The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-23
THE RIGHT OF WAY
IN CHESTERFIELD
The Case to be Heard in Manchester
Next Monday.
PROGRESS ON NEW RAILROAD.
The Drought Has Cut Short the Pea
nu, Crop A~New Assistant Score
tary of the Y. VI. c. A.-saie OF
Houses at Auction.

pETrEsRrRG. VA. Sept 22.-spccial-
The Circuit Court Of Dinwiddie county
Judee %. a. Hancock presiding opened
yesterday and after two days session ad-
iourned for the term. About twenty-five
chancery DEGREES and orders were entered.
Judgment was rendered in sveral COM
mon law cases. The contested election
cases for treasurer and supervisor We're
by consent. continued until the specia'
term to begin october 9Th.
The Circuit Court of Holloway will be-
sin on September ZSth.
Judge Hancock viii hear the injunction
ease of Electric Railway vs.. r., p. a G.
road I'm Manchester ON Monday Septem-
her 18th. The electric company claims
that 10 obtained its franchise Co run along
and across the Richmond and IeleIsouIN
Turnpike from the Board OF supcfNlsoIS
OF Chesterfield prior io the ime lhaI '"e
L.. = q e. railroad laid out ana surN elea
fho route for los road-bcd. u further
claims that being first in possession 'h''
the railroad company must bear an eN-
pensos necessary for the crossing of the
electric line. and must submit to the
decision of The state Board of Public
Works. ass 90 where the railroad small
cross The electric line.
FIRST ON THE GROUND.
on the other hand. the railroad claims
20 have established the line OF its road
bed before the electric road got its franz
chiso from the Board of Supervisors. It.
therefore contends that The 'ortrc road
must pay AN expenses 30 wishes To
cross the railroad. and Chat tne injunction
preventing the railroad from proceeding
with the construction 0f its road ai th7
point should bee dissolved Whatever may
ha tre decision of the court am appeal is
expected Colonel w. l.. Royal and Wills
B. smith are for the electric road and
Erncs, u. wells and Charles j. Page are
for The railroad company
Messrs James j.. Mcdonald, of the
Mcdonald Construction Company of New
York: William Kcnuchck of Kansas city.
and J. H. Fire. of Philadelphia, were I'M
the city to-day looking after matters I'D
connection with the building of the hich-
mOud. Petersburg and Carolina railroad.
RAILS LAID.
Mr. Fire told me that about thirty-tire
miles Of track OF tho road had been laid
from RidreWay n. c. north Go the Me
herrn river and that contracts for station
buildings bad been let 90 New DIX hrms.
The steel bridge 90 DE built across me
Roanoke river is expected to- DE up by
the 18th of next month. The steel bridge
which B.. to bo ere ted over the Appomat-
tov river in this city is shortly 90 be
built. and will he five or six hundred Ieel
iu length IL win cost somewhere in the
ne'ehborhood of $4,000
Air. Fire stated that there are about
eleven hundred men ANA four hunofed
teams at work on the road between
hewitt Va. and Rileway N. O., ana
that q portion of this would be ?ut 'o
work ou the road between petersburg
and Richmond very shortly.
SNORT PEANUT CROP.
gentleman from sussex who was ID
the oitv to-day. told me that not more
fhsn half "a croD OF peanuts would oe
r-ade in that county. and not more IMAM
third of a crop I'm southampton ne
shortage is said 90 be due to- drought
Mr. n ID. Redford who for Some TINE
mast has hcen the assistant secrel'I! OF
The Young Mems Christian Association
i'm this city. has resigned that poslton
and Mr.. William j.. Derby has been eject
"a bis successor.
Mr. J. Knox Pannill, aucuoneer. soa
at public auction this afternoon lor >.
n Auev. trustee. three houses ON Ken
tuckv avenue. They were purchased one
hv Mr.. J. u. Watson for $500. one oy Mr
Nvfffam Henry Revan for 5000 ana the
other by General suth Boiling for Sl-'
Mr. J. T. Mooreland of the Internal
tional Committee viii address the Color
ga Young Mems Christian Association IN
this CITY Sunday afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
I'm the Hastings Court to-day MT VIII
liam Koenig. agent for the Portner Brew
Ing Company ln Petersburg' was natur-
allied.
BRIDGE PIERS.
10 is expected to- have the stone piers for
She bridge of the Richmond. PetTsburg
and Carolina railroad, which is TO cross
the Anpomattox river mt the head of ola
street completed within the next two
weeks
Chudren's Day exercises win be held
on next Sunday at fhe Methodist church
ar Matoaca Chesterfield county.
The Hastings Court Judge j. NJ Null
len presiding. met this morning but no
business of special public interest was
transacted. There were some few quail
ncations.
The paving of sycamore street with
vitrifed brick is being pushed