The times dispatch. [volume], April 21, 1911, Image 12

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Free at Tollet Counter
Free distribution of "Travelers' Size" cake of
Mnxine Elliott Toilet Soap with every purchase of our
Toilet Counter.
The manufacturers of this high grade Toilet Soap have
allowed us the privilege of presenting our customers with a
"Travelers' Size'1 cake free of charge with every purchase
made at the Toilet Goods Counter for a limited time. The
soap is very delicately perfumed in the following odors:
Violet, rose, carnation and buttermilk, and the price is 10c
per cake or three cakes for 25c.
Manufacturers' Display Will
Soon Be Begun, Probably on
Main Street.
Unofficially, It is reported Hint
enough subscribing members repre?
senting the various manufacturing
companies here, have been obtained to
^practically insure the establishment
of the manufacturers' exhibit. W. lv.
Bache, who is working for the exhibit
along with a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce. Is canvassing
the manufacturers, and states that
with few exceptions he has met with
great encouragement.
Within the next few days a meet?
ing of the committee will be held in
the office of Business Manager Piibnoy,
of the chamber, lit which time it Is
expected that the amount of subscrip?
tions will he large enough to begin the
actual work of establishing the ex
Iiibit. Sever.il suitable places In the
business portion of tin- city arc already
in view. The location probably will be
on Main Street somewhere between
Eighth and Twelfth Streets.
The exhibit will be modeled after
the Chattanooga institution) which is
understood to have proved very suc?
cessful. Jt is proposed that manufac?
turers shall keep their wares on exhi?
bition in the building so thai buyers
may transact all their business under
one roof, thus saving the time ami
trouble going from one establishment I
to the other. There will be no profits,
tito rental for floor space being pro?
portionate to the cost of maintenance I
according to the tuze desired.
FILES LAW BOOKS
Federal Court's Library Now One of Most
Complete In South.
Librarian Claude. M. I lean, of the t'nited
Sinus Circuit Cnurl ,.r Appeals, yesterday
concluded Mini? Pndcrni lnw hook*, valued
?i 51.000, thus rlddlne. iretltly to the collec?
tion In the local library. The purchase of
these hooks was nuihorir.etl by hn licit of
Cons reu. Anothbi appropriation of fl.OoO
will be available for buying other hooks on
July 1. Mr. Lusn said yesterday that the
law library In tlie federal building is one
of tlie nio.?i complete In ike Soutti.
Discuss New Industries.
The business enterprlce commlttcr of the
Chamber of Commerce) has been railed in
meet In special session Saturday afternoon
for the consideration of several matters per?
taining to Increasing the city's, business
eerpe. It Is understood that Several new In?
dustries contemplate local I nc here and aye
beins assisted by tlie chamber.
WILL TREAT WITH
WEST VIRGINIA
State Debt Commission Ex?
presses Willingness to Discuss
Payment of Interest.
Adopting the suggestion of Hie
United Slates Supreme Court in Its
recent decision of the Virginia-West
Virginia State debt case, tlie lieht
j Commission of tills Slate yesterday, in
scsion at the Jefferson Hotel, expressed
its willingness to meet an ulTlclnl body
rrom West Virginia for the purpose
of entering into an adjustment of the
payment of interest. Ueyond tlie con?
sideration and passage of a resolution
to this effect, nothing was done by
the commission.
it is evident, however, tliut no fur
llier (proceedings along tills line can
be bad for about two years, or until
alter the next meeting of the West
Virginia Legislature. True, that body
has been called In extra session on
May 10. but Governor Glasscock did
not Include mention of the State debt
in his call. West Virginia papers say
this precludes the possibility of con?
sideration of the matter at the extra
session, and uro upbraiding the Gov?
ernor for not embracing this among
the. matters to be acted upon.
Attorneys May Confer.
11 may be, however, that ...e attor?
neys of AVest Virginia will feel called
upon to confer with tho Virginia coin
mission, with the Idea Of having some?
thing tangible tu present to the cit?
izens of their Slate when tlie Legisla?
ture meets In regular session in 1013.
