Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-23
LAST OF WITNESSES
GO ON STAND TODAY
Counties Have Their innings" In
PRODUCING Testimony to Prove That
Propcsed Extension of Newport
News is Neither Desirable Nor Ex-
pedient-Warwick Rests Its Case.
(From STAFF Correspondent.

| WARWICK COURT HOUSE, VA,
April 22.-Though nearly ali OF the
witnesses fcr Elizabeth City county
are yet to be heard, the Newport
News annexation case is nearing
fclose. All of the evidence for the
city has been heard, Warwick county
has rested its defense and 1t is ex-
pected that the Elizabeth City wit
nesses will be examined in time TO
permit the court to adjourn early
tomorrow afternoon. Judge Shackel-
ford has set Friday, May 8, as the
date for the argument, and the court
house in Newport News as the place.
Commonwealth Attorney Wilcox,
| of warwick. asked that the court
postpone the argument in order tnat
/ the record might be prepared by the
stenographer and so that Judge Chris
tian, of Richmond, might attend the
Confederate reunion at New Orleans
next week. City Attorney Massie, OF
| Newport News, was willing to agree
to a delay for the benefit OF Judge
Christian, but he contended strongly
that il was not necessary to wait Tor
the record. and urged that the case
ought to be decided one way or the
other before the license taxes go into
effect on May /. After some argu-
ment the court overruled the objec-
ton and fixed the date. Mr.. Massie
asked that the argument take place
in Newport News and Mr.. Wilcox
agreed 20 this arrangement.
The judge said ne would be inclined
to limit the argument to three hours
for each side. in order that it might
be finished in one day.
Counties Have Innings.
The counties had their innings
at Warwick today. Various witnesses
testified that they did not deem it
advisable or expedient to have the
territory proposed to be annexed by
Newport News taken into the city
limits: that the counties are furnish
! ing adequate police and fire protec-
ton, schools. etc. TO the territory IN
question, and that Warwick county
could not afford to lose the revenue
of which it would be deprived if the
annexation program were carried olt.
Treasurer S. Z. Curtis. of Warwick,
SAID that 42S of all the revenue now
received by the county would be cut
of by the proposed annexation.
Court was in session today from
$3.50 L and from to 8: As o'clock.
Tomorrow court will not convene IN
Ill 10 O'Clock. because Of the distance
N
travel.
Maps Introduced and Identified.
Adclph Wagner. civil engineer en-
ployed by the Old Dominion Land
Company, was the first witness called
to the stand today. Witness was
questioned concerning a map in eyi-
dense as May a Of the city of New
port News and OF the territory pro-
posed to be annexed. He designa.cc
the property 4 the Old Dominion
Land Company on the map. He said
that the property known as Pc 1T
Breeze and PulIiam's farm had never
been plated into lots and streets;
that there are 1918 acres OF land
within the present limits Of the city
OF Newport News. and I.I49 acres
within the territory proposed TO be
annexed.
Cross-exs mined by Mr.. Massie. wit
ness said that c. & o piers 10 and
liz were not sh- WI on this map be
cause the map was made before the
piers were built He admitted tina;
he was rot familiar with the water
ifrcrt. and that az the time this map
was made he secured the Information
as 10 the piers from a map furnished
by the Chesapeake & Ohio engineers
Office.
Mr.. Read handed the witness a
map marked Map 90 which showed
the sewer system IN the city OF New
mort News. Witness said that there
arc I25.0e0 iincai feet Of city sewers
and u 500 feet Of private sewers
I ~-rcss-cxauiincd he said that the pri.
vafe sewers shown were built prioi
10 the inc rporstion Of the city. sn1
that NJ private sewers had been con
si.rcicd since the Incorporation. ~
said on crS-s-cxamiuation that h
had not ben over the Sewer. bit nas
secured bic Information from the Of
acc Of The city engineer. Mr. NssSi'
objected 20 the evidence aud th'