The times dispatch. [volume], October 20, 1911, Image 12

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To-Day is Remnant Day
Much merchandise of a seasonable nature?SPECIAL PRICED
because quantities are limited and the lots must give up the space
they occupy to Incoming goods?will be found distributed through?
out the store. If you want some EXCELLENT BARGAINS, slip on
your hat and hurry down-town right away?to Miller & Rhoads.
$19.50 to $27.50 Originally, at
Suits from last season, most of which arc styles not at all "bad" for this
fall's ti-c. One lot of about 30 suits, one and two only of a kind, in fancy chev?
iots, worsteds, bouclesand basket weave material; strictly tailored models, lined
with satin. Suits principally in brown, that sold originally at from /p ? r\ r\
Women's Fall Suits $
00
$19.50 to $27.50, cich
$10.00
Petticoats
Worsted Dresses
2S Elegant Serge and Fancy Striped
Worsted Dresses, in black, navy and
colors; best new styles; $19.50 to $27.$0
$11.98
Shirtwaists
On sale Friday at Main Floor
Bargain Booth, one lot of White
Plain Tailored Waists, some of.
which arc slightly soiled or mussed.
Waists in all sizes, that were ex?
cellent value when marked at con?
siderably more.
Of percale, best quality, in blue,
with white stripes or figures; neatly
made, trimmed with piping of white
or red; sizes 6, 10, 12 years only.
Choice, 79c each.
Second Floor.
LEVY ON TRAIL
OF DRINKING CUP
Offers to Replace It With Hy?
drant With Upturned
Spigot.
The Council Committee on Grounds
and Buildings received last' night a
communication from Dr. E. C. Levy,
chief health officer, recommending the!
abolishment of the common drinking
cup In the pnrks. He oitcred to replace!
the present hydrants with a typo which
made It possible for those desiring to
tiuench their thirst to drink from the
upturned spigot, which, he declared,
was In use In most of the States In
the United States.
Dr. Levy was unable to be present Jo
tell of the merits of his suggestion,
owing to a slight Indisposition, and
the committee, upon motion, ordered
the letter filed. It was decided to
erect In Gamble's Hill Park a hydrant
of the new type. It was also decided
to build a water tank at .loseph Bryan
Park. Aside from other minor park
appropriations for labor, no business of
importance was transacted. ?
SENT TO GRAND JURY
Alleged TUI.-f of 8400 Dlnmond Srut
<in Prom Police Court.
Joseph Duarant was held for the
grand jury yesterday In Police Court
on a charge" of stealing a S-InO dia?
mond pin from J. \V. Carson. Duarant
t< alleged to have skilfully removed
the diamond from the tie of Carson
while In a Main Street rnfe. Duarant
fell into the hands of the police when
he was eaugh?fed-handed In picking
the pocket -.of ."Frank Brett while
aboard a street car during the week
of the State Fair. He tried to make
restitution to the latter by slipping
Jit back i:. place of a $5 note which
he had lifted. But Hrett insisted upon
his arrest, and he was later Identified
by Carson as the man who got his
diamond Brett's case against Duarant
was continued by Justice Crutchfleld
?until October 2S.
Louis Booze, colored, accused of ped?
dling and having In his possession a
quantity of cocaine, was sent to the
grand jury.
Reuben Logan, colored, charged with
assaulting Philip Beta, was fined 125
and cOFts. He appealed. Seta was
dismissed on a charge of attempting
to shoot Logan This affair created
a sensation severs! days ago in the
neighborhood of Cary and Linden
Streets.
TWO YEARS IN PEN
Negro Car-Breaker Pleads Utility in
HtiHtlnga Court,
Walter Drown colored, pleaded uuil
ty yesterday In the Hustings Court to
a <:harge of ear-breaking, and was
sentenced to two years In the peni?
tentiary by .lud?'- Samuel ? Witt.
,T. C. Franklin, a partner of Brown's,
wap convicted on the sume charge seV"
eral days ago and sentenced to two
years on the roads by a )urv*. On
account of his ill heulth Judgt Witt
ordered Brown committed to the state
prison that he may have medical at?
tention.
Mary Wafer, colored, was dismissed
on a charge ol maliciously wounding
Leila Trent.
William Knieselte, accused forg?
ing the numi of Maggie ?:.!?? t.. ?
