The times dispatch. [volume], September 13, 1911, Image 10

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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A Showing of Uncommonly Pretty
New
(It is seldom that such stun?
ning look-nit; garments are to be
found elsewhere at less than
$22.50 and S25.00; even then
^materials would scarcely be so
/thoroughly dependable as you'll
? .find in these.
The most.wonderful collection of Inexpensive Fall Suits to be seen
in Richmond. The swcllesi hew models that are tailored to the highest degree
of perfection. Made Ir<>ni fine si ripe.I serges and fancy worsted mixtures in
English effects, browns, blacks and navy blues. The nobby little plain tailored
jackets arc lined throughout with Skinner satin; newest panel effect skirts.
Other new Tailored Suits at these prices show touches of braid, which arc
fully as pleasing to the eye as they are in keeping with the latest fall models.
At $15.95 and $17.7? these Suit- arc well worth your immediate considera?
tion.
PAUL BEATTIE
DENIES REPORT
Declares There Is No Truth in
Statement That He Will
Go on Stage.
Paul Beanie lias requested The
Times-Dispatch to state that the re?
port sent out from Petersburg yester?
day afternoon und attain last night
that he was to go on the stage In
Petersburg to-day was absolutely with?
out foundation, untrue and unfair to
him
"1 went over to Petersburg on Mon?
day,' he said, "to see some of my rela?
tives. A relative of my wile is con?
nected with the Academy of .Music in
that city, and he had asked me before?
hand to stop and see him if 1 ever got
over there. I did so, and while In
Petersburg he invited me to the theatre
to see '.Madame Sherry,' The fact tii.it
J was around the theatre Is doubtless
responsible for (lie report.
"I have never had any Idea of fool?
ing with theatre offers, because I can't
act or sing, and 1 am not willing to
show myself, after all this unpleasant
notoriety, for gate money. 1 am going
back to work just as soon as I can get \
a workman's Job. I am hunting work. I
and It h"rts my chances for the public
to be deceived in this manner."
Mrs. Houchcns, Paul's mothcr-in-law,
also denied the nage report with some
feeling. "There is not b word of truth
In it," she snld. "and we would not
let him do that if he wanted to. But:
I am jrlad to say that Paul has never i
considered any theatre otter, and he
will not."
Pres? Agent's Work.
A dispatch from Petersburg late last
r.Ight stated that the local theatre hud
advertised Paul as aji attraction to?
night, but that Mayor Cameron would
probably not allow him to perform.
After this message was received, Mrs.
Houchens still denied the report. She
BOid that Manager Dean, of the Reters
burg house, had tried to reach Paul
during the evening, but did not, and
that he. Mien tried to make an engage?
ment with him for this morning. "I
told him that he could not use Paul's
name for advertising purposes," she
eaid, "and that lie would not go on
any stage"
The whole thing was regarded here
as a press agent's yarn. The Peters?
burg Theatre, of which Dean is man?
ager, is not under the Wells manage?
ment, Jake vy^U*. having announ-ed
thet lie doosnjt ji/...U jf. st.igep rodlgii ".
OPENS NEXT MONDAY
Benedictine College Prepnrlug for Im?
portant Session,
The first session of the Benedictine
College- will open next Monday In the
new- building which has about *een
completed In the West End. Every?
thing points to a large enrolment.
Many applicants for admission have
already been refused on account of!
the requirements ior entrance, which
are seven grades of high school work. I
The Rt. Rev. Leo Haid. o. S B. pres?
ident of the cnUege, has been in the
city sever:,! days preparatory to the
opening, giving final Instructions to
the prlesti concerning the- course of
study, management an,) work of the
school. Itev. V Bernard, O. S R rec?
tor of Benedictine ('?Ihne, s-ivannah
Ga, has Inspected the college, and says
that it far surpass,.- the Institution
over which he presldi -
Some of the other priests who have
visited the school In the last few
days are: Rev, y Michael, O S* B
professor of Be-lmont College, North
Carolina, and architect for the local
college; jtev. v. Jerome and Father
Charles. These, ?long with Major
Joseph Le Masitrler, military Instruc?
tor, will open the college, and are pre?
pared to arrange nil details for the
entrants. ?
