The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-13
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S0UTHS|DE
The City Assembly Holds a
Very Important
Session.
AN ACT FOR ANNEXATION
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Clear Water Question Settled.
Boy Loses Three Fingers.
Personals.
AN ACT FOR ANNEXATION
Manchester Bureau. Times- D,spatoh. !
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'h1ichestor Bureau. Times.Dis patoil,
No. 1102 Hull Street.
For tho timo being mt least, the clenr
wator proposition In Manchester will rest
LOT the City Assembly. in regular session
last night, adopted q report of the special
committee on this subject. rocommen ding
the establishment OF a filtration pinnt at
cost not to exceed $4,000, and tncitly
| decided upon the Roberts Manufacturing
Company, OF Philadelphia. as tho firm to
put In the filterer.
Annexation was discussed incidentally
and City Attorney Page was instructed
to confer with City Attorney Pollard Of
| Richmond, with reference to the drafting
OF general law to cover annexation In
the State. Under this general act Man
chester may be annaed to Richmond.
Much other routine business was trans
acted. and the discussion Mt times was
somewhat spirited.
The assemblymen present were Me ssrs
j. u, Wakefield. w. d. Bradley, d. j.
Toney. A. a. Adkins, c. G. Jones. J. d.
Reams. c. L. Petit. C. C. Cox. 3. A.
Nunnally. L. 2. Taylor and II. A. Lindsay.
The resolution offered by Alderman
Hooker in the Street Committee. that
$4,000 he expended on tho streets In the
| next year, was referred to the Finance
Committee without argument. Last year
less than $4,000 WAS spent on the streets.
| In order to carry into effect the resolution
1t would be necessary to issue bonds.
Sanitary Inspector.
The ordinance. which originated In tho
Board OF Health. and which provides for
the creation of the office of sanitary in
spector for the city. was listened to very
| attentively by the members OF the AS
| sembly President Wakefield ordered the
! ordinance TO lay on the table until the
next meeting. the law requiring any
| measure carrying an appropriation TO
| take this course.
| Mr. Toney moved that twenty-five
| copies of tho ordinance be printed and
furnished tho members. This was or
| dered.
The Assembly adopted, without discus
sion, the report of the special inves,iga-
| ton committee, which inquired into the
alleged bad clerical system, of City Col
lector I'll. *. Reid, and returned report
that the collector had been careless in
Issuing garnishees against persons who
had already paid their taxes
Mr. Blair, Of the Blair-Rhuel Glass
Company. asked that some ordinance be
passed 10 snow that the taxes on his plant
were exempted, ms the Council had done
when the industry located in Manches-
ter An ordinance identical with the one
under which other FIRMS are working was
passed.
Mr.. Blair asked the Council that a light
be furnished at his plant. It was pitch
dark there now, he said, and II was very
inconventent for people going to and from
the place. Messrs. Cox and Jones said
that the city could not place light there
now, for the lights were all taken. Mr..
Toney declared that this glass factory
had been great help to Manchester and
the light should BIO given. He moved to
send the request to tho light committee
and this was done.
Mr.. Q. G. Jones asked for a franchise
in the city for the Virginia Rug and
Drugget Company. Messrs. Robert NJ
Smith and Company. OF Richmond. will
operate the new industry. An ordinance,
exempting the firm from taxation for
five years was passed.
Clear Water Proposition.
Mr.. Jones made the report OF the Clear
Water Committee, recommending that the
assembly adopt the plan to erect a
mechanical filterer near the present pump
house.
The cost of the filter is not to exceed
10000. or three-fourths of a cent per 1000
gallons in addition to the present cost,
which lis three and one-fourth cents per
1000 gallons, including interest on bonds
issued to establish flew filter plant.
Mr.. George T. Hodkinson. general man,
ager OF the Roberts Manufacturing Com
pany, Of Philadelphia. Pa, gave In detail
what could be done with the filter. Water
would be pumped into settling basin and
would then be coagulated and filtered.
| motion to refer tho matter to the
| Finance Committee brought forth the Ire
| of president Wakefield, who appeared
| to think that 1t was an attempt to pigeon
| hole the matter. Mr.. Jones later offered
q resolution to empower the Finance Cons
mlttee to Issue $4,000 worth Of twenty
| year bonds, or SO much thereof as neces-
| sary, with a 4 per cent. Income tax.
City Attorney Page advised the menu
! hers that tho matter could not be at
| tended to at this meeting. and would have
| to lay over.
"A motion by Mr.. Wakefield to suspend
| the rules and take the matter up at once
was lost.
Mr.. Wakefield then moved that the
| Assembly instruct the City Attorney to
prepare an ordinance for tho issuance
by the Council or Finance Committee of
| 100000 worth of bonds. This was done
after considerable discussion.
! Annexation w ranged OVef.
When the special annexation commits
| tee made its report recommending that
tho City Attorney OF Manchester be In
etructed to confer with the City Attor-
ney of Richmond with reference to a
bill to 4be presented to the General AS
sembly providing for the annexation Of
| cities and towns. there vas n very per-
ceptible prickng UP of ears, and every
one waited for Tho first outbreak. None
knew what 1t would bs for there We're
members present who were ina mood to
take any side of tho case and chase 1t
to the bfidge. Mr.. Page stated that 1t
was necessary to have general act COW
erinr the annexation proposition or the
work of the two committees would come
to naught. Tho Constitution. he said,
was silent on the question. MT Wake
field took issue with the City Attorney
that the Constitution was silent, and op-
nosed the Recommendation that the City
| Attorney. confer with the Richmond City