The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-25
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l Directors Of Chamber VT Com
mere Heartily Endorse STs5,s III
,l8s58;SsS 53the Movement.
STRONG sPEEC II Es ARE MADE.
Benefits til Be Derived BY Com g d1,:s'
mut,ity Plainly Y i ; q! Out
Before Council tx light.

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sesai, j lie movement g seeure Y re /,
piewIdif TO connect the business cent y s
OF anchester, adopted resolutions rs com N
4 Z sy,ecia Is committee to present the matter
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Interesting one. 5saS Va
There were present M I. j mes Et 90
hon, first vice president t~ho, IN 4 the
II = III ~ Mr. niph from tie city, pre-
n .,dnh,. & i, II second vice
II Ta n
G. lse' !. \.
sn ~ Y wat hIney Henry Ienry s Hut
A Ter. w. 3 Reed. N .i r.. Sayag &c. e ia mes
N W. Sharp, an e. y 81 wing field n Co1emnn&
Wort han and \ II a. Younger \, fircctors,S
= ,H au tto r,o1B
dnu !, i,
onel john t Purcell !, 4, nv !,
Cloves Randolp Williams I ARD g
active n tbs tbe movement move from its incep-
fionI = IA constituted committee from
tha.ritiyans, ~ Ing tly held In the
q 4, ernst !, Z NJ free bridge n. al
Mr.. Gordon. fter explla y ~ me op-s
II lectof the eetiEg IN yitsd, the CON
Tee 10 add ress the board and The dis:E
81 ctlssion q the Isu beet was animated and
Il interesti,lr from start 10 finish. u Ss
!, a, !, :.
W r a. Lac. E111tN y
view OF ti,e forts made to secure his
IL free bridge. the irsts step ben % procure
4 the passage oY3 a bill TO inc corporal tel the
Company. He recalled the fact that this
d measure had been considered by he board
y 81 directors Of the Chamber when pending
before t,lre and that series
U thatS II Is 80 ed Into law had & been
f adopted by the board 8 and q committee
appointed to present i the views 81 the the
S$F Subsequently,, IA fter the passage of tho
x Bill. the Cha mber e1nemorialized the City
n Council or Richmond Sin the interest OF
b that @tims ia bIed. SI { has nov, however,
4 been bee revived upon more favorable terms,
lianchester has passed an ordinance In
y strlctif1R it's commissioners to Institute
/; he nro roc Ings IN ecessary to keep the
satIlls alive which would otherwise expire
by limitation early in. April, and the
question now as sther richmond will
had been held in the Chamber a bout forty
Is days ago, and, 4 as a result of this and
N ria d been secured from the owners OF the
n bridge at $l2T, 800. which. aftersan investi-
Il CATION 81 the tolls derived from the Hill
$over vn's Bridge and ot her public SER
vice corporal Ions. AZ pea red Sto BE very
"a iair. price. H e. further informed the meet
received Ths
q new bridge. thirty feet wide. snfficle To-
occomm Cd te A two street car tracks IN a.
4 wa conway and "a six foot wa v for passen-
structed for 4 cost within the limits Of
the scheme proposed, which Is TO issue
E SIG, o,0 three and q half per cent n ty.
sGaas prhspa ane
n and Richmond which bonds would
] be received by lie owners of the p ridge 1
par for the purcias price 81 81 ~ EFT 90
4 committee was assured could Y be placed
at ntnety-six cent 8 In a dc Pillar. w the pro-
ceeds Of which would be ample to put the:
scheme through. AS to the r. revenue n,a q
OF the Hun stree. me had been d i
on account Of tbs condition OF the nriage,
ssnser and Power Company some 5000
mad been reeelvea dro Ton tolIs OF %
Ger cen. per passenH h % on ru
ana th cno eoad
We
ne ~, ,,
overs ID new bridge; 1thatDwith this reve
nue., after paying interest On the pro-
:, ~ tbat , h. eo,, M
tha o,t IS 7o b at az risnds
q! q, my bridge s e bsllsys
,as,t eanena TIA Ine
co,'Id be dieed or ren,,ired ~ taxa tina
o,,ta rlo,,id a
3itl}iv meet III 7e4nenses -
s3 1TRAVET.' yyioiyIToS p 3ARGER
XXI Mr. IIenrv w Wood directed attention
IL the fact t,at the street "a : companY
tred +, aveyW ,,o wa., 70 forca trnveI
4 ovars Tia Free Bridge i Including the .re.s
f,,sa Ia rive 5certnin9 transfers ~ fla,
p wersS 4 starred rom fravnlinR over i'll by
apprehension as to its safety, but that,
IrnIiS strest; lima wn,Iid y Ia 1irel "a Ia
again !ts SERVICE over the ;o bridge
called sdayiHn'g HE
III hols an
~ IS III
nronertvH cnntic,ni,s u thn Which
yvn,Idsii IN Els 'oninionS res,ilts and N 1tha
decrease ! In II the ira de- Of the Richmond
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