The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-06
Compromise Effected With Re
representatives. of Chesterheld
County, Leaving Henrico
Alone Contesting
Steady Progress
Made Yesterday
City Auditor Crenshaw Com
pletes estirnony and Super
intendents of Gas and Water.
works Systems Defend AIDE
quacy of Their Plants

Following q compromise agreemenG
reached with City Attorney Pollard
under which Richmond is pledged N
extend its water and sewer syatolnm
TO Forest Hill within five years, ana !
certain territory is TO be. exempted
Chesterfield county. through Commons.
weaith's Attorney Hobson, yesterday
withdrew from the fight against tho<
proposed annexation.
Under the exemption clause or thu
agreement. the corporate lines Of thu
city will he fixed In the annexation "a 4
rs to leave ont certain property on the
Southern railway. the Belt Line. tho
!+se1d--Reel& springs tract. and tho
American Tobacco company's storag6
wareho
With the elimination Of Chesterfiel6
county. in which the only opposittCn
was from Forest HILL the annexation
fight now narrows down to the city
on the one side and certain interests
in Henrico county on the other Bar
ton Heights has expressed a wi1ling~
ness to he annexed
Mr. Pollard asked the court to
sanction the agreement. and decree
VIII be formally entered, making For
est Hill and that part Of Chesterfield
county sought TO be annexed, with thN
exempted territory excepted. a part Of
the city Of Richmond Judge Camp
bell expressed qualification over the
compromise. saying that he always
liked TO see parties holding different
views reach an amioable settlement.
The Chesterfield Part of the annex
alton program will bring into the city
& 800 persons Henrico will contrib
ute 1925 to the eity's population In
the event of annexation, making .
total of 1S,42s.
-- r'frIfry OF CAS- and WAFER.
Al the afternoon session of Henrfc0
Circuit court. in which the annexA-
ton proceedings are being heard. the
city stole the oppositions ammunition
in two instances Through Superir~
tendent w r. Knowles, Of the city
gas works il was shown that this de-
partmeut has a capacity amply sum-
cieut to adequately take care Of all tho
territory proposed TO be annexed, and
r. Eugene Davis. superintendent of
the city water works. said the same
thing for his plant.
City Auditor George s. CrenshaW
was on the stand throughout the
morning and for an hour of the after
noon session. In answer to questions,
MIR Crenshaw stated that the city Of
Richmond had expended much more
money in the annexed territory dur.
ing the past than had been received
In revenues from the territory taken
In. In regard to the annexation 1t
1906. he said that Richmond had AL
ready expended one and three-quartet
million dollars for improvements I'M
that annexed territory. in addition to
the amount spent in maintenance. The
improvements in the territory pre-
posed for annexation now, the witness
stated. could he made with the pre-
ceeds from q / 2 per cent. bond issue
which would bring In sf,076.024
Under cross exa mination by Harry
NJ Smith, Mr., Crenshaw admitted thai
he had stated publicly that there
would have TO he an increase In ta1
rates In order to take care OF street
improvements in Richmond, but de-
cIared that he had made this stAte-
ment largely on account of the fact
that property owners Of the city could
not he made TO contribute to the cost
Of improvements abutting their prop-
erty. a
Living Within Income
Mr. Smith then brought out thar m
a list of eighteen cities mentioned In
the United States census bureaus 70
port Richmond stood at the bottom
IN reference TO appropriations for edu>S
ca tionai purposes and was fourth from
the highest in per capita indebtedn6 II
in 1912. The witness also admitte0
that this per capita indebtedness hn9
been increased by bond issues.
Under the lead of City Attorney Fois
lard. Mr.. Crensllaw declared that. with
the exception of Paterson. n. j.. Rich-
mond had the largest population pei
square mile Of area of any city ~
America Of approximately her size
With all the territory 70 be taken -
hv annexation added. Richmond would
still be one of the nine cities OF the
country having the greatest popula-
tfar per SQUARE mile. g
Per Capita Assets.
4 At the afternoon session MIR. Cren-
shaw gave the per capita assets OF thu
CITY. based on the taxable values Ct
the citv's assets as assessed by theM
State assessors. as sfA4 as, against Ne
per capita Indebtedness OF $Ss,45. an
illustrate the difference In condition4
in Richmond and the territory pro-
posed to be annexed, Mr. Pollard No.
the witness show that the per cantfAs
Indebtedness In Ginter Park WNMs
slo4.so. as against ssa.45 in the city
/ Of Richmond ssai
Mr.. Pollard then went into the msgtS
ter OF franchise taxes and revenues
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