Check for $lu, was acquitted.
Louis Giles, colored, was ?-? ni to jail
for thirty days for assaulting Leila
JSvans.
It \ ll.ltn \ l> nil STEAMSHIP TICK.
UTS TO A I.I. I'tu VI 'S.
Baggage railed for and ki-d to
destination <f tickets.
Taxlenli sorvie'e.
Uli II ?ION I) I II V>SKUH < il..
Min I.um ilnlii Street.
~ Is the Crowning \
GORDON METAL CO.
Richmond, Va.
HUBER SAT THERE
TO WAIT ATONE
Nobody Else Arrived to Help I
Him Investigate That City
Hall Fire.
Named by the lower branch of the
City Council as chairman of a special
committee to investigate the recent
lire in the school department of the
City Hall, Harry Huber sat down a?
the head of a long table last night ano
waited for his colleagues to come along
and sift. They came not. Hut from
all sides there came a host of wit?
nesses, full of testimony. They plant?
ed themselves around the room, smoked,
talked and waited with the chairman.
The hands of the clock moved stead
ly onward or upward, as all well reg?
ulated clocks should move. Frequently
necks were craned as a shifting of
feet was heard outside the door.
So many Investigations have been
held heretofore by the municipal gov?
ernment that this latest one did not
attract any widespread interest or ex?
citement, although tkcre wus excite?
ment enough when the telephone and
electric light wires crossed during a
storm and proceeded to singe and burn
the properly of the School Hoard. To
lind oul the cause and responsibility
of this cross was the duty which had
been thrown upon the councilmanlc
shoulders of Mr. Huber.
Mr. Huber wailed for his colleagues
to arrive, but he waited In vain. Un?
like court witnesses, those who were
summoned last night drew uo pay. It
is a public duty?a part of the salary
they earn irom the taxpayers. Hut no
man who works all day fancies the Idea
of sluing down all night to wait for
a quorum, and so when Mr. Huber
saw that he could not get on-- u>
gethei he expressed some sentiments on
the duty of CouncllmCn and things like
that, and announced that the meeting
would go over until next Tuesday night,
when they will again be requested to
appear.
SOME LOCAL DELINQUENTS
WelUKaown Richmond Houses llr.ve
Sol Paid Corporation I'm.
It was until yesterday nt the office
ni ti.ollector of Internal llevenuo
for the Second Virginia District that
there are many well-known business
houses In Richmond which have net;- 1
Iccted to pay their corporation taxes
or take any steps to compromise their
c ases with the government. Alter De?
cember 1 Uncle Sam will compromise
no more delinquent cases, but will
place them in the hands of the dls
tricj attorney for action. This will
make public the names of the de?
linquent concerns Not only are there
delinquent business men In Richmond,
but there are sonn in Norfolk, Peters?
burg and other cities in this district.
In all there are said to be about 200
such cases.
Demurs to Indictment.
Through its attorney. S, S P. Pat
tcson, tlie Richmond Kvehlng Journal
, yesterday filed a written demurrer t"
I an Indictment in the United States
District cburti alleging that it printed
.it.,I caused to be sent through the
mulls matter <>f an Ir.-.proper nature
? relating to the Reottie murder trial.
A motion that tile Indictment he
I quashed was also made. Judge Ed?
mund Wnddlll, lr.. set November '_? as
; a date on which to heai arguments on
I the two motions.
mi\ l?r Molo sm
.1 I, (Jlurke was arrested yesterday
nnd I ik?n u> the l-'tral Police Station,
where in- was charged with being a
suspicious character, believed to have
committed a felony. It Is understood
thai t.'.larke robbed lliirr> l.-,. .,f $51.
That amount whs found in his clothes
w hen searched.
Small ?ccount? urnw \n IsrK
aft?t you k*i lb' habit of i
On? 'i'.'.'or traits tan ?rf.unt.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
FOR POSTAL SAVING FUNDS
SHOULD MAKE Hl
WORK FOR FAMILY
Dr. Buchanan Tells Mothers
That Husbands Should
Work in Prison.
URGE CHILD'S WELFARE
Conference on Home and School
Ends Successful Con?
ference.
In the mothers' room in the John
Smith School, which had been turned
into n bower of bloom with palms ami
wonderful roses, the conference on
home and school und related subjects
was resumed at 10:30 yesterday morn
Ins, Or. Maclachlan, of the Seventh
Street Christian Church, pronouncing
the Invocation. The president, Airs. It.
