Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-30
HAS HAD A BUSY LIFE
MAysHEsrER STREET COMMITTEE
CHAs ACCOMPLISHED MUCH.
FINAL MEETING TO Be GELD TO-DAY.
The Members Deserve Much Credit
This and Thnf-Death of Mrs. Cutfa-
way-CIosing of Mrs. Harding's
schooI-Other south-side Items.

This afternoon at $50 o'clock the Coun-
ell Committee on Streets viii meet for
the last time.
This committee consists Of Messrs. VI.
! a. Campbell chairman. Mathew Morton,
]. r. Green. W. r. Hart, and W. j.
Bradley. The Citx Engineer. Captain
James A. Lipscomb, Is the clerk OF the
committee. Mr.. Campbell succeeded Mr..
c. II. Sims in July lust. when President
| O'Brien named the new committees for
the year. The lie OF the committee has
been a busy and useful one. Perhaps no
committee save that on Finance ranks
with it in Importance. The reputation
Of the city IS in its hands, for a city IS
judged more frequently by strangers by
the condition OF its streets than by any
other two things. Contracts of great i'm
! portance, meaning thousands or dollars
TO the city have to be made by this COM
] mittee. II has, therefore, 10 deal with
! shrewd men of business. who are in 1t
not from the love OF city, but personal
gain and ACKNOWLEDGMENT. To do this
the members themselves should be men
of business habits and experience, and
/ the President has to exercise much care
in naming members for it.
HAS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH.
The Street Committee Of 1928 has
accomplished much. and deserves credit
and the gratitude Of all Manchester ciu-
| zens. Without compensation Of any sort,
! and often at a personal loss. it has met
| day after day and month after month,
] handling and dlsposing Of some OF the
/ grayest and most important matters thar
! ever come before a city next only to
! problems OF actual finance and law.
! During the year the paving Of Hull
J street from Second TO Fifteenth has been
completed. new rails have been laid on
I the street-car tracks, and double tracks
/ laid from Seventh street TO Fifteenth.
! Besides repaving and increasing facilities
for draining at many places, a number
of squares have been furnished with new
brick sidewalks others i'm the suburbs
have been given ciudar walks. Only last
Monday night the committee ordered the
sidewalk on Cowardin avenue to be
paved from Hull street, to the western
property limit Of Cowardn-Avenue
church. IT is probable however, that the
body will decide at the meeting this al
ternoon to expend the money some 900,
Ia sidewalking the avenue beginning at
Perry street going towards Hull, and not
vice versa, as first intended.
TIE committee, almost among its last
acts purchased a rock-crusher at cost
of about $1,000, and thus places the flu
ture committees in a position to macada-
mize every street not paved i'm the city
at a moderate cost The stone is al
ready at hand, and test of the machine
convinced the city Engineer that the
committee had "A bargain.
The new committee will come into OK
istence with this work and the question
OF the Semmes-street viaduct on its
hands.
SOME NEWSY NOTES.
Mr.. George w. Blankenship, elected
High Constable at the spring election, has
qualified before Judge Ingram.
Josephine Johnson and Ida Scott two
negro women had fight yesterday-9r
it seems that Josephine did most Of the
fighting She was locked up to await the
coming OF his Honor this morning.
The Law. passed by the last Legislature
requiring junk-dealers TO report 10 the
Chief Of Police each days purchases. OK
cept rags and paper. by II o'clock Of the
day following. will be enforced rigidly
from now on. and the dealers of the city
have been notified.
MRS. CUTTAWAY DEAD.
Mrs. Clara Cuttaway, wife OF Mr..
James Cuttaway. died yesterday morn
ing at II 10 O'Clock at her residence, No.
20 west Nineteenth street.
Deceased had been i'll for months, and
suffered much. She was an cstimab,e lady
and her death causes great sorrow
among her acquaintarces. She leaves
besides her husband, 20 mourn his loss,
M
Turner, and one sister, Mrs. a. s. Wright.
The funeral will take place this morn
ing at il o'clock from the house. Rev.
W. r. Williams. pastor Of West-Erd
Methodist Episcopal church, will conduct
the service, and the intcrment will be
made i'm Oakwood Cemetery.
CLOSING OF MRS. HARDING'S
SCHOOL.
\ very pleasant event on Tuesday eve
ming 10 many young people. and not a few
elderly ones. was the closing exercises OF
Mrs. A. c. Hardns's music class, at the
teachers residence, No. 1l22 Bainbrldge
street. The programme rendered by the
embryo BeethOvens aad PadereWskls,
was attractive and excellently rendered.
Refreshments were served later in toe
evening Those who took part were
Misses Edna Baylcy. Grace Gibbs, Bessie
Holland. Ethel Harding. Mrs. Nettie
yer 4hlSStS LUIS DdSS. Matte Jones,
Shirley Watson, Bessie Brands May
Lipscomb, Minnie Jones. Mozelle Gregory,
Lula Baird, ImOgen Gregory, Erna Bass,
Mary Morton. Louise Lipscomb, Misses
Beattie. Misses Bessie ana Louise Web
ster Pearl Blankenship. Ruth Fitzgerald
isabelle White. Mary BEDFORD. ard Virgis
Betty; Messrs. Edward Burton, Harvey
Harding. Douglass Harding, and Stuart
Johnson.
The medalls,s were Misses Shirley
Walton, Lois Bass Bessie Holland Bes-
sic Brandis, Grace Gibbs, and Bessie
Webster
Mrs. Harding was the recipient of n
number of presents also. prompted By the
regard of her pupils.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Liberty Council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, has elected officers
Tor the coming term. They are: Coun-
cilior. NJ. L. Wood; Nice-Councillor. c.
c. Fuqua; Recording Secretary. William
j. Morrisette; Assistant Recording Secre-
tary. c. :. Taylor; Financial Secretary
r. J.. Criddle; Treasurer W. II. Toler
Conductor. w. II. Norris; Warden A. A.
Avis, Inside Sentinel. NJ. II. Gary; Out.
side Sentinel, John TURNKEY; Representa-
tive to State Council. Z. S. Barrett dor
two years.; Alternate. W. II. Toler
Trustees--six months y r. Toler; twelve
months, w. c. Clements; eighteen
months, j. c. BEDFORD.
ildanola Tribe Nc. 81, of Red Men.
has also chosen its chiefs for the en-
suing year. as follows: Prophet. John
4. Cersley; Sachem. j. S. Wakefield;
Senior Sycamore. W. Burfoot Wake;
Junior Sycamore, Charles Burkert; Chief f,