The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-18
SANITARY OFFICER
ON WITNESS STAND
JUDGE CAMPBELL RESUMES BEAR
ING OFF ANNEXATION CASE.
COUNTY TEsTIFIEs.
IS A STUBBORN WITNESS
TELLS oE ANNEXED TERRITORY,
DECLARING CITY WAS WORSE
THAN COUNTY FOR KEEP
ING UP REPAIRS.
is A STUBBORN WITNESS

Apologizing for having been twenty
minutes late. Judge Campbell yester-
day afternoon resumed hearings on
the annexation question in Henrico
court.
DIR, Collier, sanitary officer for Hen
rico county, was the first witness for
the county. He satd that while there
was no chemist in his department nor
a bacteriologist, he was working
under the State department, and that
whenever he wished advice he called
upon that department He also stated
that he had at his command the police
department OF the county ands the
county doctors. He receives 5000 a
year from the State for his services,
which is conceded to be a sort OF
retaining fee, DIR. Collier stated that
there were some farmers in Henrico
who sold milk to neighbors without
having the milk pass through the re-
uuired process necessary to sell IL in
the city. While there is no law re-
curing examination of children In
the schools, DIR. Collier said he made
such examinations every now and
then
Harry NJ. Smith then introduced A.
r.. Watts, superintendent OF the
Travellers building. who proved TO
be one OF the hest yet produced by
either sfds Mr.. Watts has been
living In LtttlepaEe street. near Fair
mount for number Of years, He
said that the section was in worse
condition. now that II Is under the
city. than 1t was with county SUPER
vision The water Is bad. said Mr..
Watts The streets are almost I'M
passable. and the sewers are frac-
tlcally nil
The county supervisors paid more
attention to this street and this sec
ton before 1t was annexed, said Mr..
Watts than the city has done in
eight years The water that we get
Il not lit to drink. The pipe comes
to a dead head f. wfeet beyond my
house, and my wife has 10 supply
water. which we buy. to people In
the neiShbofhood who are not able
to bgv water We have made num-
Der Of COMPLAINTS. and the city off,
csalS have always said they would
look into IL"
MI Pollard tried hard TO shake
him hut Waits. being an EnRlishmar.
was Jahna e-ss9 the-spot.
IN T. - Leonard. resident of Rich
,nana, and owner Of much property
4a tAe previously annexed territory
effected to Richmond taking In, more,
lsHtil that which had been annexed
ned been Improved He said that
r5s PRE- 9ertv had increased In value
s5nce a5H nation, and that within the
sa& sHD years much improvements
hafsr made. but he could not see
gigy eUy should want so much
f9t n the improvements to his
la9I Just begun about two years
aue a4e he had held it for eight
years
M. i'o2lard showed witness that II
took a year or tive 10 build trunk
sewers and another year or two TO
grade streets. and that much had been
accomplished in the tine after an
neNation
pr Leonard agreed that his prop
erty had been improved some ana
that it's va3ue had increased,
Mr.. j. 4. Dowden. clerk OF the
Fairfield school beard. said that If
The schools az his district we're tax en-
into the city the county would he
better of. for whlle--that Is II.
under the renaing proposition the
territory were taken and the school
hrifd nes left in the county. with all
the a. d~en, or AT least large num-
her ~ them In the city, He figured
that III several OF the school build
ings. npon which there II now a debt
If ssa, Too. were left on the edge Of
the proposed line. and all the chill
dren were taken into the city, the
schools would have TO close. and rfg-
eested that If that territory were to
he taken in, II would he best to take
in the buildings also.
At this point the court adjourned
to 10 o'clock this morning.
In the morning session Chairman
c. W Saunders, of the county board
Of supervisors; Clerk s. +. WaddelI,
III. r.. Bondar, expert accountant, III.
c. Beattie and Washington Bottoms.
supervisor. were on the stand, to
show that the proposed annexation
would materially decrease the reve-
nues of the county to sucn an ex-
tent as OF be deplorable.