Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08
CITY TO CONTRIBUTE
$4,000 TO TURNPIKE
Finance Committee Reports Rcsolu-
ton for Immediate Inn
proyement.
HIGHWAY TO CANTON NJ T. n T
Business Men Raising Fund OF S25,-
600 With Which to Put Road in
Good Order for Use Throughout
Period Of Encampment.
HIGHWAY TO EN1

An Immediate emergency approprt-
alton Of $4,000 to help defray the costs
OF improving and maintaining the Pc
tersburg Turnpike in order that trans
portation facilities between Richmond
and Petersburg may be increased to ac-
commodate the 1900 men and their
families at Camp Lee. was recommend
ed last night by the Council Committee
on Finance. This resoiution will be
transmitted to the Board OF aldermen
at its meeting Tuesday night that the
funds IIay be made available at once
and work on the highway started i'm.
medately.
Because the city has no, sufficient
funds from which this amount may be
drawn. and realizing the urgent need
for better roadway between the two
cities, the coinmi'tee will send to the
Council a companion resolution au-
thorizing II to borrow the $4,000 tenn
porarily until the 1918 appropriations
are availa ole. Only one other matter
was considered b. ,ae committee. which
provided for tho transfer of $4,000
from the Chamusrlayne Avenue drive
way fund TO tho Improvement of the
Brookland Park boulevard, and this
matter was placed the table until
the next meeting OF the body.
PROMINENT MEN APPEAR
IN BEHALF OF ROAD FUND
Many prominent men in all lines Of
business appeared before the committee
In support of the $4,000 appropriation
for the highway. This sum will be
expended in improving and maintaining
the turnpike from Hull Street for a
distance OF ten miles from the city
limits Specific provision is made.
however. that II shalt not be used for
any greater distance from che city.
and the work shall be carried out un-
der the direction Of the Administrative
Board
William 7. DaLuey. business man
ager OF the Chamber of Commerce and
secretary Of the special executive COM
i.mittee aDpu.rtcd joint meeting
Of representatives OF that organization
and the Retail Merchants Association
TO direct the work. outlined what ac-
tion had already been taken by busI-
ness men. and said that the Peters
burg Turnpike was the most important
Of all the roads leading into the city
He said that Petersburg had just ap-
propriated funds to ouild four miles
OF permanent highway out OF that city;
that Chesterfield County would improve
five miles of the road and would lend
the use of it's convict road force: that
Richmond citizens would subscribe
$4,000 to the project and thought the
municipal government should gladly
assist In the work.
BUSINESS MEN TO
CONTRIBUTE s25OO0
S-,Il r,ootInp nS oply dFtaan
merchants yesterday afternoon. he
pledged to carry out the undertaking.
and a vigorous campaign was now be-
ing conducted to raise the remainder
ed at once and carried out without In
terruption to traalc. and will be COM
pleted in not more than sixty days.
Provision has also been made. Mr.. Dab
ney said. TO keep the road in repair
throughout the winter. and the road
force OF Chesterfield County will be
used to keep the road up
That Richmond was Blk months be-
hind in waking up to the great i'm
portance of proper road between the
two cities was the statement made by
John NJ. Miller, Jr., president OF the
reputation of Richmond and Virginia
was at stake i'll providing for the ac-
commodatioa Of the men at the camp
and the thousands of people that would
be brought to this section by the ioca-
tion of the cantonment here. Every
phase OF the matter was thoroughly
discussed by other speakers. among
whom were Eugene B. Sydnor. w. II.
Schwarzschild. o. Herber. Funston and
Wyndham r. Meredith.
The motion to recommend the ap-
preparation was mad, by Councilman
Carter c. Jones. Of Madison Ward. and
1t was opposed by Vice-Chairman
Clarence 4. Seaton. who said that he
personally favored tho project. hut that
the city owed $1.000.oo0 1t had recently
borrowed: that 1t was without funds
and would shortly have to borrow
$4,000 more to pay interest on It's
present indebtedness. He stood ready.
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