The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
.C|TY. COUNCIL VOTES
FUNDS ) FOR I: ANNEX
Bond Issue and Emergency APP
propriations Meet With
Prompt Approval.
TO TEST ROLLING STOCK ACT
New Ward Lines Are Defined to
Include Recently Acquired
Suburbs.

/ All tie emergency appropriations in
| Guiding bond Issue OF s534.is0, recon-
inended by the Finance Committee to
meet the extraordinary needs presented
oy Tho newly annexed territory. were
unanimously adopted at special meet
Ing OF tho Common Council last night.
The redistricting ordinance us nre-
sented by Councilman Carter c. Jones.
chairman OF the. committee appointed
60 redistrict tho city,swas also ui,ani-
! mous!yt adopted. E. T.. Fuller. WHO a.
frst mildly y' opposed II because he
jthougnt. too little territory. was given
10 Madison Wnfdt on thcJ north side OF
inc rivor, coming, over tothe affirmative
whenithe vote Was called. ii
Ilc.. appropriations and resolutions
passed by the Com.non; Council last
night will come up: for yconcurref,c cci by
the Board or. Aldermen or Tuesuay,
night aftor -.Wii icli. If ;aation IN rayor-
uble,, the Bona fssue 8 Wi itI become ini-
m {, aiatsl ayal lla blss TIE j,
litSiss he plan OF strhs II Ifinahee Committee
to place tic bonds oh tho market from,
time to- tfnit as the tneeti Cor -money-
for The nov territory CRISES. The tssi,o
is TO run thirty-four years, aild Is, to
bear interest at the rate bt 5 per cont.
CHTLj ATrORNBY no TEST
-. HOLl,lNGt STOCK LAW
The Common s Council also passed n
resolution originating in, the Finance
Committee authorizing Notwithstanding
the City ATTORNEY yo test the yaliaitv
OF the rolling stocilgact2 passed by. the
last Legisla ture : over the. Governors
veto. Under the now act all taXes- aris-
ing from rolling stock are TO be
divided among the CITIES, and coun-
lies through which, the railroad passes.
n f,1Pf> l,.,f f,,r
In tho city in which the railroad COM
pany's Hchlef offices are located.
Tho emergency appropriations. passed
last night are as follows: S31.444.s to be
placed. on the pay roll account OF the
school board s16,r9 to he; placed to
use in the annexed territory during the
rest OF the fiscal year; $4,000. to be
placed to the credit OF the Police De-
partment for nfteen' moro men end
fifteen additional patrol boxes and
eight, horses for use in the annexed
territory: 5000, to be placed to the
credit Of tho pay roll OF the Street
Cleaning Department.; $1,000. to be
placed to tho credit OF the Water De-
partment; $1,000, to be expended In n
preliminary street survey OF the now
area; s2,6S1.o5. for the Fire Depart
ment,e eight more men and additional
hose. All the appropriations are only.
for the rest OF the fiscal yenr. and
future needs of the new territory will
be cared for, under tho bond issue OF
S53i.43 and in the budget Of next
Year. s
VOTE TO WAIVE BOND
- OF BANKRUPT RAILWAY
An ordinance to waive the forfeiture
OF the $4,000 bond OF tho Richmond
and Henrico Railway Company. which.
passed into the hands of tho Virginia
Railway and Power Company on Thurs
day, was passed.
When Councilman Jones presented
the. report OF the redistricting commit
tee r.. r. Fuller was the only ono
that Madiosn Ward north of the James
River was, placed In a precarious posi-
tion. in that II had no room for natural
growth, and he thonght that the lines
Highland Park in Madison Ward. and
that they should not bo moved so as to
change the eastern boundary from
Eighteenth to Seventeenth Street.
Mr. Jones replied with some, fcrvol
that ie would bG impossible to redistrict
the city without giving offense to some,
and that the committee In drawing mp
tho new lines had not been animated
by shocstring politics. but by a desire
to work for tho best intercsts OF the
city as a whole. I'VE We're working"
he said, "for $4,000 people, and In this7
rather difficult and delicate matter %e
redrew tho ward lines so as fairly to
divide the population" His appeal for
tho immediate passage of the ordinance
was so. able that Mr. Fuller yielded
gracefully, and voted with the rest OF
tho house, making tho adoption OF the
ordinancb unanimous With tho cx-
ception OF Jefferson Ward, the average /
population OF the wards Is approxl-
rnately $4,000. Jefferson Ward, which,
tho committee thought had less chance
to expand, was left with q population
of about 10000 people.
bow THEyNESy WARDS
AHE DIVIDED
Tho srodlstrieting gives Lee Ward all I
the northwestern section of, the greater
city. north OF the centre lines of Patter-
son Avenue, Park Avenue and s1iain;
Stfeet, between the westerns and north
Western corporation lines and tho cast
ern boundary Of the ward. which, Will
he. North First Street, Y hospital Street