1>. Whltlock, in her opening remarks,
declared that mothers must come to bu
Interested, for the sake of their own
children, In all that affects childhood
everywhere. The aims of the Con?
gress of Mothers, which are now the .
alms of the State Federation, could
not be accomplished without close eo-'
operation of every agency In the city
and State working for child welfare.
It is the aim of the conference to se?
cure this and to offer the fedeiuton as
a clearing house for this work, fur?
nishing the crystallizing touch needed
In all efforts for betterment.
Miss Lucy Coleman was then intro?
duced and gave a brief history of the
beginning and work of kindergartens
here, and made a strong plea for their
establishment In eveiy public school.
Duty of l'iirent.v
Or. Buchanan, of the Juvenile Pro?
tective Association, then gave atf out?
line of the legislation needed in Vir?
ginia to incorporate the principle's Of
the Juvenile courts in the legal ma?
chinery for the handling of Juvenile
delinquency. Me also explained the
methods advocated for compelling de?
linquent parents, almost always behind
the delinquent child, to protect and
provide for their families where pos?
sible. "Wlnyi parents refuso to be
parents, where Is pa rent hood?" asked
Or. Buchanan. "livery child has a
right to foo;i, shelter and proper train?
ing. It Is the duty of the State to see
that they get It, so far as Is possible,
In the normal manner. We have a
Juvenile dellnqunecy law two years
old, which covers the point of adult!
responsibility for Juvenile delinquency
to some extent, but no law Is worth I
anything without public sentiment back I
of It. It should be possible to Imprison
a man and make him work for his 1
family, neither working to reduce
taxes for the community nor remaining
Idle In Jail."
Miss Muccorklo, of the Young Wo- .
men's Christian Association, then
spoke on the problems of protection
for working girls, housing and recrea?
tion, shorter hours and sanitary con?
ditions.
Dr. Chandler then spoke briefly on '
co-operation between the home and j
the school and the use- of the schools us
social centres, and for vacation and
evening schools, the former for back?
ward pupils and the latter for girls,
therefore not conflicting with any
other educational agency. All were
deeply Interested In the account which
Or. Chandler gave of the past and
present accomplishment and future
plans along these lines. He wished *.o
make Instruction In domestc science!
available to parents, even the fathers,:
If they desired It. This excited laugh-'
ter. as being appropriate Indeed for the
suffragette husbands, as well as for
those with wives who are 111. Re?
strictions preventing movable seats In
auditoriums was a hindrance to muk
ing the schools recreation centres?a'
free party In n schoolhou.se. as an '
Italian termed It. He said that the!
vacation schools had cost this summer
about $S00, anil had saved -10 pupils
six months' work, which would have
cost for teachers $2,200, so that It had
been pnylng Investment for the city. '
He hoped to see Ruffner School used
all summer as a regular graded school.
He hoped that a taste for u lyceum
course of lectures, eight of which could '
be provided for $1 by use of the schools,
might be revived. Also the schools
might be used for clubs and debating
societies, though politics was at pres- I
ent debarred. He did not wish to be
radical, but to progress conservatively.
Mrs. Schon* SpcakN.
Mrs. Schoft" then supplemented Mr.
Chandler's remarks In enthusiastic
agreement with and admiration for his
plans and hopes She would no*, debar
political societies, but encourage them,
considering them essential to the de?
velopment of the civic spirit which Is
the crying need of the time. At the
same time Mrs. Scboff warned against
carrying the nodal centre Idea so far
as to wean the children nltogether
from the real social centre?that is, the
home. Restrict their use to certain
evenings. Every good thing can he
overdone, and the parental element
must enter In -to safeguard the ;?hil
tlren In the use of the school;, as social
centres. Mrs. Sch?lt spoke of moving
picture Ulms of an educational nature
being prepared by Thomas Edlsonj and
predicted their adoption In all schools
as educative aids. Effort should be
made to get the girls from the depart?
ment stores and from the factories to
attend the domestic science departments
: of the evening schools. Employers
should be approached to engage their
co-operation to this end.
