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Richmond Times-nispatch Tuesday August 15 1950 Plan for a Park Within Highland Park Area i Killed by 6-to-3 Vote of City Councilmcn override it a two-thirds margin is park The other acreage they required he added (said can be converted into a park Opponents of the park plan later pointed out that Hotchkiss Field is near by and that the city al- Sitka was the capital of Alaska (ready owns 233 acres immediately 1 before the Territory- was pur-south of the site of the proposed chased by the United States Council Votes Gas Rate Cut Iii September Reduction Figures About 19 Ter Cent Advertisement HERE'S THE WAY TO CURB REDUCIBLE War Opened On Motorists Without Tags City police tagged 579 autos last week In an attempt to crack down on automobile owners who buy city license plates The City License Bureau following up on the police work checks its records to see if there is a valid reason why those who received tags bought license plates Generally if the owner of the vehicle lives in the city he is summoned to tell the Police Court why he hasn't bought a license Police Chief Carton said that 578 of the tags were Issued by officers from Second Station and that only one tag was issued by a Third District officer on the South Side "Either that speaks well for people living in South Richmond or badly for my men on that side of the river" Carton said going to find out which" DTIj With Common Sense Home Plon Endorsed by Thousands Hardy reminded his colleagues jthat they campaigned for economy prior to the June 13 Council elec-j tion He said the proposed park jwas "not a community proposi-j tion but a neighborhood prop o- 1 That caused Throckmorton to say he couldn't see "the sudden urge for economy in view of the capital budget" He mentioned the repaving of Broad Street Hill and isaid the city could have waited i to have done the job" i But the plan was doomed By ithe same 6-to-3 vote Council I yanked the site from the master plan Throckmorton questioned vote saying that hen the old bicameral Council adopted the master plan it took a three-fourths majority to change any part of it But Assistant City Attorney Henry Miller ruled that a bare majority was required to agree with the Planning Commission To i i Long-listing Relief for Itchy Skin Irritation Here's a tipi So assay people deprad aa Rnaol Oiataieat I relieve martins kch of dry ecaema chafing com iaarah ms be food At all dnigairti The 1 eo ia relief great Try kl mission unanimously rejected it land sponsored the ordinance to re-' move the park site from the mas-jter plan Council had before It an estimate That the site would cost from 1530000 to $35000 and an additional $100000 to develop it into 1 a park-playground Willey and his associates questioned the $100000 item as excessive and wanted details But (Malcom Pace chief of the Btireau i of Parks and Cemeteries said a breakdown was not available i Willey said the Planning Commission "probably was sold a bill i of goods by the administration" The of he explained was that several small play areas ought to be set up on the North ISide instead of establishing an-'other large park That plan he said would be too costly because 'suitable vacant sites are not avail-: able I Acting City Manager Edward Metzger declared that the "administration has not sold a to the Planning Commission Other Needs Said Pressing 1 "More play areas are needed jin the North said Metzger "but there are more pressing 'needs By a 6-to-3 vote City Council last night finally killed the plan establish a park in the Highland Park area and went one step I further It also struck from the master plan the designation of the (proposed site as a park-playground area i The tract in question contains 1954 acres south of Fourqurean Lane Councilman Edward Willey and several North Side citizens i waged a losing fight for the park The vote on the park was: For: Henry Garber Robert Throckmorton and Willey i Against: Edward I Hardy Stirling King Wade McCargo Randolph Ruffin Robert A Wil-son and Mayor Parker i Delaying Motion Lost Garber made a motion to delay I action for two weeks to give the Department of Recreation and Parks time in which to make detailed report" on the park site But even Willey was against that and the motion was lost with just Garber and Throckmorton voting for it The park proposal had been before Council four times previously and before the Planning Commis-iion on two occasions The enm- l( yob hate raptnrr large malt trar thia anti i mail al oaro ta ant A tailing lay Baa BROCHURE SENT FREE J'hmo NORFOLK BEAUTY Miss Shirley Bryant 20 has been named by Mayor Pretlow Darden tef represent Norfolk in the court of Queen Lorelei III in the third annual National Seafood Festival to be held In Hampton September 14-16 4211 Halprtowa lor Krre Kratkai and tall parliralar ol a rranarkahlo modrrnimvd tor re-' daritiir rapiarv