The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-14
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Bathing at + crest I'LL. Park May
| Be Stopped Sby:5 the
City. s55.
FOR I Flv MILES !! !; !; 5,
This the Purports ST an Ordinance
Offered atetllc Assembly
Meeting Last Night,

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Man chester lis to have Jurisdiction oyer
James River and It's tributaries for five
miles from the city X limite. and per soi's
n Ii 6F have made q hnbl Of 9stjath hin
tie river above Belle Isle will Ve Ssto
,find another place to cool Intensely q.
The ynatatorium at Forest Hill Park may y
also be closed ns a result OF an ordinance
that was ffered In I'll meeting OF tho
city Assembly last nj Il /, The wa ter from
the pool wherein people bathe every day
flows down a little creek and empt les tEto
the James River just; aboveS the In Ike Of
the city Water Works, ant nc cor ding to
rintendenta8Ch Charles Fl. Sharp a and
city Attorney Charles u. Page. the health
at tho citizens is ae rlously N terfered VIII
~ thls egligence. ~. gs$
IN adelitionist To- the adoption OF a reso-E
luton fter tho passage of an ordinance
us re ported from the Water Commits
sloners, providing for the appontment 81
q COMMITTEES OF five from the Council Ito
consider the questip n OF the olarify wing
Of the water! that 1bours into the intake
spipe OF the city, the Assembly tran g. g.
acted many other importan t ma tiers.
f Mr.. Adkins, OF the Third e Ward. OF y
fered an ordinance which was 4fnYorably
received, providing Il for the sale OF the
pity not at Eleventh AZ and ~ Balm bridge
sfree 10 the CITY School Boa ri. 7 "a ne ~
Kgf school building will sss;bo oree ted on
the site. u q III 5isS
Mayor H "A. Maurice sug gcstcd that
the city sell a part Cd the city, 10 ton
Hull Street and plac e Il the amount !, re-
ceived from the purchase to the credit
OF the fund for the erection OF q new ~
courthouse building. Ss5 {$s ri: 355E3!
The session In detail was very interest 81
ing. M VII i5s 4. 7iits 81 SIl
Those present were; Messrs. J. D.I
Reams, W. D. Ferguson. 81 A. z a. Adkins
c.: L. Petit, D. I. Toney.. O. q ones,
&C. c. Cox, H. Lindsay, 3.
Bradley, b. "A. $Nunnally, T, j. r. Taylor
Md t6hn@ s. Wakefield. (. w FEE
Mayor Maurice, Dr. p, 7, 4 RUG er and
Aldermen Robertson and Moore were also
| present ss8 II 81 N III "a
s An ordinance, recommended for pas.
sage by the water commissioner, to prohl-'
bit Il persons from bathing In y the river,
within five miles. Of the y intake to tho.
water works on James River. was read,
| and City Attorney G. u. Page explained
the object OF the prop osed law. He said
that the present ordinance In force BY;
theEscity. only kept !. bathers fsom sgoiag
IN the. river one mile above tllp1 Oily. Ma
recent statute. said Nh Page, on tanned
iba iItclap 81 that would deter any person
from s$bath!ng in q tributary to the
5rIveer from which the city drinking water
was obtained 554F ~ si
/ In short, tho purpose OF the ordinance,
he said. was to extend the city juris-
diction for Ave niles, Ks Y
The ordinance, upon n motion Of Mr..
D. II. Toney3 was unanimously passed.
Mr. C. Fl. Sharp superintendent Of
now comes into the intake above Belle
Islo comes from 81 stream that started rat
Forest Hill Park and ran throug h the
bathing pool there. ~ ~ %
| Down further In this stream COWS stood
wellniglii all day and the refuse Of many
/ houses, was poured into the creek, which
! enpttes into the James River only = q
short distance above the intake Of the
city 4WaterWorks. ess 4 FL
Committee Appointed.
After. hearing the report OF the Water
Commlssio and the sta tenn enti 9 81 MI,
3sha RI, Mr.. Bradley moved that a commit,
| tee Of five, three from the Assembly and
two from the Board, be appointed to look
| Into the matter OF purifying the wafer
lin the river above eNintake Messrs,l
Is. u III Toney, "A, "A. Adkins and W. w,
Ferguson were appointed from the AS 'is.
sembly. Il =.
statute against the ia st running Of autos
limobiles was passed with one dlssent Ing
vote Mr. Wakefield said that he did not,
| thoroughly underst and the ordinance ana
voted against It, 5 ss8 y
The Rudd RESOLUTION proyldtng for ths
Of "a commit tee to. LOOK 5lnso
was 'r not conquered In by the Assembly
Vacation for Mayor. 55s.
mayor III. IA, Maurice was given 9, one
Ifmonths vacation, and after nklmg 81 TX "
hat the city, sitlit could not find g suit
nile location for The pos ohlce8 build
dis ,p Of a Spart OF the lo4tY !, lat and
Mace the money received from the sale
to to- d fund for tho ERECTION q q new. court.
| house use The suggestion was faYorably Z, re-
4 ceiyed, and Mr.. roney 9 ffered g fe s :
Hutton prevailing for me ppothltns,,.M y