The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-10

Ing Company that they used no intlu--
ct,cc, other than the granting Of the right
FOR the construction or the city sewer
iulorg Bacon Quarter Branch, for the pre-
veDtion Of the boundary limo being run as
orl ginally laid down. 8s
II Our article, which aroused such feeling
did not inputc CROOKED work to the behe-
.fictarics, but invcghod against A. orooketd
line, and the crcoked conscquences when
would come from that llnc, and there
was no occasion for the gentlemen, whose
sensiblitics have been wounded, TO as
sumo an inlputntion upon their Integrity.
1hey have knicked before they were
spurred. I, w, IN
,rhe trouble ID that no explanation has
been given which begins to explain the
fragrant breach Of duty by the City
Council, and the laying down Of 4 pre-
cctletit which will return to plague the IN.
ventors without end.
AS to an ubnttoir being improper for u
city, Chicago, KANSAS City, st. Paul,
New Orleans and we believe Boston and
st. Louis, have all -.abnttoirs IN their
corpornto limits, and how many other
cities we cannot suggest, and there is no
earthly reason why IN nbdttoir shoulu
not under proper regulations, be within
a city's corporate limits, and many rea-
sons why It should be. II there is any
CITY ordinance to the contrary 1t would
be Immediately changed,
o 4 Il q 4 3 3 sF# S>,. ~.
The companies that arc affected by tnis
protest OF ours entirely nisundcrstand
our object. AS far as we know the gen
tlemcn they arc above rcproncll and
some Of them are our warm personal
friends, but that has absolutely nothing
TO do with the question. They have SIM
ply secured change of the line when
was laid down with reference TO the
interests Of tho city OF Richmond, and
which, as shown by their own concession 10
of right OF way for tho sewer. was t!'
sential to the interests OF the city OF
Richmond, and 1t was done for their own
benefit and not for the use or beneflt OF
Tho city of Richmond. Now we say that
,,n,ess that action Is revoked or that pre-
cedcnt ignored, 1t Ia notice to the word
that industries which are ordinarily: cs-
,nbllshed within tho boundary lines OF
municipal corporation, cannot EXIST < III
the CITY of Richmond, and that anyone
proposing to establish sucl, a business II IN
Richmond had just as well give up , the
n,,rpose. ISL a new business will have no
better chance to live than an old estab-
lishcd one. s
II is black flag raised over this
city, meaning death to industrial cor
porations. .l8$ B. 4. :
Such declaration is not true, and Il
1t were it would simply mean ruin to our
city. II tho bite of n single mosquito gan
convey yellow fever and 50 produce an
epidemic Of death and sorrow, the action
of the City Council in accepting the state
mcnt that manufactures cannotilive with
In its corporate limits, Is as fatal as the
| MOSQUITO bite; it is worse than the bite
OF mad dog,
wo wish our friends OF tho nlanufac-
turing interests affected every possible
success. Itis not that we 'love Caesar
less but Rome more" Our chief COM
plant is against the City Council, though
we could have wished that a nobler public
spirit had moved the industrial compa-
nies.
The facts Of the croolledness OF TINS
limo will go into the minds and hearts Of
tens Of thousands. bring suspicion upon
the transaction nnd distrust of the City
/ Council.
We do not see thata more effective plar
could be adopted to njure the reputa.
ton Of the city as manufacturing
centre.
There is also involved the great mora
and political question Of equal rights t
| MI and special favors to none. viola
ton Of which Invariably bring about III
own severe punishment.
Some day the City Council will certain
~ hear this cry: you let the four indus
i tries in the northwest crooked corne
70 scot FREQ and now you wish TO Cd
press, They were strong and Influential
but am, weak and helpless,
! ''What will the answer beg"
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