The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
REFUSED TO SIGN
. BRIOGECOATRACT
New Tangle Develops, Which
May Send Measure Back
to City Council.
WEST END FACTORY PLANS
Pattersons, Ready to Build, Get
Permission to Cross
Street Line.
WEST END FACTORY PLANS

ior inc new mayo Bridge In the Coun-
Gil Committee on Streets last night, MIR.
Lynch and other members OF the com
mittee suggesting that II the lcontrac-
tor. J. j. Smith & Co. Inc. proposes to
pursue such policy toward tho city.
II would be we'll to retire from the
agreement at once and seek bids for
Ia bridge elsewhere Chairman Adams
and City Engineer Boiling were uu-
thorlzed to negotiate With Mr. Smith
! and If satisfactory terms can be reach
| cd, the contract Will be signed by the
| chairman. Otherwise a special meet
Ing OF the committee will be called.
City Engineer Boiling reported to the
committee that the Council had APP
lprovcd the award on the Smith bid of
! S224,I3i, the bid proposing granite
| spall paving of the roadbcd The FL
nance Committee added $4,000 for Bel
| Sian block paving of the roadbed. That
was the extra estimate In the Smith
:, bid for asphalt blocks, and recent bids
OF street work showed Belgian block
and asphalt block approximately the
same, he Belgian block being few
cents cheaper
Wants Doubic Price for Paving.
Mr.. Smith now asks $4,000 addI-
ttonal for the kind of paving required
| by the Council resolution or $4,000 in
addition to the appropriation. Mr..
Boiling also called attention to the
! fact that the plans did not provide for
| rip-rapping the slopes on Mayo's Is
land against freshet, and he recon
mended that the concrete curbing be
| faced with steel. at n cost Of $1,000.
The Smith company had also ella lined
the rails and equipment on the old
bridge as part OF the property guar
anteed 10 be turned over to It, but an
opinion from the City Attorney was
read. stating that the rails were tho
property OF the Virginia Railway and
Cp,,N "a
by 1t. In order to conform to the type
of paving provided 1t may he neces-
sary to recommend to the Council an
additional appropriation before the
contract can be executed and work
begun. Mr.. Lynch asserted cmphati-
caliy that II Mr. Smith pronosed to
charge the city $4,000 for an S. O0O
extra. he favored taking tho contract
away from him n t once. -
Patterson Plans Grcnt Factory.
NJ. C. Patterson. president OF the
II. A. Patterson Tobacco Company. out
lined to the committee the plans of
his company to erect large manufac-
turing plant in tho West End at the
need OF Clay Street. Clay Street west
OF OF i.omo "a rdy has never been opened.
though II appears on some maps OF
the annexed territory. and he asked
that IL be not opened, as the new plant
Will necessarily cover several blocks.
II was question, ne said. whether tho
CITY had ever acquired any title to the
land through tho tract Mr. Boiling
SAID he saw no objection. as the city
mad before allowed the closing OF Clay
street west Of Bowe Street, several
large warehouses having been erected.
mere was no record. he said. to show
city ownership. and the extension
would be useless to the city. as 1t was
bounded by q network OF railway
tracks. Mr.. Patterson said that his
hrm proposed to begin construction al
once. and the right to build across the
proposed lines OF Clay and Afoselle
streets was granted. subject to an
proVai BY the Council
New Freight station.
w. d. Duke. assistant to the prcsi-
dent of the Richmond. fredericksburg
ana Potomac Railway, secured recom
mendation of an ordinance for the
construction of certain tracks across
norton and Harrison Streets. as pro-
Vided In the plan for new freight
station. ~ "
L r. Page presented the application
OF Mrs. e. D. Christian to be allowed
to close an alley in rear of her houso
at Henry and Franklin Streets. SO az
20 throw into her lot property she
owns fronting on Henry Street NV
separated by ten-foot alley
She offered to cede to the CITY IN
sleu ten ieet In rear, making a thirty
loot court in the centre of tho blocL
and to pave 1t at her own expepsa
Inc Commonwealth Club and Ms. r
Moncurc Perkins. abutting propertv
owners. consented, but vehement pro.
test was made by c. ID. WingGeld. who
be greatly injured by the change. The
transfer was recommended to the
Council.
Henrico Railway Plans,
Samuel l. Kelley, counsel for tho
Richmond and Henrico Railway Com.
pany. stated that although the time
for completion Of construction Of the
line expired June 80, the work was
almost completed-the track all laid
the powerhouse ready. the Fulton
trestle being rushed as rapidly as pos
sible and the cars bought and maid
for. The only delay. he said, was In
connecting with the tracks Of the
virginia Railway and Power Company.
Having failed to settle between them
selves the terms for joint use OF
tracks, poles and current, he asked
that the committee direct each com
pany to appoint an arbitrator, the ar
bltrationi to include the agreement as
to transfers. Captain A. b. Guieon.
for the Virginia Railway and Power
Company, emphatically denied any re-
sponsibility for delay In completion
or the road, telling of conferences |
since last February, and saying that
his company resented the attitude of |
the Richmond and Henrico Company |
in seeking to place on 1t t.. blame |
for delay. He asserted that his COM
pany would appoint It's arbitrator
within week and not unduly delay
negotiations. but that ne was opposed |
to having work begin or cars operated !
until the terms had been definitely de-
fnr<r, tn hr,a =, -. ( Il
into binding contract. Pending the |
report OF the arbitrators. the com
mittee adopted a resolution requesting |
the old company to consent to the !
laying OF physical connections with |
Its lines where authorized. pending |