriber could nave the penent
| of the use of 1900 phones running INTO
| places of business through tne great me
tropolis for the sum OF $40 year Whiie
here he had to pay S56 per annum LOT lhe
privilege of connecting with only dDoul
/ co 'phOnes. Mr.. Young argued that the
pany 10 pay tax OF more thdn 81 FER
pole. and urged the passage or such an
ordinance as would give the Long Dis
tance the right 10 come here ana ASSIST
in the building up OF Richmond
THE AlAXIMUM-RATE MATTER.
Colonel George Wayne Anderson, also
representing the company addressed the
committee relative TO the differences De
tween him and his associates and the
CITY Attorney as 10 what provisions thc
ordinance should contain. lie spoke dt
some length upon the maXimum-rate
clause of the ordinance submitted by the
CITY Attorney. and said II would De I'M
possible for mis- people 10 say "heh tne
citizens Of Richmond would be suincleht-
Is familiar with graded scale or charges
for local phones to desire II, ana, theie-
fore. the maximum charge Tor TWO or
more years simply was conJectural anu
useless. Colonel Anderson dwelt upon an
tlte rother features OF the Two orue'
nances upon which ne ana the Al'oIhey
were al variance.
THE FIRST TEST VOTE.
The City Attorney made brief reply TO
him, and the committee, on molion OF
MIR. Pollock took up the committee ordi-
nance seriatim Section | was slightly
amended relative 10 distribution poles al
the conduits, and was adopted as amend
ed The first test vote was upon MT
Aliens motion 10 submit the nrst section
OF the CITY Attorneys ordinance for that
of the committee ordinance, which motion
was lost. as follows;
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Burtoh' roster j.
j. King, and Lawder-5.
Noes~Messrs. Bahen. Bloomberg, Car
ter. Ebel, John NJ. King Pollock. and