Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-03
CONDEMN THE BRIDGE
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sTnucT-
uRE NOT CONSIDERED SAFE.
QUIET ELECTION ON The SOUTH SIDE
Ripple of Excitement I'm swnnsboro'
Mr.. HowIe Placed Under Arrest
Personal and other Manchester
Items.


The regular meeting of the Street Com
mittee OF the Manchester Councii, Oh
which Mr.. M. A. Campbell is chairman
held yesterday afternoon at 6:So O'CLOCK
proved to be of more than usual interest
| The City Engineer, Captain James A.
Lpscomb, who had been requested 10
| examine the Cowardin-avenue BRIDGE Oh
complaint that the causeway was DAN
gerous. reported to the committee that
he regarded the structure as certainly
unsafe. Captain Lipscomb will make TINS
report to the Mayor at the Ponce Court
this morning. The bridge Is the pro-
perty of the Southside Land and I'M
proyement Company, and on several oc-
casions has this Troublesome possession
| of theirs been offered to the city, but
each time, with equal persistency, mas
II been declined.
Messrs. Armbrecht & Mlddendorf were
present, as was also their attorney MT.
! c.. V. Meredith, to look after their IN
terests against the survival in the COM
mittee of the street-pavement question.
| The matter did come up, but no action
was taken. The proceedings advanced
| far enough however for II to be plain
| hat the contractors are willing TO let
! Hull street remain in the condition IL
now is They will make a stout legai
| fight before they will lay hands to take
I up the "corn-rows" to which the por-
| ton Of the street between the udSA"
| has been compared.
VOTING QUIET IN MANCHESTER.
Through the morning and midday hours
yesterday the voting in Manchester was
| light In the Fourth Ward, where inc
voting strength is about a thousahu' at
2 o'clock I'm the afternoon only about 2oO
| votes had been cast. AT the same hour
in the First Ward the percentage OF votes
cast had been very small, and only nine
| negroes had been TO the polls. The DAY
I'm the city was exceedingly quiet, the
! scenes Frightening UP a little towards
| evening as the sturdy men from the
shops appeared about the polls to quicken
| the flow of tickets in the ballot-boxes
| In Manchester there was no preach OF
| the peace, and perfect order and deco
rum prevailed However the sailing was
not so smooth in Swansboro', the DIS
turbance arising doubtless from over
| zealousness rather than from any pur-
| nose to do wrong. In this community
| where one of the candidates nves, the
voters were about evenly divided, ana
the mainsprings Of action were personal
friendship more than party principle
| clash or two was inevitable, but did little
harm. Here and in Manchester enthu-
siasm for one or more of the candidates
and nominees expressed itself in driving
from polls to polls and lending helping
hand and a lift in an easy-seated vehicle
to any who could not walk or who lived
I'm an atmosphere of apathy from which
they could be removed only by horse
| and carriage.
MR.. HOWLE UNDER ARREST.
Mr.. E. B. Howle, who on yesterday
| was an Independent candidate for the
| LEGISLATURE was yesterday morning
| placed under arrest for law-breaking.
The offence which was charged up against
| Mr. Howle was cruelty TO animals, ana
he was arrested by Officer A. S. Wright
on a warrant sworn out by Mr.. Emmett
TAYLOR, of Richmond, the agent of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 10
Animals.
Mr.. Howle hired a horse from Mr.. -.
c. Cole Sunday afternoon and drove TO
Powhatan. Monday morning he made
political speech in that county and re-
turned the same evening. When the AMI
NAL was turned over TO Mr.. Cole. the
had been driven very hard. and deeming
him seriously injured, sent for Agent
Taylor Mr. Taylor thought the horse
would die. and then caused the warrant
on which Mr.. Howle was arrested TO be
issued.
Squire w. d. Lithgow. who issued the
warrant recognized Mr.. Howle to APP
pear before the Mayor this morning
DRUNK AND ASLEEP ON THE RAIL.
Frank Pope. a young white man, was
found drunk and asleep on the track OF
the Southern line at a late hour last
night, and TO the vigilance Of the watch
man OF the road he doubtless owes his
life. AS soon as he was found the Man
chester police were notified, and the
young man, entirely helpless, was brought
to the police station. Yesterday he con-
stituted the Mayors only visitor, and he
was taxed 81 so. He went to jail, as the
money was not forthcoming.
Right Rev. A. NJ. Randolph, Bishop OF
Southern Virginia. win be present at
Meade Memorial church this evening and
administer the rite of confirmation. Rev.
BENJAMIN Dennis, rector OF the church,
has provided large class. The service
begins at 79O o'clock.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. Woodson and daughter, of Ash
VILE, n. c., are guests Of Mrs. M. Ii. Ro-
berts on Porter street.
Masters Fred. and Ally Love. of Lunen-
burg, are visiting the family of Mr. w. III.
Bolton, at No. 1902 McDonough street.
Mr.. William p. Drewry. OF New York.
is visiting his mother, Mrs. b. N. Drewry,
on Porter street.
Mr.. s. j. Andrews, former resident
of this city. who has been visiting rela-
tives here, has returned to his new home.
in Durham. N. C..
City-Engineer James A. Lipscomb has
been engaged in examining the dry bridge
at Cowardin avenue and over the Peters
burg railroad at Semmes street He will
make his report TO the Street Committee
In a few days. This bridge is the pro-
perty of the Southside Land and I'M
provement Company.
Last night was the second during which
the Grays have been holding bazaar at
their Armory, Hull and Fifteenth streets.
Last night the First Virginia Drum
Corps and Company came over and
, united In good time with Company G..
I "a