Mrs. Schorr gave a most interesting
ac.ou.it of the Slate college for girls
In Columbus, Miss., where tuition i-?
fie. and board only $100 per year;
where all wear uniforms, no distinc?
tion between rich ami poor'Is possible,
I and where every girl learns how to
: plan and care for a modern, sanitary
; home, as a part of the curriculum. The
'? accomplishments are not neglected. bu?
! ib.- whole trend or the course Is to?
ward domestic training.
Tb.nfercnee adjourned at 1 o'clock,
after a most interesting and Instructive
? si ssloii, and reconvened in the bcau
: tlful nudltoriunm of the new William
I'on School at a o'clock. At the after
noon session more than 100 of the
lechers of the city schools were pres?
ent to enjoy the address of Mrs. Schoff
to Ihc teachers and niothors on iho
relation of home anil school.
Henkln Amiln In Trouble.
George l". v. Meakln, an English?
man, who figured conspicuously some
time ago in a mySterle.'it shooting
, scrape. In which he was seriously
woundod at Ms boarding house, 106 1-2
Kast <-lay Street, the horn? of M. J.
Lawler, was arraigned In Police Court
yesterday morning on a 'charge of A' -
orderly conduct and beating Marian
Lawler, eleven year? old. The case
whs continued by Justice Crutchfleld
unt;i mis morning.
RULING SATISFIES
BUSINESS PEOPLE
Shippers Elated Over Decision
That City Dock Must De
Opened Again.
REVIVE PURCHASE TALK
Councihnen Not Disposed to
Accept Offer That City
Acquire Property.
Business men. especially those whoso
plants are located In the section which
it served, expressed much rratiiicalion
yesterday when they read in The
Times-Dispatch that the Corporation
Commission had decided that the (bond?
holders' committee must repair, re?
open .and operate the city dock.
While It is known, of course, that
the owners will appeal to the Supreme
Court, the feeling was general that
the city, the Chamber of Commerce,
and shippers. who had protested
against the closing of the canal, had
won a great victory, and a victory
which would stiind In the higher court.
Coming along with the Anal ap?
proval of an ordinance for the con?
struction of a wharf below Gillie's
Creek, It was evldtnt on its face that
golden opportunities hereabout would
not be neglected.
Cnn Get Federal Aid.
Members of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Convention declared th.it
Richmond would have less trouble
hereafter In asking h*<p from the
Federal government when it was
shown that the municipality was
anxious and willing to help 'tself.
President Moore, of the association,
warmly congratulated represont-itlves
of the city on the step forward, saying
that Richmond would derive great
benefits in the future trom the de?
velopment of the waterways of the
South. "This Is a magnificent city,"
he added, "and your people should ap?
preciate the value of James River."
There has oeen no disposition on the
prart of Councllmcn to take up the
offer made by a real estate firm, which
Is anxious to sell the dock to the city.
While there are many people wjio
hold that the city should ult'mately
acquire the canal and operate It free
to all shipping of the type It can ac?
commodate, the feeling Is thnt so long
as the dock must be maintained it
would be a useless expenditure of pub?
lic funds to buy it just now.
Judgment F.ntrrrd.
Judgment was entered yesterday In
the Law and Equity Court In the case
of W. C. Smith against J. E. M. Wal?
ker for |231.
In the case of B. Jacobs against
A. H. and F. H. Llpplncott, Incorpor?
ated, the evidence was partly heard
and the case continued In order to
give the Llpplncott firm time to have
depositions taken. The action grpws
out of the purchnse hy Jacobs of a
sodn water fcruntaln from the Llppln?
cott firm, which was later returned.
Vntden'n Itenlirnntlon Accepted.
Special orders were Issued from the
oftlce of Adjutant-General W. W. Sale
yesterday announcing that the resig?
nation of First Lieutenant If. K. Vnl
den. Company C. Fourth Infantry, Vir?
ginia Volunteers, having been tender?
ed to the Governor and commatider
ln-chlef. Is accepted, to take effect at
once. The commanding officer of the
Fourth Infantry is directed to order
an election In Compnny C within thir?
ty days for the purpose of filling the
vacancy.
*l mii ides11ons in Chancery.
Roseannn E. Jones qualified yester?
day in the Chancery Court as admin?
istrator of the estate of David John
Jones. The estate is valued nt JS.250.
John D. Reatty qualified as executor
of the will of ..laggio B. Fennell. The
estate is valued at $5,000.
