The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-12
FIRST ROUND GOES
TO OLD COMPANY
|NFRANCH|SE BOUT
Street Committee Rejects All
Bids-Question Now Goes
Gees to Council
T SUBCOMMITTEE
TO FRAME REASONS
Assistant City Attorney Says
Ordinance Protects the
City's Interests and
Is Valid

Resolved. That this committee re-
jcct all bids and name subcom-
naittec TO draft the reasons therefor"
Resolution offered by Mr.. Powers
and adopted by the street committee
yesterday evening.
AyeS--Messrs. Mills, Of jefferson
ward; Powers, Of Madison ward; Pull.
Itr, OF Clay ward; Pollock. OF Madi-
son ward Vonderiehr. of Lee ward.
Nocs--Messrs. Nelson, Of Jeffers on
ward: Hnsidon, Of Clay ward; Gunst,
Of Aee ward.
subcommittee to formulate reasons
and TO report back 10 general com.
mittee-Msss,rs- Fuller, OF Clay ward;
Mills. Of jefferson ward; Pollock, of
Madison ward.
Another delay was mad yesterday
evening In the consideration of the
question of awarding a franchise Cor
q the ssass of the streets and alleys OF
the city for supplying citizens with
light aud power. as asked more than
a year ago by the Richmond and Hem
rico Railway company.
A. had hten agreed upon. the meet
ing WIS executive.
MANY interested persons. fasnrtng
all interests. were present in the ro-
tunda OF the City hall After the ron
of the committee had been called and
every member found present. the
chairman. Mr.. Pollock. stated that the
committee had determined To hold the
meeting behind closed doors. and ask
ed the sergeant alarms to direct aii
persons present, except oouneiimen.
city officials and newspaper men 10 re-
tire.
There was general scramble for
/ the door. Captain A. II. Guigun, OF
the Virginia Railway and Power com
pans. endcavored tn get the committee
to suspend rules and consider a request
In reference to improvements to Broad
street tracks. but the chairman was
impia cable.
He. however. deferred 10 the In
sistence of Captain Gnnsou, md put
the question before the body The
ranmit.ea decided not to allow the
proposition TO interfere with the pro-
s-rr-it.tgS which the committee had
assembled to transact and Captain
Gnigon retired with the others
Those left in the chamber when The
aonrs were closed were Mayor Aims
He City Engineer Boiling. Assistant
Attorney Anderson. Alderman Paul.
of Clay ward. aud the committeemen.
besides the newspaper men.
Before going into the matter in
hand Mayor Ansiie asked that pa
per from him concerning the advis-
ability OF opening mp one of the streets
leading from the north side OF the new
Free bridge he taken up and referred
10 a subcommittee for action, This
paper has already been referred TO in
Fhe Nirg.nan. 1t simply asks the
committee no direct the city engineer
10 survey the various outlets and de-
fermsne upon some convenient one and
TO report Ia council.
Chairman Pollock named. on motion
OF Mr.. Gunst, committee OF three
to act in con junction with the mayor,
the city attorney and tho city engi-
neAr. and placed Messrs Gnnst, Pow
ers and Mills on the committee,
Start Ball Rolling.
Then the committee started in on
= thr subject In view. chairman
suggested that the committee was
ready to hear from any member as
TO what procedure to take.
The committee had adjourned from
4 last Thursday night. -nfter hearing ar
gumants by representatives from the
Richmond ana Henrico company. the
Virginia Railway and Power company.
and Upper & CO., the latter of New
York, to take the matter UP yesterday
evening In executive session, and dis
cuss the question OF granting fran
cnass. .S ~, Iarr,co COM.
ne nien.ianu 80 ~ e,a a. tl,n
p any haa me New Very comnanv had
nssrea IL ooa while the Virginia Rail-
ohereo so,oo u WV n1r,nan, had n,aas No
way ano r1"er s,,.s srs,,,ran,s whs,
Diu' ,rsno MIS- shou,d - Granted All,
" ~. = has she.ri gone into fully by the
papers.
neiore ~,..sar ssa,aa ,na. thav
u .nha anu y. racortea In the nroceed-
wlsneu ~ ~ ,,oted arainst an execu.
mss ms. % . nass
i've sc sss,,s stated that he wished 10
r. ME- ha,n, rresant and hay-