The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-04
V|AOUCTS MUST Be
OPENED TO PUBLIC
Boa~d OF Aldermen Adopt Resolution
on Increased Car Fare with
n Joker attached
GOES BACK TO THE COUNCIL
Alderman Fuller Declares tho Viz !
;inia Hospital Purchased - GOA
Worth of Gauze et Retail Prices
Would Investigate the Report.

Following TWO hours discussion thu
board of aldermen last night concur
! red in the resolution empowering III,
: Virginia Railway and Power Com
pany to advertise an ordinance grant'
ing that company the right TO charge
q straight hve-ccnt faro on all II;
lines IN the city. except during The
hours Of and o'clock A. NJ, whcr
! labor tickets" may be had at thc
price If six for twenty-five cents, and
+ that the right TO sell school tickets
az Mt present
Before the resolution was adopted
Alderman Adams introduced an
amendment requiring the company
! in the event council granted the re-
] lief asked, to open up free OF all toll
the viaducts in The city controlled b.
II. and the amendment was adopted
by the vote of six to four. as follows
Ayes Melton. Nunnally, Paul, White
1 Workman. Adams. Noes---GunSt
Mitchell Powers. Fuller.
The vote on concurrence, after the
resolution was amended. was; Ayes
Adams. Gunst Mitchell Powers
Fuller. Nunna1ly Noes-Meron
( Faul, White. Workman.
Fuller Urges Adoption,
The debate was INDUCED in by Al
dermaD Fuller, who advocated tht
adoption of the resolution. and who
gave figures to show that the corn
panv IL in such financial straits as r.
warrant the belief that II some assist
ance Is not rendered the com pany
may be forced into bankruptcy: Al
derman Mitchell. who wanted tc
| know what the company had done fol
! the city---whether or not ii was re
sponsh1e for the building up of tbs
Northsidc, Westham pton and other
outlying districts including Fores
! Hillr Mr.. Mitchell's questions wer,
taken in a Pickwickian sense. "
which they were evidently presented
and he wound up by declaring thai
| the company had done many thtngt
| for the city, and that even the relic
! sought. In his mind. would not save II
! This project has been threshed ou
! pro and con many times said Mr.
! Mitchell what are we here for 20
| night? What have we before US
| IT seems To me that all we have is tn.
question Of permitting the compan,
| to advertise the ordinances. and l fo
one shall vote to give TINT right
! when tho real question comes up TO
action. then ! shall decide as 4
which way to vote"
! Mr., Paul opposed the resolution
I He pointed out that the company i
not giving service and that there y
no real reason why the people should
; be required to pay more for car far
/ than they are now paying.
h A War Measure.
( This resolution originally was in
| tended as war measure, and 1t ha,
incorporated in ii the requirement o
! free passage over the viaducts. VIII,
should we now give them this relic
! and why is the toll question left out 2
President Adams asked eimila
question. and Mr.. Fuller respende,
/ that tho reason was that the relic
given by the pending resolution wa
so small that if the Viaducts wer
thrown open much of that would h
taken away. and that a question n
10 liability for maintenance of III
viaducts and responsibility for dam
ages had been raised. and the com
mittec thought the question shoul
not be opened at this time
Mr.. Workman read from the an
nu4l report of the corr pany a list G
S1Agilres which showed that ethe cena
paay WAS u1akins a large sum owe
and above It's expenses and he coul
see no reason for granting this par
ticular relief.
/ Heart -to-Heart Talk.
N the company VIII come 10 L
suuarely and fairly and show us Ii
books. and Then put the propositio
up to us face to face, there might y
some way TO help them said Nj
workman.
MIR. White asked pertinent que*
tions as to income and paynnen. q
dividends. With the idea Of shown
that the company is no worse Off tina
other corporations in these times q
stress
Nir. Adams then introduced hi
amendment. declaring that he woul
never vote for relief unless the via
ducts were thrown open free TO tn
public. The amendment was adopte
and then the resolution as ainendc
was passed IT will now have to z
back TO council for concurrence,
The board also concurred in th
ordinance granting the Henrico Ga
company the right to increase its rat
10 81 per thousand feet.
\ mum Der of resolutions appropr
ating sums for the maintenance {
several city departments for the re
mainder of the year were concurre
, in. and the resolution transferrn
So 900 from the Virginia hospitf
payroll 10 The expense account wa
! cert back 10 the finance committee.
This latter resolution was
streDuously opposed by Mr..
puller. who said he had been in
formed that the hospital man
agement had purchased $4,000
worth Of gauze at retail prices.
without offering for competition.
and that $4,000 worth OF sheets
and other linen had been trans
ferred from the city home to the
John Marshall temporary hos
pltal without permission from
council. and nc wai>cd some in
formation on this subject
I The absepteeS were .Alderma
Grundy. who is out of the city. an
Alderman Nielsen, who was detaine
ON business.
!
Miss Randolph on Visit.
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