New Colonel.
Governor Mann yesterday announced!
the appointment of Clifton Wood-on
Rogers, or Charlottesvllle, to be a I
member of his official staff, with the'
rank of colonel of cavalry. Colonel
Rogers succeeds Colonel James A. Pet
tit, of Nelson county, who was shot
and killed a few weeks ago by Ben
Hubard.
nnr AXKoelntlnn Meeting.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Richmond Bar Association will be
held In the court room of the Civil
Justice at the City Hall this after
noon at 4 o'clock.
Mlaalnnnry Conference.
The Quarterly Missionary Confer?
ence of the Raptist Woman's Mission?
ary Societies of Richmond will be held
at Leigh Street Raptist Church this
afternoon at I o'clock
Seeka ?10,000 Damage*.
The case of L N. . Donath of the
Nine-Mile Road, who Is suing the
Virginia Railway and Power Compnny
for S10,000 damages on account of aii
nccldent in which he broke a leg, was
begun yesterday In t <? llenrleo coun?
ty Circuit Court. The trial may end
to-day.
Rulldlnc Pcnnlr*.
Building and repair i ~rm!ts were
issued yesterday as follows:
.lulla F. Woody, to repair n frame
kitchen In rear of 117 Vorth Twentv
nlnth Street, to cost $lf,0.
Ii. 1 ? R:>rnes. to repair a brick
dwelling ,-,nn North Tenth Street, to
cost $374. ;
Gustavus Mlllhlser. to repair a brick
rlwi II'"- UK, West Franklin Street, to
cost |350.
HOTEL INSPECTION
WILL BE MODIFIED
Proprietors Object Strenuously
to Unequal Workings of
Fee System.
INCLUDE BOARDING HOUSES
Officials Believe All Should Be
Examined and Expenses
Paid by State.
Virginia's hotel Inspection law, which
has now been In operation for some
tlfteen months. Is badly in need of per?
fection by amendments, in the opinion
of all those who have had to do with
Its administration. Not these alone
hold this opinion, for the same belief
is most tlrmly held by the hotel keep?
ers of the State.
Dr. Hoy K. Klan pagan, the Inspect?
ing officer of the State Health Depart?
ment. Is making up Ills annual report,
and it will Include some figures which
It Is expected Will prove of great in?
terest. Probably he will make recom?
mendations along the lino of proper
changes, and at least he will present
the situation as It Is. Dr. Plannagan
Is rather Inclined to the belief that
the traveling men of the State, who
began the movement which resulted m
the enactment of the law, should take
tho lead In amending It. He thinks
that any of them will be easily con?
verted to this view by an examination
of the results.
Una Visited All.
Every hotel in the State which comes
within the meaning of that word by
Ihc terms of the law. has been In?
spected by 1'r. Klannagan. That Is,
unless there are- places claimed to bo
boarding houses which are taking
transients. ?nd which have managed to
get by without detection. In order to
protect small places from the payment
of the fee, the law exempts hotels hav?
ing ten bed rooms or less from the In?
spection.
Herein lies one of the Injustices of
the law, There are In several towns
of the Stute two small hotels. One
may have eleven or twelve rooms, and
Is lnspecwd and made to piy the fee
to the officer. Another, across the
street, has nine, or ten ibedrooms. and
Is In every way a competitor of tho
first mentioned. Yet It cannot he
touched, and the Inspector has no
Jurisdiction to require It to comply
with the requirements of the statute
as to safety and sanitation, nor can
he make It pay the fee. The proprie?
tor of the slightly larger place kicks
?Justly so. In Dr. Klannugan's opinion.
Another objection to the Bystem Is
the latitude It allows the ofllcer him?
self. Dr. Flunnugan does not want to
be given such latitude. Every ylaco
Inspected Is a room, and the officer can
cull every bathroom or pantry a room,
and charge for It. So If ho does not
have a look at a room and doeB not
charge for It because It Is unneces?
sary, a rival proprietor tvis an Imme?
diate kick on the size of his bin. A
hotel with the same number of bed?
rooms as a rival may havem more
bathrooms and be charged more, and
the owner cannot see why he should
be required to pay It.
Fault of Fee System.
