Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
TRIPOLI STREET AGAIN
interviews With Prominent Citizens
of Norfolk Continued.
Tho GentIemcu Talked With Seem
Generally of tho Opinion that this
Thoroughfare should BE Opened
nnd That TO Deror IL Would BE
Unwisc.

with leading citizens on the subject of
opening Trpoli street. The gentlemen
interviewed seemed generally OF the
opinion that Tripoli street should be
opened at this time and that to defer
the opening longer into the future
would be unwise.
MIR. RICHARD II. BAKER, SIR.
Mr. Richard II. Baker said that he
had no personal interest in the mat
ter, but he believed that the opening
OF Tripoli street TO Freemason street
would be valuable Improvement as
sanitary measure, and also result in
increased revenues to the city by rea-
son of the increase of values. He also
said:
Il believe that 1t will also be of great
benefit to the city to open the street
to James street. If were now in the
Councils 1 would vote for opening it,
l believe the city should have an out
let to the country in that direction"
MIR. NJ. l.. 7. DAVIS.
Mr.. nj. l.. 7. Davis spoke as follows
regarding the Trpoli street opening:
Il approve of the opening of Tripoli
street as Il business proposition for the
city. I think there will be quite n
valuable benefit derived within few
years from the new section in the city
limits. which will, in IL very few years,
largely offset the immediate outlay. l
think the benefit will be greater and
more immediate and in a shorter period
IT the road is brought down to the
business centre, instead of being
stopped at James street, because il will
be so much more inviting TO people
contemplating investments on the out
side of the old city limits to have n
Si
derstand that the railway company pro-
poses TO pay the first two years inter-
est on the street opening expense, and
what l say is on the proviso that this
Is correct and the present revenues of
the city permit of the expenditure"
MIR. Is. w. LEIGH.
Mr.. p. w. Leigh said: II am In
favor of the city's opening Tripoi
street to James. The railroad running
uoWh this street will rapidly improve
the property on the street, and will not
only create values along the street it.
SELF but will be an improvement feeder
10 the market, as we'll as to the CITY,
at large. This road is entitled to con-
sideration at our hands If the opening
OF this street is put on this footing
alone. They are spending large sums
IN opening up and improving a consid-
cradle territory and are asking the CITY
tor very little. 1t differs essentially
from city road which lives off nm
existing population, while a suburban
ROAD has to create a population to exist.
ana IN so creating it must be Of great
benefit to its terminal"
MIR. A. E. KRISE.
MIR. Krlse-1 am in favor of OMEN
ing the street from two points of view
First. 1t would benefit that part of the
city from a sanitary standpoint. Sec
no ol,to III
provement. If the street is to be open
ed. and 1 believe it will have to be
sooner or later, it seems to me that
now Is the time to open it. The cleo
trio railway people are Offering now
to pay interest on the bonds that would
be Issued for the defraying OF expenses
for period OF two years. Let us take
this proposition up now. The railroad
is new enterprise that will doubtless
do much to upbuild this city. but leav-
ing this out OF this considera ton, the
street should be opened just the same"
GENERAL v. D. GRONER.
On this subject General v. D. Groner
spoke as follows:
Some time ago, returning from Chi
cagn- Whose broad avenues impress
every stranger. I landed at Norfolk
and in walking up CRANKY street l was
struck with the cramped condition and
Norfolk has the large population we all
so anXiously desire. and thought how
we could relieve ourselves when that
time occurred, which. | believe, will
take place in the very near future
On the west of the street there is
canal and the owners will fight any
street crossing It. and L was satisfied
the only relief must come from the
opening of 'Tripoli' street; and now no
half way measure will answer. Open 1t
from Washington to Butte and let il
connect with James, and do it quickly
and it will greatly aid this city in its
growth and save it much in future cx-
penditures.
The street is not absolutely neces-
sary to the street railway, but the
street railway will greatly benefit the
street and add largely to other taxable
values which the city will get the
benefit of in the very near future.
as a business proposition this open
ing will pay the city From the plans
of the City Engineer we will have some
1000 feet of new street front. This will
give about one hundred lots for build
ing purposes. These lots by the next
assessment will certainly add two hun
dred thousand dollars TO the taxable
value and the buildings about one hum
dred and fifty thousand more The
great rate of taxes will give the city n
revenue of about six thousand dollars
The cost of opening the street. say at
ninety or one hundred thousand. would
not exceed four thousand dollars per
year. for we can dispose of our bonds
at per cent. and maybe at az. so we
would have about two thousand dollars
each year to go to retire these particu-
lar bonds, and in making them run for
thirty or thrty-five years the entire
debt would be wiped out and the city
would derive every wear after this sur
plus.
II base my value upon Improve