The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-16
WILL HAVE CHANCE
TO TELL TROUBLES
Committee on Ordinance Charter
and Reform to Hold Open
Meeting.
ALL MAY GIVE ADVICE
Cold Storage, Funeral Hack Hire
ad Street Cars to be
Discussed.

CitizensM nursing grouches against
the existing order of things in general,
ranging from the high cost of living
down TO he increased expense attend
ant upon dying, will be given an OPP
p~ortunlty to air their grievances n
suggest remedies Thursday night, when
the Committee on Ordinance, Charter
and reform will hold an open meet
ing.
The public liz invited 10 attend. In
deed. Chairman Jacob Umlaue wants
every Disconnected resident OF Rich
mnnd to come before the committee,
tell why he is dissatisfied. and what
he thinks ought to be lone about it.
Altogether 1t will be very much like
an experience meeting Of the
knockers Union, unafflliated." I'm
like most Knockers, meetings" how
ever. this particular one will not i'm
probably result in something being
done in the way of reform.
Cold Storage Arguments.
Among the many and p~ariegated sub
Jects due to come up for discussion is
the regulation regarding the placing
of food in Cold Storage. or in plain
words. a discussion of the high cost of
living, or the cost of high living as one
sees fit. There AVE been many NUT
= sihSo iI u tlpuI TAlCifLilOfld during
the winter just passed. following the
inevitable comparison of the contents
OF the weekly pay envelope. and the
g%rocers' bill.
The unanimous verdict has been that
money doesn't buy as much as it used
to or ought to-and in a majority OF
Instances. the cold storage proposition
has been blamed as responsible.
AS n result an ordinance has beer
proposed regulating the period for
which o tufrs may be kept in cold
storage. And at the meeting this or
dinance will be discussed. II a ma
Jority OF citizens favor II, it will &c
on 10 the council with the
dation that 1t be passed. Otherwise
1t viii be killed.
High Cost of Dying.
1t Ia a far cry from the high cos,
OF living to the cost of hack hire
when one wants to attend a funeral
but such is the fgurative leap to be
taken at the meeting,
Recently, ii will be remembered
owners OF that type of hacks In de.
mand when it is necessary to ride tc
the cemetery decided that if, since
1t cost more to live, things should bt
proportionate. accordingly, they
raised the price.
Immediately there arose "A loud
wall OF protests from all sections oI
h city, for there Is no one in al
Richmond whom those hacks or 9th
ers like them will not follow at som,
future day.
And SO. the matter is to be thresh
ed out at the committee meeting
Citizens VIII be given an opportunit,
to state whether or not they thinl
the hacks are worth the ''highe,
hire" The hack owners, too. vii
be given a cance to defend their &C
ton. After both side have beer
heard. the matter will be dropped o
an ordinance fixing the hire at a Ger
tain figure will be framed, accord
ing 20 the weight of the arguments
or course, no Knockers meetinl
could possibly be. leomnleta wisbou
,sgrnet rlttR taking aarap or two hit Al
street cars, and this particular meet
ing VIII prove no exception to tn,
general rule. In this instance citi
zens will argue pro and con as to tn,
ACCESSIBILITY of forcing the cars I,
stop on both sides of the street. Tn
n der present arrangements, the car
v step on only one side. 1t is possible
that following the discussion an ordi
nance may be framed demanding
If them to stop on either side of al
- streets interesting IN their runs.