Rutberfoord Claims Nomination.
While a contest over last Thursday'?
primary Is predicted by friends of A.
J. Taylor, of Fluvanna. the supporters
of John Ruiherfoord, of Ooochland, are
confident tha't he will receive the cer?
tificate of nomination to the House of
Delegates. As mate,! in The Times
DUpatch. Mr. Taylor neglected to tile
his name in accordance with the rules,
with the county eommlttee of Gowli
land. In Fluvanna Mr. Taylor received
a majority of the vote, but was not
voted on in Ooochland. Under the
circumstances, Mr. Ruthcrfoord will
claim the nomlnntlr.n
'THE ??'vV;;.\v '..v&j
SAVINGS BANK
RICHMOND
1117 E/ M AIN ST. ??'/>/*?
Anv bank properly
whether large nr iim .
I/ook at our IIM of directors
dollar starts an account.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED
Title Couldn't Save Him After
He Had Smashed Man
With Brick.
Governor Haves and Aaron Rady,
colored, were urresled yesterday on a
charge of helping indent .lohn Eraser's
head with a rock. Governor Hayes Is
the brother of Lawyer Hayes, who
was arrested Monday night and who
i appeared In the Ponce Court yesterday
f morning. It may be said en pussadH
j that the titles of the two Hayeses sig
' nlfy nothing. Governor Hayes is not.
j never was and never will be a gover
! nor. and Lawyer Hayes Is not, never was
I and never will be a lawyer. When
I Hayes was asked last night why his
' parents bestowed on him the name of
i ?'governor." and why they called his
brother "lawyer." he said he didn't
know. A lawyer would have asked him
why he didn't know and would have
drawn deductions from anything he
might have said. But the reporter, not
, being a lawyer, took It for granted
jthnt Governor Hayes spoke the truth
when he said he didn't know. There
are lots of things real governors don't
know, and why pester a pseudo gover?
nor with useless questions, particularly
as he had only helped lam a brick
i Into a fellowman's head?
[ LrtWls Giles, colored, was taken In
because he Is alleged to have stuck a
I knife Into the lovely form of Leila
' Evans. Leila didn't like it a bit. and
she went to her friend, the 'squire, and
he called down for the aid of the low
and the benediction of Justice. Dr.
Hulchcr, of the city atpbulance. sewed
up her wound.
George Robinson, dark, Is said to
have left the State Penitentiary with?
out leave, and Policeman Matt took him
again Into the folds of the law. Where?
fore George slept last night In the
First Station.
R B. Thaw, according lo the story
which Is told against him, went to
sleep al Eighteenth and Broad Streots
last night with a gun on his hip an*
a pocketful of cartridges. Policemen
Gerrlng and Smith, as will sometimes
occur, happened along and located the
snores. Then they located Thaw, and
on the way to the station located the
thirty-eight.
Here endeth one little tale of woo.
WORK FOR HOWITZERS
Gymnaaliini Committee Ih Appointed
For Season.
Gymnasium work will be taken up
at once for the season by the Rich?
mond Howitzers. It Is planned to
have basketball and Indoor track
teams, with classes for gymnastic
work.
The following committee has the
! matter in charge: Captain William
I M. Myers, chairman: Sergeant G. L.
I Nickel?.Sergeant r. H. Howe, Sergeant
.1 F. Seay, secretary and treasurer;
I Sergeant R. E. Hughes, Sergeant E. I*
I CMacfarlane, Corporal C. A. Felvcy,
<.lr., Corporal A. L. Gill. H. F. Mitchell,
I! E, Bell, W. T Devereaux, C. L>.
I K-ty, and J. R. Cary, Jr.
