The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-23
Need ofla. Building. law.

lS>S Need Of q 3 uildttlg Law
No $h,odern4clty Scah Snf ford ito be IL.
but Ii building inv that Is 10th wisely
drawn and properly enforced. suef, Law s,
though nm absolute necessity for Rir eli
11ond, rs not among our ordinances The
llfficulty the way Of otiactit,g I, sat at
isfnetory ordlnance Ito req lnte MI
Ing became \ apparent when some - f ~
years ago III tentative ordinahce cover ,s
ing this subject was draw, UP II pres
ent, II 3a building isS dangerous Y can ca
DO condemned by the Fire Commission
ers. Other private buildings mas ia OF i
sanitary reasons DO brougl VI TO ne q "
tet,tion$of the glieer' Office by the ro--I
lice force rhe is then taken to the the.
police cot,rt, whore cordeflrlat ion proceed:
ii1gs are Instituted with tho 9 u p
peat ,to tho owner,$a aid these two methods
arc the only ones now In I exis e ncc .1 t3
removing dangerous Or il1ealt
ingss v N b ordinance cxlsts under ylichstiit y
is possible 70 prevent tho ERECTION . IN =
satisfactory ,hsnnitary unsghtly or * over e.
crowded buildings IL s33 u, "
Richmond As ono, Of tho most Z derscly
populated cities III America, althougl,tttWe
know, theoretically that light and air ali
mean 5lleultll$und d lessering OF oil forms US
Of disease, especially consumpt ioi1,$yet we
arc continuing In this town ito build llt
houses, whose tencei chi mot be S5usli--l
fled on any basis. reptS g AFRO VS. It
ed pursuit Of the immediate olnt:tfVViltth
a proper building law, property q, owners " laj
could be compelled to place their houses n
far enough back from the, street toEalloeW y,
enough space foMi light and mir TO make
the walls and floors Of fficlents thick
ness 10 withstand nm ordinary wind storm
and to take such other ions against rIs1I
fire and collapse ms would protect the litc
and property Of citizens Obviously such NC,
a. law would have to be drawn vi III ex- y
irene care, and equally; obviously " such
a law IS an Imperative neccsslty 1 for any
community growing as rap q WI Us q o our
own. An inefficient or unsa tisfncto law,
a weak orsvcnlal building Inspect tor would
defeat the ends iilGview but there - s no
reason why We could not hire an ex-S
pert architect, and. if necessary an ex-
pert lawyer, to examine lie laws ans! and Or
ninances 81 Of other cities and pre- re.
pare 5 for our city such nm an Or =
sdinanoc as would cover our loca cond 1t.i
tons nor can amy one doubt that we are
able Is find in our community both tho
capactygto drawsaid tho character t1ecesS;.
sury to administer SO i,npo 1t tan TIA law s5
There arc few subjects which should
more earnestly engage tho attention 5 q
the city Council than action. along this
line. ~ ri 5ssE3 " III s3
4; Give us a proper law to protect the
growth and thestfuture health and ap-'
pearance OF q! our I, city.
Two Trusts With But a Single
Thought.
a convention Of cotton planters WAS
held In AtlantaFon Tuesday last the OBJ
)sject Of which wa TO promo tea movement
among farmers to hold the supply Of
cotton already on hand, to reduce Luz the
acreage, and gcnerally#to control the
supply Of raw cotton and fix he price
thereof, If this movement should sue
coed 4 1t would be one Of tic most auto
cratic trusts ever organized and operated
III the United States. II f5.i
While the convention Was In session a
telegram was received from Mr.. 8 =
Morgan, president of the Virginia Ir11;
lima Chemical Company, otherwise known '1I
as TIC fertilizer trust, contributing the
sum or $1,000 to the movement.
The Virginia. Carolina Chemical Com
ipnny has often been denounced by the
/ farmers. But now that the farmers arc
organizing, 5it appears that these two
/ trusts are going to DO on the most friend
4 " terms. 1T is even said that MIR. Nor
gan's gift telegram was received by the
farmers with great applause. What will
Lawson say rs 5y5 Il y IA
/ I'M %---=-===-=---r- iNsH 5E gs
i Il Richmond's Mayor says "artiftcial limbs
4 are immodest, ana must besrenoYed from
1 show windows as displays for hosiery
i Tho Mnyor5is right; nm artificial au.splay
5]5of tho beautiful droptstitcl robs It Of Its
/ charm; this 5is'an$age ofSrcalities,-
ton Leader, # s
Il gss5l8s a3}s S---==E---=-- {5$ 5gs}gg
u or course, civilization could not allow
4 such nithing but Just think Of IT; Sup
i pose the law allowed women to serve on
4 juries ana twelve of Johann IIoch moth.
\ crs-n-law were put in tho box! J Is
4 awful TO contemplate
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Collector stran;ilian, Q s the port 81 .SeM y
York. auctioncd off three cases OF dun
\ dun bullets in that city yesterday. 1T i
understood that the purchaser was q plri
vate agent Of Mr.. Bat Mnstersol,
!, observation-disclosures .f
/ & Tho detectives in search of the million
!, dollars Mrs. Chadwick hid, somehow have
4 not thought to explore the pockets In l,el