The United Stales Supreme Court,
when It gave Judgment a few weeks
ago for Virginia, for principal amount?
ing to about JT.OOO.tlOt), said that the
question of Interest was one which
might well bo tlie subject of negotia?
tions between the two States. The Im?
pression left by the decision was that
I the court desired the Stoles to decide
I the mallei' of Interest to be paid, and
' to relieve It from this burden. How?
ever, no doubt is expressed that in the
event of the foil uro of negotiations,
the court would proceed to render Its
Judgment on tile proposition.
While Virginia Is disposed to accept
the admonition of tlie court, there can
be no doubt that she will hold out for
a good slice or the possible S30.non.noo
Interest, for West Virginia for a gener?
ation disdainfully refused to treat with
this Stale and drove the thought of
compromise from the minds ( f the clt
iv.ens of Virginia;
[Jones Booked for Fairfax?Dem?
ocratic League Sends Out
Circulars.
Announcement was made yesterday
from the headquarters In this city nf|
the Virginia Democratic League that
j Representative Carter Class will de?
liver his next speech of the campaign !
? for United States Senator at Paltnyrn-1
on next Monday. This is tlie date of
the beginning of the lernt <<( the Cir?
cuit Court of l-Tuvanna county:
Representative William A .lones wilt
.ppoak in his own interest at Fairfax
Courthouse on April 29.
The league Is sending out thousands
of copies of the address to the Demo?
crats of Virginia, recently Issued and
signed by U.O. citizens, to voters all
over the State, fin tlie back Is print?
ed an appeal to voters to pay their poll
taxes before May 7.
In addition, on the front of the pam?
phlet is a quotation from a speech said
to have been made by Senator Thomas
K Martin before the court clerks itt
August, and iiiso a
quotation from 11
?u paper, saying that
ilyrd and Flood 'and
ends and supporters,;
I the offices and po
Occah View last
reienl editorial
Richmond nfterho
Martin; Sw'anson,
llieir liitirmtti '?>
practically con in
tronage of this H
APPEAL CASES
Nt'^rors Alo
Or. L'nllM'h'l, Si
The Hlb.Kyn c.t l.clinr.ns
T>r. E. N, CaUseh a! II, Hi
I'vin tie: Friday eveniii? ?
bird of ll.ipi.it,. : -? . snti
jp;t6, "Thi Wheel i>( For
In weit erne at all iftrvle?
ess:
by
Svnaosoii
?the nine
hrhihii a
.'he puhll
Day and Night
Richmond Transfer Co.
609 E. Main Street
Visitors From Springfield, Mass., J
Come Up James and Are i
Entertained Here. j
After an nil-day trip up the historic
.lames River, when they viewed with!
Interest numerous evidences of the
work of their forefathers In estab?
lishing the "cradle of the nation,"
members of Springfield, Mass., Coin
mandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, ac?
companied by their wives and families,
arrived In Richmond last night, mid
were the guests of Richmond t'oiu
iniindory, No. und St. Andrew's Com
mu'ndery, No. I;:, at a reception In
tin Masonic Temple.
The visitor.-; were accompanied lo
Richmond by a delegation of local
Tempi.irs. including Eminent Com?
mander Georg,- r.j. Kreodloy, of St. An?
drew's i rein ni ft tide ry : Emlncnl Sir .1. .1.
Maliern, of Commhndory No. ?: Very
Eminent Henry M. Iloyklh.' Eminent
f.Viminmidcr .1. .1. English, Eminent I'.
T Slllloil. Sr.. and Sir A. \V. linker.
'The 'local Masons met the Massachus?
etts puny at New pott News ami Joined
them on the trip up the river
(ilirn Hearty Welcome.
Tlo- Nt w Engl?nders, numbering
nojirly ir,o people, were escorted lo the
Richmond Hotel, where ihey will make
their headquarters during the stay in
this city.
