Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-12
OVER In MANCHESTER
WHAT STREETS THE wATER-PIPEs
WILL BE IN.
Work OF Paving Hull Street Soon to Begin
Railroad subsoription-Mr. Dyer's
Funeral, &c.

Finance and Water was held last night
in the Council chamber to examine the
map made by Mr.. Charles E. Boiling
for laying the watermains and for the
location of the fire-plugs or hydrants.
Some slight changes have been made
since the map was submitted to the COM
mittee about ten days ago. The COM
mittee adopted the "tracing," and
Chairman Perdue will forward it to-day
to Captain White, of New York, the
contractor for the water-wOrks.
This arrangement is based upon the
idea that site will be obtained on the
Spring-Hill property, and the latest in
telligence is to the effect that about this
there will be no difficulty. Under 1t
there will be about five and one tenth
miles Of pipe in the city, and Captain
White has kindly agreed to make no
charge for the pipe from the tower to
the intersection of Cowardin avenue and
the Petersburg railroad, provided he
secures the desired site. The pipe along
Cowardin avenue from the railroad
TO Hull street is to be ten inches, and
the one on Hull street from the river TO
the Petersburg crossing eight. All OF
the other pipes will be four inches, and
they will be on the following streets {:
Perry and Porter from Seventh street
TO Cowardin avenue Decatur street
from Fourth street to Seventeenth /;
Semmes street from Seventh to Twelfth,
and on Seventh and Twelfth streets
from Decatur to Semmes.
Mr.. Boiling has located forty-three
hydrants, and the places for the other
seven for which the city contracts will
be selected while the works are in pro-
cess of construction. On Hull street
the hydrants will be on alternate cor
ners-one every two squares except
that there will be two in front OF the
public square, one at the corner Of
Ninth, and one at the corner of Tenth
street
HULL-STREET PAVING.
Immediately after this committee rose
the Committee on Streets was called to
order, with the following members pres
ent Messrs. James I. Bradley lchair-
mani. ]. II. Perdue, f. w. WeisiCer,
George Q. Ely, and c. A. Jones. After
the transaction of routine business the
committee took up the subject of paving
Hull street from Mayo's bridge 10 the
west side of Fifteenth street, as provided
for by resolution recently adopted by
the Council.
This work is to he done under the
paving ordinance adopted nearly year
ago, and with the provisions OF which
the readers of the Dispatch are famil-
lar. The committee cannot contract for
the work until the Council has ap-
pointed an engineer to superintend 1t.
This will doubtless be done ut the meet
ing tomorrow night. Then the COM
mittee will proceed at once to have the
street paved.
CITY POLITICS.
meeting of the City Democratic Com
mittee was called to be held in the May
Or's-Court room last night at u o'clock.
At that time there were present: Captain
Harrison chairman, and Messrs. Robin
son secretary, Faulconer Fitzgerald,
waiting for an hour and no others having
come these five decided that it would be
well to postpone the meeting until to-
night at s o'clock, and this was done.
Some important matters will come up
for consideration, and it is urged that
every member shall be present promptly.
1t is probable that the committee will
consider the expediency of calling the
ward-meetngs for the nomination of
and justices OF the peace and
the election of delegates 10 the Norfolk
for a night earlier than the
sth of May, which date was decided upon
at q former meeting.
MR. DYER's FUNERAL.
There has seldom been larger con-
gregation in the Bainbridge- Street Bap-
tist church than the one which assem-
bled there Yesterday afternoon to attend
the funeral OF Mr.. Stephen c. Dyer.
The exercises, which were peculiarly
impressive, were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. Luther Il. ThornhilL Man
chester Lodge, No. II, Of Masons,
turned out forty-two strong, and there
wa. a committee present from Ruth
Council, No. 3, Order of Chosen Friends.
The interment was made in Maury
and with the burial cere-
monies OF the two orders named, Of
each Of which deceased was a member.
The following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers Messrs. George w. Toby, John
O'Brien, A. A. Waugh, ID. ID. Beattie,
j. G. Snellings, Henry Fitzgerald, James
A. Lipscomb, and A. G. Attllisson.
RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTION.
The citizens of Chesterfield will vote
to-day on the question of the county
$100, 900 to the capital stock
of the Petersburg and Chesterfield Rail-
road Company. A Dispatch reporter
talked with several gentlemen
interested in the scheme and they said it
was hard to tell whether the sub
scription will be made or not. Pub
lie sentiment is rapidly grow
ing in favor of the appropriation, it is
said, and if the election were few days
further off the vote would almost GER
talnly be favorable.
MINOR MENTION.
Rev. Decatur Edwards is representing
Henderson Lodge in the Grand Lodge
Of Odd-Fellows, now in session in Lynch
burg.
Aregular meetingo Manchester Royal
Arch Chapter, No. As, will be held to-
night.
Mr. Thomas E. Owen. who has been
with Messrs Thomas Branch & Co. for
the past year, has accepted a position
with Maurice B. Flynn, of New York,
rs confidential stenographer. Mr.. Owen
is also an expert typewriter.
Treasurer j. w. Bronaugh, Jr., was
expected to return last night from Co
hoke, where he and some friends had
been on short fishing trip.
Mr.. Owen A. Mallory, Of South Caro-
ina, former resident OF Manchester, is