The pool table committee is as fol?
lows: Lieutenant J, T. Wood, chairman:
j A. S. Macfarlane, J. B. Rice and H.
I H. Christian.
BIG ENROLMENT
Two Mrilleu) Colleges Expect More
StudentM Than Ever lief ore.
When the two medical colleges
opened yesterday noon with speeches
of welcome by their respective deans
many more than the usual number of
students were present, and the Indica?
tions are that the number for th?
coming session wjll be larger In each
Institution than ever before. New stu
dents art- rushing to the matriculation
books as fast as they, tan, while the
old man are nonchalantly taking their
time, as old men generally do. Euch
college claims tt larger attendance and
...:.ici prospects than last session,
thought n?' definite attendance ligures
I can 'be given yet.
I No time was lost in getting down
to work. Several classes were called
I soon after the formal ripening, and the
students will be put regularly down
j to wjbrk early this morning. The
speeches of Dr Cray, of the new eol
lege, and Dr. Tompklns, of the old,
took place in the amphitheatre of the
I Virginia Hospital and the nssemblv
! l all of the Medical College of Virginia,
1 respectively. The addresses were
I raainly concerning the regulations and
the arrangement of classes.
Appeals From Pine.
M R Barrett and Hoben Cralle, col
pred, appeared In Police Court yester
day morning to answer to a charge of
ting the segregation ordinance
:>t 301 Last Leigh Street. Barrett's case
was i ontlnued to September 18. and
Cralle was fined $100; He took an ap?
peal, and was balled m the sum-of the
fine Imposed. ' ? ?
Murin Kemp Take? n Re?t.
After his strenuous campaign for re
nomlnatlon. Sheriff Kemp, of Henrlco
county, is spending low days with his
.Bifttea-, Mrs. Baker, ic Washington.
COURT'S DUTIES
CONTIHIGM
j Fifty-Th'ree Men of Fourth Regi?
ment Now to Face
Trial.
1 HEARING RESUMED MONDAY
'Open Bids on State Printing
Next Week?Expense
Accounts Filed.
Duties assigned the court appointed
to try thirteen members of the Rich?
mond Blues for failure to attend en?
campment multiply from time to time.
I Before the time arrived for the hear
i lng at the Blues* Armory, the same j
j court had been assigned to try the
j forty-two members of the First Bat
I tallon. First Regiment, charged with
t the same offense.
j By order issued yesterday from tho
t ollicc of the Adjutant-General, this
court is Instructed to give trial to
Hfty-three unlisted men of the Fourth
: Infantry, against whom there have
I been charges of disobedience to mili
' tary orders in failing to attend the
Culpeper encampment. The trial Is
to be held in the armory in Norfolk
at such time as may be designated by
the president.
The court Is composed as follows:
Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Salomonsky,
Fourth Infantry, president: Major
Clinton I- Wright, adjutant-general,
First Brigade; Captain 1. Branch John?
son, Norfolk Light Artillery Blues.
Captain Jennings C. Wise, First Bat?
talion of Field Artillery, Is the judge
adyocate.
Two days have already been given
to the work of the court. The delin?
quent members of the Blues were
tried, and several of the First Regi?
ment men were also arraigned. The
adjournment was had to Monday, Sep?
tember IS, at the First Regiment
Armory, in this city, when the hear?
ings will be resumed. Certain legal
technicalities were to be observed, It
was stnted, before the trials could bo
proceeded with.
Open Printing MM*.
Davis Bottom, Superintendent of
Public Printing, will open bids on Sep?
tember 19 for the State printing for
the fiscal year beginning October 1.
This will Include all the printing for
the General Assembly, which adds
largely to the annual .bill. The an?
nual reports of the various depart?
ments of government are also to bo
considered. About the usual number
of bids is expected.
More expense Account?,
Senator T. Asjhby Wlckham, who
was defeated for renomlnatlon In the
Henrlco d Urlct. riled his expense ac?
count yesterday with the Secretary
of the Commonwealth. He expended
$02.GO, mostly for primary fee and
traveling expenses.