The reception ii I the temple last
night, though in formal, was neverthe?
less Impressive. The visitors were
iv'cifo.I i:i behalf of the. Richmond
Templars by I ' <'. Kennedy. past
eminent commander of Commander)
No- ". and form? r Governor Andrew
.luekson Montague past eminent cotn
I iiiatider <?! st Andrew's Commnndery.
A buffet luneheeiii followed (he recep
t ion.
This morning the visitors will take an
automobile .-i-l.t ?????> lug tour of Rich?
mond and vicinity, ami they will re?
turn lo I tit ii hotel in lime to depart
j for Washington. I>. C . at ?_' o'clock
I ih!:i afternoon.
The: e.xi.'tiision to Richmond Is In
; I'idenl to an annual event of i he
j Sprihgtlcld Co/ininiindery, They have
visiteii IMiilndelphia, llnltlniore an.I
I other eitles, and are now on the re
'turn Journey home. They have never
j IW-fore ' '.im- to Richmond,
tt WHAT PLEASURE
j you take in scetnc a toy hank bring
I filled. There is Ken! Pleasure in a
I Dank Account'.
U We pay .'? per cent t'oinptnnul In
tcrtat
ill7 East Main Street.
MAIN STREET LINE
SETTLED AT LAST
National Bank of Virginia Build?
ing Docs Not Encroach on
/ Public Highway.
DECISION BY JUDGE GRINNAN
Other Property in Block Between
Ninth and Tenth Streets
Is Affected.
Main Street, between Ninth and
Tentli Streets, was declared tu be <1"> l-l |
feel wide in a formal decree entered j
by Judge Daniel Grlhnnn in the Chan?
cery Court yesterday, In which It is
asserted that the old Hank of ltlch
mond building, now occupied by the
National Rank of Virginia, is not a
trespasser on the street. Its portico
being within the true street line. The
decree is it final disposition of the
suit or Charles B. Kepplcr, Douls Kop?
plet-, Ellenorc Kepplcr ll(>ok. .losephlno
Kepplcr and I'hlllp Kepplcr, complain?
ants, as owners of adjoining property
on the , north line of Main Street, be?
tween Ninth and Tenth Streets, against
the Bank 'of lllclimond (inc.), owner
of the property once known ns the
"1 ianewincltel'' building, at the north?
east corner of Ninth and Main Streets.
Samuel A. Anderson und Muntord,
Nun ton; Williams & Anderson appear?
ed for the Uank of Richmond, and
.Messrs. George Bryan nnd A. W. Pat?
terson for the Kepplcr Interests.
I.nsteil I.oiik Time,
j The case has been In progress for
I many months, depositions having boeii
j taken liefere Eugene C. Massle. com
I mlssioncr In chancery, in chambers.
? Commissioner Massle tiled his report
on November 1, 1010. and after full
argument Judge Grlnnnn rendered Ills
Until decree.
The north line of Main Street, be?
tween Seventh and Twelfth, has been
the subject of much litigation In the
past, and Is a problem much vexed i
by tile fact that old maps nnd sur?
veys made a century ago do not agree.
The City Engineer has several times
recommended a new survey with an
net of Legislature, asserting the true
lino of the street. Tlio case came up
in connection with improvements ut
the Kirst National Bank building be?
low Eleventh Street, and was settled;
on compromise, the bank recessing the
projecting steps, hut retaining its stone
portico several feet in advance of the
accepted line of other properly on the
block.
Other Cones Noted.
More recently the Stumpf Hotel was
erected eighteen Inches in the rear of
what had been the properly line, and
the plans having been drawn for the'
full depth of the lot, as shown by the
deeds, the building was found to be
eighteen Indies in the alley in rear, I
and the Council by resolution permit- J
ted It to remain. A similar proceed- |
ing as that affecting the Uank of
Richmond is pending against the Coni-|
inercial Hotel, in Main Street, between |
Ninth and Tenth, tlie steps and portico
of which project several feet in tlie
sidewalk. it is anticipated that the
decision In the bank ease will lie taken,
in that also, and that the hotel will
recess its steps so as not to encroach
further than tlie hank, but this will
not require tlie removal of the front
of the building.
