Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-06
THE HITCH REMOVED
MANCHESTER TO HAVE FREE MAIL
DELIVERY NOVEMBER 1sT.
BOYD OPINION IN BRADY MATTER.
Chance of Deputies Being Rein
stated and Collectors Reprimnnd-
ed-Tyler to Speak i'm Washington.
Bect-Sugar Factory.

WASHINGTON, d. c., october 5.-(Spe-
cial.)-On and after the LIST OF November
next the citizens OF Manchester will nave
their letters delivered to them at their
homes by letter-carriers. This big change
in the programme was effected to-day
through the combined efforts of Congress
man Lamb. who arrived here to-day, and
Superintendent of Free Delivery Machen.
This latter official has all along been ac-
tive in the movement to establish the
free-delivery system in Manchester, and
he had the details all perfected some
time ago, but there was a hitch" some
where that caused an indefinite delay.
Congressman Lamb, who first started
the Manchester free-delivery movement
has followed it up with remarkable per-
sistency, and his efforts were to-day
crowned with success. When he saw the
announcement in the Dispatch Of to-day
that It had been further postponed, with
a batch of other projects of the same
sort in various parts of the country, he
Immediately came to Washington, and
with Superintendent Machen had an in
teryiew with irst-Assistant-P Postmaster
General Heath this evening. The re-
suit was that Mr.. Heath could no longer
resist the Congressman appeal, and he
modified the order so as to institute free
delivery i'm Manchester on the LIST OF No
Vember
II is understood now that the first delay
was due to the lack of an eligible list
from which to select the carriers. When
this was obviated the delay still con-
r.I ~aff
the First Assistant Postmaster-General
put the matter off until the new Repub-
lican postmaster should be appointed, and
could make the appointment of carriers
from the eligible list furnished by the
Civil-Servicc Commission. This was the
hitch" and now that it has been re-
moved the free-delivery system will so
into effect in Manchester next month.
ARMOR-PLATE PLANT.
Congressman Lamb is also actively en-
gagged in trying to secure a visit of the
Armor- Plate Board to Richmond, with
view to securing the proposed government
plant for that city. He has friends here
who will see Commodore Howell and the
other members of the board i'm behalf
of Richmond and It is to be hoped that
he will be equally successful as III the
Manchester matter.
A marriage license was granted to-day
to John Pickens, of Norfolk, Va, and
Miss Louise Dezendorf. of this city. The
lady is probably the daughter Of the form
er Congressman from the Second Nir-
ginia District
THE BRADY IMBROGLIO.
The published report that Collector
Brady will be sustained by the opinion or
Acknowledgement Boyd, ana
that that opinion will be final ana de-
cisire in the matter, is anything but ac-
curate. No doubt the opinion viii be III
favor of Collector Brady's action, ana
will 20 as far as possible toward con
vincing Secretary Gage that he was right
in endorsing Brady and the President tldI
he was wrong i'm his construction OF the
civil-service rules in his recent oruer'
The fact of the matter is that the OPINION
Of the Acknowledgement was asked loI
bv Secretary Gage. who belleVed thdt -
would be on the line of Colonel Brady
argument i'm the Woods case, and would
therefore. be agreeable to him. In TINS
the Secretary was probably quite tight,
but II does not follow that the opinion Vi
an attorney can be binding IN any case
e,,en if Judge Cox, of the District Court
did follow Colonel Brady's partisan sug-
gestions in the Woods case.
This opinion will be nothing more IMAM
an opinion-a construction Dy an Ihul-
vidual. at the most, Of one feature OF 'nS
civil-service law. 1t will in ho"l9e DC
binding or conclusive in the Brady or any
49, similar case. The Civil-SerVice
Commission will not submit To CoIohel
Rrodv's Interpretation Of the law; nelther
u,iIl the deputies I'm Richmond and else
where who have been dismissed from the
nublic service without cause, without
charge being filed. and without peIis
,iven the chance OF a hearing H. as y
ANTICIPATED the opinion OF the AttoIheS
General shall be adverse 10 the Wv"
Service Commission and the ousleu ueP"
ties. the matter will be tested III III.
courts and until decision is given by
S,JIb court II Is impossible TO predict
what the result will be. AZ any rate' !,
&c the belief here that the deputies stahu
good chance of being reinstatel' anu
that the collectors who have dlslilS9e.
them and Secretary Gage, who endorses
the collectors action, viii be IepI-
manded.
TYLER IN WASHINGTON.
The Virginia Democratic Association
of the District of Columbia, Is making
strenuous efforts 20 get Major hose
TYLER here for a speech on the night OF
the 18th instant. after he has spoken at
Fairfax Courthouse that afternoon. Df'
r. N Harper is the president OF the
association. which numbers LOW voters
and he IS active in his efforts TO keep IL
in good political and voting trim. In
this he is warmly seconded by Chair-
man Eilyson who has authorized the ap-
pointment for Major Tyler on the hlsht
of the 18th. If convenient TO that gentle
man. II Is understood, however, that
there NAV be an entire change in the
plan of campaign after the l2th instant,
which would necessitate the cancellinS
of many of the previous dates for
sneakers. Owing 10 this probability, it
cannot vet be definitely settled that the
Virginia Democrats OF the District will
have the pleasure OF hearing cheering
and rousing speech from our distinguished
candidate for Governor.
STREET-CAR TALK.
Since the burning of the power-house
of the Capital Traction Company there
have been numerous propositions as 10
what sort of motive power shall be next
placed on the avenue, and also as to
whether the company shall rebuild on
the old site. il seems to be settled
that the company will not rebuild there,
and next, that the underground electric
system now I'm successful operation on
other lines in the city, VIII succeed the
cable-cars. An Ohio company proposes
10 run the cables by electricity until the
underground system can be laid down,
and do II inside OF three weeks. Horse
cars are now running on the avenue,
and they seem 10 give satisfaction In a
moderate degree. Nothing Is yet decided
uron.
IL is said that the Traction Company
Il trying TO sell the burned power-house