J. H. Catron. the Republican nomi?
nee for the Senate In the Second Dis?
trict, certified that his nomination cost
him nothing.
Two ?nnlui .Merged.
A merger of two State banks was
granted yesterday by the State Cor?
poration Commission. The People's
Savlnga.and Trust Company Is merg?
ed with the Virginia State Bank. Inc.,
both of Danville. The capital stock
of $100.000 Is divided among tho share?
holders of the'two concerns, those of
the People's receiving ono and one
hnlf shares in the new concern In ex?
change for those of the old, and those
of the Virginia State trading share for
share.
Talk on education.
J. D. Bggleston. Jr.. Superintendent
of Public Instruction, begins this week
a series of addresses In different parts
of the State. He. will go Into Page
county, to spend three or four days,
then Into Botetotirt and Rockbrldge.
PAGES MUST BE ORPHANS
Speaker Will Not Name Those Whose
Father*. Are Alive.
Only orphans will stand a chance of
appointment pages In the House of
Delegates from Richmond. Boys whose
fathers live will not be considered for
these positions, of which four come
to Richmond.
Speaker R. F. Byrd yesterday 'au?
thorized an announcement to this ef?
fect. He Is the appointing power.
"It is customary." said the Speaker,
"to make these appointments on recom?
mendation of the local delegation. This
rule will be followed by me, provided
th..t the names of the hoys submitted
shall be those whose employment will j
help a widowed mother. If re-elected
Speaker. I shall follow this course."
Howitzers Kntertnlnment.
Music, gymnastic feasts and refresh?
ments arc to be the features of the
entertainment to be given by the.
Richmond Howitzers to-morrow even?
ing in honor of tho fair friends of
the battery. The affair will begin at
S:?.0. Feats In swimming will prob?
ably be part of the program.
NEW LINE SEEKING
LIGHT FRANCHISE
Richmond and Henrico Applies
to Council for Rights to Sell
Like Other Company.
GOES TO STREET COMMITTEE
Offers to Give Bond That Fran?
chise Will Be Effective in
Eighteen Months.
Application was made to the Board
of Aldermen last night for a franchise
to sell light and power, by the Rich?
mond and Henrico Railway Company,
which now operates a street railway
system over certain streets In Rich?
mond in opposition to thfe lines of tho
Virginia Railway and Power Company.
The paper was offered, by Aldermen
Harvey E. Atkinson and referred to
the Committee on Street.
In the usual wordy form for grant?
ing city franchises, lr offers n pro?
posed ordinance, granting to the Rich?
mond and Henrico company the right
to erect poles and wires, construct
conduits and subways throughout the
streets and alleys of tho city, for the
purpose of supplying light and power,
work to begin within six months from
the time the franchise Is effective, and
to be completed wlt>?jj eighteen
monfhs thereafter, under bond in the
sum of $5,0Q0. I
The Richmond and Henrico company!
now generates power for its street!
cars from a steam power house nt the]
foot of Nicholson Street, which the'
promoters claim may be enlarged to!
afford current for sale for lighting andj
power In competition with the Vlrrlnla
Railway and Power Company, which;
owns power houses on Brown's Island |
and at the foot of Twelfth St. Some;
months ago the Street Committee had
extensive hearings on a plan propos?
ed' by Miles Martin and others for a
franchise for distributing lighting and
and power, the current to be generat?
ed at the Midlothian mines. Tho pro?
position was apparently dropped when
the committee insisted that the newj
company should erect Its power house
before tearing up the city streets fori
pole Ines and conduits. The Richmond I
and Henrico Railway Company now I
has pending before the Street Com?
mittee extensive plans for extension of j
Its tracks Into the western part of tho l
city.
DEFECTIVE WIRING
Inquiry Into Fire nt Ctty Hall Show? |
Ordinance Violation.
