The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-06
TAX LEVY ORDINANCE IS
AD0PTEDBY C|TYC0UMC|l
Approves Measure Passed By Both
Branches OF Council.
MONUMENT AVENUE EXTENSION
Finance Committee to Take Look
Into Street Proposition, Together
With That of Widening Dock.
STRAIGHTFORWARD Docs Much Work.

concurred In the resolution FIX
ing n tax levy of $f.75; sent the
resolution providing for the ex-
the Finance Committee, and also
referred to that body the resoiu-
ton calling upon the City Attor-
ncy to acquire property on Dock
Street for the widening Of that
thOroughfare from Four1eenth
to Seventeenth Streets.
Council was in session until l1;SD
o'clock Much of the time was taken
up in discussion OF small measures.
A large gallery OF interested persons,
including many ladies, was on hand
to urge the Council. by thsis presence,
to act favorably upon the resolution
from the Committee on Streets, requir-
ing the City Attorney to acquire by
gift, purchase or otherwise, property
for the purpose of improving and
widening Monument Avenue from Rose
meath Road to Horse Pen Road.
Councilman Pollock, representing
the Street Committee, vainly urged
the body to adopt the resolution. He
argued that nothing definite could be
done in the premises, until the finance
Committee and City Council had APP
proved the action of the City Attor-
ney and that action now would hasten
matter which required speedy &C
ton. because later the city might be
placed at IN enormous cost to So
cure the necessary land for the i'm
proyernents
Advises Slow Giving.
Councilman Fuller subchairman Of
the Finance Committee, said the FL
~t.4 Oh, al a $nk
into the situation before anything Is
done. and It was shown that Horse
Pen Road is more than a mile beyond
the corporate line.
Councilman Seaton agreed with Mr..
Fullr, and hped that the Council would
not adopt the resolution as presented
by the Street Committee. bu would
send it to the Finance Committee.
It was generally understood that
while there were many concessions
by persons owning property along the
line of Monument Avenue, extended,
who had donated rights Of way. there
were others who had not, and that.
therefore, there would of necessity
have to be large appropriation fo'
the purpose Of acquiring the land for
the widening of the street.
Goes Back to Conmittee.
After much discussion, Council, by
the vote of IL to Z. sent the resolu-
ton to the Finance Committee.
Those voting for such action were:
Councilmen Cheatwood. Fuller, Fer
gusson. Haddon. Jones, Lumsden.
Powell Powers, Rogers, Seator
Welsh and Peters. Those votine
against the reference were; Coun-
cilmen Ratklns, Butler. English,
pitcher. Pollock. Radcliffe. Before
the vote was announced Mr.. Fergus
son changed his vote from aye to no.
| Tax Levy Goes Through.
| When the tax levy ordinance came
up Mr. Fuller explained that. while
| the Finance Committee had hoped the
! original proposition OF increasing tho
! levy to sl.s5. with the State tax OF
ten cents (for schools) would prevail,
| in order to start the machinery Of the
! city government to work, he would
| suggest that the action of the Board
| of Alderman be concurred in. and then
| the Finance Committee would en-
| deavor TO take care of the situation as
! the various emergencies arose.
The vote on this measure was unani-
nous. with every member of Council
| in his seat
The report from the Street Commit
tee concerning the purchase or &C
! ouirement Of twenty feet of land along
/
! Sevent eenth for the purpose OF widen
| ing that street to sixty feet suffered
| the same disposition.
| Mr.. Rogers strove to have the reso-
luton sent to the Board Of Public In
terests.
| The idea is SO prepostrous." said
Mr.. Rogers, that I think the Board
OF Public Interests Ia the place for It,
1t is joke to think the city can at
this time spend money for the widen
ing of Dock Street, when money Is
SO much needed In other ways.
Mr.. FERGUSON agreed with him, and
the resolution went to the Finance
Committee. to be considered with other
resolutions along the same line.
Another matter of some interest
was that of an expenditure of 1.50o
for the purchase OF the sewer rights
of the Highland Park Development
Corporation, so far as Highland Park
| Addition Is concerned.
! Messrs. Fuller and Seaton urged
that this be sent to the Finance Com
mittee, and despite the protes of Mr.
Pollock, such cation was taken.
The resolution giving the commit
tee in charge fthe Confederate pro-
gram the right to use Monument Az
enue for the big parade upon the &C.
! casion OF the reunion, was concurred
in.
In this connection a resolution pre-
scented by Mr.. English. adopted under
suspension OF the rules gives the 8.
A. l.. Railway Company the right to
park cars on the Fifteenth Street
| tracks during the reunion.