The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-03
SPEED LIMIT RAISED
TO FIFTEEN MILES
Common Council Rejects Twenty-Mile PROPOSE
ton of AutomobilistsW ashington Ward
Members Seated in Lower Branch,
Which Numbers Forty Men.

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| Fifteen miles ali hour was the speed
! limit fixed for automobiles and all
other vehicles not propelled by ami:
| NAL power over the streets, roads ana
| parkways In the city limits by the
| Common Council last night. The Com
/ mittee en- Ordinance, Charter and Re
| form reported an amendment to the
existing automobile section in the city
code. making the, speed limit twenty
| excessive. The present limit which
4 has apparently been more honored In
| the breach than in its observance. is
| eight miles an hour. 49,,
! The report was not reached until
! late in the session. during which there
! We're several propositions TO adjourn,
/ Several references were made by the
| president and speakers to the automo-
| Council railing and their evident lob
/ bying in favor of the higher speed.
| When 1t was urged that the COUNCIL
/ should not adjourn. as many of the
| Thursday night, when 1t had been sug-
/ gested that the matter be taken up,
! President Peters remarked with some
| sharpness that the Council could get
had only served to delay the business.
Fifteen Miles Wins.
] Chairman Umiauf. OF the Ordinance;
Charter and Reform Committee, led
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that in the committee the vote had
| been to 5. Twenty miles, Mr.. Umlauf
| said was entirely too fast Tor SAFETY.
since it would endanger drivers OF
/ horse-drawn vehicles, and practically
shut them off from using the roads.
/ Twelve miles was as fast as should be
| allowed, he thought. but he consented
TO vote for fifteen, and offered the
| amendment inserting that fgure: DIR
| Pollock said that the amendment did not
| cover reckless driving; that II was pos
| sible to drive through crowded streets
| or to turn corners sharply at even
| ceedingly dangerous. He gave notice
! that he would later propose revision
! of the entire ordinance regulating au-
| tomobiles, and the ffteen-mile substi-
| tute was adopted with only ie" scat
/, In accordance with his notice to the
/ Council, Mr.. Cutchins attempted TO
call up. the report on changes IN u the
/ dent Peters ruled II out of order. on
the ground that it had been tabled
/ for consideration at special meeting.
| The Council finally adjourned, subject
| IN the call of the chair, and was i'm
| rediately called to meet on Thursday
/ night at s o'clock TO complete It's
| docket, and at that time Mr.. Cutchins
! will renew his motion. and endeavor
to have the paper made the special
| New paper. offered.
On the roll call the following ne"
pa Nv Mr.. cutchins: Appropriating
4 81. 500 toward the entertainment fund
i Of the Richmond Light Infantry Biues
/ on the occasion of the armory dedlca .
Connecticut and Rhode Island and their
4 STATS. Referred 10 the Committee on
/ Finance. 60.
/ and others to close certain alleys. 10
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/ By. Mr.. Gentry: Requesting a confer
ence with the Richmond and Henrico
| Railway Company as TO the Tree use
/ for pedestrians OF the proposed Mar
/ shall Street viaduct. To the Commit
/ tee on Streets.
BY Mr.. Hirschberg: Ordinance in
creasing the salary of the Superintend-
ent of Street Cleaning to $4,000 year.
To the Committee on Ordinance, Char
Same: .Appropriating $4,000 to an ac-
! count for music In the parks. TO the
| Committee on Finance.
By Mr.. Pollard: Ordinance to confer
| police power on members Of the Board
i Of Police Commissioners. To the Com
mtttee on Ordinance, Charter and Re-
BY Mr.. Pollock: Resolution appronrl-
! ating $4,000 for sewer In Leigh
! Street. To the Committee on Finance.
Same: Resolution granting TO Mrs a. !,
4 .. Atkinson right to use sort coal at
By Mr.. richards: Resolution appro-
i priating 100000 for an addition to
/ Chimborazo Public School To the
1 Committee on Finance.
/ BY Mr.. Richardson's: Resolution APP
/ propriating $1,000 to thu. fund for the
! National Rivers end Harbors Congress.
/ TO the Committee on Finance
/ Washington Ward Represented.
The five new members from Washing
= ION 4 w Eli, G. G. Jones and ". VI. Work
man--were seated as members OF the
roll cali last night, Messrs Boschen
and Wise being tbs, only absentees,
The most extended DEBATE 81 me
MT, mittee oh Apportionment OF Funds in
he Annexed Territory. which. was
called from the table BY C Char n
The of rsPIt P'G gTade
gravel Broad Street Road and $4,000
to continue the grading and graveling
of streets In Paramount, both or winch
weer adopted as recommena "a H., att e,1a,.
Ward delegation to have the Broad
street appropriation changed to West
| Main Street, in that ward. Mr.. Davis
led the fight for MAN s nree anu p p1-
lard's Joking suggestion that there
might be a land boom on In that sec
ton. 80, W.,
had got its fun share Of the annexed
territory money, and said that coun-
my carts were now dest TO- ns,n M4 nst
observation-disclosures, because at times Broad
Street Street Road within the city limits was
impassahle, while In Henrico county IT
was excellent b4ulsy ~ Th and pa ths
report of the committee overwhelm-
lingly adopted. ,
! Mayor Richardson forwarded 70 the
I C,ouncil a communication from the As.
!, socintion for the Preservation of Vlr-
ginia Antiquities relatlye to the pres
ervalion OF the John Marshall House,
which was referred 70 the school
control, and which Is now repairing It,
On neutrality-suspicious. Of the committee
on Streets, the City Attorney was IN;