The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-22
WAS Incensed at the Effort of !
Some Outsiders to OBJ az y:
tain Pay.
THE SINKING FUND TO
BE KEPT lNVi0LATE5
Common Council Concurred Last
Night in the Action Of the . ~
Board Of Aldermen Tem-
Porary Loan4t 4to.be# Effect
ed Ito Take Care sof n
Bonds Failing Due. 55s

There were two interesting features 8of !;
the called session OF the Common Coun..as
Gil last night. S5 l3gS ~
The one was the concurrence \ IN i the 1
resolution 8from(the Board .inJfavorB of the
principle Of holding invlolate thegslnking3
fund OF the city and authorizing the tenn
porary borrowing Of over SGOl 900 to m eeEs
the bonds to fall due on January lst,aa
1904 and the other was tia reading OF #a.i!
lettcr from Hon. r. r. Munford5 y COUNSEL
for the Southern Railway Company ex-5
had said he would not .spend.any m oneya
to get the ordnance Of his compa pany.s
|,throughthe Council. md the appo y tn.sntztE
OF a committee OF u five X to investiga to I
with the view to finding out who y had ,
prov oked the srema rk. 81 s ST.
This was the first ma tier brnush up 1
hen the body was cal!,.d to order " hem
the roll had been allied. President Bloom
|iherg laid before the Council the letter
from Mr.. NIunford Z. which will be fou 1ds
below and tSprovoked some d scussl lou:ss3ssy3
~ 81 r o. LOO Ks5TN'rO o 1T. N "A
Mr.. Gartar5 moved hat It be re ferred
to- a committee Of fiNe. with In struct tons
said III thes alleged yertura s9to NIunsf
ford had seen II, a q shS outsl ders iii lds
linot think the Counc sioul d sho Ice thsyn
Mr.. Iubsr took the sa n btltt Me-
Peters In q warm sneech. lena n dscla, e. ar 4
investigation, declaring that ou utsid ders
were often responsible for odsumi " NJ cn Il
fell upon the mem b ars il q nd Slle wa z ted
tho matter slftad to- The bottom. 3S'S1E iffSs
trhe motion OF Mr. CARRIER was adopted,7
and the clin!r named t h'et followtngs spe-f,
cial committee on n@investiga ton Nlessrs.jg.
Peters chairman; Bottom, Ellie It. Hicks ,sa3
and Hobson. tY3Ss25 $ ri IS
MIR, MuNFoRD,s LETTER.
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Richmond II Va. Dec 49, VI oaa ,S.s
tton. Sol H.. Blo2mpnr lrcs1ide,n1. ,1d N. tnss
c9unf fbs Riahnnndt g. IKE Na recent
meeting - Of 81 Your honora Bile body, held
OH the evening ,of i2cGemb Der nth. ! y was$$ y
very courteously accorded the privilege e aotf N
Knilwnv W ~ Company. the grounds upon
which that company asked q re-ennS StmenI
5nf the two ordinances under Whlch Ior
,;rack privileges on the streets of Rich. chs
mond. q p. .ig ,5s g ls,535
sincerely regret that a remark snbsequent-f
Is made ~ mo. in what was ntended 4
edyaff aef
charge Of. having redec ted upon the honora3
AOf some OF It's mem ners k23 SsF ID, 5 -
The remark refe red to was fmpulslYely%
made and only Intended for the lndi. \
5vdual to whon1.it was 4 addressed; s yet 8. 4
momen,apy na Ainsi Impulse Sc or rrl ation viii 1as.
TRY gentleman IN aspers ng the modyes
such reflections.
a desire, the efore.&6to present TO you 4
oune e esfr and
G1zlng for. the language USED Z. v.
an led thus to make amends ,ls, to the n
q ns
poss BILE effect OF my remark n 5upons ting 3
fortunes Of the ordinances $ hoye e referred + re
tnose ordinances upon their merits, Bur Il /,
\ write this letter because feel that.naf J 1,
rair man will 4imnute motives l.to,.. hia n
tate to offer reparation when his atten- !, Il
ON has beer. called to the in1ustic,,. :. /, ,s
oopstey s ts"ths dsreses 81 s
md yet can but feel that In Justice y Il
myself and Your honorable body; sho,lldl$
'na 4, mn staramenr y, .tnsWhv Twas s4
SC irr!tatcd on the occasion. OF the remarks ii
referred to- .I "A
PENDING TwEL I've MONTHS. Is
AS you will recall these ordinances ess
nave been pending n the Glty GounGi! 20 I,
return to the city this fall from my suns
mer vacat on. my partners. no nnad sE
!Aeretotore spressnted the sontheFn na.s
the adoption, OF these ordinances. .requsst-3
ed me to give them my personal atten-
grounds Of opposition had been expressed
~ some OF the members or the Councll. IS
To Wit Tho failure or. the company tOg4
nav uennuuenl taxes. due byItne y. u. Il
Mayo estate on q piece OF property which 4fi
Il h d purchased of the court and tins s3s
purcha e money deposited herewith; tho &
hppos ton OF certain MERCHANTS {uniesS "
the ordinances We're amended, and lastly,y9
the suggestion that the company. should &
ne coMfeied TO, bring lis scnefal othces sa
to RchTonu. ~ " t5S 2IS
ma tions heretofore made TO the otieials
OF the company BY parties outside. or th19
council tnese latter would secure o
speedy enactment OF these ordinances. II
they wero paid for tEelr services, and IN y
aerault Of which their opposition might
ne eXpected Il 4, =. III
/ wns lkewsc advised that the officers
OF the company had decided not to seek
III any way to influence the action OF Tho Ss
nuncil except by an open present tlon.
~ UTMOST COURTESY.
took charges Of the ordinances and 8s
MAS the REQ pient of the utmost courtesy
nj the hands of the members OF the Street sss
before whom they were Pend-
ing--both the subcommittee and the gems s.
aral commltiee who IN, due time reported
The measures, With their approval hacx
to yollr hody, & !. 81 Ell ise
'SOnn the Saturday preceding the meeting
above referred ito, II met by chance Il Y S8
friend, who was we'll acquainted with tha ;ss
location OF thAse tracks and tlielr great M
to the huslI >ss enterprisss f
situated IN that section of the cltF, In s
uor,,. iha auhIAot md ard.