The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-31
Population Will Go Above One
Hundred Thousand Mark.
TIE QUESTION OF TAXATION
President OF the Board Of Health Advocates
Extension on Sanitary Grounds-Ns.
port 10 Be Fully Considered
By COMMITTEE at Later
Dsfe-0lber Meet
inss.

Tho report of the Subcommittee on
Corporate Extension was received by
.Lc 1ul commlttee last night, ana, after
having been read and lald before 'he
s.,Iutu.,,ec. ordered 10 be prlnsed anu
rfb0ted among the membsl6 ~ con
,is ad q mecung OF tEe comm Zee
- ~ caued by chairman " aiieIs'sii.
The report was vouminous and con-
...-i much Information mat had been
,s,ie1 with care by the speclal sta
.slcian. Iii was accompanied VIII sew
sal tables, showing pppmauonr Taxa
a. area, etc. ana contained the loll9"-
Ing recommendations:
hsAL1Y NA1UE.
The value OF realty in 2. opposed an
Rexed district Is assessed at s1,Vo4, ll9 ana
yaIuc of personal properly assessed in
same at $S;,o,oS0 We nave given TINS
n.iI1cr very careful consideration an"
ryapectfuhy recommend IS follows,
That The rerriloIy as described he 1e-
commenced Tor annexation to the city
Df Richmond and that the city AttoI-
uey he instructed 10 prepare bil IL
accordance 10 The sald recommendation
TO be prescntea in next meeting OF state
legislature NC would recommend mat
~, r.aIe Of taxauun on really ana per
uonal properly in the annexed dlslfict
Tor The first I'VE years. beginning lrom
Janlary l. 1908 shall be 50 cents on Hl''
instead of tho present general IatS
N.i,hin the Old line IN this clay oi As49
Icr S1o3 We would, therefore, recon-
nend ttat a part of the contract for
nReXation shall be aggregate issue OF
itonds OF S3ppvg1 the first three year"
,lader annexed condiion and that the
proceeds thereof silali be applied 20
street improvements, sewers, gas ai4't
water mains. but if the bond 's7ue As MOI
.l,af n = III
given that Said sum Shall be appleo IA
annexed district during That period oy
making a proviso that $11U,OVO snail dc
;u,,Iuded in the budget for thee years.
beginning January /. 1893, to be app lea
10 purposes above descrlbea. Wy is
spsctfully cau attention TO the fact '.tat
1re amount OF taxes re2lized from lro-
porty annexed VIII amount 10 "''2'N 80
800 annually.
"vour subcommittee, from observation
IN several tours they have mauc, ieei
inre that the sanitary conultlon III ,he
outlined districts demand that s9olhS''i'-ie
bould be one for better pf9tes''oh ~
rcaltb conditions in the city limits, ana
-, onI,, he accomplished by ability
=, axtcna such facilities rs city mas lor
fa.Ith nrotection in the proposed an
llcNed district
~ is doubtful whether amy city III
,5ts country. which could annex a dls-
tti,t Immediately at its doors ana alliioSI mos,
:, nart of the city containing SeVVo'ouo
,axahIc property and l,6o0 white male
,i,,Its md l 900 colorcd male adults,
,,,..,si,,r ropulation upon usual cstmate
.,4,,,,t II 600 people. would hesitate long
10 adopt such a course
PROPOSED TERRITORY.
THO rroposed line runs from the prcSei't
line and Nit. Calvary cemetery 10 ."S
MI
west of Reservoir Parh' anu !" .,s,Il. 49, =
short distance of the Belt Line kaiiwaE,
,,,a rms to The north of Brookland Iatk
I,auIeyard. taking in Barton ifelsh'9'
Cbcstuut Hill. l'airmount ANA the .elil-
tory between Oakwood Cemetery ana me
y;esett city line, and the me runs @ WV y.Sl Il
INC National Cemetery Road TO Mliliah.s-
llr, Road to Almond Creek uo"h -
,nnnd Greek 10 the James River. taking
4, an of Fulton and The manufacturing
,llants below Fulton.
The value of school property an tie
,,.onosed district is $4i.10o. There are III
icsa schools. the annual amount Pau"
teachers being $4,000
I'm total value Of real estate in the
county Is S3.4S2% %2l; that IN the propuseu
district $2379,95S. The numher OF acres
IN the proposed district Is 9,sM' - nc c0ol'- sod
IN derives from real estate in taxes; SSs,-
caoy;7. The proposed district, S2l.Sll-Ho
Personal property is taxed at Sl6,6996o IN
thc county; in the proposed disIlct $9'-
e6i.Sl M oeo
The population Of the county IS 'o'''-'
tie proposed district li,bS1
The present acreage of the CITY Is S'e0'
20 acres of which are in parks
MATTER OF TAXATION.
In presenting the report Chairman wal
lcl%stoin stated That the arrangement oi
tayaiion would he advantageous TO the
comfy people, whom it Is proposed TO
ring into the city. Tho rate OF taxation
;n the city is Sl.4N; that proposed Tor the
3ew territory Is 50 cents In the districts
~ I',lckahoc BrooklanG. Barton Heishts
Chestnut IliIl, Fairfield. iSairrnout, ana
(ltfna the average taxation is 66 cents
ltli. is brought out from these figures:
s,5,,3,sanoe ~; Sreoldand, "a; Barton
Iifirht.. $i.l2; Chestnut liill a: Fair
srld 10: Paramount, 60, Nal1na, A, rms
taxation includes county schools and
steclai taxation.
.,.,,a ar,-,,,,ent made was that tho adj
,,.,,,taro 10 bo derived in city ccnyen-
lcnrcs and privileges was FAR IN excess
~ ,be small increase in taxation in some
.rt-tions of the county St'Sloess me vast
,r,iefts 10 be derived by the county PEG
~ ,be cytv would also he benefited in
irrreascd valuation and IN population,
l1,e latter pushing the number Of people
pJti,in the corporate limits beyond the
10000 point
DIR. oPPENH1MRR FAVORED II
lor W. 7. 0ppenhiiuer, presioent Oh tito
Isoard of Health, spoke IN faSor Oh the
:saptien of the report on sanitary
grounds He was in favor Of extending
me corporate limits one mile out in All
directions on purely sanitary grounds, II
sor nothing else.
'rlsc territory proposed for annexation
does not include the Dooley and Eassey
oetates, the owners OF which are opposed
"a annexation This is considered sig
,incnnt. IN so far as II indicates &C.
sare to avata all unnecessary friction.