That the recent tire at the City)
Hall, which damaged the offices of!
the City School Board on the fourth I
floor, was caused by defective work I
In connection with the distribution j
system of the now municipal street j
lighting plant is the substance of a
report submitted to City Electrician '
Thompson by Electrical Inspector J. j
Leroy Speights. Mayor Richardson
has indicated that he will request the
Committee on Electricity to make an '
investigation. 1
According to the electrical Inspector,
the fire was caused by the contact ofI
n lighting wire of the municipal light- |
ing system recently installed with a |
telephone wire of the private ex- i
change system, which connects nil pub-!
11c school buildings and which has 1
Its switchboard In the School Board j
offices at the City Hall. City ordi?
nances forbid the stringing of tele?
phone and light wires within eighteen
inches of each other. The -committee
will endeavor to ascertain by whose i
negligence they were allowed to come ]
in contact. Still more serious results |
might have ensued had any one beenj
attempting to operate the telephone !
switchboard at the time the wires I
were crossed.
The light wires were strung by I
.Storms Ai Company, under supervision '
of Consulting Engineer Trafford. The
contract was revoked before the work |
was completed and Mr. Trafford em- I
ployed men to finish the Job.
STILL IN CHESTERFIELD
No Order Issued by Jiidnc Watson for
Removal of Rent tie.
No order was received yesterday nt
Chesterfield County Courthouse for the
removal of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr..
the convicted wife murderer( and It
seems that Judge Watson has no.t yet'
decided when he will remove . tho
prisoner to this side of the James.
Beattle appears, however, not to be
very diseontonte,] with his present lot.
His appetite is still good, ond he
sleeps well. He hopes, though, to be
removed wjthin a few days from his
rather quiet surroundings. His only
visitor yesterday was his sister. Miss
Haael Beattie, who remained with him
for several hours.
QunllfU-ntlous in Chancery.
Eliza J. Grant qualified yesterday in
the Chancery Court as executrix of
the will of Robert Grant. The estate
Is vnlued at $1.800.
Leon B. Proskauer qualified as exe?
cutor of the will of Zipporah W. Pros?
kauer. Tho estate Is valued at $1.
"00
This Strong, Progressive
National Bank
Is an asset of real worth to this community, and the
opportunity to do business with such a bank should
appeal to an enterprising man. For this reason
The American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia,
should appeal to YOU.
PROTECTION TO DEPOSITORS .$1,590,000.00
We Receive Active Accounts.
Inactive Accounts Pay 3 Per Gent. Interest.
We Serve Our Customers in Every Branch of Banking.
Appeal Allowed Parties ? Sen
tenctrj to Jail for Contempt
of Court.
TRIGG CASE APPEALED AGAIN
United States Dissatisfied With
Latest Decision?Tax Case
in Court.
Vigorous protest against being sent
to Jail for contempt of court because
of failure to return deposits with?
drawn from a bank Just before it
j closed its doors, is contained In the
: petition to the Supreme Court of E.
. L. Kidd and Mrs. P. EX. Kldd. An ap?
peal was allbwed yesterday.
I The bank involved was the Loving
! ston branch of tiic Virginia Safe De?
posit and Trust Corporation, of Alex?
andria. According to Kldd's story, ho
overheard a telephone message In
transmission between It. L. Camden,
cashier of the branch, and one Ro
i berts, station agent. The latter had
heard of the impending trouble through
I the telegraph message sent to Cam?
den by the receivers. Instructing him
to close the bank. Roberts was plead?
ing to be allowed to cash some checks.
Kldd says he henrd Roberts asking
Camden to honor a check from Stuart
Whltehead. the Commonwealth's At?
torney of Nelson county, and know?
ing that Whltehead's check was good,
he concluded that something was
wrong with the bank.
Cashier Was Kind.
He then went to Camden, who agreed
to allow him to cash two certificates
of deposit in tho name of Mrs. Kldd.
amounting to $2,193.33. Camden was 1
dually kind to others, although ho
had been instructed to close tho bank,
with the result that he sent to the
receivers only $114.
