The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
. ANNEXATION IS
NOW. 4 CERTAINTY Gel
Mayor Most Reluctantly |'i|'l
Siqns Ordinance as
Amended.
RESULTS WILL BE
UNHAPPY, SAYS HE
Exclusion Of Certain Manufac-
tories unfortunate and I'm
necessary" The Ordinance
Does Not Provide Liberal
Space Beyond Corporate
Linits--Reasons

:
Lirnits-Reasons
The annexation ordnance Is now .
reality.
This most interesting document reluct-
antly was approved by Mayor Carlton
Mccarthy yesterday afternoon about 4:as
o'clock and promptly returned to Mr.. B.
T. August. clerk OF the Council @
Mayor Mccarthy was asked last night
for a statement OF his reasons for APP
proving tho ordinance, as 1t was known
that no wrestled long before making up
his mind to do SO. In reply he said:
II was unwilling to sign the annaxa-
ton ordinance for the following reasonsi
II. Because, while tho ordinance re-
ierred TO map In the Office OF the city
engineer, showing the mates, bound ).
courses and distances OF the l proposed
lines, no such map could be found. and
the ordinance, as It stood, contained con-
Trajectory matter. which would prevent
the engineer from drawing map which
would express authorltatively the VIII
OF the City Council.
~ Tho contradictions referred to re-
suited from the introduction into the
body OF the ordinance of quite Lengthy
amendment, Intended to supersede other
matter OF about the same length but be-
cause OF failure to move to strike out
the original language, the ordinance con-
tains both the original and the substi-
4 tutcd matter. 70 cure this imperfection
have requested a mcmber Of the Board
OF Aldermen to Introduce an amendment
In the board on Tuesday night WHICH will
strike ont the words which ought to have
been stricken out when W. amendment
was inserted. 5
Results Will Be Unhappy.
~. SIs believe that the amendment ex-,
Guiding from the corporate limits cer-.
tain manufactures and a portion OF the
y Branch, was unfortunate and Funneces.5
sary,; md that tho results In the future,
will be unhappy. s3.. s,i i,
Y a. The ordinance does not provide that
liberal space beyond the corporate limits
which tho needs OF the city demand more
especially in the western and northwest
ern sections. No act Of the Council, for
tlnately, can prevent the natural growth
OF the city, nor can any legislation change
tbs Inevitable tendency westward. The
most ordinary prudence suggests the Wis
dom OF supporting By every artificial
means, growth IN the direction "nlch u
naturally takes.
Why He Signed It.
II finally signed 1t for the following
reasons:
81 The needed map can be prepared
now, because the errors In the present
ordinance are easily seen, and because
the bounds in dispute arc fresh In the
minds OF those who have been engaged
In the work. and vague and uncertain
language can be rendered into accurate
bounds and lines.
to,
body of the ordinance can be stricken
out by immediate action by the Council
or, as last resort, by the court, which
viii pass on the ordinance upon docu-
nlentary evidence and expert testimony
from those who are familiar with all the
details. 4 f
Prove It False and Cruel"
49, At some time In the early future
4 the fault committed by the exclusion Of
a portion OF Bacon's Quarter Branch can
be corrected. and the insinuat ton that
manufactures cannot survive the condl-
tlons inside the corporate lines can be
proved false and cruel,
PROUD cities OF ancient times were
walcd,> then fortified and finally wall
and fertilization disappeared to make
way for grand boulevards II our cor-
porate limits must stop at line OF
factories and cannot pass them, we nave
4 a fixed. endless and fatal condition. But
this theory must SO down before
The messing demands OF the people for
snace and the inevitable natural ex-
pansion OF the Inhabited territory.
Opponents of Expansion. ! tiiist
~. could not allow unfortunate amend
mcnts by the opponents Of expansion to
defeat the obviously necessary extension
of the city limits so as to cover the ter-s
rItory west OF Randolph Street and south
OF Grove Avenue, and give the sadly
needed additional territory in the west
and northwest, The needs OF Fair-
mount also demand relief
rs. Veto OF the message because OF
It's defects and deficiencies rs well as
could ascertain by inquiry would have
endangered the whole movement for an-
nexatIon because It would have neceH-
SLATED the Introduction Of an entirely
new ordinance and would have reopened
every question which has DIVIDED the
Council during the discussion OF the
general question. There was cersa' ny
danger Of new divisions concerning the
exclusion OF factories and portions, o.
The branch, with certainly a probability
that the whole matter would be delayed
Indefinitely. ia
80. ! deemed 1t wise, in spite OF my
personal objections, to settle this mat
ter In order to facilitate and advance the
d present lllopeHeiltt tpV VIE diiItuAa.sou, ~
Manchester. and in connection with that
matter some Intelligent and final deci-
sion with reference to the proposed now
bridge between the two cities.
Difficulties Insoluble.
~, The Mayor had to choose one OF
= three alternatives: To veto, to approve
or to allow the ordinance to become a
law by Limitation Of time, Neither OF
these alternatives would be satisfactory
ia me, and can see good ground for
objection by others to either course that
the Mayor might take. but the diff
entities Of the situation are the creatures
Of the Council, and are to my limited
antilles lnsouble, It would amuse and
4. possibly interest and surprise the every
day citizen to know how many questions,
moro OF less Important, must influence
one who has to decide In such q sltua-l
l. 4inn smnhM an -imnnrtant Issue. Il. INV Llatt