The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12

With but three dissenting votes the
annexation ordinance was passed ~ u
the board of aldermen last night. TIE
vote being . to 3.
After having been discussed ana
passed upon by the special commit@
tee from the city council. and hAv~ss
ing been adopted by the commOm
council a hitch appeared when the
ordinance was presented at a spectA
meeting of the board Of aldermen.
At that meeting the vote WAS Aix
to five for the ordinance. The Law
required majority of the board
eight. Mr.. Powers, chairman Of tho
committee, who voted for the ordf-
nance, changed his vote to one against
the ordinance so that at an opportuuo
moment. at one of two following meA1~
ings, he might move for reconaio-
Grafton.
Seven For Ordinance.
/ When the board OF aldermen wa1
] called together last night -here MerA
seven men In favor OF the ordinances
and four against 1t.
Mr.. Bliley had been brought to the
cham Der by an annexauoniSt. lie wa
ON crutches, and came. contrary to the
advice of his physician. in order t0s
vote for the proposition. AIR. Disney
was not present Many members "a
the board and others who favored an
nexation got busy over the phone N
order to get Mr.. Disney on the spot.
He was needed.
But in the meantime, after having
had a long talk with Aldermen Fuller,
Powers and Gunst, Mr.. Nielsen, who
was an original anti-annexationiSt,
I stated that he had been converted-
That settled It, and Mr.. Powers.
/ chairman of the committee, spread q
broad smile over his classic COUNTIES
nance.
There were many lobbyists present
including number of members OF the
common council, and several real ea*
tate agents Also some of those who
had appeared before the COMMITTEES
and asked that their property be lett
out of the proposed plan of annexatiun
were present.
Disney Reaches Scene.
A number of preliminary propoai-s
tons had been passed, In order 20
give MIR. Disney time to reach the
chamber Finally he appeared.
Then Mr.. Powers arose and stated
that as Mr. Bliley was on the scenes
in order TO vote on the propositions
and had to get back TO his bed, and
Mr.. Disney left big business proposes
ton to be present. he would like th@s
annexation question to be brought ups
Everyone. including those VINO dis
agreed with the ordinance. voted -
bring up the annexation proposition. Il
When the vote was announced M
showed that SIR. Nielsen had gone 0vSN
TO the "nemy," and that the ordt-s
nance had carried by the vote Of 2 tn
a3 Mr. Grimes was not present. H
had a death in his family He wouIds
have voted against the ordinance
1 Before the question was put to II
vote Mr.. Melton, of Jefferson ward
offered an amendment. He stated thAe
lnasmuch as the people of his VAR
had indicated their opposition to A1Sys
nexation, he would offer an amenA~s
ment SO that the question might 49,
placed before the people. ii
1--WE have heard a whole lot AnOu&
the people wanting annexation. so
Mr.. Melton When have the pe0p1A
4 had a chance to tell whether th9k
4 wanted annexation or not? This whol4
4 plan is in The interests of those WAos
1 have something they wish the city ~
take care of or something when tnAAA
& have not given the people chana4
4 to show how they feel about IT.. NJ
\ resolution simply leaves 1t up 70 IL
ueople l am not against annexali0M
\ But what are we going to do with thu
territory which we are taking In new
Paints Gloomy Picture. II
I where are we going to get the pee
/ pie to fiji that territory. A Few 81
\ ploiters of real estate want the iarMN
l and plats brought in for personal r6As
I sons. But what good will they 30
4 the city? Show me. IL you can. wh0r4
I the renter can derive any benent Ir0n3
Z annexation In the broad lines ~ iAaM
A out by the ordinance My peopie A0
\ not want farms and arid waste4
1 brought into the city. when there -
1 more vacant lots and untmpf0yA%
4 street here now than the city CO.
l take care OF. We have lost two thoMS
\ sand population within the past A4
4 months. For two years we nave MMx
thousands of people working here OF
\ the big buildings we have been eree9$
4 ing We have had six thousand 49,
\ ME. with their families working
the Locomotive Works. Where ~
they now The Locomotive WoFkN
practically shut down. Five thonaaN
people who worked there are &0l41
elsewhere The men who have h&N
here for four or hve years building
big buildings have gone eiseWh9A
There are no more big buildings. ~
little ones either going up. WhanA
we going to get the people 70 AltSM
this wide territory which we prOp4
to annex.
Mr. Fuller replied that the pAAI
OF the city represented BY the vAx1N
business associations the vAFt0soy