Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-20

and purchase. a vote on this showed
only Messrs. Pollock and King for It. Mr.
King thcreupon renewed the motion re-
curing uniform right Of way. and Mr.
Lawder offered a substitute for the whole.
granting the company a rigat of way or
ninety feet through the city. This motion
was carried, 8 TO I. and the Chair ruled
that that vote carried with 1t the adoption
OF the entire section 2. Mr.. Pollock took
exceptions TO this ruling characterlzing
Mr.. Ebel as Car Reed.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
The third section Yves read. and the
provision that reasonable and usual
guards and precautions at crossings
should be established by the railroad
company created more discussion. Mr..
Pollock wanted IL stricken out and in
serted as a substitute that the guards
should be determined by the Council from
time to time. The amendment was agreed
to and the section was adopted, as
amended
Section 4. az agreed upon. requires that
work be commenced I'm six months ana
finished in two years. Mr.. Pollock wpnted
to so amend section as to provife for
other roads entering the Union Depot,
but Mr.. Williams objected strenuously,
and no change was made.
A BOND PENALTY.
Mr. King moved TO make the penalty
for failure to comply with the ordinance
$4,000 MIR. Burton moved TO make II
$4,000. and Mr.. Pollock moved that NO,VO
be named. Mr.. Williams spoke vehement
ly against any penalty being named. Mr..
Axtell followed Mr. Williams. and said
while the Chesapeake and OHIO plans
were not being considered, he felt that
it would be proper for him TO say at that
moment that the Chesapeake ana OhP
would hardly give bond It's record in
the past was a guarantee OF good faith
and the property they had purchased was
an evidence. Il doubt very much If the
Chesapeake and Ohio will give bond
concluded Mr.. Axtell. land | fear that
If this is insisted upon | will be Instruct
ed TO stop all proceedings
BOND OR NO FRANCHISE.
Mr.. King replied to Mr.. Axteh, urging
the necessity for a bond. He said tse
Chesapeake and Ohio had previously been
granted rights. which they had not avail
ed themselves of, and If they were not
willing to give the bond he would not
vote to give them franchise.
Mr.. Ehel. before putting the vote. as
serted that It was unreasonable 10 de-
mand a penalty and would be suicidal.
He urged the committee to make no such
requirement. The substitute was lost by
a tie vOte-Messrs. King, Gibson. ana
Pollock voting for II, and Nessrs. Ebel,
Burton. and I.awder voting i'm the mega
tive. The other penalty requirements
were also voted down. and the section
goes TO the general committee with the
penalty blank.
Mr.. Pollock moved that n report be
made to the general committee that the
subcommittee desired that n penalty he
imposed but could not agree on the
amount. but this was voted down. Mr..
Pollock then suggested that way out
Of the difficulty was for the roads to
enter into contract with the city 10
begin the work Of construction in three
months. He said the Chesapeake and
Ohio had been granted franchise before,
and had never spent a dollar, which re-
mark brought Air. Wickham to his feet.
He said that he would not permit such
aspersions on the road or its officials.
The company had spent 100000 in the
purchase OF right of way, and was pre-
pared to spend a great deal more.
The section was lost on a tie vote, and
there occurred a hitch. Mr.. King moved
TO adjourn, and his motion prevailed. the
committee rising at HE o'clock. leaving
the Chesapeake and Ohio matter practi-
cally untouched, and the Richmond. Pc
tersburg and Carolina plans still unfin-
ished.