In the final order, by consent of at?
torneys, tlie question raised as to an
overhanging cornice over the-Kepplei I
property whs eliminated, the bank ad-I
mlttttig that it had no right to pro-1
ject over Its neighbor's lot, and agree?
ing to remove the cornice on notice to
' do so from the adjoining property
owner.
judgment for Brink.
As to the main issue, the oncroech
I ment on Main Street. Judge Cirlnnnn
says in Iiis llhnl order: "The court
! heing of the opinion that the true
width of Alain Street In the city of
Richmond, between Ninth nnd Tenth
Streets, is !">.'> 1-1 feet, and that the de?
fendant has not encroached with Its
building upon the north line of said
Main Street, but, on the contrrTry Is
within said line, and has the right
to occupy up to tlie said north line
so ns to give it the full depth of the!
lot called for in its deed, the court j
doth further adjudge, order and decree
that ihe exception to said report of
Coiuniossloner Mnssie be overruled, nnd
tlie said report he confirmed. The bin
of the complain Units is dismissed and
the defnndnnt Bank of Richmond Is to
recover of the plaintiffs Its reasonable
costs In this behalf expended."
Richmond Concern Will Build
Transmission Line From
Petersburg to Norfolk.
HUGE MERGER IS EFFECTED
(Virginia Railway and Power
Company Buys Norfolk Street
Railway System.
Development alone ail increased
scale of the State's water resources for
generation of electric power is among
other things under consideration by
the owners of the Virginia Hallway
nnd Power Company, which yesterday
announced the absorption of the Nor?
folk and Portsmouth Traction Com?
pany, the corporation owning and con?
trolling most of the street railway and
ferries properties in the Tidewater
section. The merger, it was given out
yesterday, will he effective on July 1.
The local company controls the wa?
ter power of the Appoinnttox River at !
Petersburg, from which power for the
operation of a portion of the railway
lines and power plants Is now gener?
ated to some extent. However, trans?
mission wires uro now being Installed
to bring current into Richmond, and
when details of the consolidation have
been perfected a transmission service
will lie put In to operato the property
In Norfolk.'
Take I'oiver Many .MUct.
By this means the electric service of
Norfolk. Petersburg and Richmond will
bo. operated largely from tho waters
or lite Appomattox.
After lengthy negotiations an agree?
ment between tho two companies has
Just been renehed, and formal an- j
nouitcctnctit of the big merger was |
made yesterday from the offices of tho !
Virginia Hallway and Power Company.]
The Richmond corporation owns and |
operates the street railway and light
and power plants of Riehmond and Pe?
tersburg and contiguous territory, In?
cluding tho Interurban road of twenty
two miles between these two cities.
The mileage controlled Is about 11?,
Including nearly six miles of leased
lines.
Is Paying Dividends.
Tho Virginia Railway and Power
Company lias outstanding $ t.finn.000 par
value of f> per cent, preferred stock,
nnd $7,400,000 par value of common
stock. It paid dividends of I 1-2 per
cent, on the preferred stock for the
fiscal year ending June -1", 191(1, and
since that lime hns been paying ii per
cent., payable senil-nnnunlly.
Approximately 120 mllea of owned
and leased lines is operated by tho
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Com?
pany, which not long ago absorbed the
Norfolk Railway and IJgllt Company,
the Atlantic Terminal Railway Com?
pany, Norfolk and Ocean View Rail?
way, the electric, railway properly In
Portsmouth1, together with ferries,
some r,f which have been loused to
other companies. It controls suburban
and interurban lines lo Ocean View,
Olil Point, Scwnll's Point. Money Point
nnd other places. It also does the
light and power business of the city
of Norfolk, Including the furnishing
of gas, owning the City fins Company,
l.nrm- Rnrnlng Powpr.
Tlie Norfolk Traction Company hns
outstanding $3.000.000 5 per cent, pre?
ferred stock ami the same amount of
common stock. It has paid dividends
on the preferred stock at a rate of .">
per cent., payable quarterly since Its
Issue in the early part of 1010.