The root of the trouble seems to lie
with the fee system. It is the rtrm be?
lief of at least some of the Health
Department officials that the fees
should be abolished; that the expenses
of Inspection should ioe paid by the
State; thut no charge should be made
to hotel keepers, and that every build?
ing taking boarders for a price should
be subject to inspection, whether hotel
or boarding house. In this way the
sanitary requirements .could be en?
forced and the safety of the public in?
sured, without the natural objection
of the proprietor at being made to
pay for something he does not seek.
That vast benefits have resulted
from the hotel inspection law is un?
doubted by any one. In nearly every
hotel In the State Dr. Plannagan has
found some Infringement In the law?In
most Instances slight such as failure to
have proper signs pointing to fire
escapes. Many places have been cleaned
up and made lit for human habitation.
Yet small hotels have Ibeen exempt and
have not been touched. Proprietors
everywhere h:ave showji a disposition
to fully co-operate \eith Dr. Flan
nagan, and have obeyed his instruc?
tions to the letter. Every hotel man
whose place has been Inspected has
reported that he has made the changes
required, save In the case of a few
summer hostelrles, which were ylslted
late, rand which have promised to
comply with the law before opening
next season. Certificates have been
issued to all the others. Sanitary ar?
rangements have been found rather
better than was expected.
Itabbl MlehnelMon to French.
Rabbi I* B. Michaelson, of Trenton.
N. J., Jewish chaplain in New Jersey
for the various penal Institutions, will
occupy the pulpit of Beth Ahabah to?
night. Iiis subject being, "Some Jewish
and American Ideals " The jiublle Is
invited. I?r. Michaelson Is attending
the Deeper Waterways Convention us
one of New Jersey's representatives.
If the Waterways
Association
Accomplishes its ends in the establishment of safer
inland traffic and Atlantic navigation, lessening the
dangers and loss of life on the high seas, it will have
performed a great service to humanity. We believe
in protected waterways and BROADER waterways?
in fact, in ALL ways of giving security and service to
the American people.
We want to help YOU make YOUR WAY easy.
A bank account in the
American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia,
will do much to add to YOUR comfort in EVERY
way.
CORRECT CLOTHES
For all formal and informal occasions, also proper
wearing apparel for all kinds of outdoor sports. All
ready at an hour's notice.
Gans-Rady Company
PLAN CUTS CITY
INTO FOUR WARDS
(Continued From Firm Poire.)
1914 election, three Airmen arc. to
be elected from euch uf the four wurds.
ma king; a Hoard o.f twelve members.
Voten lllmaelf Out.
Mr. Rcnnolds, a member of the spe?
cial committee, cheerfully voted for
the plan as a forward step for the city,
though rather ruefully admitting that
It legislated him out of ofllce, certainly
for two years. The members whose
terms expire on August 31 next, and In
whoso wards there will be no election,
are Messrs. Atkinson, Bennett, Butler
Cowardin, Hobson, Kaln. Moncure,'
Moore, Patram and Retinoids.
The ward lines ub recommended for
adoption give to new Jefferson Ward
four ?'hold-over" Aldermen. Messra.
Adama. Grimes. Melton and Nclsen, who
must serve until their terms expire,
j when but three can be elected. Madison
Ward will retain Messrs. I>onahoe, Per?
due and Powers. Lee Ward will have
Messrs. Bllley, Oilman. Grundy and
Gunst until their terms expire, when
but three arc to bo clecfcd. New Clay
Ward has but two "hold-over" mem?
bers. Messrs. Den Lcavy und Mitchell,
making It necessary to order an clot,
tlon for the Board In that ward next
spring, when the term of President
Whltlet expires.
Police and Fire Ilnnrdx.
All membera of the Police and Fire
Boards hold office for the pernia for
which they were elected, but as their
terms expire, the offices are abolished
until there Is left to be re-elected but
one fire and one police cemmlssloner
from each ward, as the charter speci?
fies The Health nnd School Hourdr
are nor selected along -ward lines.
Members of the special committee
spent several hours going over every
detail of the plan. Btudylng maps and
tables of all kinds. It was directed
that' a large city map with the pro?
posed new ward lines, suitably colored,
be posted at once In the Council cham?
ber for the Inspection of Councllmen
and others Interested, and that copies
of the ordinance be distributed to ull
members. While the companion paper,
still under consideration before the
committee, will. If adopted. require
charter changes, the reduction In the
siv.o of the Council lies with the body
Itself, and may be adopted without
legislative enactment It was pointed
out that since the annexation agree?
ment with Manchester was adopted on
report of a special committee, without
reference to the Ordinance or Finance
Committees, even though obligating
the city for large sums, the report of
this special committee need not be re
fer.red or delayed, but that the Council
might meet the Issue squarely and at,
once.
