The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
BARTON HEIGHTS
FOR annexation !: J I |
Enthusiastic Meeting Addressed
by Able Advo-
Gates. s. Z. III
DEBATE WAS WARM AT TIMES G.
Commemorative Attorney Wen
denburgs Resolution Was
5fi5 Defeated.

d tsEl Kcsoltltion was iis
~. Defeated.
@ Resolved, 1, Z hat we favor In generalthe
Il annexation of9 Barton Heights and Brook
X land Park as far as the 5oulsvartl. @ w
3Efs ~ 2. That committee OF ten citizens be
appointed and that the couneii be re !.
quested to appoint committee OF three
to act with them, and that this Joint
committee shall appear before the Rich.
rond Council committee and represent
us In securing the best provision possible
for the future management and Improve.
L f1ent OF this section. ,3 s5.
After a strong fight OH the part OF the
opponents Of annexation, led by Com
fnonwealths Attorney Wendenburg, the
4 voters OF Barton Heights and Brookland
Park last night decided In favor Of an
fiexation by the vote Of fifty-seyen to
sixty-thrce, and the resolution above was
III adopted.
The meeting was a most interesting
one. and citizens filled the hall In which
1t was held to "a the doors. The debate
was warm ut tines but no III feeling
vas aroused, and when, near tho hour
Of midnight. the cfairman announced adj
5ourninent. the entire party OF more than
200 people left in the bost OF humor.
THE opponents took their defeat phil.
Graphically, and 1t looked like clear sail
Ing for tho future. s
with the exception OF; Mr.. vcndenburg
\ and Dr. r. W. Miller the speakers all
81 favored annexation. Mr.. Wendenburg
spoke nearly an hour, ard was 10th TO
Il stop when the chairman called time
Dr.! Pitt replied quite fully, while the
other speakers were brief. 81 n
The meeting war called together by
Mayor Rose and Mr.. Sidney @ Bannon
: was secretary, After stating the object
4 the chairman called upon Mr.. Thomas w
rs Gardner to speak on the subject, and
for ten minutes that gentleman spoke OF
5 the Anderson annexation bill. and said In
connection with the mate tina t the con-
n sOdation of the town 18th Richmond
would not affect he present status OF the
n liquor question. as all appl lions Tor
licenses would have toSl,e passed upon by
the Judge OF the Hastings Court lr and
i thatSopposltion from citizens would pre-
vent the license being Issued. He f,ir--
Il tlier said that previous 10 any leg islativc
y action on@,tfie measure he had joined n
Il conference fn the oitice OF the county
clerk. at which time Mr.. SVendenburg
had been present, and that the biilss.as
y 1t row stands with slight amendments
had sbecr agreed upon as acceptable and
agreeable to them. Atterwnrd the Com
srnnnwcaIth,s 81 attorney had opposed the
measure In reviewing The law the speak
n err showed that tho territory would profit
/ In many Ways. by better fire md police
protection. better streets and sewers
and lnrser water supply. He pointed to
Lee District as al, example Of what had
a been done through annexat on
4 First Opposition Talk. III
sslE Ior. Miller followed MI. Gardner and
Btated that he was opposed to the bill
mt
tie SECOND place. His reason for oppos-5
ling annexation was that the city failed
to tell definitely when. where and how
& the improvements would come. II e wanted
delay until Richmond shows In detail
what 1t is going to do for value received.
Mr. w. X Bache, In q short speech.
H favored the proposition. because he
thought 1t the best thing for the city
and the township. SO far as being able
to tell Just what improvements would be
n made; he said 1t was an absurd business
proposition, No suburb can prosper of
Itself, he said. III s Richmond expands
cast and west and not north. Barton
Heights Will 80 backward, but If we go
IN we are bound to grow with e Richmond;
Then Mr. YYendenburg spoke. His re y
marks were punctuated with applause
from Ills friends, and gswas listened to by
all He sbegan5by stating that he wished
TO correct a statement that he had criti-
ciscd the Richmond Fire Department.
He said lie thought the department one
A OF tho best in the world, and knew from
q lis own personal KNOW dge that the Gin
cinnati department was the best, with
Richmond close up. He wanted to thank
them fro their prompt assistance when
his house was threatened with destruc-,
tion some months ago.. Ii "a M SKI
Doesn't Tell Anything.
"a.
zion OF the law, and endeavored to show
Council was very little more than a
V snare. ..Ihe ordinance does not tell us
what we may expect to receive" he
said, except what is laid down in the
h law itself. and that we are bound to get
#anyhow.'' He spoke OF his connection
with the adoption of, the law by the
Legislature. and how lie opposed IT until
certain amendments We're made and did
not give up the fight untllA he saw the
measure was going through beyond a
peradventllrc OF a doubt, ..There Is MOTH
ling in the ordnance, lie said, ito show
what Is to be done with the taxes to be
derived from the district proposed to
5tbe annexed. I5s4
&& zone Of the things we may expect" he
said, us to have James River waite forced
down our throate, wien we have here
some OF the best water on earth" He
said If the Sewers were placed in accord
81 Ing to the Richmond plan, the sewer tax
would follow;Stha8 paving tax would fol-
low tho Improvements to pnyenents, and
all other Improvements would be taxed
accordingly, lie said the city wanted
the property now taxed by the acre, SO
s. IT could be taxed by the pound. the In
&co.neSto be placed, nobody knows Where.
lslIe said the improvement would be made
regardless of the particular part Of the
annexed territory. r.
Mr. Wendenburg quoted from state
meme published by tho city engineer tc