The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-10
CONSOLIDATION
IS DISCUSSED.
Senate Committee Hears Colonel
Anderson and Attorney
Page.
PARKER ON TIE ]UDaEsHIp
Southampton Lawyer Not a Can
didatc and Docs Not De
sire New Circuit.

sire NEW fS1rCtlil.
| The bill offered in the House by Mr..
| Cox, of Richmond. and Messrs. Anderson
and Harman, Of Richmond, and Sale, OF
Norfolk. III the Senate, relating to the
have received consideration at the hands
| OF u Joint session OF the two Committees
! on Counties, Cities and Towns last night.
| but Mr. Bland, OF tee House Committee,
raised the point that some OK his con-
stituents not in the city desired to be
heard, and the House Committee retired
from the ncosing.
| The. comnlttce of the upper branch
| heard partial discussion OF tne meas
| ure but took no final action. The chief
speakers We're Colonel George Wayne An
derson, who, it is understood, drew the
bill, and City Attorney Charles J.. Page.
OF Manchester. The former pointed out
| the necessities for the passage OF the
measure in a very able manner. and
the latter spoke for the principle OF COIL
solidation, but suggested amendments
which he considered important to his
people.
Mr.. Page did not like the idea of the
probability OF putting Manchester in the
legislative district with Richmond, nor
of doing away with the courts In the city
across tho James. He argued. therefore.
| that 1t would amount to q calamity to
| his city to PASS the bill in Its present
| form.
| The House Committee will give a hear
| ing on the bill some day next week.
| Portsmouth and Manchester are said
! IN ho tl,a two oft npculinrlv in
| in defending the bill, while Richmond and
\ Norfolk are, perhaps, the ones most deep
! ly Interested in Its. passage.
Mr.. John C. Parker. of Southampton,
gave out the statement last night on tie
subject of creating o new judicial circuit
!. for his section of the State
| Il understand that some of the people
in Richmond have stated that an effort
will be made to form new judicial cir
cult, composed of Southampton. Isle
4 of Wight, Surry and Princess Anne, and
that / would be ono of the candidates for
1udgeship of such new Judicial
II have no such Idea, and have ou-
thorized no such statement to be made;
I am strongly opposed TO any change
in the circuits in my section. Ny county
/ is in Judge Prentls' circuit. he is a
splendid judge, and VIC don't want to be
interfered with. Ind even if 1t be true
that some of the judges have too much
work and new circuit must he formed.
! ] should earnestly OPPOSE composing it
4 of the group OF counties ment oned, as
they are SO very inaccessible to each
other. II new circuit must be formed,
j, ought to be so composed as to make
each part of 1t easily accessible to others
by means of public travel. and if the
four counties named be grouped together
no matter what part of 1t the judge is
| taken from he would be exceedinly mac
cessible to the other part. understand
that Judge Watson has too much work
and II the Legislature feels bound to form
a new circuit, suggest that Judge West
be relieved OF Brunswick and Green
vile. and give him Dinw. dlie and Peters
burg city. in lieu thereof, and that Judge
/ Prentis be relieved of Southampton and
| given Princess Anne instead. thus rel ev-
ing Judge Portlack, and then form
new circuit composed of Brunswick
Greenville and Southamp, ON, all of which
are contiguous and lie along the line
of Southern Railway which runs through
! the county seats of each. | don't want
any change made, and don't want to
lose Judge Prents. but il any Change is
made. sincerely hope it may be 10 form
u new circuit more conveniently arranged
than the one now proposed: and il they
will leave Southampton In Judge PRINTS
circuit l shall not be concerned about
what else is done.
/ The bill to prohibit the fishing of pound
! nets and stake nets in water of twenty
feet in depth and over in any of the
rivers OF the State or within one mile
of the mouth of any such river with
Messrs. Powers, Curlett and Moncure asi
patrons. will doubtless be of interest to
the fishing people of the State. The great
/ 81 q hpl fnpa flt to I,ii
remedy is that the deep water fishermen
! honeyconrb the mouth of the river with
! nets to such an extent that it Is a
| matter of impossibility for any great
| number of fish to enter, and so deprive
| tho up river fishermen of any show of
!! catch worthy of their efforts The bill
is SO provisioned as not to go into effect
| until January l, 1907.
Ground was laid in the Senate vester-
| day for the removal with added visor of
! the old fight defeated in the last General
] Assembly. to regulate and require con-
nections between telephone and telegraph
ccrnanies and the delivery OF messages
subject to the orders OF the State Cor
poration Commission.
A bill offered by Mr.. Strobe, of AM
herst, provides that the corporation COM
4 mission be directed and empowered Ito
/ herst. provides that the CORPORATION Com
/ pnntes. the wires OF which enter or
! that have Offices or stations in any town.
CITY or village OF 100 or more Inhabitants
In this State to give connections and de.
/ liver MESSAGES to other telephone or
telegraph comnanies entering or. having
\ Offices In snch cities. towns and VILLAGES
suh1cct to such reasonable rules, charges
4 and regulations as the State Cornora-
ton Commission may from time to time
\ pron,u'Rate.''
discussing the hill Yesterday Mr. Strod.
said similar measure had boen defeated
in the last legislature by n small vote