The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-12
SHOCKOE ORDINANCE
INCLUDES ROADWAY
Street Committee Recommends That
Work on Project lie Dcgun
In Sections.
WOULD AVOID TEDIOUS DELAYS
fore beginning Continuation Would
Mean Many Months OF Litigation.

| held yesterday afternoon that the lam
guagc OF the Shockoe Creek improve
| mont ordinance passed by the Common
| Council was broad enough to include
| tho construction of Il sixty-foot road
| way Ut the covered sewer. and voted
unanimously to recommend the ordi-
| nance to tho Board of Aldermen for
| passage. Tho ordinance Will como up
| on the Boards docket tonight.
City Engineer Boiling and City At
torncy Pollard Endorsed In unquali-
hed terms an amended plan under
which II is proposed to improve Shoe
koc Creek and Bacon Quarter Branch
In sections. beginning with the por-
| lions adjoining the improvements now
being made in the extreme west on
| property owned by tho city. The com
mittec gave its approval to tho plan,
and voted to forward II by sending In
the pending ordinance with n favor
! able report
Unless this plan OF procedure Is
adopted" sold City Engineer Boiling,
tho project Will be tied up In end
less delay. It will be at least two or
three years before tho Engineering De-
rartmcnt will be In a position to mako
complete report rs 10 tho property
that will be needed for the entire i'm
provement, and the acquiring Of the
property after ownership and bounds
have been ascertained Will tako a year
or two more"
SANITARY CONDITIONS MAKE
PROMPT START NECESSARY
BAD sanitary conditions In the west
ern portions OF the valley said Mr.
Boiling. mako IL extremely desirable,
that the section OF the Improvement
be carried out At an early datc.
Sufficient data is already in hand no
said, to take up at once negotiations
for acquiring tho right of way In this
portion OF the valley, ana tho work
could 10 begun as soon as the Council!
issues authority for the purchase OF
tho required property
AN added reason for beginning tho
Improvement soon. said Mr. Boiling. is
the fact that the city is ut the pros
| cnt time letting contracts for the kind
Of work needed in tho Shoclsoe Greek
project at the lowest price In years.
City Attorney Pollard gave II as his
| opinion that unless tho Improvement Of
Shockoc Valley. In sections and not rs
whole. Is decided upon. tho work will
be subject TO interminnble delay. 70
accumulate Il mass of data on the
property needed to carry out the entire
Improvement. and then TO dump 1t upon
the legal department, no snid. would
swamp the City Attorneys ofnco. and
condemnation proceedings might tic
up the improvement indefinitely
ORDINANCE BROAD ENOUGH
TO COVER PROPOSED ROADWAY
The ordinance passed by tho Common
Council and referred to tho Street Com
, inittec Tor report authorized The
STRENGTHENING. covering over and other
| Improvement OF Shockoe Creek and
Bacon Quarter Branch. The provision
for other improvements. said Mr.. Pol
! tard, was broad enough TO include the
| construction OF sixty foot roadway on
'oP OF the covered sewer. and n scpa-
rate ordinance was not necessary
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Yesterday recommended TO the Board
by tho committee. tho CITY Attorney
couiu, as soon ns the measure becomes
law. begin proceedings 10 acquire the
needed right Of way. parcel by parcel.
as soon us surveys and lats are pro-
pared by the City Engineer
Tho purchase OF each separate narcol
would have TO be authorized BY n sep
hrate act of the Council after having
been approved by tho Finance Conn
mittce
Surveys of the course of the sewer
through Shockoe Valley. City Engineer
Boiling reported. show that in order IN
effect the desired STRENGTHENING the
CITY VIII have TO acquire. through al
most the entire length OF tho valley. a
iorty-foot right of way. The remain
ms twenty feet that will be required
in order TO take care of III. nrono.ed
siXty-foot driveway, no said. could be
obtained at little or no added expense.
SIrrEHDING OFFERS TO
CEDE PROPERTY TO CITY
Fritz Sittcrdlng, who owns consider
able property in the western portion
OF the valley. told the committee that
he was willing to ccde 81 siytvroot
right of way through most of his hold
inSs and ready to take fair price for
such or his property ms is improved.
lie was OF the opinion that tho proposed
roadway would add greatly to tho value
or inc property through which IL Will
pass The attitude OF Mr.. Sittardint. II
Is believed. will be held generally by all
property owners in the valley bctIvcer
broad street and the western limits
An appropriation OF sS2S. 700 for tho
Improvement of Shoclion C-,o.l, ond
Bacon Quarter Branch. is now awaiting
expenditure. Tho approval by the
Board OF Aldermen of the ordinance re
recommended by the Street Committee.
ana passed by the Common Council. will
open the way for an carly star, M ~