The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-15
BELL COMP AN,Y'S
EASY VICTORY
Ordinance Passed Over
the Mayors Veto.
ONLY SIX OPPOSED.
Twenty-0ne Voted in the AfRrma-
tive; Three Were Absent.
SAYS IT is A GREAT MONOPOLY.
His Honor States That the Bell Deiies Our
Laws, and, Besides, He is in Favor Of
Projecting au Enterprise That
Was Started and Has Been
Festered by Local
Capital.
SAYS IT'S A GREAT MONOPOLY.

Capital
AYEs-Messrs. Allen, Bloom
berg, Curtis, Gibson, Glenn, Grimes,
Mccarthy, Mills, Miner, Pollock,
Shea, Stein, Tanner, Teefey, Wal
lerstein, West, Williams, Whalen,
Winston, Wiltshire and Ebel-2l.
NOES-Messrs. Adams, Camp,
CARRIER, Gunst, Hobson, and Pc
ters-6.
ABSENT-Messrs. Blanks, Cot
trell, and Caskie-3.
The Common Council last night passed
over the veto OF Mayor Taylor by the
vote given above 1t was an easy vic
tory "Why, it was like eating snow
remarked a Bell man after the fight was
over.
The Board Of Aldermen will meet to-
night at o'clock, and that body must
concur in the action of the lower branch
before the ordinance can become effect
i've That the Aldermen will pass it over
the Mayors veto there is no doubt, but
the vote will be closer than it was in the
Common Council.
A SMALL CROWD.
There We're not many spectators on
hand last night, and the proceedings were
brief.
It was 7:S0 o'clock when President Ebel
called the body to order. The roll call
showed twenty-three members present, as
f,l1 J,ci Ado
Eloomberg. Camp. Curtis, CARRIER, Glib
son, Glenn, Grimes, Gunst, Hobson,
Mills. Mccarthy. Pollock, Shea. Stein,
Tanner, Teefey, West, Whalen, VIII
liams, Winston and Wiltshire.
THEY TOOK a RECESS.
Mr. Pollock said the meeting had been
called for an hour earlier than usual, and
in order to give all the members a chance
to be present to vote upon a Very i'm
Nortant question, he moved recess for
fifteen minutes.
Mr. Hobson proposed as a substitute
that the recess be for half an hour This
was rejected, and Mr.. Pollock's PROPOSE
ton was adopted.
In baseball parlance this was four
base hit with three men on bases for the
Bell Company. But why this score, was
so one-sided already no one could tell.
Pretty soon Mr.. Peters leisurely walked
in smoking q. fragrant Havana. The
Richmond Telephone stock then rose a
point tor two, fguratively speaking.
A bulletin announced that MI Waller
stein thought the meeting was for S
o'clock, and that he would come at once.
The Bell Company saw another man
as far as first oase when Mr.. Waller
walked in.
mir. President, isn't time up?" asked
Mr.. Camp, who was growing impatient
Five minutes more replied the presi-
dent
President Ebel raped the body to or
der upon the very second Of the expira-
tion of the time of the recess. Twenty-six
members now answered to their names.
THE VETO MESSAGE.
After the call for the meeting had been
read. the Mayors veto was presented to
the body. 1t was as follows:
Mayors Office,
Richmond Va, Oct 8, 1901.
To the Common Council:
Gentlemen,-An ordinance zC'B'O author
izing the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company TO use the public
roads, streets and highways of the city
Of Richmond, Va, for the purpose Of plac-
ing poles and fixtures to support electri-
cal conductors thereon, and the placing
Of subways for electrical conductors an
der the same. and regulating the manner
of using the streets IOT Sucil purposes,
adopted by the Common Council July 8,
1901, amended by the Board of Aldermen
September ., 1901, and then concurred in
by the Common Council October I, 1901.
/ return herewith. without my approval,
the ordinance granting q franchise to the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company. My reasons can be briefly
stated:
The attitude Of this company towards
the city in its past defiance of our laws
should be warning; to us tnat when this
gigantic monopoly gets foothold in our
city they will resort to all manner OF de-
vices to maintain themselves a gainst any
effort on our part to remedy any evil that
might arise and force US, as they have
done and are flow doing, through all the
courts Of the land.
Our aim should be to foster our domes-
tic enterprises and not to crush them.
and we have in the Richmond Telephone
Company. backed by our own capitalists,
facilities equal to those that can be given
us by the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company, and this company
ruled and governed by our citizens will
be a,menable to our laws and wishes with
out defiance.
Respectfully,
RICHARD NJ TAYLOR,
Mayor.
WAS NO SURPRISE.