Suit was brought to compel the re.
fund of these Amounts, and the court
ordered tho Kldds to reimburse the
bank and Its creditors within thirty
days or be placed in jail until it was
paid. The appeal stops this part of
the proceeding.
In the petition tho TCidrts claim that
they are entitled to trial by Jury In
Nelson for recovery of the money, In?
stead of through contempt prooeod
ings in Alexandria.
Trlgg Company Again.
Once more does the apparently end?
less litigation over the settlement of the
affairs of the William R. Trlgg Com?
pany, yet Into the Supreme Court.
The court yesterday granted an ro,
peal to the United States of America
against the William R. Trlgg Com?
pany and others, from a decision uf
the Chancery Court of the city o#
Richmond.
The suit was originally Instituted In
the name of S. H. HaweH & Co.. for
the purpose of a settlement of the af?
fairs of the shlp-bulldlng concern. In
many forms It has been In the lower
courts and severnl times In the Su?
preme Court, while last year one point
was settled in the Supreme Court of
the United States. The latter tribunal
decided that the liens of the United
States against the Mohawl; a reve?
nue cutter, and against the Gaiveston,
a cruiser, which were being built by
the Trlgg yard nt the time of its
failure, were void as ngalnst the gen?
eral creditors of the company. At tho
same time the highest court held that
the lien of the United States as to the
Benyu.ird, an ocean-going suction
dredge, was valid.
t'nrle Sum Slow Pay.
Upon remand of the case to the
Chancery Court, it was ruled that tho
money due by the United States on
tho Mohawk and the Gaiveston should
be paid and distributed amontf the
general creditors. From this decision
an appeal is taken by District Attorney
L. L. Lewis, who claims thnt the con
t act lien of the United States was
superior to all claims which wore not
prior liens. This would make tho g-nv ?
ernment a sort of preferred creditor,
and is hut another setback to the
many efforts to secure a settlement
by adding the value of the work done
for the government to the assets of the
insolvent concern.
Tho report of Commissioner E. C.
Masslc Indicated that the liabilities of
the William R. Trlgg Company reach?
ed a tot.il of $2.791.465.47, of which
$4 06,750 was borro%ved from banks and
Individuals, mostly In Richmond.
Claim Tnx Kvanton.
A writ of error was allowed by tho
Supreme Court yesterday In the case
of Sidney M. Loyd and W. C Loyd
against the Commonwealth, from thb
Corporation Court of Lynchburg. Th?t
petitioners claim that tho court de?
cided they were liable to a tax of $1,-1
680, on an assessment of $56.000 fori
loans and $35,000 for stocks. They
say they did not own tho property!
thus assessed.
It seems that the parties, having in?|
herlted the estate of their parents,
formed and chartered a concern)
known as the Lloyd Corporation, with
principal office ar Ablngdon, where,
they say, they have paid the taxes dun!
the State. The lower court held that
this Is a mere evasion of local tax lawsj
in Lynchburg, and that the petition?
ers do business In that city, hold the|
property there and desire to escape lo
cal taxation.
Refusal of a writ of error was
given by tho court in the case of
Tames Hatten against the Norfolk and
Western Railway. Hatton. a negro
boy eleven years old, Is said to have
caught his foot in the track of the
road and lost his leg as a result of >
train running over him. Ho sued and
was given $5,000 damages. This ver?
dict wns set aside by the Circuit Court
of Norfolk county on the assumption
thnt the accident could not have oc?
curred as described.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Calvary Rnptlnt Will UTonr.r Man Long
Honored by City.
Services in memory of R_obert
Gwathmoy Lucas, for more than half a
century an omploye of the City Water
Department, will bo held to-night at
Calvary Baptist Church. Mr, Lucas
established a remarkable record for
fidelity to the Interests of the city,
(being at the time of his death some
weeks ago the oldest employe in point
of service on the city pay roll. By
special not of Council the Water De?
partment had been authorized to keep
him on the pay roll for life because
of his intimate knowledge of the In?
tricate distribution system of pipes
under the streets of the city.
