Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-24
MEETINGS OF COUNCIL
COMMITTEES At NIGHT
BODY on Streets Decides to Eliminate
Regular Sessions in Day
Time.
POSTPONE sKlp-sTop ACTION
Patron OF Measure Absent and Dis
cussion Is Held Ovcr-Dcbate Oh
Question of Closing Certain Streets
Taken Tn,

Hereafter all committees OF the City
council viii! meet at night. All COM
mlttecs except the Committee on Streets
had already adopted night sessions as
permanent policy and at it's meeting
yesterday afternoon the Committee on
streets yielded to the persuasions OF
councilman English and. by vote OF,
10 :. changed the hour Of it's meet
inss from 3 Il. NJ. to s T. NJ
In urging the change Councilman
English declared that the afternoon
hour intcrfcrcd with the transaction
OF the Councilmcn's personal business
ne iacetiouSly. remarked that there
was little pleasure now in Richmond In
the nighttime and that what there
WAS ieft was so little tina. members
eou'u ENJOY II after the night session.
Pontponcs Skip-Stop Action
The committee postponed action on
the resolution to reinstate the skip-s,op
and the viaduct. The committee had
gone Into the reading Of the resolution
When II was discovered that Alderman
White, the patron OF the measure WAS
not present, and therefore on motion
ni nouhcii'nan Moore. the matter was
The resolution to permit the Long
G Geiwe c0m 9.ay 70 close Goddin street:
Air Line tracks. was running close ~
neieat when Councilman Moore moved
this afternoon aud visit the scene af-
iHs,. MI This was adopted; Council
man moore explained that he was OPP
posed 10 the city allowing streets to
be closed. but Notwithstanding this,
ne wished fun Investigation of the
he was opposed TO the closing Of streets
ana believed such surrender OF the city's
rights bad policy
Fuller WIN Not Vote.
Chairman Fuller declared that the
Long Coal Company was a client Of his
ana ne ala not intend TO vote on the
mater. lie explained that the company
The stree, ana he stree, S was S5aeS used cd
10y INC public. The company expected
ana 70 make other improvements
amounting TO, more than $4,000. and
revenue. he said.
.,I Direc,or OF ru3iic Works Boiling
had an important sewer under the
street IN Question. but tina, after AN
reason why the company should not be
Permitted 10 temporarily close the
:" S TirS;' provided the city reserved the
and provided further that access be al,
loved to the sewer He declared that
or rent a street and II /, permanentJv
closed Il street the Thoroughbred revert.
ed TO the property owners Mir. boiling
recalled that when the city snent mon
cy to develop the section in question
inc l1e, pritnary PURPOSE Was TO make it a
great manufacturing district.
Not Fn'ornhly Imprcsxed
me committee was not favorably
impressed with the petition OF w. 3
bukc, Federal manager of tn. Rich
nond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad. VINO requested that the s,,itv
Council eliminlrte the street car stoi,
at the intersection of Davis Avenue
ana Broad Street y motion to re
csive and file" the petition was adopt
Director Boiling addressed tho COM
fnittec In advocacy OF the city CON
demninG a street. 1870 feet long, i'm
South Richniond, In the vicinity OF the
broad Rock Road. The committees ar
once adopted resolution requesting
the city Attorney 10 draft a proper
resolution tor the acquiring OF the
necessary right OF way.
several minor matters were referred
by the committee 10 the Director OF
Public Works.