The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-16
{ Sprinkling Streets.

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| ton OF the meeting to the dust from the
streets. which gets into dwelling houses,
mars the beauty Of the city and Is a
Imenace'to health. He expressed the opin-
| ion that it was bic for the Cham
| Der to recommend !, to the City Council
| that some systematic method for sprink-
Hing the streets OF the city generally be
adopted .a
Mr. .E.5 T. d. Myers. Jr, conceded In
the views OF Mr.. Gwathmey, spoke OF he
great increase in the expense OF house
! keeping and suggested that the city 1t
self or by contract, should have S. the
streets sprinkled all months OF the year.
except December January and February
| Mr.. p. H. Ferguson, Mr.. W. A. Cren-
shaw and Mr.. L. T. Christian also spoke
earnestly upon the subject. and the con
census OF opinion as expressed was to
the effect that on all streets having as
many as five dwellings and not occupied
by the street railways the city shoulu
have them sprinkled for all the months
February, even II small personal tax
had to be imposed Tor the purpose Of
meeting the expense OF such a system. q
mot ion that a committee from the Cham
Der be appointed to bring this matter
to the, attention Of the City Council was
carried and NIessrs, B !. NJ Gwathmey,
L. T. Christian and w. O.. Shelton were
appointed upon that committee.
Extensions Of Corporate Limits
Mr.. i. T. Christian c-''ed the attention
OF the body to the l,t struggle which
had been conducted before the 1 gisln Z
ture to secure the passage Of q general
law for the extension Of the corporate
limits OF cities and towns In Virginia.,
| the new Constitution providing that such
a general law should be passed and that.
no special act should be valid. He said that
every one conceded the great need for
extending the corporate limits OF Rich
n1ond SO as to secure proper sanitary. po-5
jlice. fire and other regula tons. and ne.
! therefore. moved that a committee from
| the chamber be appointed to urge the I'M
portance OF prompt action looking TO-
proper extension of the city limits, but
insisted that he must not be appointed
unon said committee. Mr.. w A. Cren-
shaw heartily seconded the motion OF
Mr.. Christian, which, was adopted, ana
MI. Christian insisting that he should DC
left off the committee. the following were
appointed: w. "A. Crenshaw. Charles VI
Meredith, r. M. Darlington, Henry S..
Hutzler and 2. a, Catli11
Free Bridge Matter.
Mr. Henry w Wood offered the fol-
loving resolutions both of which were
unanimously adopted:
i8 Resolved, That the Richmond Champer5
of Commerce reaffirms its endorsement
OF the movement to secure a first-cl lass
new free bridge between the cities OF
Richmond and Manchester, and expresses
Its hearty approval Of the project, and
hoping that the new City Council will
deem 1t wise to take prompt action It
requests the same committee OF the
chamber which acted heretofore IN con-
,nection with the matter to present this
resolution to the City Council S3h
Resolved That the Convention Commit
tee OF the chamber be hereby directed to-
extend IN the name OF the chamber an
Invitation to the Farmers. National Con-
gress to hold its convention for the year
1905 In the city OF Richmond, and to ten
der to that congress the use OF the as
sembly hall OF the chamber for Its meet
5ings. 5.8s Ri
New Members Elected.
The following companies were elected
members of the chambers: 5
Armitage Manufacturing Company, pro-
posed by MIR. II. Blnswanger. "a
The ]. A. Fowler Company. proposed
by the Committee on Membership
The NIilhiser Bag Company, proposed
by Mr. u. Il, Norris. i sS5 r 81