The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-22
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OF WILLIAM PITT
WestmoreIand County Wants the
State to Give it Up.
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TRACTION Bills Bills REPORTED.
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Measures Which May Foreshadow cons0lida-
datlons of Enterprises nere-Appro-
prla,ion Bill tconpieie-Les-
isla1!ve GOSSIP.
TRACTION Bills Bills REPORTED
Measures Which May Foreshadow Consolida-

s..lr,e debate. over which a hot fight may
develop. 1t viii be to remove the historic
portrait of Wm. Pitt, Earl of Chatham,
which hangs on The walls of the House
90 Delegates of Virginia, and place it on
the walls OF the new courthouse of Vest
I.oreland The resolution will set forth
that the picture is Che property of west
.aoreland county, and not Of the STATE CT
Niisinia; that it was presented By Ed
maid Jennings, Esq, or London. through
lt}chard Henry Lee, to the Gentlemen OF
Ncstmoreland' i'm 17GS; that it hung on
1l,e walls of '.Stratrord,'' the home ana
birthplace OF General Lee. until 1885, when
ii WAS placed in the new courthouse Oh
The county; that it remained there untii
1Sa7, when, on accounto OF the deapldated
condition of said courthouse 1t was sent
10 Richmond and placed in the Hall oil
tie House for safe-keepinE. The picture
Which was paint ed by cPeale, the cele-
luated artist, and is In a good state or
preservation. 1t may be that the LeEiS-
'li:ture will now cIaiInSt She picture on the
Z: ound of long. uninterrupted and ad-
verse possession" The county of West
1rroreland has recentls finished a splendid
courthouse. and the Board of Supervls'
org have passed resolutions asking that
the picture be returned TO its original
pace.
The joint subcommittee of the Senate
and House Committees on Privileges ana
Elections, which has been entrusted With
the task of formulating schemes Of SEN
aterial and legislative "reapportionment,
met yesterday afternoon The subcom-
,nittee consists of Messrs. Sale and Banks
dale from the Senate committee, and
Messrs. Kelley, Carter and Cummings,
from the House committed Mr. Sale was
elected chairman. Mr.. keezell, Mr.. Lup-
ion and others were heard in opposition
TO a change. Mr.. Sale, argued for the
Justice of changing the lines in sections
tn which the population has recently in
creased considerably No decisive action
taken.
The Finance Committee of the Senate
held short executive session last night
At which The appropriation bill was fir
ally disposed Of and ordered to be re-
ru,ted TO the Senate to-day. The bill had
been practically complete dat previous
Fittings Of the committee. 1T gives en-
larged appropriations TO The Statc Hos
ritals, $4,000 10 the Williamsburg Hos
pital for a new building, s2o0G6 to the
University of Virginia for a medical
building, and names 100000 as the sum
II be set aside for Confederate PENSIONS
The penitentiary building is left to sep
Arate bill. The appropriation bill con-
tains the item of $4,000 for this pur-
pose The Farmvillee State Female Nor
mai School is given sl2, 500 for a new build
ing. New buildings at the POLYTECHNIC H.
,,titutc and at the School for the Deaf
and Blind are provided for. The appro-
1Iiation for the colored Virginia Nor
ma. and Collegiate Institute, at Peteial.
burg, is conditional upon that institu-
IONS being transformed into an indus
trial Schoold.
The Senate Committee on Roads and
Internal Navigation yesterday after
noon decided to favorably report several
bills, some of them of local interest. The
passage of the bill allowing the Rich
,nond Traction Company tc increase Its
capital TO Sl0e00.0eo and to consolidate.
merge with buy up companies Of a
similar character. is recommended. Ihls,
it is believed, foreShadows "a closer re-
iationship between this company ana the
Virginia Electrical Railway and Devel-
opmcnt Company. A similar bill in rela-
ton TO !he last named company has been
passed by tins General Assembly. Some
lave suspected that these bills taken IN
connection with "A similar ordinance
asked OF the Richmond City Council by
The Passenger and Bower Company, are
designed TO pave, the way for deal
that would result in the consolidation OF
street railway properties hereabouts.
Others in touch with the situation believe
that the Traction Company and the var
,irla Electrical and Development COM
rany are getting together on the one
hand and that the. Richmond Passenger
and Power Company, the Virginia Pass
cnger and Power Company, wMch owns
The Richmond Passenger and Power
Company, and the Richmond and Peters
burg Electric Railway Company, are
merging into one company on. the other.
The committee also recommended the
bill which the Richmond and Petersburg
Electric Railway asks for, providing for
separate COMPREHENSION the races in
their cars. in accordance with the present
law for steam roads! Both the company
and Mr. Cogbill were In favor Of this
bin, and there wasNno opposition
In connection with a similar bill, in
troduced by Mr. Cation, for separate
commandments for the races in the cars
of the electric line between Alexandria
and Washington the situation was some
what more complex, as the courts have
held that laws of this, character cannot
be enforced in relation to interstate as
xengers. The Chesaps palSe & Ohio, in pass
ing from Kentucky, into Cincinnati
across the Ohio. has been fined 500 in
Cincinnati for observing separate car
law, and the same. amount in Kentucky
for a failure to observe it. The bill of
Mr.. Cation. however. aims at the local
business between Alexandria and the
Long Bridge. and lit is believed that it
VIII be sustained inathe courts The COM
,nittce recommended it.ag
The following House bills were reported
from the COMMITTEES on Finance yes
tcrday: s.ks $50
For the relief of The! Homo Land Com
pany from an erroneous assessment OF
land In Warwick county.
To quiet the title of a tract of land in
Culpepr county. assessed in the name OF
William IL. Wards estate and contain
ing 44S acres. 81
To authorize the County Court of War
wick county to correct an alleged erron-
eous assessment of lands of d. S. Jones
in said county. being a part of the White
head tract. and the taxes assessed there
on. 'tsLs
To authorize the County Court of War
wick county to correct an alleged err
roneous assessment Of lands of John
Pembroke Jones and Mary S. Jones IN
said county.
To provide for the erection of suitable
buildings upon the grounds of the State
;,eIlatentiary for the better care and
safety OF the conSicts confined in said