The combined properties, it Is osll
mnted. are earning $4.000,000. U Is
believed that unusual economy can tie
exercised In the operation of tho con?
solidated interests, giving Increased
elUclency in the service rendered and
nl the same time largely benefiting
the stockholders. It Is expected that
the change will afford a better marke)
for the securities of the power com?
pany.
It Is expected that n meeting of tho
directors and stockholders of the re
j speetlve companies will shortly be held
j to ratify tho merger.
County II.erratic Committee
A meeting of the llcnrlco Cnuntv Demo?
cratic Committee win take place al l o'clock
Snturday afternoon In tho court bouse. Mitt?
ler? in connection ?Uli the npproiirhtni; pri?
maries will be iIis-ufsciI nnd noted upon.
Not the .Samo Man.
J. II. Nolte. the baker, desires ill* public
to know thnt he i.? not the .1. II. .Volte who
w-ns lined In Police Court Wednesday for a
disturbance In a Iheniro. lie thinks somo
one pave a fictitious nninc.
"No clue to the owner of the
money has been found"
Again the daily papers are telling a story of care?
lessness and neglect of some one's interests; but they
do not tell the story of years of saving and self-denial
that generally precede such losses. The reader is left
to supply the ugly details. It is usually the same
story, a pitiful talc of hoarding every cent, without
taking the necessary precaution to protect the money.
In Boston the other day a discarded lounge ?vhich had
been thrown into the street was found to contain
$2,495 in glistening coins and crumpled bills. There are
larger sums of money than (his stuck away in out-of
the-way places in Richmond to-day.
IS Tili; PLACIi FOR YOUR MONEY.
ANY DAY
IS THE DAY TO DEPOSIT IT.
BOTH TO-DAY AND
TO-MORROW
ARE THE TIMES WHEN YOU WILL PROFIT.
ASSETS, OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
Factory in Richmond Will Have
Annual Capacity of
2,500 Cars.
HALF MILLION CAPITAL
Charter Applied For?This City's
Advantages Secured New
Industry.
Application wns made yesterday to
the State Corporation Commission for
0 cliarler for tho Kline Motor Car Cor.
potation, with a capital of J?'JO.000,
which will manufacture in this city tho
"Kline Kar." Tho application was
made by Attorney Rmmett Scaton, and
the charter probably will be iBsucd
to-day.
Olllcois of the company arc ns fol?
lows: President S. E. Bailey, of Phila?
delphia; Samuel Vi'. Meek, Richmond,
vice-president and treasurer: D. R.
Mldycttc, Richmond, secretary. Board
of Directors?S. E. Rntley. Philadel?
phia: .lames A. Kline, Vork, Pa.; War?
ner Moore. T. S. Winston. II. D. Eichel?
berger, D. R. Mldyottc, S. \V. Meek.
"W. B. "West, William It. Swartzchild,
Emmet Scaton, W. It. Warren and W.
F. Gordon. Richmond.
Go to West Knd.
Though full arrangements have not
yet been made as to the locution of
1 the plant; It is stated authoritatively
I that It will be placed In the West End,
where options on several pieces of
I property have been obtained.
The plant, it is asserted, will be
ready to turn out 1,912 cars, which
means that It will be In full operation
by September 1 of this year. It is
estimated that It will cost nbout $150.
000 and will employ from 500 to l.ooo
skilled mechanics. Final arrange:
ments for the location will not be
made until the ofllccrs have become I
thoroughly satisfied that they have
chosen the best location for trackage
and street car facilities for their em?
ployes.
The manufacturing building will be
rectangular?100 feel by 60?and ??'.ill
j be two stories hlch. There will also
I be on administrative building, which
will contain the offices and draughting
rooms with an observatory on the
third floor, from which every move?
ment of the demonstrators may be
watched by exports. Surrounding tlie
plant will be a half-mile track, on
?which the cars will lie tested under
the constant supervision of experts,
thus doing away with troubles which
frequently arise from Incompetent em?
ployes.
