The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14
TUESDAY. MARCH 4. 1905 s'. 4.
Annexation

8F ,rhe interest which the though U VI m en- e11
~ 4, Richmond feel in the subject Of i an
a lion was manifested In the large
attendance upon the Chamber OF Z CON = 1ii
5merce mass meeting last evening 6. "
meeting was not only interesting put ~
an eminent degree instructive PKG
MAYOR Mccarthy sounded the keynote
when he said that apart from AZ NJ ms 81
material considerations, annexation 5" was
$neces sary In the interest Of health ana
,no.;lls, and In this view ne was Eaoin y Z
ably sustained by Or. Oppeni1 eimeS' t5i
#ss Colonel George Wayne Anderson gave
full information concerning the annex
alton Law, which was enacted Largely
through his efforts, explaining Its various
provisions ind the reasons for them.
s};g Mr.: a. b, Williams spoke Of the con-
#gcstibn Of the city, showing by COM 'i 4
ptarative exhibits that Atlanta, with half
the manufacturing business Of Richmond,
has double tho territory,
Mr., Joseph Bryan n,ado a gratifying
statement concerning tho attitude Of the the.
American locomotive Company, which il15
owns the Richmond Locomotive forks,
toward annexation Mr.. Bryan did not
think ii would be fair for the city to take
iii such outlying plants as the Locomotive
Works for reasons purely predatory but
said that II it was necessary to the gene
@5ral blanSto bring this property within the
city$lmits. { the compa ny would raise rs, g
objection Il Iii furthci. discussing this
Ho
il 3sugges ton, which It would be We'll for
ss the city authorities to consider. lie point
" ed out tile difference between q store,
&8house for example, whose value Is prac-
is tieally the same from year to year. no
matter how occupied, and a manufacturing
plant whose value Is due entirely 10 the
spirit and energy of those who operate
III IT, a plant which is valuable when in
operation may be practically worthless
5 or even worse than worthless, Il opera <
ton should cease. Mr.. Bryan suggested
that these facts should be taken Into con-
sheraton when assessing manufacturing
plnnts for taxation. and If SO the city
need not fear that 1t will drive such.
establishments away by taking them into
tile corpora ton. Do not spare them
81 said he. in expanding your territory, spare
them when YOU have ,.taken them in.
In the sanie connection. Mr. John b.
"a Minor said that 1t was significant that no
IN representative OF an outlying manufac-
turing plant had appeared before the
Council Committee to protest against be-
Ing taken In. 5 #
Tho meeting ended withan endorsement
OLA line which will incllAle Barton.
Heights, Chestnut Hill, Paramount and the
territory lying between Barton Heights
and the Hermitage road. This is as 1t
should be. and The .Times-Dl Dispatch heart
lily approves OF Il broad gauged lioeral pol
icy looking to tho future needs and de-,
svelopmcnt Of our community, We have
confidence In Richmond's future and we
believe that nothing will aid that future
more t.an the taking In of territory that
" VIII furnish homes for those men who are
the bone and sinew Of our community.
VI The spirit OF the meeting was courageous
end confident and tho problems before
W must yield to such q united attack. Il
jas The discussion cleared many points and
Nj strengthened many timd citizens
PRESIDENT Leigh is to be congratulated
c.. the high public service again render
led the community by the Chamber OF
Commerce. af,