Munt Act at Once.
It was brought out In the discussion
that Immediate action was necessary,
since, if udopted. the precinct lines will
have to be arranged and the election
books properly corrected In ample time
for the Democratic primary of next
April, as In that primary members of
the Council for the next two years will
be nominated. If the opponents can
delay action until after that primary,
the city will be tied to a Council of
sixty-four mrmbors for another tw*i
yenrs from next September.
Members of the special committee
which prepared the plan nnd unani?
mously recommended Its adoption were
Aldermen Rcnnolds and Don I.cavy:
Councllmen Pollock, chairman; Reade
and Lynch, and citizen members: L. Z.
Morris. H. W. Rounrre? and C. V.
Meredith. The committee will meet
again next Monday night to take up In
detail the final drift of the ordinance
proposing the creation of an adminis?
trative hoard of paid officials who shall
Ibe charged with the duties of on
executive nature now performed by
committees of the Council, Including
tho awarding of contracts and em?
ployment of lnbor, an<j the supervision
I of work and auditing of accounts.
Text of Ordinance.
I The full text of the redlstrlctlng or?
dinance recommended for adoption fol?
lows:
An orolnanco to diminish the number
of wards and redlstrlct the city
into wards so that no ward shall
exceed any other ward In popula?
tion more than 3,000 inhabitants.
Whereas, by the last United States
census It appears that tho population
of each of the wards of the city of
Richmond Is as follows: Clay Ward,
22,660; Henry Ward, 14,098; Jefferson
Ward, 16,196; Lea Ward, 16,297; Madi?
son W.ird, 1 1,630: Marshall Ward,
IS.021: Monroe Ward. :4.&05; Washing?
ton Ward. 10.370; and
Whereas, it thereby appears that the
population of several of the wards ex?
ceeds that of other wards by ns much
as 3,000 inhabitants; and
I Whereas, In the opinion rf the Coun
' ell of the city of Richmond, It Is
!<leeme<i expedient not only to change
' tne boundaries, hut also to diminish
the number of wards, thereftre:
He It ordained by the Council of the
city of Richmond:
1. That there shall bo established
four wards for the city of Richmond,
the designation and boundaries of
which shall be as follows:
Jeffernon Ward.
(1) Sha.ll include that portion of the
city within the following boundaries:
Beginning at a point at the intersec?
tion of the eastern boundary line of
tho city and the north bank of James
River; thence westward ulong the
north bank of James River to a point
In line with fclie centre line of Klgh
teenth Street projected: thence north?
wardly along the centre line of Eigh?
teenth Street to the centre line of Ven
able Street; thence eastwardly
along the centre line of Ven
able Street to the centre line of Mosby
Street for Mechanlcsvllle Turnpike);
thence northwardly along the centre
line of Mosby Street nnd Mechanlcs
vllle Turnpike to the corporation line;
thence following the northern and
eastern corporation line to tho point
of beginning.
Madison Ward
(2) Shall Include that portion of the
city lying west of tho line along Eigh?
teenth Street, Vcnaiile Street, Mosby (
Street and Mechanlcsvllle Turnpike;
thence following the lino of the northern
corporation to the centre line of Second
Street; thence southwardly along tno
centre line of Second Street to the cen?
tre line of Bates Street, eaitwardly
along tho centre lino of Bates Street
to the centre line of Third Street;
southwardly along the centre line of
i Third Street to the north bank of
James ltlver and Kanawha Canal;
I thence westward!)* along the north
bank of said canal to tho centre line
of Belvldere Street projected; south?
wardly along the centre line of Bel?
vldere Street projected to the north
hank of James River; thence nldng tho
north hank of James River to the In?
tersection of the western corporation
line at a point In line with tho eastern
line of Florida Avenue projected to
the river; thenco crossing jJmes River,
and thenco continuing along the south
I ern corporation line to the point where
[ It meets the eastern corporation lino
on t'.ic south shore of James River;
thence along f-ald eastern corporation
line across James River until It reaches
I the north bank of said river; thence
along the north bank of James River
to the centre line of Eighteenth Street
J projected, the point of beginning.
