The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-11

and will eventually be inherited by the
city of Richmond. when the inevitable
annexation comes. To annex now he
argued, means to avoid the burden of
bond issues At high rates of Interest
me meeting adopted unanimously
the following resolutions:
Whereas, the Council of Richmond
has taken the initiative to appoint n
special Joint committee 10 consider and
report on tho subject OF anneXins more
territory, and.
whereas. many OF the people In the
SUBURBAN developments have petition
ed the Council to annex their territory
/ ana.
whereas. the rapid growth and de-
Neiopment OF Richmond demands that
our people enlarge the city's prcsent
area TO meet present and future needs.
and
whereas, experience has shown the
"is"on or the Engineers Department
OF our CITY controlling the opcninc and
grading OF streets to meet our growth
IN the outlying territory and.
w hcreas. the health OF our peonle
as Wen as those in the suburbs around
I richmond, would he best conserved nv
the city's health board controlling and
regulating sanitary conditions ma
hcreas, there is great scarcity
OF comfortable homes for the cI,sso.
oi our people earning from $50 to 500
per month, Iargc percentage OF ,,bo,,
work in our factories. and.
Whereas. there is very linitod
rcslraoIe area for the building OF sucb
. it,i q. reasonable rent. which con
"itioh discouraEcS DEVELOPMENT of ,rt
character of building, ami bcIIcvj,,.
ipcrai extension OF our limits Gil
'"iEoiE supply this urgent need ana
N.hcrchs' me present square mile
area or Richmond is the smallest Of
any cry or like population. with tho
! exception OF Paterson, y I ana D.,
ing. Pa, and.
Mhereas' many other cities in rho
class OF Richmond In pop,Ilation ba,
considerably larger area and arc .bo,,
ing rapid growth. and
Nnereas. the policy OF liberal ~,
I.exation would increase our manu-. IL
to about $4,000, therebv ma i rp"i Zion
mond more prominent traliing ,r'..-
IN "nicn every citizen is natnarII,. ~
terested, and ''e"riiy IN
whereas 1T Is In the best intorcsts
" our people that Richmond sbo,,iI
control the use of s;rcets 49,, ,.L,
ways by railroads and street ra;,,,.a, ~
and r"'i"aEs'
Whereas. we believe n liberal noIi,.,
OF annexation would encourage thn d.
Feiopment of a grouped CITY. mo.t
economical development to encourarn
and No"r"ec'
=, "neieas' tne law governing annex
.'o'' 10 very ihir 10 the city and those
that may be annexed: therefore hn !,
RESOLVED. That the Richmond chan .
per on commerce. in regular meeting
pctltion the Council to consider n liz
eraI pohcy OF annexing TERRITORY.
we ask the Council to extend our
present limits at least two miles norm
ana northwest, one and three quarters
miles west. one and thrcc-n,,artors
, miles south. and one half mile in thn
| east Such course would embrscc
nearly every development for houain,r
the people and provide much desirnhle
territory for industrial and residential
growth.
Plans for Tax Reforms.
Arthur NJ. Cannon. discussing tho
tax reform question. laid down Adam
Smiths historic enumeration of The
. underlying principles of effective tax
ation-cqnality. certainty. convenience
and economy. His committee. he said
Is drawing upon the various States of
the Union for information on the tax
problem. and Is gathering - mass Of
data upon which to base recommends
tons for an amended taxing system
The tax on mortgages and on bank
deposits. he said, stood most in heed
of immediate reform
Governor Mann, touching upon the
same problem I'm his speech later in
the evening. said that the state can.
not expect tho taxpayer to be honest
| until 1T becomes honest itself. Tho
Commemorative falling in this re
Spect he thought was evident in its
treatment of intangible personal prom
erty.
j. B. Rlnder presented resolution.
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