The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-12
manchester Consested. TOO.

b,, extension of streets Wi'i'ouI go
inc In the 655 acres embraced IN Man
chester. ~
Manchester ConEested, TOO.
Further he SAID the limits OF Man
chester as now constituted are large
ly cougested, the area not lnclua'hs
the large tract thought 10 be SO SUIT
able for factories and building p9f-
poses. Manchester. he said, would fur
nish nothing as basis of credit since
she ALREADY exceeded her bond limit
and stands there am absolute nnan-
cial wreck" nor did he consider the
: assets of the southside City 10 be
worth what had been estimated-SS9o'-
600
After presenting further figures as
: to the cost, lie took up the clause
which guarantees 40 per cent. of the
revenues to be spent in street I'M
fprovements, claiming that the streets
could not be paved until gas and wa
ter pipes ana sewers had been pro-
vided, and reaching a grand total es-
innate of the cost of the agreement
for five years as s1,000,05o less the
annual revenue of that section, esti-
mated at about ,one-half of that
amount. In closing he made a ref
erence to Business Manager Dabney
of the Chamber of Commerce, as the
municipal brass band and said that
many merchants had written letters
TO their Councilmen in good faith, but
without studying The questions In
yolved. He also referred 10 land boom
ers near ForGst~" Hill Park. but said
that he would pot c.targe that those
Interested In outlying suburbs had
worked for the ordinance because Off
their property interests "As see It,"
he said, at is an outrageous breach Of
faith against the annexed territory to
propose an elopement with Manchester,
and crime against the tax payers to
spend so much money over there
Mr.. richards Speaks.
Mr.. Richards followed with a care
fully prepared speech in opposition
to union. with an array OF facts and
figures which showed that he had
given much time to the subject. He
considered the proposition Throwing
away millions of dollars" and was
especially bitter on the clause which !
allows proportion OF the street
money for specified term to be spent
IN paving sidewalks. He then went
into an elaborate statement to show
the cost of the proposed consolidation,
figuring out that the total amount to
be spent for five years in maintenance
under the terms of the agreement with
the item of sS7,a67 debt of Manchester
assumed MSS. over and abovs assets to be
: lie credited that amount by the csti-
mated income for five years and an
allowance for supposed increase In
taxation as improvements are made OF
$3.50. leaving the cost to Richmond, ac.
cordinG to his estimate for nainte.
nance. s3li.l0o.93. Then he took uD
the construction authorized under the
agreement, much of which he admitted
would be In the nature Of permanent
assets, as follows:
New bridge. S22S,0OO; site, 100000.
repairs TO old bridge. $4,000: inter-
est on the bridge outlay for 1lve years
sea,6oo; water pipes, 100000. gas
pipes. 100000: sewers, $4,000. IRE
apparatus $4,000; less tolls. sac, 600
leaving Richmond. according 10 his
( hgnres 10 have assumed in five wears
over and above ali receipts, a total OF
.eos.2es toF which Richmond would
receive ON tho present basis. s2,S6e,s1s
IN TEAL eiate subject TO taxation.
we get Manchester's business now
ma haven't her debt he concluded,
nhailY admitting that lie was not on
nosea To her coming In but lIlle Mr
Pollock. disiked the terms
In reply Chairman Pollard said tbat
= any one could alIaass a vast arrav ~
s.hRures. and suggested that Mr. Eicb.
Mus had taken the special accountants
Ns uiss where they suited him aud had
ouos'!sulea MS own where they did not.
Not Far Apart, Says Pollnvh.
Even ON going through THIS ysst
column which Mn. Eiehprds re-