The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-04
Meeting of the Tobacco Trade.

Adjourned.
Meeting of the Tobacco Trade.
OFFICERS ELECTED-STASDING COMMITTEES
CIIoSEN-sYsTEM OF BONDED INSPECTION
TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS MARKET.
The regular annual meeting Of the
Tobacco Trade OF Richmond took
place Yesterday at their Exchange. A.
under their constitution the terms Of the
President and Nice-President are for two
years, and the present officers have served
for only one year, there was no election in
these cases.
General Peyton Wise was unanimously
reelected secretary and treasurer, and Mr..
R. a. Trice unanimously to be auctioneer.
The old standing committees, including the
Board OF Managers, were also unanimously
chosen again, with the exception that Mr..
w. ID. Tompkins was substituted on the
Board for Mr.. w. ID. Gibson, who yolln-
tarily retired, asking for the election OF hr.
TOmpkins.
The consideration Of the new scheme
Of inspection" " presented by the Commit
tee on the General Interests OF the Market
occupied the attention OF members for
the balance Of the session. The discussion
which was had upon it was very warm and
interesting throughout, but ended without
any unpleasant feeling being excited. The
first two paragraphs Of the "schcme OF in
.pection" " were finally passed by decisive
majority. The effect OF them, and they are
presented below, is to establish Il system Of
bonded inspectiOn for this market, TO create
one inspector for the whole market, who
shall he responsible for his samples, and
also to diSSeycr the businesses OF ware
housing and inspection.
1t is claimed by the advocates OF the
scheme that II will restore orders To the
market that have passed away, and WHY
il greatly 10y greatly increasing both de-
mand and supply.
The remaining paragraphs OF the
"schcme" relative to the details OF the du-
ties OF the Inspector will be considered on
Monday next. The two sections referred
TO are as follows:
l. All leaf tobacco offered for sale in the
city OF Richmond by and TO any member
OF the Tobacco Trade OF Richmond shall
be inspected by the regular inspector oi
leaf tobacco for the Richmond tobacco mar
ket, or his deputies.
>. There shall be elected annually by
majority OF a quorum OF the Tobacco
Trade Of Richmond an inspector OF leai
tobacco. whose duty it shall be TO inspect
all leaf tobacco intended for sale 10y or to
any member Of the said Trade under rule
hereinafter set forth.
An amendment TO the first paragraph wa
adopted, the effect OF which Is to permit
samples from places other than Richmond
to be offered here for sale, but to exclude
. i'm such cases the idea OF responsibility OF
the part Of the inspector here for them.
The remainder OF The report, referring
10 the duties OF the inspector, &c., wa'
, passed by until the next meeting OF th'
+ Trade.
A VERY USEFUL INVENTION by A RCH
voND MAN.-A new cOntriyancc TO reacl
all parts OF church Spire for purposes o
rcpairS and painting, without the nece->lt,
p of erecting the usual cumbersome Scailold
; ine. has been invented by Mr.. John Glib
son, OF this city.
The Building Committee appointed b.
the trustees to carry out 10 completion th
= Grace-Street Presbyterian church having
intrlIsted To Mr.. John Gibson, ST., super
iutendcnt architect OF the works, the devise
- ment OF some simple substitute for the yer
= expensive aud dangerous scatiolding, Whel
e needed i'm the future, that gentleman com
, pleted bi, work, and on Saturday eYenln
z last an exhibition was made OF the inNen
i ton i'm the presence Of the gentlemen men
toned and others. The result was pcTfecl
| " successful, and demonstrated that in les
than half an hours time four tie or swim
. ropes. one at each alternate angle OF IN
spire. can be brought up from the base out
: side into the neck and down 10 the bas
: inside.
$ The following is description Of th
confriyance: There are four lines OF ga'
: pipe, 1l-inch calibre, each III feet, the TO
: ends OF same curved TO a half circle. The>
- pipes are carried up inside Of the framing
one TO every alternate angle, through In
= solid neck. the ends OF the curved end
4 piercing through, showing the proiectln
nointS only on the outside. These pipe
are the conductors for what follows. Tn
first part is a mcs>engcr-Aine OF t-lnc
. bemp-cord 22O feet long. ON this line
strun0 225 "carrier" "-bocks Of popa
. wood. each inches long, inch in diane
fer. turned with 4-inch hole through IN
centre. At the top or first end are al,
y. strung 6 wooden and II lead balls inch l
diameter. The first half Of the line wit
=, the carrier-bloclS and balls mentioned, IN
!. whole is wound up in a reel and ready "a
!. use.
The reel being brought near to one
the conductor pipes, one man commence
: 10 feed and push up the pipe, hrst the lea
e and wooden balls and then the carrier
II untiI ot last the lead balls are pushe
e through the curve to the outside, ana =
n their weight at once commences ana pun
down the line on the outside ana u
: tbrou0h the blocks on the inside untll III
c end OF the line comes within reach.
&c Next the line Is pulled in and stripped
the leaden balls. Then the end OF llie III
e is threaded through the small end Of L
? ncrpd tin thimble. The end OF the prime
d nal rome j. fastened to the line and draw
INTO the wide end Of the thimble. III
i line * now drawn down inside (the blocF
o still remaining i'm the pipe until the rol
y proper Is passed through the upper curN
% and the thimble into the tOpmost blocl
r. Tben the whole blocks and line are pulle
down together and wound up on the rec
% leaving swing or tie-rope 25O feet long
It one balf OF il inside aud the other hall OH
y side. nj.
This is as far advanced a. any requlr
r,ont demands al present. The main o.
n iect Is attained. The attachments TO con
:. hereafter will be four light-made painter
chairs, constructed with saddle sleepers
D. rollers made TO fit on the octagonai sngle'
y light double sheaye blocks with iall rope ,'a
d the top blocks fastened to the ile LGpg iii
pulled down on the inside I'LL tlle DloCi
strike the ends OF the pipes; the WoE W
men TO raise and lower themselves at WI
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