The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14

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some tbs lest worltnien employed on
his ta per- lived IN the % y
thbugh they eslirlcd tigh I'M Wy
city they nearly al oIll}le lo',g
voting there. u q a iiss I. ,.l
Williams pointed to THO s ~ lsi i
fact that though Richmond NO NJ Twice
8thenun1ber of Industries ind twice rs
( much banking capital nnd $d,d Twice az :
mitch busifiessYtts Atnfltn,yc lalcNis'o BIZ
was crowded Into less thai lialf ire
space. .'Ih otlies enrds,' said mr.. VII
ANS, II lclir,oni does twice t i Yotk
E.M half the room 12lclin,ond ls ron Y
ling over. iund We should STOP y ny y
t1enks.,l5$f 8S55 u 5.5 IN M
b..sstvhen Ii same here some years sago. l
came very near going away on account
4 Of tho high rent. rho crowded condition
Uf Richmond liz driving people hWy on
II Isl far more crowded thnn Plllllauelp ~ "a
or 1sost on Il Is \; I5 !.
Mrs. Williams said he vns IN favor T OF
StakinE &if as much as could bog goltels
mt once. 50 that citizens can IND homes
for their fatniiic 81 V llS II fay
sInsFavh Of Expansion.
II Or. Oppenhel1ncr. president OF tho Board
solS Health, said Tho had been hea cal an
favor OF oxpnnsion troyene nt Z ~ 4.
long time,s n From d health stnndpoint
}cxphnsion Is 6nbso,,tcly necessary. III
find It often the case thnt on ~ 9 ngle
floor there faro several persons suffer-
Ing from different diseases ana 81 these s.s
persons Sierc SO closely associated with
other persons iii crowded houses tlint
disease spreads like wildfire.'
XII Unless YOU have plenty Of. 1fcsh ~
tuberculosis will infest the city a 51 .t3 TO
show how greatly tho city is In need aof
fresh afr, Il 4 will tell yo,,f that one out&of
evcry$seVefl deaths In Richmond Is from
tuberculos s5 .i5 i. At a y aai 5s \
5 Aga in. wes must have jurisdiction over
tho bull t-up8suburbs SO that we may 5De =,
able to caro- for diseases that nro next
door to ourscityf Limits. AZ It Is now, We y,
cnnnot control&n case Just outside ! w
and in many instances o y
citizens suffer&on this account. A IA
Mr.. Bowe Opposes. u
Bowc spoke ainst1 nm nnn ts Al
tlon, but lit was Clearly seen tina his re-
marks did Interest; the aut ience ~ $
several statements Of ver-h assessment
wero denied saShy Mr. Crenshaw who \
quoted from the records or the City ~
to sustain Ills positi to sllo ZOE
the past four years prope r hnd I s DIG
for % pei cent above the assessed value g.
.fss'Tfirty-two per cent" said M r. a.
Cntlln. II SSlS'
q. Mr. Bowes STATED that Leo ID strict had
not been built UP, ana tina II the city
needed homes, here were plent yl Of va
emit lots I'm that section without annex
Ing new districts III
I'm nnswerstoz this statement Mr. Blake
and Mr.. Catlin said that lots In zee Dis
trlct-werc worth from $40 to $40 per foot.
while in Barton Heights. Chestnut y Fiji Il
and Fairrneunt Land was worth from - 4
to $40 per foot. n rs .$5{ II y 8
Mr.. Blake. in avery happy speech, u said "a
Its the speculation in lots II, Ice DIS
trict that Killed that part tSof x town. y
poor2man can't 1.-Two there. u We lived there 4
for six months, md I've got I move. :
He stated that he could get from Sew
rnth and Broad Street to Chestnut ELL
quicker than hos could get from the same
point on Broud Street to his homo In
Lee District. ss 81 .sss s II
I'VE want homes for tutoring men,
said MI. Blake, S..tYou can rent a house
III, l'hllade lphiAi or Baltimore for $40 per
month"; forHWhic h1you would have to4pay5
$50 per month Here. ' II .,s.
Mr.. C:rens shaw arose and said that MIR,
Doves a arguments iwere based upon mis-.
N # :sSs ffs s5
Mayor ose Favors II.
Mayor John. 4 sose, s .of Barton He!ghts,
yns called uppil, l1e said iii part: ], !. ~ ,.$
Liam heartily fiji synipnth by Of alinexa-
Ion. Eyer since Nv been aarcsident Or
he county, I've felt that 1t was to the
interest Of Barton Heights to be IL part
e tho city. Is ~ fair to take in. "A I he
avlne and use It for, dra image, drawing
IL the filth from Richmond into lt2..
II don't know what you think of IT, but
sc think you are not treating us right
Mr.. Davis Bottom, Of the Council was
allied on to cxplal Why.$lls committee.
Heights ana Chestnut Hill.
Mr.. Bottom, in d short speech. said that
Z he bosts reason was because the
lily would havd to purchase the First
nd Fifth Street bridges. and that he was
4 the opinion tllnt q would be very cost
y to get gas and water to Barton
Ieights I'll fsSss 81 S3 II
Mr.. John b. Minor. Of the Council. re-
lied to Mr.. Bottom, hy saying that he
vas out and ont for nnncXing Barton
Ieights. a nd that 10 did not agree with5I
ar. Bottom III his contentious. a4r. Minor
tated that lie believed that the manu-
would be benefited, and he stated that
otg one owner OF suchsan enterprise had
ntered a protesting voice TO the annexu-s
ion scheme. $8S ~ 81 Eftl2
Major L. II. Christian spoke against nm
exation, and stated that he did not think
hat Richmond was unhealthy.
Mr.. Branch Speaks.
Mr.. John r. Branch spoke at length
gainst annexation. Mr., Branch stated
hat tho death rate was not from lack
4 fresh air, but from bud food bad wa
err bad milk and bad roads. 10 paid
lis compliments tosDr. oppenhilncr, presl-
ent OF the Board or Health, by telling
i'm that he (Mr Branch knew moro
bout the cltys 3health8Ahan he DR. on.
enhlmer) did. IL 70 BIZ
.eMr. Branch made a number or stnte-
nents that We're controverted BY various
,itIzcns present., lilo stated that tho |
and ~ larger, per cent. OF The
OF the Locomotive Works were
This statement Mr. joseph Bryan de-
lied, saying that the manager was born
II Alexandria, and sthat3nenrly every one
mar, Srunra