Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-13
NEW J|TNEY ORDINANCE
IS AGAIN REFERRED
Goes to Finance Committee Over
Protest Of Clay Ward
Aldermen,
WOULD PROTECT GROVE AVENUE
Regardless OF Agreement to Use This
Street Only In One Direction, 1t Is
Said TO BE Used Both WAYS by
Most Jitneys.

Over the protest of Aldermen Paul
and Fuller. who urged immediate con-
currcnce. the Board of Aldermen. last
night referred to the Finance Commit
tee the new jitney bus ordinance which
had been passed by the Common Coun-
Gil by a unanimous vote Members
who favored reference to the Finance
| Committee pointed to the rule that all
measures affecting In any way licenses
or taxes TO be imposed by the city
shall he first passed upon by this body.
The motion To suspend the rule in
order than the measure might be
placed upon It's passage was defeated
to 3. and the chair ordered the ordi-
| nance sent to the committee.
Aldermen Fuller drew attention to
the hardshirs suffered by residents on
Grove Avenue in the absence of any
| law regulating jItncy traffic. Refer
encc to the Finance Committee. lie
said, will result in no change Of the
license provisions which are merely
those which apply at present to all
automobile carriers. and will only de-
lay necdlcssly the boards concurrence.
Despite voluntary agreement be-
tween iitney men shat the traffic on
Grove Avenue shall he limited to one
way travel, four-nfths Of all iitneys. 1t
WAS stated last night, are now travers-
ing this thorourhfarc
NEW ORDINANCE AIMS TO Make
GROVE AVENUE ONE-WAY STREET.
The new ordinance attempts to limit
traffic on Grove Avenue by providing
that jitncys shall proceed on this street
only in an castcrly direction. At pres
cnt the cars use tho street for both
the downtown and uptown trips. SINH
lar one-way restrictions are laid down
for Park Avenue east of Harrison
street. and fo- Hanover Avenue
The board concurrcd in III" passage
of all the measures reported from the
Common Council among them the fol-
lowing:
Appropriations 800 to dcfrny the ex-
penses OF Richmond delegation to
the convention of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association. to hc held next
month in Savannah. Ca.
App-opriatiuC S3.5c0 for Tie spill
way In tho Shields Grove addition to
William Byrd Park.
Appropriatimg $3co TO pay for gran
olithic sidewalk paving In front of
the Virginia Home for Incurablcs
REIMBIRSES DEPARTMENT
ron FOOT AND MOUTH OUTLAY
AppropriatinG s3iS.50 TO reimburse
the Health Department for expenses
incurred by II in protecting the city's
milk supply against Infection during
the recent outbreak OF the foot and
mouth disease.
Requiring interest ut tho rate Of c
per cent a year to be paid on all de-
linqucnt personal property and license
taxes.
Authorizing the purchase Of the
sewer and water properties In Wood
I land Heights. from the Southsidc Com
pany. Inc. at cost OF S37.472.a3
Limiting the speed of police fire
ana ambulance apparatus and cmcr-
rcncy motor vehicles of public service
corporations.
Authorizing tho Finance Committee
to negotiate a temporary loan not to
exceed 100000 to meet the current
obligations OF the city pending tie col
lection OF taxes with which to repay
tho loan.