roalrol that Uiaaaaada report haa hroaght them a a irk relirf aad a Bear fonad joy of aar romlari aad frrrdom ia all their oerapatioaa of work aad plraare If toar raplare ia aliil rnlanlilr (raa he pat h-rki 1 la ad- haie gairkly rrapondrd to thla aaperb roatrol Vaa raaael afford to aegloel yoar raptare Kvea if raplare bow givra little bother it aeeda proper rare MIW Hire it ao rhaare to berome worae Aad if Soar rate la had aad eterylhiag tried haa tailed ta help da aal deapair bead right taar far Ihia free Rrorhare Thrre la sa charge ar oltliggliaa aad mar sever aea this aaaeanremrat agaia Name Addratf i Defense Plans Begun State Civilian Defense Co-ordinator 3L Wyse reported yesterday that eight more Virginia localities have begun their local defense organizations Mayor Parker Alone Rates Expenses It looks es though members of City Council besides Mayor Parker must pay their own expenses if they atfend the annual convention of the league of Virginia Municipalities at Virginia Beach next month Mayor Parker brought the matter up in the closing moments of last Council meeting He called attention to section 401 of the city charter which says that only the Mayor or the vice mayor acting as Mayor can receive his expenses when representing the city Offered by Mayor Parker as another exihihit was a letter from Dr Thomas II Reed a consultant who assisted the Richmond Char ter Commission to draft the new charter It was Dr Reed's opinion that the framers of the charter meant for no other member of Council besides the Mayor is entitled to expenses other than his $100 a month salary Councilman Stirling King predecessor as Mayor said he had not been aware of the prohibition Councilman Wade McCargo agreed Both were charter commission members Parker said he would ask for a formal opinion from City Attorney Elliott Drinard if Council thought it necessary No action was taken on this suggestion Also In accordance with section 401 Parker asked Council to approve payment of his own expenses to the conference lie got the approval unanimously Without a dissenting vole City Council last night paused the ordinance reducing gas bills effective September 1 ao that the new ratea will apply to natural gas The vote was 8 to 0 Councilman Wade McCargo was not present when the vote was taken although he attended the meeting Under the new ordinance the minimum monthly will be $105 for the first 200 cubic feet $1 for the gas plus the rity'a 5 per cent utility use tax The rate for gas in excess of 200 cubic feet will be 25 cents per 100 cubic feet Utilities Director Edward Metzger told Council the ordinance will result in a reduction of 19 per cent for householders who use gas By weighted he explained he means an average saving depending on quantities Used Thus small users will not benefit to the extrot that larger Users will Consumption Govern Rate Those using gas to heat their homes will save about 20 per cent Metzger said hut the actual saving will depend on the amount of gas used Industrial users who consume lOiXlOOQ or more cubic feet per month will save even more Ax an example Metzger maid that prior to June 1 1949 when rates were stepped up 1000 cubic feet of gas cost the user 5281 Now he said the same amount costs $340 Afler September 1 the equivalent in natural gas will cost $274 Exact comparisons are virtually Impossible Metzger said because natural gas Is much more powerful (about twice) as manufactured gas Comparisons must be weighted with that factor as well as with variations in quantities used he continued Councilman Robert Throckmorton indicated he was not satisfied with the new ordinance but he voted for it During the hearing that preceded the vote he pointed nut that in Philadelphia manufactured gag is sold for less than Richmond plans to charge for the natural product Philadelphia's Rates Lower Metzger replied that in Philadelphia there are "hundreds of thousands of gas customers" compared to Richmond's 41000 Resides he said Philadelphia's gas is made from coke and the sale of the by-product accounts for a large part of the difference between local and Philadelphia ratea Alvin Leake representing the Bmall Gas Users Association asked Council to postpone action on the gas ordinance for weeks or lie urged that customers i living outside the city he charged 1 more for gas than other householders and that the rate for industrial Visors be upped by 5 per cent Those steps he said would permit the city to reduce the cost of gas to small users Users beyond city limits pay exactly the game for gas as do city residents Metzger said the reason for not charging nonresidents more is that the rate is "competitive" It is set so that the city can compete with other fuels he explained Rut he said the gas rates arc not 000 more and not the extra room -9? fc 7 handling and 1 if ruggedness the ki Dodge gives you! 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