The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-12

EXAMINE ROUTE WEDNESDAY
Members Vote to Pass Upon
Tentative Boundaries Sug-
gcsted by City Engineer.

Annexation. for weeks a peaceful
! siumbcrcr, apparently. under the
sheltering wings of tho Council special
committee appointed TO investigate it,
awoke last night under the onslaught
! Oh militant committee members and is
! again in the forefront of municipal
/ problems
The awakening was rude The Coun-
Gil Special Committee on Annexation
/ met at o'clock under peaceful au-
spices FOR session which promised to
! be moro than usually harmonious
Chairman Powers presided. Within half
an hour after the call to order. Coun-
Gilman Jones. of Madison Ward. de-
clared that he was tired of the diliy-
daily that has marked the investira-
tion OF the annexation question by the
committee. He moved the appointment
OF n subcommittee to submit at AN
| early date Il definite annexation plan
which the full committee could send
To the Council.
Says Committee Delayed.
The sentiment was repeated by Chair
man Powers, who spoke his mind even
more bluntiy. The committee he said
mad delayed the business for which il
had been appointed with the result
mat II knows little more to-day about
annexation than on the day il was
named tive months ago. He approved
the subcommittee idea and wanted th,
annexation question settled as soon as
possible.
Chairman Powcrss remarks drew
from Alderman Fuller spirited replv
If ii were true that the committee was
guilty of dilatory tactics he asid III,
himself could not be included in the
indictment. He had taken pains to in
form himself on the issue, he said. and
had done all he could TO expedite ac-
ton.
Councilman Umlauf, too, took excep
al inr tl.,t 1,
becn unreasonable delay. Most Of it.
he thought. was due to the delay OF
the Council in providing funds TO en-
able the committee to carry on its
work He was opposed to the appoint
ment of a subcommittee as suggested
by Councilman Jones, on the ground
that such course instead of hurrying
matters would still further delay them
Examine Route Wcdncsdny
substitute motion offered by Alder
man FULLER and carried, directed that
the matter of drawing up II tentative
annexation plan he made the business
81 the whole committee The motion
was supplemented by another offered
ny Alderman Gilman, direc ting thai the
committee meet at 2:30 o'clock next
Wednesday afternoon to drive over the
tentative boundary lines suggested by
the City Engineer with the purposc Of
fNing upon a boundary plan TO SUBMIT
TO the city Council
Councilman Jones and Chairman
fowcrs openly declared their intention
TO see to II that the work is carried
on TO an early settlement. Other mem
hers OF the committee expressed their
Willingness to meet several evenings
In succession within the next wecl, or
TWO in order to have n plan ready
Tor the Common Council at its next
meeting.
The business of the evening was con.
ined TO an examination of tentative
boundaries submitted by City Engineer
Boiling. MIR. Boiling traced the lines
hNcd by himself az the most desirable
from the standpoint of the quality of
.le property to be taken in. as we'll
as from the point of view of water
sheds and drainage
\nries From Chambers Lines.
AS outlined last night by the CITY
Engineer the new boundaries would
vary considerably from those sub
M, by the Chamber of Commerce.
There is practically no variation in the
matter OF annexations on the east. The
line starts from the river east of The
.Cedar Works, and with minor dipres-
SONS. follows the Chamber of Com
inerce line TO the entrance To Bryan
Park. Here, Instead of including the !
park. the line runs east of il and south
to point on Broad Street Road. just
east OF Monument Avenue Park-about
four miles from the City Hall.
The committee will next "Wednesday
go over the line suggested BY Mr.. Boil |
ing modifying 1t II II sees fit Ii Will !
also on subsequent trip at an early |
date. decide upon the line from the
point on the Broad Street Road re- |
ferred to. through the area west OF the |
city that ii is proposed to annex. as
well as around the areas TO be annexed |
about South Richmond
II appeared to be the general feeling
of the committee last night that the
matter has been hanging fire long
enough ana that some annexation plan |
should be ready for submission to the
city Council at an early date.