The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-12
EXTENSION OF THE
BOUNDARY Line
Report of the Council Commit
Tee is Now Ready for
Consideration.
The report of the Subcommittee on Ex-

| The report Of the subcommittee on Ex-
tension of the City Limits has been
printed in pamphlet form for the use OF
the general committee, the members OF
| the Council and all others interested, and
| will be considered by the committee at
| meeting to be called tor some time next
week The report is gotten up by Messrs.
Wallerstein, CARRIER and Minor. OF the
committee.
Ihe proposed extension of the bounda-
ries of the city of Richmond contem-
| plates taking into the city of Richmond
1910 acres of land, now a part of the
county of Henrico. It embraces Harvie-
town, the Reservoir Park, flan OF Sid
ney, part of Lisburn, the Soldiers Home
property, Fair Grounds the properties
along the Brook Turnpike to Hammonds
flower gardens Qncluding Rosenegk
Company, Southern Basket Works,
Union Stock Yards, Southern Stove
Works and Valentine Abattoir, and Meat
Juice PlanD, DuvaIs Addition, Barton
Heights the southern part of Brookland
Park, the lands between the Henrico
| Turnpike and the Mechanicsville Turn
pike, from the Locomotive Works to II.
c Hechler tract (taking in Chestnut
Hill, Richmond Locomotive Works. Sc
| bree's AdditiIcl, Mansfield and other sub
dvisions), chelsea Hill, Bowling Green,
Howard's Grove, Fairnaount, Ruther-
| foord's Addition, Plan Of Galway, the
Cakwood Cemetery Addition all of Full
ton and East Richmond, and the lands
below Fulton to Almonds Creek anu
along the James River oaking in the Rich
mond Cedar Works, Webb Chemical
Company, Baltimore Brick Works. the
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company,
Works, the American Ether Company
Works and the Virginia Carolina Whe-'
Company Works.
The proposed population Of this pro-
posed annexed district is 14,5S5, or about
one-half Of the entire population Of the
county OF Henrico, which is 3O,O62.
The assessed value of the real estate
in the proposed annexed district is s5,Osi-
1890 The assessed value of the pee
sonal property is $3.50, $50, making a To-
tai valuation OF real and personal pro
perty of S5.939. 695.OO. The total taxes
now derived for county government a III
school purposes Cat the present rate of
taxation) is SCI, 511.S5 on real estate and
So, 064.S1 on personal estate, or a total OF
S26,576.66 on both real and personal pro-
perty.
The average tax now paid in the pro-
posed annexed district (including the spe-
cial town and district taNes) is about
siXty-six cents on the 500.
1t is proposed by the subcommittee that
the tax on real and personal property in
the proposed annexed district for the first
five years from January 1, 1908, shall be
so cents on 500.
The present rate of taxation in the
city of Richmond is S1.4O on $780,
The total taxes which would be derived
on both real and personal property at
the proposed rate OF SO cents on S1Uu
would amount to 47,517.56. These taxes
during the first five years<to be expended
exclusively within and for the purposes
of the proposed annexed district.
1t is proposed that 100000 be evrended
annually for the first three Years in
street, sewer, gas and water improve
nfnts, exclusively within the annexed
trict This 100000 to be secured by
p bond issue. or by provisc that 500 600
shall be included in the annual budget
ga CHI year for three years, beginning j an
uary l, 1908.
1t is proposed that the Henrico county
school proprties be acquired by the city
of Richmond. and that the city schools
in connection with the present county
schools. give every aid to extended school
ia ABILITIES to the children within the pro-
posed annexed district
1t is further proposed that the Health
Department of the CITY of Richmond en-
brace the annexed district in its jurisdic-
ton and that the sanitary conditions of
the territory on the present border of the
city he improved that better protection
NAV be given to the health conditions
within the present limits of the city Of
Richmond. as well as the surrounding
territory within the annexed district.