Former Ma vor Carlton MoCaTthy will ]
speak to-night on his fidelity to the
cttv. and R. R. Gwathmoy on hisi fi?
delity to Calvary Church, of wihlch
ho was for many years a mombor.
The Greatest and Last
Suit Sale of the Season
i The warm weather has resulted in a continued demand for
Light and Medium Weight Suits, and in order to dispose of
the remainder of our broken stock, we shall, beginning this
morning, inaugurate a four days' sale, which will eclipse every
former offering. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
take your choice of hundreds of our most exclusive Suits
i ; worth up to $22.50
Light, medium and dark shades in weights that will afford
you lots of comfort the balance of this season and will be
equally desirable next year.
A Companion Suit Sale for the Boys
![] From this morning until Saturdav night HUNDREDS OF
i|] BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS WORTH UP TO
;|j $6.50 AT $3.95 EACH.
BOND ISSUE FINALLY
APPROVED BY BOARD
Million and Half Dollar Measure, Delayed Six
Months in Passage, Goes Now to Mayor
Without Another Million for Streets.
Without a word of debate or a dis?
senting voice, and without even the
formality of a roll call, the Board of
Aldermen Inst night concurred In an
ordinance authorizing the Issuance of
$1,400,000 In thirty-four-year coupon
bonds, bearing Interest at 4 per cent ,
tor making public Improvements. The
proposition hod before been thoroughly
discussed In committee and on the
lloor of the Board. It carries with U
the financing of the new Mayo Brld/:*,
Including approaches and acquisition
of site; purchase of the Ford Hotel
block; three new public school hulld
Ings, and systems of water, gas and
sewers for South Richmond.
Several months ago the same propo?
sition was defeated In the Board of
Aldermen by efforts to add to U $1.
cr.o.ooo for street Improvements. The
propositions have since been separated:
the general Improvement bond Issue
for matters already determined upon
Ih now ready for the Mayor's approval,
and two companion resolutions have
been adopted, one directing the Street
Committee to prepare a list of street
Improvments with estimates and the
other Instructing the Finance Com?
mittee to report a plan of financing
an i::suc of $1.000,000 in twenty-year
bond?. Apparently each committee Is
now waiting on the other to art first,
and to bring the matter to a head Mr.
Ounst. In the Board of Aldermen, lost
night secured unanimous adoption of
a resolution requesting the Finance
Committee to make Its report at tH?i
next meting of the Council.
Some Approprlntlone.
Appropriations already approved by
the Common Council were concurred
In by the Board of Aldermen last
night as follows:
Appropriating JI/.OO to entertain
delegates to the Atlantic Deeper Water?
ways Convention, which meets In
Richmond the third week In October.
Appropriating $8,640 to complete the
opening of Monumhent Aventio from
the Boulevard to the Roseneath Road,
Including curbing and grass plots.
Appropriating $1,600 for renting and
fitting up city offices In Washington
Ward.
Increasing the salary of the keeper
of the City Auditorium to $300 per
annum.
Appropriating $1,200 to the Fire De?
partment for repairs to No. fi engine
house.
Resolution authorizing the con?
demnation of land to enlarge Wash?
ington Square. I
Appropriating $1,500 to the Board of |
Health for special vaccination fund. I
Authorizing tho employment of two I
a ldltionni sanitary Inspectors by the
Board of Health, at $900 per annum
each.
Appropriating $2,647.90 to Municipal
Klectrlc. Plant, unpaid claims from
1910, for Broad Streot lighting, the
money npptoprlated having boon di?
verted to ornamental lighting of Jef?
ferson Avenuo.
Appropriating $3,479 to pay Judg?
ments against the city obtained by
Fannie E. Brooks and Kate E. Tyler.
To Enlarge Onkwood Cemetery,
Appropriating $44,350 for acquisition
of land to enlarge Oakwood Cemetery
according to price fixed by commis?
sioners of condemnation.
