The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-08
TO RECOGNIZE
NEW COMP ANY
The Aldermen Concur in
Councils Action.
ALL ON E sY STE NJ.
Richmond Passenger and Power Com
pany TO Control Properties.
BREEZY DEBATE WAS HAD.
BREEZY DEBATE WAS HAD.
President Turpin Found Flaws In the
Wording OF the Ordinance and At
torncy Pollard Was Kept Busy
Explaining How Matters
Stood-The Measure Adop-
ted by Large Majority.

After a session lasting about two hours,
| the Board Of Alderman last right con-
Cured in the action taken by the common
Council, relative to the ordinance granting
the franchises to the Richmond passenger
and Power, Company, and recognizing the
company as the owner and operator oi
the systems, Of the Old Rlchriie nd RAILWAY
and Electric Company. The vote en- the
ordinance was twelve ayes and i've noes
The new Company was given under recent
! actlon of the Council further extension
! OF thirty DAYS within which &c gather III
| all the bonds of the old company. AHl9
| extension expires August I'd
| The meeting of the Board vas iuii oA
! interest throughout. The City Attorney
| was frequently called upon TO eApiaih tie
| provisions and efIects OF the report u 'ne
| committee and OF the amended ordinance.
| Cicrk August at the end OF the roti-cau
| read the order of President Turpln, cail-
! ing the Board in special session 10 con
| slider the amended ordinance recosHl%ti7
! the Richmond, Passenger ana fo"ei 80 80
! pany. as the owner OF all street rdli"as
! franchises III the CITY, save
| Traction Company.
t re reading OF tLe am nom Mt as PISSED
| in the lower branch, occup.S" soiie-
time and was given ctose attelltton- a,' -,
| At the conclusion OF the readins the
| o,1as;ton was called for. President Iur-
! pin took the floor to make q personal eA-
| planation as to the signature oil MI Ms
| in rhe report and recommendation OF ttle
| snpriaI committee whicl went 10 Ne"
| York Mr. Kings name appeared as II ne
were acting for the president OF the bo1tu
! on the committee. Mr. Iufp1ti said tns,l
! was not the case; Mr. King ola go WI
| the committee but not as acting president.
Mr. Turuin referred to the latters letter
! to the Council asking that his name pc
omitted.
txt,l4..lNI1D It1E Mt4AefINSCr.
Mr.. Turpln next addressed himself 10 the
| amendment recommended by the coiiiill-
! tee and criticised it severely one sec
ton especially he declared to be impossl-
| BILE of grammatical construction, ard tndt
! section was the enacting clause, Whlch.
| while purpcrtins to covenant and agree
| what shall be done with S20V,Goo OF ponas'
+, in reality covenanted and agreed 10 DO no
| thing The verb was left out. he asked
Mr. Pollard. the City Attorney, 10 explain
| the section in question. Before taking his
| seat Mr. Turpin moved that the amend
1nent be referred to the Street Committee
Mr. Pollard entered upon a full eX-
| panation Of the acts of the Council and its
/ committees with reference to the franchise
He reviewed the situation as it confronted
/ the city at the outset of the franchise
| question. and traced the successive steps
| taken from time TO time. down to the
time of appointment OF the committee
! which went to New York
WOULD DELAY RECOGNITION.
Mr.. Pollard defined the duties Of the COM
mittee which inspected the books and ac-
| counts of the various companies to be ac-
| uuired By the Passenger and Power Com
! pany The committee was appointed TO
count the bonds and otherwise ascertain
/ the conditions existing, and upon the
eny,,-
| mend whether and how a transfer of the
1 franchise to the Passenger and Power
! Company could be legally accomplished
| without risk to the city. This, he vigor-
ously insisted, the committee had done
In reply to Mr.. TurpHs criticism. that
! an omission of a word or phrase left 1t un-
| determinate what the amendment cove
nanted and agreed 70 do Mr.. Pollard said
| the words remain on deposit mad peen
| left out through clerical or typosraphi-
| cal error They were, he was positive, II
| the amendment as drafted by himself; the
| typewriter, in copying the anaenaInen1,
| might have emitted them. Mi. Pollard
I was quite positive the omission could not
| cause any trouble. In construction, any
| court would supply them.
Mr. Turpin interrupted TO ask whether
| th, words could not be inserted now. MIR
| Pollard replied that it could be done. but
| he rather deprecated such action, as It
| would stu further de4ay recognition Oh tile
| company.
UNFAIR TO COMPANY.
| Mr. Pollard real a communication recit-
| ms. that the Passenger and Power Com
! pany. at a meeting of the Board OF Dlrec-
| tors. voted unanimously TO recognize as a
| typographical OF clerical error the omis-
4 sion. and laid down the proposition that 1t
I would never raise the point
Mr. Thomason, who followed Mr.. Pol
l he nj n
! reorganization his reasons why it would
| he unfair TO the company to require it to
| cancel the j. .S26 OF old honds now IN hand
/ before the whole issue OF 2,0G0 had been
/ oottan in. Mr. Thomason, however,
! thought it important that the omitted
| words should be put in the franchise
| amendment
Mr.. Gordon asked the City Attorney
/ whether the ordinance originally framed
! A. not rearire the Passenger and Power
| Company to surrender the outstanding
| franchises, and Mr.. Pollard replied that it
/ did hut pointed out that ait thnt time the
| Pa sseneer ana Power Company had no
| eht to operate, not having secured
| legislative charter Now, however, the
company had such State charter. md it
/ WIS not essential that the old franchises
he surrendered, as at first contemplated.
..NDGGHR IN WoOD-PILE.'
| Mr.. Gordon teafed d nlsSei ~ III -A tiio W ~ ooe
/ pile" He apprehepded that Fishers was
| the hidden hand He referred to the Mer-#
| chants Trust Company. and expressed
1 dtstrust of that corporation. It was or
1 e,.naeS: in December last. Mr.. Fisher and
| Dr Mum were officers. It looked TO him
sff the Trust Company had been or
/ garfzed for purpose
/ Mr.. Gordon also expressed the belief
/ that the outstanding 5000 Of bonds of the
Ricbmond and Manchester Railway Com-
nany were allowed TO remain outstanding
for a purpose. Re a:d not think the Pas
/ senger and Power Company could cs,,n
that these five bonds lould not be lo-.
j Gated. 9ss&sE