The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-06

was the next witness. He was very much
Interested In tho question Of nt,nexa-
ton. Thinks 1t is lnexpedlent and I'M
necessary to take In all of the proposed
territory and 1t would be a wrong to
the city, to the county and to the pep
pie living In the territory to he annexed
IT would be n wrong to the city because
Richmond cannot improve tho new ter
ritory without largely Increasing taxi
ton; the city should not take In new
territory only az fast ms II can improve
and properly care for 1t. IT lis wrong
TO the county because BY annexation the
county Will be deprived of much revenue
Going back to the wrong" 10 tho citvV
Mr.. Bowc figured out that TO Itnprova
and police the now territory and give
firc protection would cost SO much
. .nat tne tax rate for the whole territory
would go SO high that the prosperity nnd
CROWN or the city would be materially
retarded Speaking again of the slowness
or Inc city In improving new territory
the witness said: III 1t has taken four
teen years to partially improve 400 acres
III Leo District your arithmetic will helm
you to determine how long 1t will tats
to improve the 2,sOo new acres now nro.
posed TO be taken In
WitneSs could conceive OF M raasor
why the city should annex the territor,,
around the Reservoir, as 1t already h,s
ample police power out there. Mr. An
derson examined Mr.. Bowe Mt length .,a
found him strong witness agains, IN,
annexation OF the Doolcy property. aa
ne was against annexation generally.
Mr. Mereuith opened the cross-examl-
nation. Among other things witness IN
reply 10 hypothetical question said
ehht assuming that better and perfect
police protection for the women and chiJ-
tn
follow the annexation OF that property.
and that OF Major Dooiey. he would favor
taking In those properties. but he was
opposed TO taking in Major Dooley mere
" to make him taxpayer. His objcc-
ton to taking In the Reservoir property
was largely due to his belief that 1t was
wrong to Major Dooley 10 take his
property In.
Mr.. Pollard completed the cross-examt-
nation OF the witness and apparently
made some inroads upon his strong anti
annexation testimony. Witness admitted
that he was little prejudiced against
Lie administration of the city govern-
ment.
Who Gets Improvement
In tho course of his cross-examination
witness said Conncilmen by their infIu-
ence in the body OF which they are menu
bers, get improvements made about their
own property that other people could
not get. He spoke again Of You
tickle me and ! will tickle you" and
gave instances where he thought the
game had been worked He wouldn't call
il downright dishonesty. but thought it
was questionable.
Mr.. r. *. Parrish, of the Richmond
Cedar Works. was mex, called. Witness
he was opposed to annexation. because
he believed in municipal matters as in
business the true rule was 10 grow by
degrees. His object in locating IN the
county was 10 avoid heavy city taxa
ticn. Other reasons for that move were
to get watcr front and railway advan-
tages on "A twelve-acre lot.
Being asked by the court II the qncs-
ton of annexation was reduced to tho
alternative OF taking all OF tile territory
now proposed none. would he favor
annexation. witness said that was hard
question To answer but he thought the
city ought not to blte off more than 1t
could chew lie was in favor of gradual
annexation. Witness said Richmond was.
IN his opinion. the greatest city In the
world, and he wanted 10 see 1t grow.
Mr.. C.. w. Wormley, Journal reporter.
who wrote the article referred 10 by
Mayor Mccarthy, about the horrid sani-
tary conditions on Dance Street. Wit
ness said tho only errors In the article
were as TO the names of the doctors
mentioned, and these were corrected tho
next day. He found the sanitary condi-
lions there Just MS represented in the
article.
Mr.. w. II. Dunn Was the last Witness
examined. He is in favor of limited
annexation. He had sad experience with
annexation when Lee District was taken
in He owned property there. and did
not get the benefit of civic improvements
promised. although city taxes nearly ate
up his property.
Court adjourned at 6:25. to meet at 10
this morning. Twenty-odd anti-annecn-
ton witnesses have been summoned for
to-day. and Mr.. Wendenburg said he
thought he had enough witnesses already
summoned to keep the court busy for n
week.
The proceedings may be somewhat sem
sational to-day. as Mr.. Wendenburg vii!
take up the remark Mr.. Meredith made
Saturday that money was used when the
Mills annexation line was adopted by tho.
City Council. ERery member of the
Council who voted for the Mills line has
been summoned as witness for to-day.