The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-25
plan
IS NOW COMPLETE
Committee Agrees Not to Permit
Further Changes in Ordi-
nance as Drawn.
WESTERN BUGABOO LAID LOW
Much Mootcd Line Is Permitted
to Stay Where Last Meet
ing Placed 1t.

The Special Council Committee on
Annexation met at o'clock Yesterday
afternoon and vowed solemn vow
mat 1t would under no consideration
consider any further changes In the
annexation ordinance as drawn and M
proved at the meeting of September
IL, and that all further grievances
alleged or real. will have to be settled
by the courts
The vow was not made part Of
the record. but II was cmphatically re-
peated in speeches by Alderman Fuller
ana Councilnen Jones and Umlauf. and
was tacitly agreed to by the other
three members in attendance
In token Of the winding-up, Chair
man Powers directed the City Engineer
TO proceed at once with the prepara-
tion OF the map authorized Mt the meet
ing on Monday and to notify the com
nittee as soon as the man and ordi
nance are ready for distribution. Tho
committee Will then hold n final meet
ing to send the ordinance to the Coun-
CHI with It's unanimous approval
Western BuRaboo Lnid Low.
Ihe ougaboo of tho western bound
AIRY. which has been tho champion
.rouoie-maker In the preparation of
the annexation plan. was Yesterday
laid low forever. At the last meeting
1t had caused two-hour debate Even
Councilman Umlauf. who throughout
has insisted upon placing the western
limo as far east rs possible, tired of
the crusade, and, with his fellow-com-
mittcemen. agreed to let the line STAY
where it is.
According to the ordinance. which
now has the committees united APP
proval. the western boundary OF the
new city, between Grove Road and
Monument Avenue, will be line run
ning 2o5 feet and four inches west of,
ana parallel with. Westmorcland
Street. The western boundary through
Chanlilly-now Monument Avenue
Fark-will lie $50 feet west of, and
parellel with. Blacker Street.
Rcfuse to Change Line.
H. +. Smith asked the committee to
change the northeastern line to in
cludc Hermitage Park. The commit
tees line in that section runs 500 feet
west of Hermitage Road, and takes in
about one-third of the development
The owners of Hermitage Park sub
mitted that TO take part of the de-
Veloprnent in and leave part of il out
would create dissatisfaction among the
purchasers OF the lots in the subdi-
vision some OF whom might feel that
they had been Disseminated against
The change could only be made upon
ii RECONSIDERATION OF the action af the
committee at the last meeting laying
down the annexation lines as described
in the ordinance, and Alderman Gil
man moved such reconsideration. The
proposal was strongly opposed by AL
dcrman Fuller and Councilmen Jones
and Umlauf. who feared that IL the
question were reopened the whole mat
ter would again suffer delay and con-
tinuance. The courts. they pointed out.
as final arbiters of the annexation
plan, will afford the desired relief if
meritorious case is shown
Worked Seven Months.
Appointed last February. the Annex
alton Committee has worked seven
months to put into concrete form the
ordinance which. ii appears, will now
be presented to the Common Council
at its meeting on October &. 1t has
held about fifteen meetings. made three
automobile tours Of the territory TO be
annexed. and has spent little more than
half OF the $500 appropriated for the
work by the Council.
With the united support of the com
mittee behind il. the annexation ortii-
nance, it is believed, will undergo no
material changes In passage The new
lines have received n great amount of
publicity, and objection to them has
been uniformly light. There is no
reason to believe that more serious
objection will be encountered in the
Council.