Appropriating $6,000 to purchase the
land of Adam Feitlg for enlargement
of Oakwood Cemetery, not Included In
tho condemnation.
Appropriating $4,000 to grade and
gravel, and $2,000 to curb and gutter
Sheppard and other streets nbout tho
Benedictine College.
Authorizing the permanent employ?
ment of an additional clerk In the
Auitor's office", as planned under tho
annexation ordinance, at a salary of
$1,000 per annum.
Resolution appropriating $3,500 for
asphalt block paving on Cherry Street
leading to Hollywood Ccme/sry.
An ordinance fixing the salary of
the City Collector and his clerks In
lieu of all fees was recommitted af?
ter debate, .^r. Hobson protested that
it was tho first tlmo since he had beert
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been made to reduce the pay of a city
employe.
Resolutions were adopted authoriz?
ing the Committee on Streets to grade.
Cary Street from tho Boulevard to the
new corporation line, Beverly Htreet
from the old to the new corporation
line, and a number of sidewalks. On
Cary Street several property owners
have refused to release the city from
damages, thought the cut Is not more
than two feet.
Two Nerr Public School*.
A resolution was concurred In ap?
proving the contracts made by the
City School Board for the Madison ami
Buchanan schools, new Madison School
to cost J97.GS1 and Buchanan to cost
5:.'.>, which amounts are set aside
from the bond Issue for that pur?
pose, tho contracts for the two build?
ings going to A. M. Walkup: for the
heating and ventilating plants to the
American Heating and Ventilating
Company, and for architects" services
to Charles M. Robinson."
Employment of a clerk in the special
accountant's office, who shall also serv*
as a stenographer for Council com?
mittees when required, at a salary of
$75 a month, was approved.
The report of A. C. Harman, author?
izing payment of $2,5.",5 for damage to
property by reason of grading the al?
ley between Oraco and Broad, Harri?
son and Ryland Streets, was approved,
las was the report of Assessor Harman
allowing $2,315 for damages by rea-.
son of grading Mcchanlcsvlllc Turn
Pike.
' A resolution was concurred In pro?
viding for u special commlttco of ft.-e
to Investigate and report on the con?
dition of the city dock, now closed
to public traffic.
Wednesday, October 11, was declared
a public holiday, being Richmond Day
at the State Pair.
Another Big Sewer.
On recommendation of the Commit?
tee on Streets contract was awarded
to the H. I* Driscoll Company for con?
struction of the Bacon Quarter Branch
sewer at an approximate cost of $19,
000.
On roll-call Mr. Adams secured a
transfer of the second voting precinct
In Jefferson Ward from 2205 East
Main to 2219 East Main Street.
Mr. Gunst secured adoption under
susponMon of a resolution authoriz?
ing the expenditure of $750 of tho
street fund In smooth paving Laurel
Street from Franklin to Grace Street,
and he had referred to the Finance
Committee a companion paper appro?
priating $750 to contlntto the smooth
paving on Laurel from Grace to Broad,
and to appropriate $7,000 to pave with
granite spalls Marshall Street from
Hancock to Monroe Stro6t.
OPEN FOX SCHOOL
Exerciser! to Be lind In New Building
Saturday Afternoon.
Formal opening of the now William
F. Fox School on Hanover Avenue,
will be had on Saturduy afternoon at
4:30, in the nature of dedicatory ex?
ercises. City Superintendent J. A. C.
Chandler will preside.
Mayor D. C. Richardson will deliver
tho address of the occasion. A Bible
and American flag will be presented
by the Junior Order of Unit.d Amer?
ican Mechanics. The presentation of
the Blblo will be by Rev. J. H. Moss,
and of the llag by T. Gray itaddon." ?
The Bible will bo accepted by Prin?
cipal Joseph H. Saunders, and the flag
by President Charles Hutzler. of tho
City School Board.
Music will be under the direction of
Walter C. Mereer.
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