.Hade Were, Not Assembled.
Tho plant will be equipped with ttie
1 latest and most improved machinery;
and It Is emphasized that the machines
I turned out from this city will not be
I assembled," but will be cars every
1 part of which has been manufactured
! here under the supervlsoh of one
I management. As under the present
management at York. Pa., the cars
I turned out here will range from a
four-cylinder, thirty-horsepower road?
ster to a slx-cyUnder, si xt y-horscpow
er car. and including also n heavy
truck. The capacity of the local es?
tablishment. It is estimated, will be
; annually 2,500 cars of the various
types.
Mr. Kline will be engineer and gen?
eral manager hero, and will take
charge of I he plant. lie 1ms been In
the automobile business' since the self
propelled vehicle became practicable.
He Is n. member of the American As?
sociation of Mechanical Engineers. S.
W. Meek will for the most part have
charge of Its business affairs.
I President Rally is the principal fac?
tor in S. E. Bailey & Company. |,nn
i caster. Pa., and the Vork Carriage
Company, at Vork. Pa.
Richmond's, Advnntngen,
"It was on the Invitation of S. W.
Meek and O. .1. Sands, of this city."
snid Mr. Rally nl the Jefferson last
night, "that 1 came to Richmond. After
a thorough examination of labor con?
ditions, freight rates and rrencral trade
advantages. 1 became convinced that
there was no place belter adapted to
the manufacturing business than Rich?
mond. The South and Southwest are
tho most prosperous sections of Amer?
ica to-day, and I am convinced that
the great development of the futuro
is here. I have therefore, come to join
witli Richmond capital in the building
I of this great enterprise.
! "I wish it to lie thoroughly under
I stood," continued Mr. Bally, "that the
I plant at York. Pa., now owned by the
Kline Motor Car Corporation, will be
continued, hut because of the greater
advantages of Rirhmond I lie enlarged
plant will lie located here."
It is largely due to the efforts of
Mr. Meek that this Industry has finally
been brought lo the city. With the co?
operation of Mr. Mldycttc and Mr.
Eichelberger, he has worked for it
Incessantly for the last several months.
The wWih of such .-in institution to
the city may be better appreciated
wiicn it Is (alien into consideration
that the Kline Motor Car Company has
the advantage of orders now far in
excess of the present capacity.
WORK FOR CHILDREN
Nicholson Mother*.' Club Blsrukscs Coro of
Tcr-th.
The Nicholson Mothers' club bad its reg?
ular monthly meeting in the Nicholson
School auditorium yeilerdsy ifterunoii at ;t j
o'clock. The subject under discussion was 1
the "Cnro of <!"? Child's Teeth." fir. W. IS.
Street npnke on "Vahle and i.'are 01 tho
Tooth."
The dontn! examination .it the school hns
11 linos I been completed, nnd tho principal Is
trying to follow It tip ?Ith sonio practical
results.
The Mothers' Club bns practically com?
pleted the work which it set out to do at
the boglniVilR of ihc year, rind is even po?
int farther and 1,?Rinning to Inquire Into the
physical well-being ot 'lb? pupils of the
community. An mitstandins debt has hepn
wiped 0111. the school grounds have been
beautified and 11 splendid library has been
provided for the use of the pupils.
GENERAL SALE RETURNS
Did Snt Visit Roslien, nnd Site l?t Sot
Vet Selected.
Adjutant-General William W. Salo
returned to Richmond yesterday after?
noon after a visit to his homo in Rock
bridge county. General Sale did not
go to Goshcn yesterday, ns he had iin
ilclpnicd, to inspect 11 proposed site
for Ibis summer's encampment of the
Virginia Volunteers. lie said last
night that, no -location had yet been
decided upon for the annual manoeu?
vres of tho Slate troops, except for the
Richmond Light Infantry nines' Bat?
talion, whlc.li will go to Basle <'lly. as
announced in Cils paper yestcrdttv.
