Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-29
SPECIAL tqniI|tItt hloE1'
Desired Information 10 Not Fortheon-
Ina, However, and the Body Makes
No Decision az TO the Oesirability
Of Annexinn Suburbs-Why Council
Should Act.

of the committee on annexation
no referred back to said commit
tee for the purpose of comforting
with a committee to b. appoin'S>
nv ,he city council on the sub
ject OF annexation.
Resolved. H.-That the city
council be requested to appoint
two members OF the select ana
three members OF the common
council. for the purpose OF inves-
tigating the question OF annexa-
ton, and to obtain such statisti-
cal information as may be neces'
sary to pass intelligently on the
question of annextng new terri
tory.
Resolved, IIl.-That the coun-
ell be requested to confer with
committee for this chamber on
the subject
The Chamber Of Commerce diS''''
cd of the question OF ext ,H''hE ~.
CITY limits last night bv adopting VIZ.
above resolution. which was onereo
nv Mr. ". f. Barrett after the chah
E,r had discussed at length the It,
mort CT a special committee appointed
IN investigate into the advisapihts
Feasibility Of extending the limits
Mr.. barrett stated that as the coahei
would have to have oficiai data upon
which to base any movement looking
towara an extension OF the limits. II
would be useless for the CHAMBER 20
spend time and money securing tn'
necessary Information upon which &c
base an opinion upon this question.
Two Recommendations.
The special committee, composed OF
Messrs W. 3. Vest, j. r. Sprague
and A. Rosenbaum, made report
containing two ecommcndatiohS
The first was that the present time
IL not a proper one for the agitation
Of the question OF extension. and that
the movement should be dropped by
tho chamber. Secondly, the commit
tee Recommended that, In the event
extension should be decided upon
the limits should be as follows: BE
ginning at F5rty.seventh. street and
James river. extending along Fifty
seventh street across the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway var to Jefferson ave
nue. soufh on Jefferson avenue Il
Thirty.sixth street.. east On Thirty
sixth street to Salter's creek. ATOMS
the channel OF Salter's creek Il
Hampton Roads. and thence arount
the roads and river front to the poin
lot beginning. -
- NeitHsr Approved. %.
Neither Of the recommendation!
seemed to meet with the approval o
. the majority Of those present. Mes
sfs. w. Z. Barrett, W. f. Spruill.. W
Lea Powell. C. Il. Nelms r. w. Rey
nolds. Ivan II. Wiss, w. 8. COPELAND
and others urged that the statistics up
on which to base an opinion should b
; forthcoming. Messrs. Barrett ant
CottreH, though they dwelt upon tn
necessity Of having statistics. also I'D
vancc,t strtng arguments in favor o
; extension. Mr.. e. I. Ford said tina
!, the Chesapeake 4 Ohio railway woui.
not oppose any proper effort in tn
Part Of Newport News to extend IL
limits: though the 'company would
oppose an attempt to take IN tn
! tracks, north Of the city. where Their
are not settlements. simply to get tn,
taIes from those tracks.
! Mr. Vest spoke IN support Of tn
committees report. urging that this q
not proper time to asifate the an
nexstion matter. Mr.. W. Il. Iive4e!
spoke in defense Of the Old Dominion
Land Companya position. which va
referred to by several Of the speak
era
Several motions and substifuf =.
we're made. but the adoption Of Mr.
Barrett's resolution settled the arsu
nhent.
The resolution win he sent to tn
sorncil A. once and advocates Of eS
'tcnsioa will tnd.avbr to see to IL tina
Z the work Of securing the desired in
, formation Is. started at once.