Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-30

lhose voting aye were MesSrs. Bahen
Bloomberg, King. Pollock. and Woody.
Mr.. King. ut this point arose and stated
that he wished 10 hear from the repre-
sentatiyes OF the railroads present as to
whether they and the CITY Engineer had
reached an agreement He thought there
was desire on the part OF the railroad
people 10 throw sand in the eyes of the
committee all the time" He called for a
recorded vote. Only Mr.. Rahen and Mr.
King voted TO hear from the railway rep
rcscntatives.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Bloom
berg, requiring the maps and plans TO be
fled with the City Engineer and by him
approved before being accepted by the
city was adopted. and then the whole Of
section 2 was adopted.
Section was adopted unanimously.
after more or less discussion regarding
verbage.
Section 4, specifying the location and
character of the depot building, and Sec
ton j. requiring the road to begin work
in six months and TO complete every
thing in two years, were adopted without
discussion. Only a slight verbal change
was made in section prior to adoption.
A similar change was made in section Z,
and the section was adopted. Section s
was adopted without change.
THE BOND PROVISION.
When section 3. requiring the company
TO file bond for the completion of the
work. was reached there was a hitch.
Mr. King moved TO fix the amount of
the bond, which was left blank in the
ordinance. at $4,000.
Mr.. Bloomberg moved to amend by
striking out the provision requiring bond.
Mr.. Pollock offered an amendment re-
curing the railroad company to file with
the Clerk of the City Council its ac-
ceptance of the provisions of the ordi-
nance which acceptance should be in
writing, under the corporate seal of the
company. constituting a contract between
the city and the company. binding the
latter to construct the works contem-
plated by the ordinance, and in the event
of failure to do so, the company agreed
TO pay the city the sum Of $4,000 as liqui-
dated damages. Mr.. Pollock spoke at some
length in favor of his amendment, saying
il did away with tie onerous feature of
the bond proposal in that It cid not re-
quire a large amount of money TO be de-
posted.
Co.onel Cutshaw, by request. gave his
views on the amendment. He favored 1t
heartily. 1t imposed a burden upon no.
body; it simply said that If the cOmpP ny
were acting in good faith il would lose
nothing: if acting in bad faith it should
pay for it,
SHOWN IT'S GOOD FAITH.
Mr.. +. Randolph Williams. counsel for
the railroad. by permission. addressed the
committee lie said the question of good
faith seemed TO be the ony one in the
minds of some members Of the commit
tee Did the committee think his company
was working SO hard for franchise SIM
ply for fun? Had il purchased over $780,
600 worth of property in Richmond mere
~ as a real estate speculaion2 He
thought every means possible thus far
had been taken advantage of by the COM
pany to show its good faith. He objected
to bond because he thought that should
the company for some reason be unable
to build the road, it would be outrageous
to demand from it $4,000 in the way OF
blood money.
Mr. Ebel opposed the bond and the con-
tract To pay damages. He grew eloquent
in the course Of his remarks. and made
the strong speech Of the evening.
Mr.. King withdrew his proposition TO
require the placing of a bond for $4,000
and spoke endorsing Mr.. Pollock's amend
ment
Mr.. Pollock spoke in advocacy of his
amendment. and Mr. Bahen followed on
he same line.
No BOND AND ORDINANCE ADOPT
ED.
Mr. Polock's substitute for Mr.. Bloom
)erg's amendment was lost by a vote of
to 8, and then Mr.. Bloomberg's amend
nent was acted upon. Mr.. BloOmberg
spoke i'm its favor, and ii was adopted.
There were one or two further slight
amendments of the section, and 1T was
adopted
The question then came up on the adop-
Ion OF the ordinance as whole. Mr..
}loomberg spoke at length in opposition
o the proposed grade crossing on Broad
treet.
Mr. King opposed recommending the or
inance 10 the Council until plans were
n the hands of the City Engineer.
Mr.. Bloomberg then asked to have the
ote by which the committee had refused
0 strike out the provision for grade
rossing on Broad street reconsidered, but
My he and Messrs. Bahen, King, and
o'clock voted for his motion.
The vote on the ordinance. as whole.
'as then taken, and resulted:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen. Bahen, Burton.
Vhittet. Lawder, Ebel, Woody, Pollock,
'eters and Gibson-l0
NOes-MCssrs BlOOmberg and King.
The G. & o. Ordinance.
The committee reconvened at $40 |
clock the members having all return
from nearby restaurants, where !
inches were obtained.
The committee got down to business at |
nee. After the reading Of the preamble |
, the ordinance reating 10 the proposed |
Ork of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
ay, vote was taken on the preamble,
nd Il was adopted, not. however, until |
r. Pollock had succeeded in having the
)mmittee strike out the words without
cpense to the said city" as regards the
lproYement projected.
There was considerable discussion re-
riding the verbiage OF the first section
the ordinance, but il was adopted with
Il important change.
Section was adopted without debate,
Il when section 8 was reached Mr.. Ebel
Tered an amendment requiring the rail-
az company TO keep the street between
o rails and for feet on either side
good and complete repair
% onel Cutshaw thought the language
the amendment not clear as 10 whether
e company was TO use any special kind
rail. He also thought the ordnance
fectivo In that the tracks TO be ADAM
ned were not set forth.
Mr.. Il. b. Isaacs engineer for the
esapeake and Ohio. said the carrying
I OF the provisions Of the ordinance
babe his company continuing grade
Icks In Fulton. All grade tracks are
nndoned except those reserved In the
finance.
Pollard insisted that the
Il section OF the ordinance gave the {
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