Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-18
Chamberlain AVENUE
APPROPRIATION PASSES
Aldermen Provide S17S,OOO for Buy
ing Condemned Property in
Nick of Time.
GAS PLANT QUESTION RAISED
Early Settlement of Proposition for
City to Purchase Company's Inter
est Observation-Disclosures Referred to
Finance Committee.

Extension OF Chambcrlayne Avenue
from Calhoun Street TO Leigh Street
was finally assured last night when
IN. Board Of Aldermen; with only, the
dissenting vote Of Alderman Melton.
passed the resolution ap2ropriatinE
Sl7S.ooo for payment on the property
that tho city will have to have in order
10 construct this ucW thorouEhfare
sral part of the city
The appropriation was made in the
take the land at the condemnat ton
price expires Tuesday. when any OF the
affected property owners would have
had abe riCh; TO come into court and
have the entire condemnation proceed
Early settlement of the question: OF
the purchase Of the Hcnrico Gas Com
pany by the city was indicated by cN-
pressions from members of the Com.
mimes on finance at the l mSs,ins S Of
resolution directing the City Attorney
10 institute proceedings against the
company TO compel it TO live up to its
Alderman Powers moved that II be
referred 10 the Committee on Finance.
should Reach Agreement.
He stated that the city and the COM
on the matter OF the proposed purchas.
and ne thought the best solution OF the
matter was 10 refer the resolution TO TO
whole matter could be taken up AZ one
alderman Workman said that if the
''iuEgled about" for months he de-
reedinE by law to force the company
to give the service according to its
franchise agreements.
Alderman Grundy said that there was
only from s2O.OO0 to $4,000 difference
between the figures OF the committee
and those OF the company and though;
that the city should have purchased
-
that he believed that it was too late
needed me- ed relief l for tIhc cold months, but
ne was willing TO take the matter up
in committee and make a compromise.
He said that he realized Hhat II was a
desperate situation.
Alderman Workman stated that Tor
three successive sundays the gas nau
gone on, just as the people OF IN, Inc
Alderman Powers declared that ii
the matter got into litigs ti ,?n the nr cues
and there would be no relief for the
Alderman White declared that the
+. North Side people are having to depend
on oil stoves. He said that he be-
lieved that the Finance Committee and
the gas company would be able TO get
gas company was not altogether to
blame. as over 200 new houses had re-
Gently been erected in the section II
served and it had expressed a willing
ness to make improvements II the sale
could not be effected The Powers
motion was adopted and the rcsolut ioi
referred 10 the Finance Committee
with instructions to go ahead with
the negotiations.
Citizens Are Aroused.
The gas situation is causing consid
cradle INDIGNATION on the North Side.
b. l. Jones, president of the North
Side Citizens Association, stated yes
terday that the association had adopted
Il resolution inStruCtinE one of It's com
mitteeS TO go ahead and endeavor to
secure some settlement of the situation.
MIR. Jones said that the feeling among
the citizens was that the North side
had not been treated right. by the
Council, in the gas matter.
He declared that the seriousness of
the situation had been placed before
the Council as early as last March. and
that At that time the proposition Of
the company for sale of its plant was
also made. lie said further that the
actual negotiations. in the fina nee
Committee, for the proposed sale had
been pending since August. He said
further that under the circumstances
The, North Side citizens could not but
feel that the Council could have by
this time done something TO prevent
the situation which confronts the
North Side with the coming of winter