Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-22
RIGHTS To R. P. & c.
COUNCIL GRANTS
xrw ROAD LIBERAL FRANCHISE.
TIE r. AND P. TAKES ! HAND
ue.srs. Royal and strOther Present
Plans, Which the Farmviiie an"
Powhatan Propose to Follow I'm
Coming to Manchester.


meeting last night and unanimously
adopted an ordinance giving the RICH
mond, Petersburg and Carolina Railway
Company the right to construct its line
through this city and build therein d
freight and passenger depot.
| The body was raped TO order at Ola
o'clock. with the following members pres
emit: Messrs John O'Brien. Matthew Nor
ton, w. b. Bradley. j. r. Green. j. I.
Abbott, w. o. Randlett, S. p. Jones.
L. NJ. Nunnally. John e. Utz X. l.. Pa
tram, w. T. Hart, and w. w. Pool. city
Attorney william I. Clopton and City
| Engineer James A. Lipscomb were pres
ent in behalf Of the city. and Messrs. f.
| Randolph Williams, X. b. Seymour. en-
| gineer, and A. l.. Adamson represented
| the interests Of the railroad.
THOUGHT LINES CONFLICTED.
Before the ordinance was read Mr..
Morton stated that Mr.. Augustine Roy
all wished to present a matter 10 the
body Mr.. Royal was yielded the floor.
He stated that the Farmvjle and Pow
hatan railroad also wished to come into
the city, and he understood that the lines.
tersburg and Carolina and for the Farm
Vile and Powhatan conficted in some
instances. and he thought II would be
better for them to be adjusted before
the Council acted on the ordinance OF the
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina. He
unfOlded the plans of the Farmvlle and
Powhatan, whose line was drawn TO en-
ter the city at Third street. Mr.. W. B..
Strother, superintendent of the Farmvile
introduced In q y
planned the plans. The members OF the
Council examined these and those Of the
Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina. 1t
was soon ascertained that Mr.. Royal
and Mr.. Strother were mistaken, for the
lines did not touch each other at all.
So the matter closed. Mr.. Royal stated
TO the Dispatch representative that the
Farmvlle and Powhatan hoped to come
into the city from Chester In six or twelve
months.
ALSO A DEPOT QUESTION.
The ordinance of the Richmond. Pc
tersburg and Carolina, when it came to
the Council, had been carefully gone over
by Judge Clopton and Mr.. Williams, and
there were but two. points upon which
Mr.. Williams and the Street Committee
could not agree. Mr. Williams wanted a
clause put in the franchise to read that
the northwest corner of Maury and
Stewart streets. but should later have the
privilege if they desired, to erect a depot
elsewhere on their line. This constituted
one. The Council declined 10 have the
clause put in. preferring to let a sue
ceedng Council deal with this matter
when those contingencies should arise
which would make change of location
for the depot desirable. The other point
q
the line above the danger of rises OF the
James. The Street Committee had acted
on the ordinance, when 1t was thought
that a grade Of eighteen inches would be
all that was necessary. Mr.. Seymour had
discovered later that an additional grade
of three feet would be necessary. Mr..
Williams explained that the change was
absolutely necessary. Members of the
Council enquired into the results Of the
change. Mr.. Jones wanted to know IT
the real estate in that locality would
be affected other questions were asked
by Mr.. Bradley and other members. These
were answered satisfactorily by Mr. Sey-
mour and Captain Lipscomb.
Mr.. Randlett moved that the change be
allowed. and all voted Aye" Mr. Green
moved the adoption of the entire ord-
nance, and the motion was carried, not
a dissenting vote being cast.
The ordinance. as adopted, provides for
Manchester a neat and cOmfOrlab freight
and passenger depot at strwart and
Maury streets. and that all trains. pas
senger or freight, shall stop in this city.
unless expressly permitted not to do so
by the Council.
CLOSE OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
The second session OF the Catholic
school at Fourteenth and Perry streets,
IL, Inc ..ffh
exercises. The year has been very sue
cessful. The following pupils distin-
gushed themselves:
Junior Classes-For excellence In
studies. silver medal, William j. Antoine; |
second prize. Louis f. Antoine Prizes |
for improvement-Mos Gallagher and |
Louis Carroll
Intermediate Classes-FOr good lessons, |
silver medal, William Carroll; second |
Antoine. Theresa Antoine. |
and Leo Gallagher. Prizes for improve |
ment-Conway Burke and Mary Hanly. |
Primary Classes-F'irst prize, Louise |
Neisler; second prizes-Mary Neisler. |
Arthur Gallagher and Jessie O'Brien. |
Prizes for improvement-Mamie Binn and |!
Edtha Pacini.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Clopton- |
Street BapISL cnurCH Will open inc DAlNu-
day boxes at an entertainment TO be |
given in the yard of Judge Gregory this |
evening.
Besides the ceremony of opening the |
boxes, the following numbers are on the |
Mr.. Simpson. of Richmond. |
dialectician; duet, Miss Minnie Jones and |
Eddie Burton; recitation by Misses Hazel |
Conway and Emma Clarke Burke; in |
strumental music. by a number OF young |
gentlemen from Manchester and swans |
boro' No admission fee will be charged. |
DEATH OF MRS. ]. c. WILBUM.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Gates and Mrs. W. L. Har-
ris have returned from a hurried trip 70 |
Powhatan county where they Were called |
by a telegram from their brother. Mr., |
J. C. Wilbum. announcing the death Of
his wife which occurred on Sunday, the
18th, at 1920 Z. NJ.
Mrs Wilbum was the mother of young
Mr.. Willie Wibum, who was sick so long
I'm this city. and who died at his homo
about a year ago, and whose death she
never got over. She had been an in
valid and a great sufferer for many years.
and welcomed death, as putting an end
10 her sufferings. She Is survived by her
husband and seven children. She was
member OF the Muddy-Creek Baptist
church. Owing TO sickness in the family
no regular funeral service was preached,
but appropriate and tender services were
held at the grave, conducted by Rev. 81.
George Arahams.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The child OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Pretty
man is very Ill at their residence, on
Ninth street.
The Red Men will meet in regular SEES