The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-20
WILL USE ORDER RAILS.
ANorHER PROPOSITION or THE
sTREkT RATLWAf COMPiNf
Accepted by the Manchester street '"'"-
mittee-The Movement To o'e~"'
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", ii19 Hrtl. SrRrET, BEArriL BLOCK
!. rn..,inp OF the street COMMITTEES was
s.,a a. the Office of the CITY Engineer
,as, nigh, There were present Messrs. q
N CIV chairman. Matthew Morton, W.
IT uart NJ. 4. Campbell, and W. H.
owens City Engineer Lipseomo ac'eu 40
seoretary and Guy Attorney CioptoN was
pr,sent to give has legal counsel. ,,,,
sTso pc.tIng was called 10 take aculi,
~, tho nroposition presented TO the couhCi'
~ The Richmond Railway and Eiec'rle
CsmrAny. ana referred by mat Do"S "
TIC FOX GiKDER RAILS.
This proposition Was about inc s"nne ~
th, original proposition presented !" 80.
Council and agreed 10 Dy ..c ,rhe only
"bsnce was that the Electric company
nrr,cd TO place girder rams on nun SNNN'
from seventh 10 twelfth streets -. ,.o
The imposition was agreed 10 py wv
committee and referred back 10 the Coun-
Ill with the recommendation lh"' 'NO
franchise be granted 49,. ... .hroa in
Tho vote OF The committee was thIe1 ~
,avor of the request and TWO upIvS'u "
ss'v rho Gentlemen who opposed the mat
frr in the committee VIII nIlhs III a. M
nority report and present IL 10 INC Oo'''
CT Tho CIV Council will be called TO meet
49, Frid,v night TO take action on the
rcport from the street Commits
THE y. NJ {. a. MONkMtNI J.,
There were nun9sr OF s,n' i1,,,T'h last
-,,ght who are Interested IN INC pi"p'.e
4 NJ. c. A. In this city. Siats %, 80 80
lee A Coulter presided ana dlso "nNi t
a The meeting in the interest OF thS WVln.
par,srks vere also made by sevefai othc.
Gentlemen. The number OF h'uIcs nc ,'
have been enrolled 10 become nieino y, ~
,Ip h, this date is ZIG. mass mcc1lhs VIZ
81 held at Leader Han IN a lev uIS
,,hcn the requisite number, two hundred
Is expected 10 he cnrOleu.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. -
while Mr. George BelVin ana ms ialh',
80 Sri,inp 10 Manchester on the Broad
Rock road yesterday Afternoon the ho n
,ecame frightened at some OBJECT on VA.
rad and ran away. After running sno i.,
distance both of the gentlemen WtIc
1hrown out receiving several severe GUS
on the face and head, besides being duls
Sr,ised about the body Before the morse
was stopped he succeeded IN Geinohshlhs
-" CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The City Democratic Central COMMITS, ,,,
mel last night in the once OF ~ NJ
& webs. in the Leader BultulhS. 49,, ~, ,e .
IT Pugh presided, and Nj. W. u fuIsus-
son Was at his post as secretary. -
The committed ordered ward meetings
10 be held on Monday night May 50 10
nominate one councilman from eac 1o va. =
and three members OF the Clly OcH'."i
Committee from each ward. ,
The body then adjourned TO meet Thurs
day night, April 18th. at the same plaCS.
The Hastings Court convened yesterday
morning and after the report of the grand
,,,rv and setting days for civil cases the
court adjourned until to-day to allow
the officials and jury an opportunity 10
enjoy the Easter holiday.
The grand jury brought In true bills
for felony against John Hampton. coiored.
who is charged with breaking INTO the
store of Mrs Nunnally and Samuel
Hall colored, a felony for shooting Willie
Graham.
cases to-day.
THE CITY UPHELD.
In the suit of the Electric Company
against the city-the judgment was enter
ed for the city. Below Will be found an
outline Of the decision:
In the cases OF the Richmond and Man
chester Railway Company and Richmond
and Manchester Improvement company
xs the city Of Manchester. judgment VIII
lie entered for the city. The court hold
ing
That the ordinance Of February 4th.
1896. imposing a tax by way OF rental
charge against these companies OF y per
pole for the use and occupations OF the
streets by their poles is valid. Since II
fmpairs no contract between the city ana
said companies And is not void as being
an unreasonable charge. il is the usual
charge I'm cities. including Richmond ana
although Manchester has not so large a
population as Richmond, 1t has fewer
paved streets, and the poles are all or
nearly all are on the paved streets of the
city. one Of the streets-Hull street being
the chief business street of the city. and
the other Perry, leading to the Richmond
md Danville shops. and Is very much
used The City Council deemed the
charge a reasonable one. and whereas the
courts will interfere in cases of the un-
reasonableness of ordinance they are 10th
10 interfere with the Legislative discretion
in this particular. which is lodged In
municipal councils. AS to the right of
the City Council to exact the fee in the
ordinance claimed. what | said in the
case of the Richmond and Manchester and
Electric VS.. the city of Manchester is
equally applicable here.
AN ILLEGAL TAN.
Judge Ingram rendered his decision this
morning in the suit Of the city OF Man
chester vs.. the Richmond Railway and
Electric Company and decided in favor
OF the electric company. The suit Is to
recover the sum Of $2N2 paid the city as
license tax on poles assessed at the rate
of s. per pole for the use and occupation
or the StTtclS OF MdutItHNtI by lHt pu4tS
Of said company. This money was paid
under written protests. and suit vas
brought 10 recover IL back, as an Illegal
tax. Tho Judge decided that the city
Council had no right under the charter
Of the company to impose such tax.
THE EVANS SUIT,
A demurrer i'm the case OF Miss Lotte
NJ Evans VS. Mr. George Ben. Davis
charged with defamation OF character,
will be heard on the 26th instant.
DEATH OF MRS. WEISlGER
Mrs. Emma j. Weisiger, r%lict OF the
late DR. Wcisiger OF Chesterfield, and
stepmother Of Mr.. Joseph Weisiger Of this
city died at her late residence about $
miles from Manchester in Chesterfield
county Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Her funeral will take place at Hopewell
Methodist church this morning at IL
O'Clock.
Mrs. Weisiger leaves the following chill
dren TO mourn their loss: Misses Mary
and Lzette. and Messrs O. l.. and Wal
fer Weisigcr and Mrs. Il. j. Elicit. OF
Pocahontas. and Mrs. w r. Warren. OF
Richmond.