The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-30
HELD UP FIGHT
TO GIVE THANKS
street-car Fight Will Be Promptly
Resumed To-Day, However.
MAY co INTO STATE COURTS.
Monday Night, When the Glenn
Curfcw Ordinance Will
Be Considered.
MAY co INTO STATE COURTS.


bic lull in the street-railway war yester-
day. It being Thanksgiving Day, a good
many local politicians, who have for weeks
spent half the day on Main Street preach
ing about the merits of the particular side
preferred, fingered a little longer at the
dinner table than usual, and that thor
oughfare presented q less active seem
than it has in some time. From this IL
must not be judged, however tnat the
street-car fight is at an end. only me
first battle has been fought, so the Pas
senger and Power Company say, and the
contest is to be carried forward WITH vigor
that will satisfy the most ilisatiate in this
respect.
Although Mr.. W.'M rurpin president Of
the Board Of Aldermen, has not yet re-
ceived the communication requesting MIN
to call a special meeting of that body
for next Tuesday night to consider the or
dnance passed by the Common touRcii
Tuesday evening. giving the Richmond
Traction Company the right to use the
Maiu-Street tracks of the Richmond Pas-
senger and Power Company. 1t Is UNDER
stood that he will receive the request 10
day. and will promptly issue directions lot
the sumnonng Of the members loi SIS
sion on the night named
No definite idea of how the mem
bers of the Board of Aldermen stand
on the proposition is De obtained at
this time, but it is said in Well Informed
quarters that the vote VII! De IL 10 b III
favor o. the measure. This IS Denied oE
some of the Passenger and Power Com
pany people. \ gentleman prominently
connected with the company said to-day:
I'VE have just begun this fight We
do not believe the people OF Richmond
would demand this thing if they thor
oltsh!v understood the question. The
Passenger and Power Company does not
yield the fight at this point, and never
will until it is finished"
1t is said that the Passenger and Power
Company will throw the matter in the
| courts and sue out an injunction against
the Traction Company in the event the
Board of Aldermen concurs in The ordi-
nance and it is approved by the Mayor.
| ORDINANCE IS ALL RIGHT
| Richmond merchants have a mistaken
| idea relative TO the ordinance recently Of
! fered in the Council and now before the
! Committee on Streets. making it unlawful
to post signs or bills on any poles awnings
| or awning frames throughout the city.
| guage Of this measure to mean that
! no awnings that are now in eXis-
| tence, under the ordnance, II rel
| erence to their proper construction, shall
| bear the name or other sign of the man
/ conducting business This is a mistaken
|
| hands of the committee, which was intro
! duced by Mr.. Bloombers. and which was
| referred to the City Attorney and City
| Engineer, clearly sets forth. The ordi-
nance follows:
Be it ordained by the Council of the
City CT Richmond:
l. That it shall be unlawful for any
| person, firm or corporation. to post, paste,
| tack, or cause to be posted, pasted or
| tackled upon any tree tree-boX, telesra phi,
telephone or awning or awning frame any
(! bill, card, board or other advertising no.
tice of any description
| 2 That any person. firm corporation
violating the provisions Of TINS ordinance
shall be liable to a fine of not less than
two nor more than ten dollars, each past
ing deemed d separate offence.
g. That it shall be the duty of the Chief
| of Police to cause to be removed all bills,
! cards or notices pasted in violation OF the
| ordinance
T. This ordinance shall be in force from
its approval.
Some of the merchants were surprised
this morning to receive notice from the
police that when the ordinance is adop-
! ted if II is. they will have to remove the
inscriptions from their awnings.
In view OF this notice about twenty mer-
chants on Broad and Main Streets got
together and declared that they would
fight the proposition, any one OF them
| agreeing to make of himself a martyr for
the purpose of testing the ordinance
AS the ordinance has not been adopted,
Major Howard has not given any orders
| in reference to it. He does not construe
the language, however, as meaning
that merchants cannot paint signs on their
awnings
COMMON COUNCIL TO MEET
The Common Council VIII meet In reSu-
nj s.
sion promises to be quite tame IN com
| parson with some meetings that have been
held recently, and citizens desiring to at
| tend may rest assured they can get seats
| within the Council chamber, and Will not
| be disturbed by Serseant-Gt-Arns Russeii
| if they Will keep quiet.
| One matter to be considered during THIS
! SESSION may create a little excitement,
! but it will be of short duration. That Is
| the ordinance which has become famiIariy
| known as the Glenn ''curfew law the
| last time this measure was before the
! Council a torchlight parade. composed OF
| several hundred boys. passed by the City
| Hall. 1t was a bowling mob. with tin
| horns drums, tin pans and an aggregate
lung power beyond the ability OF man to
| calculate.
They've come after you some one
said to Councilman Glenn.
What for?" the Madison Ward mem
/ per dSheu, ulSpldyiuS Solllc CoiCei!-
| why, about that curfew ordinance
Better not let that matter come before
| the Council tonight suggested the first
| speaker.
.Pshaw.' replied Councilman Glenn,
feigning disgust. But when the ordinance
was reported to the body the urbane mem
Der from Madison Ward was willing to lei
it lay over for thirty days in order that
it might be thoroughly understood by
The Councimen.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Accounts and Print.
ing will meet in room y, of the City Hall
at u o'clock to-day, to open bids for the
city advertising. printing, binding ane
stationery for 1901.
Other committees to meet this evening
are: Committee on Police, at 400 clock
I Committee on Third Market. at 6:ai
o'clock; Second Market, at $50 o'clock
School Committee, at 7:45 o'clock; and ths
Committee on st. Johns Burying Ground
at S o'clock.
His Old Friend
Deputy Sheriff T. J. Fleming. of Dickin
son county, arrived in the city yesterday
| ynorninc bringing TO the peniteutiarV one