We Are Prepared
For all kinds of weather conditions. If it's a Spring
Overcoat you want, we have it. If only a Raincoat,
our stock is good. If a Spring Suit, our collection is
unsurpassed. We are prepared for you and your boys.
Gans-Rady Company
Committee Rejects Proposition
for Police Court Opposite
High School.
A schedule for park music was
adopted by the Council Committee on
Grounds and Buildings last night, the
concerts to begin with tho llrsl week
In Juno, and contlnuo for twelve
weeks. The schedule follows:
Monday?Chlmborazo and I.lbby 11111
Parka, to alternate. Tuesday?Monroe
Park. Wednesday?Gamble's Hill
Park. Thursday?Washington Square.
Friday?Jefferson Park. Saturday af?
ternoon?William Byrd Park.
Tho night concerts are to begin at
S:30 and close at 10:30. nnd that on
Saturday afternoon to open at -4:30
and close at C:30.
Tho report of tho subcommittee In?
cluded concerts at Riverside Park, to
altcrnato with Monroe, but partly be?
cause of cost of band ytsinds nnd tho
confusion resulting from so many al?
ternating places, It wus eliminated, and
Monroe Park will have a concert ench
week.
The ordinance transferring the care
of the Clark's Spring property to the
care of the Committee on Cemeteries
was tabled.
No Court Near School.
A resolution transferring John
Smith School, formerly the old High
School on Marshall Street. between
Eighth and Ninth Streets, from tho
School Board to the Police Department,
lo be used as headquarters for a Po?
lice Court, was returned with the
recommendation that It be rejected, It
being argued that It was not desirable
lo have police headquarters nnd n
Police Court opposite tile new John
Marshall Hlch School.
Chairman Hutzler. of the School
Board, and Councilman Fuller, of
Madison Ward, spoke In opposition to
the resolution.
A resolution was sent to the Council
asking authority lo spend $2,i>00 of i
the fund for Bryan Park. In erection
of a keeper's house, and the City En?
gineer was Instructed to prepare plans
nnd secure bids for a reinforced con?
crete flam for tho Bryan Park hike,
the old stone dam having rjlven way
In a storm last year.
The use of the City Auditorium by
the School Hoard for High Schoo] com?
mencements on the nights of June II
nnd l"> was authorized, the John Mar?
shall High School commencement to
come now on June 1A. and that of the
colored High and Normal School on
June lf>.
Bids for mechanical stokers for the
City Hall boilers were opened and re?
ferred to the Building Inspector for
report. Bids for furnishing the office
of the clerk of the Hustings Court,
Part, 2, were also opened, and the!
Building Inspector ordered to award!
the contract to the lowest responsible
bidder.
Tiro Ruit? Instituted.
Suit won Instituted yesterday In the I.an
and Equity Court by J. ft. .loffer? ncalnst
Rotiert Kirk for damage* In the hiiiii of
33,000. N"o declaration hns licen filed.
Suit wnn Instituted In the sumo court by
W. II. .lenk* iigalimt the Mnrreaii r.'ompuny
for du range* In lite sum of ItOft
HAS BEEN REACHED
Country Club Will Receive No
More Except to Fill Future
Vacancies.
No more women members will be re?
ceived by the Country Club of Virginia,
except as vacancies in the existing
roll may occur. At the meeting of the
directors of tho club, held last night.
It wns found that the limit of women
members,.fixed by the by-laws at 000,
has been reached.
The opinion was expressed that un?
der no circumstances would there be a
change In the by-laws to permit any
extension of this membership. The
directors believe that the limit should
sta ml.
There will he n waiting list from
this time, upon which will be placed
nil applications for membership. As
vacancies from the 000 now on the list
may occur, they will be Illled by elec?
tion from the waiting list. In the order
of thn priority in which the applica?
tions were filed. This rule will not (,c
deviated from.
Ashburner Found Work Too
Strenuous and Wires Resigna?
tion to Staunton.