Lee Ward.
(3; Shall Include that portion of the
city lying within a line beginning at
the intersection of the northern corpo?
ration line and the centre line of Sec?
ond Street; thence following the centre
line of Second Street, Bates Street and
Third Streot southwardly to the ccntro
line of Main Street; thence along tho
centre line of Main Street to the centro
line of Luurcl Street; thence along the
centre line of L-rurel Street to the cen?
tre line of Fark Avenue; thence along
the centre line of Fark Avenue to tho
centre line of Stuart Avenue; thence
along the centre line of Stuart Avenue
to the western corporation line; thence
along the western and northern corpo?
ration line to the centre line of Second
Street, to the point of beginning.
Clay Ward.
(1) Shall include that portion of the
city lying within a line beginning at
the intersection of the western corpora?
tion line and the centre line of Stuart
Avenue, and following the centre linn
of Stuart and Park Avenue?. Laurel an
Main Streets eastward!)* to the centre
line of Third Street, and southwardly
along the centre line of Third Street
and along the north bank of the canal
and tiie centre lino of Belvldere Street,
projected to the north bank of .lames
River; thence along the north bank of
James River to a point on the western
corporation line, at the Intersection
of the east lino of Florida Avenue, pro?
jected; thence along the southern and
western corporation line to the centre
line of Stuart Avenue, to the point of
beginning.
Transfer of Voters.
2. That the Judge of the Hustings
Court of the city of Richmond be, and
he Is hereby, requested to appoint
three (3) commissioners, whose duty It
shall be to arrange and revise the reg?
istration books of the city of Richmond,
so as to plnoe each registered voter
on the proper precinct and ward reg?
istration books, as provided by Section
1014-c of the Code of Virginia, 1S0L
thereby accomplishing the transfer ot
registered voters to their proper pre?
cincts and wards, and avoiding the
necessity of reregtstratlon by such
voters on account of the change of
wards hereby made.
3. That nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed to affect the terms
of the present members, elected and
qualified as members of either branch
Of the Council of the city of Richmond,
all of whom shall be entitled to serve
as members of the branch to which
they are respectively elected until the
end of their respective terms, nor shall
It curtail or affect tho terms of any
jnember of the Board of Fire Com?
missioners or of the Board of Police
Commissioners.
Hove Election Is Held.
4. That at the election of members
of the Council to be held on the sec?
ond Tuesday in June. 1912, there shall
be elected five members of the Com?
mon Council from each of the above
constituted wards, but inasmuch us
by the rearrangement of wards hereby
made four (4i members of the present
Board of Aldermen will reside In Jef?
ferson Ward, whoso terms of office will
not expire until the first day of Sep?
tember. 1914. three (3) members of tho
present Roard of Aldermen will re?
side in Madison Ward, whose terms of
office will not expire until the lirst day
of September. 1914; two (2) members
of the present Board of Aledrmen will
reside In Clay Ward, whose terms of
office will not expire until the first
day of September, 1914; and four (4)
members of the present Board of Al?
dermen will reside In Lee Ward, whose
terms of ofllce will not expire until tho
first day of September, 1914, no 'flec?
tion shall be held In said wards on tho
second Tuesday In June, 1912. for mem?
bers of said Board except in Clay
Ward, where an election shall be held
for one Alderman; and all of tho said
members In said wards shull be en?
titled to hold over to the end of their
respective terms as mcmoers of said
Board In conformity with section 15,
of the charter of the city of Rich?
mond, and at the. election to be held
on the second Tuesday In June, 1914,
three (3) members of snld Board of
Aldermen shall be elected In nil of
the wards of the city, the length of
whose terms shall be ascertained in
the modo prescribed by section 14 of
the charter of the city of Richmond.
Aldermen Hold Over.
5. That ell ordlnances^or parts of
ordinances In conflict with this ordi?
nance are hereby repealed, but for the
purpose of continuing trie terms of the
members of the Common Council and
Board of Aldermen of the city of Rich?
mond, ns hereinbefore provided, chap?
ter 2 of Richmond City Code, 1910, shall
be continued in force until tho first day
of September, nlnotcen hundred and
twelve (1912).
B. This ordinance shall bo In force
from Its passage. ?