The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

puiso[y drainage LOT tIe territory pro-
posed to be annexed appealed to him at
first and from hygienc standpoint he
believed that Richmond should relieve
herself OF the congested condition.
III we would avoid disease we should
expand. Another reason for taking In
this territory gtpointing to the map ex-
tended across the court-room) is that we
would give to tho citizens residing in it
police protection that they haven't got
now. sYSlt3I hiun III syet
with the poseible exception of Hobo
ken, Richmond u the most densely popu-
lated city in, the, United States" From
statistics he declared that the death rate
here was greater, than in almost any city
the size of Richmond. and he believed
this to have been the result OF the CON
gested condition.
'The crowding together of families is
not only detrimental to the health of the
city, but 1t lays the foundation, to a large
extent to the corruption of the morals
of the YOUTH. declared Mr.. Cannon.
No Manufacturing Sites
He depied that there were any desirable
manufacturing sites in the city. and said,
that he had been impressed with the
fact that many firms had moved from the
city and others had refused to locate
here simply because there were no facili-
Cannon in answer to a question from Mr..
Pollard, said that with the extending OF
the city limits. rents would, II they didn't
decrease, certainly remain at the present
figure, and that II the city remained In
It's present congested condition, with a
few thousand more OF people the Increase
in rents would be the inevitable result
The city at this time. he said, was fully
able to take in all of the territory pro-
posed and was in a position to take in
even more than was planned In the orr
dnance. In fact, he had favored the TAX
ing in of much additional territory THAI
that Included in this ordinance now up-
der discussion. ss
Mr. Charles l.. Todd said that he was
in favor of annexation, but he took issue
with the others who had testified that
there were no desirable manufacturing
sites in the city He was OF the opinion
that there were plenty OF sites IN Rich
mond for all the manufacturing plants
that desired to locate hero.
Mr. Cannon's testimony was very much
different from that OF Mr.. Todd, and In
fact every other witness who gave evil
Idence was of the opinion that there We're
no sites for manufacturing establish
ments that might wish to locate In Rich
mond.
Mr.. W. S. Crenshaw. special city ac-
ccuntant, gave statistics yesterday boar.
ing out his testimony of the day be-
fore and the comparative area of; Rich
mond with other cities was offered,itnl
evidence. 1t was shown through evil
dence that Henrico county would be the
fifth county in the State In the point
of valuation after tho territory to be
annexed had heen taken away.
The city closed last afternoon at 6
o'clock, with the exception OF probably
witness or two who VIII merely DC
corroborative On Monday morning at
10 o'clock Falrmount will petition to
come in. The citizens from there VIII
by their evidence show the necessity and
the expedlency of annexation. hon.
Thomas w. Gardner Is counsel for the
Paramount people.
Mayor on the Stand.
The Mayor was the first witness yes
tertay morning. lie followed his
testimony of the day before, dealing
mnrc specifically with the conditions In
Richmond and the necessity for ac!.exa-
ton He was taken in hand by Mr.. Wen-
denburg for tho county and questioned
regarding the report OF the gas expert
in Richmond The Mayor answered that
tile gas works here was on par vita
the works in washington. and that the
only trouble here was In the SUPPLY pipes
He was asked by Judge Nicol how the
annexed territory would be pollced, and
| replied that there would he mounted po-
lice, Five mounted policemen can patrol
this territory better than thegeounty has
ever done or ever can" said the captain,
"rhe city is able to issue more bonds
, to-day than every department can
SPEND declared the Mayor
The criticism OF the water supply WAS
unjust and came from man who were
Interested In the sale of the plant to some
| corporation. testified the Mayor. He said
TINT there had been n persistent effort
for years to wrest the control OF the
waterworks from the city
I'll say without fear Of contradiction
that ! can sell the waterworks for 81