The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-15
BOARD ADOPTS
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.Mr. Turpin Makes q. '' 4 Fiery. l'''
Attack on 3 4 !. Prop. I
OSiti0n.
CHARGES CITIZENS
WITH SELFlSHNESSl
Says Behind It Personal Interests
Lurk While City Treasury is is
70 be Used tl e Benefit Ben + Private IS
PartiesP Police Increase
Killed and Budget
Concurred in.

one h OF tho storlnicst debates
heard In the chamber In many months 9
the Board OF Aldermen last night con-
CURED In tho resolution passed by the ne
lover branch, committing theEcity 10 the ne
proposition OF Joining Manchester in tta the
building OF free bridge at or near the
Z site or the present Mayo bridge by q vote vote
of 1G Ito A. ;5 l8 ss SS5
All tho members were present save ~ .r
& Levy. OF Clay Ward, and those voting IN
z tie negative were Mcssrs. 35s Donor noe,
Crundy, Zanmermann and Turpln.
TIC proposition was bittarly assailcd
K by Mr. Turpn, nnd Mr. Zimmerman
made an earnest plea for more light be-
fore the matter was pro ceeded WI ~.
&S@ The budget was unanimously concurred
in, and now goes 10 the Mayor for his
signature. # II
Il III The old police increase matt er came up
again. aud after being thoroughly
FtNreshcd out Tor bout The fourt b time
was finally killed. VII
rho speech Of $A1r. S,Turpin agat inst the
free bridge resolution was fiery IN the i
extreme, and he denounced d as q trap
10 commit the city to a gigantic scheme
which would loot the treasury for tho
benefit OF private parties. Mr. Iurpln T '.l.
charged thatSthe business men, dozens ems Of
whom were on hand TO- wat ch the GO urso5
OF tho resolution composed ~ the most t'
gregpecta bic lobby that had appeared be- e.
hind n dangerous scheme IN hlb I'Sc''i-E Iecoi--E
lection. 4. 34ssss iSS . NJ a55s;s ,.i,SsI
He a asserted that never. since the city
was "flimf1ammed" by the Chesapeake
and Ohio tunnel scheme had 80 much OF
i personal interest been a3 Involve as IN II q
proposition before the Council. 53.
.5 Nr, John B. M Iinor led tho fight for the
resolution, ,5s and n ii wa s supported BY
ssAiessrs. Dabney and Blair lfsa$
a Tho Board disposed OF sas large amount lNa
1 ofi routine business. i;s " s, M "
ss! Session in Detail.
ggs5 1nmed lately a fter tho body j a d 4 been
called to order by President Eurpin n ~ -
Minor called up out OF its rder5 the 5ordlT1
nance to Increase the police force by the
addition of eleven men. and Mr..s r g unst M
briefly opposed 1t. saying he & favored
( ten more men, but would not vote for
eleven. $3S33. Il s5 Il 55 4; ;:6sif 4. &
Mr. Minor explained the ordinance, and
advocated It nYits ori ginalf form. { f$}
B Tho eleventh man is asked, 1t Is UNDER
Stood in order to retain Sergeant Jones
A. Otey on the rolls as an off1cer, he
having been disabled while in. he dis
charge OF ,his duty.
% Mr.. Blair agreed with Mr.. Gunst, anu
said he would not vote to pension any
man in the department. He5thought this
was bad precedent to set, until the
city was prepared to establish a perrna-
$nent pension roll. Mr.. Blair intimated
that those who had brought the matter
up had secured suspension Of the rules
by} leaving members under the impress
sion that the body would vote on the
proposition allowing the Board to name
ten men and not eleven. 3s3f$ t q 4
Mr.. Wood, chairman of the q lnanco
Committee spoke earnestly for he meas M
Eure, and heSsdeclared that the ci ity was
in absolute need OF more policemen:
Mr.. Blair interj q fiery speech into
that OF Mr., Wood upon a request to
interrupt the latter, and between the, two
there was a brief running debate. n is
@ Mr.. Dabney replied to Alr. Blair, and
he vigorously denied that there had been
any attempt to mislead the members as
Ito the object ofSthe motion to suspend. y
Were Like st. Paul.
Mr.. Turpin (NIr. Gunst in tho chair,
made a spirited speech In opposition to
the ordinance and said he could read be-
tween the lines and that beteweens them,
the Police Board would write the name
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