"Worn out by three yearn of labor in,
tho unique position of general man?
ager of tho city of Staunton, Charles
E. Ashburner last night wired Iiis re?
signation from Richmond to the pre?
siding otllcers of both branches of the
City Council, effective Immediately. Mr.
Ashburner. sintering from nervous
prostration and falling eyesight, was
in this city on his way to re-onter a
hospital In Washington, where he ro
ccntly spent a few. weeks.
Since Staunton determined to put
all of Its executive nlfnlrs In the hands
of a general manngcr, tho situation
there has attracted attention all over
the country. Tho position has been
the subject of Innumerable newspaper
und magazine comments. The Vir?
ginia city lias been held up In many
quarters as an example for other
municipalities, and, while the plan has
not been recommended for larger
places. It lias been regarded as a sort
of advanced step In what has been
called a commission form of govern?
ment.
\s mis Overworked.
Mr. Ashburner last night told The
Times-Dispatch that he had been
working 365 days in tho year, and
twenty-four hours a day. anil that he
could stand it no longer. It was be?
yond one man's power, to do tho work
he had been attempting to do, and to
do It .satisfactorily, and that he would
try It nn longer. Ills personal rela?
tions with the officials of the city ho
described as satisfactory and pleasant.
STAUNTON LIKES PLAN
System Generally Approved, lint Mnn
nger'a Murk Crlllclrrd.
[Special to f he Tlmcs-Dlspatthi 1
Staunton, Va.. April 20.?Staunton
has accomplished more In the way of
public Improvements under Ute system
of a general manager than over he
fore In her history, except when u
bond issue was mad,, for -'I. h improve?
ments. N" bonds have been sold for
general Improvements, nnd yet n great
deal of street improving lias been dope.
Sewers have bee.- laid and extended
and other Improvements In Varlohs de?
partments made, all at lower cost III
a period of high prl- -x loan ever be*
fore. The press ami public opinion
here have approved the experiment
and regard the plan us eminently prac?
tical and economical. There has been
strenuous opposition from sohle
sources, tint It has been In a very small
inlnoril y.
This strong approval of the system,
however, must be differentiated from
Mr. Asliburner's administration of the
ofllcc. Many who approve tho system
and the results accomplished do not
altogether approve his methods, and
il was growing opposition to these that
Induced his resignation.
The plan was Inaugurated three
years ago, and, so far as can be lenrn
ed at this time, there Is no likelihood
of abolishing - oflice unless the con?
tingency should arise that a man for
the position satisfactory to ill... two
bodies of Council could not be found.
The leaders In tho Council have been
men who have all along strongly
favored n concentration of tho bus?
iness of the city und the disappoint?
ments felt by these In the develop?
ments of the past few months seem
not to have cooled their ardor.
POLICE COURT CASES
William IV Stewart AnprnU from Fine oa
Charge of Wounding.
William I'. Stewart, charged with wound?
ing J. W. Wondson, wa? fined IM In Pollca
Court yesterday morning, lie took an ap?
peal.
Kdwnrd Robinson, colored, charged with
stealing 5" from the person of Joseph Meek.
Ices, wns gent on to ihc grand Jury.
I.lzzlo Stokes, colored, was sent on to ths
grand Jury on a charge of assaulting Mnnila
l.ee Malt with n knife.
PRISONER RELEASED
Italiens Corpus Wsrk* lo 1-rre Iterent Inmate
of Penitentiary.
Edward Schultz, the innn recently releas?
ed from tho p'eniientltiry, where lie served a.
live-year term fnr felonious assault, and held
by the llenrlco county authorities for the
police of Manallclil; 0., was released from
Jill! yesterday by Judge John 11. Ingram in
the counly Circuit Court when ho sustained
a motion for n writ of habeas corpus applied
??i by the prisoner's counsel, George fjrjran.
Appellnto Court Xfi.it Month.
A regular term of ibe t'nltcd States Cir?
cuit Court of Appeals will open In Richmond
on .May -'. It Is expected that at tills lime
several important opinions will he handed
down.
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