The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-15
Grundy Tells Aldermen
It's West End Termi-
nal on None at All.
DISNEY CREATES
MILD SENSATION
Declares On Floor That He
Signed Document Through Mis-
take, Many Sections Beng In
serted Which He Did Not
See-Get City Attor-
ney's Ruling.

Needless Of the warning sounded by
Hioerinan Barton II. Grundy that II the
foard or Aldermen did not act with
unanimity on the report Of the Special
Committee on Union Station. favorinc
N" two-road station in the West End
lichmond would get no station ut all
me board last night refused TO accent
inc report in the form in which IL was
submitted and sent ii back for amend
Ilent
The action was taken shortly hc-ore
midnight, after debate on tile commit.
tees report had waged for forty-nyc
minutes Recoinnittal was tho one
disposition that was not anticipated
~ either opponents or supporters OF
and temporary solution of n problem
which during the evening developed
eome surprising circumstances.
Signs by Mistake.
ne sensation of the evening broke
when Chairman Disney. Of the Union
Station Committee. presented. with hIs
Higuature. report from that commit
toe stating that IL had found II i'm
oss!ble TO iDducs all the roads entering
Eichnond 10 join in operating their
trains into = union station. and that
failing IN this. Y recommended as a
desirable thing that the Council. ly
resolution. approve the construction
g two-road station In the West End
~ asking for the papers recom,nit-
tal, Chairman Disney told tn" Ronrd
that he had signed the report by mis-
take. and that IL did not represent the
action Of the committee
Alderman Grundy, who with Mr.
Disney formed tho Board's rcproscn-
tat!on on tho Union Station Conlnlittec
admitted that until that moment he
had never heard that part OF the re-
port comprising two typcwrittcn
rnses- setting forth in detail the com.
nittee's failure 10 induce all the roads
TO Join In Il joint station. Other mem
lers of the Board who had followed
the union station proceedings with
care admitted likewise that that sec
ton ~ the report was new 10 them.
hd the body voted 10 send the whole
report back for correction.
Question Committec's Act
Ihc surprising development noted
followed the expected attack on tho
committees action in recommending
the West End station Chairman Dis
ney. according to his own statement
signed the report under the impression
that = contained only the bare r.so-
lntion adopted by the committee at its
last meeting. Holding that opinion.
he asked the Board TO refuse to accept
the report, on the ground that the
committee appointed 10 consider site
for a union station exceeded its powers
in approving & ;wc-roud station on the
ltermitac. site
In support of his contention Mr.
disney produced an opinion from city
Attorney Pollard holding that the
council resolution under which the
committee worked did not contemplate
the erection OF Il station 10 he used
only by two of the roads entering
Richmond.
Ruling by Mr.. Pollard.
Mr.. Po!lards ruling on the question
of tho committce's authority 10 act n s
IL did WAS later in the evening inter-
preted by Alderman pullcr 10 support
The committees act as presented in
The report just read.
The pertinent sections OF the City
Attorneys letter follows:
1T is easy 70 Sc etrom the language
OF the resolution that the Council, at
the time OF adoption thereof, had in
mind the selection OF n site for the
establishment OF union station for
tho use and accommodation OF all the
railroads entering the city Of Rich
mond. from which IL necessarily fol
lows that the erection OF a commodi-
Gus station for Richmond, to be used
by only two of the railroads entering
the city. was not in the minds OF the
Council ut the time OF the adoption of
the resolution by them.
with this chart for their guidance.
tho committee should have first re-
ported. as probably they did that they
had conferred with the authorities OF
the various raltFOauS ana touhh IL tiu :
practicable 10 induce them TO select
one site for a union station as author
iZcd by the Council. and therefore
asked to he discharged from further
considera tion of the matter, or that
enlarged powers be given them or
some other committee in the premises
and as an inducemcnt for the latter
action il they believed that best. the
committee. by way OF a special report,
would not be violating the wcll-cStab-
lishcd practice Of committees in legis-
latiyc bodies in recommending the
adoption OF a resolution similar to the
one understand they have sent TO the
Council approving OF n scheme for the
erection Of a commodious joint station
IN ,hc West END by the Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac and At
lantic Coast Line Railroads..
says Opinion supports Committee.
Alderman Fuller seized upon this
opluion as evidence that the report OF
the committee as just read complied in
every particular with the ruling of the
city Attorney. II assigned its failure
10 secure tho cooperation of all the
roads, and strictly in accordance with
the city Attorneys opinion recon
mendcd what. In it's opinion was the
next best thing--thc two-road station
in the West End.
Chairman Disney here denied all
knowledge of any part OF the com
mittees report save that section OF 1t
that recommended the West End sta
tion, and told the Board that If 1t In
sisted on receiving the report he would
ask that he be permitted TO erase his
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