The evening times., 1899-01-30
An BNGINfERING
FEAT II IN VIRGINIA
Electricity to Be Produced by
Water Power.
Successful Experiment at the Miller
Manual School in Richmond.
The Water VIII Have n Fall of Two
Hundred and Fifty Feet-Steam
to Be Superseded.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 30.-The Miller
Manual School, in Albemarle county, one
of the largest and most prosperous insti-
tutions of the kind in the South, has re-
Gently accomplished one of the most inter-
esting engineering feats that has been at
tempted in Virginia for some time. This
school, which was provided for in the
will of the late Samuel Miller. of Albe-
marie, is located near Greenwood depot,
at the foot of the mountains in that coun-
ty Until recently all of the machinery
used in the various shops in the institu-
tion was driven by steam engines. Mr..
Vawter, the principal of the school, con-
ceived the idea of converting the old
stream on the top of the mountains into
motive power to take the place of steam.
A reservoir was constructed with ca
pacity of 100000 gallons, and into this
the stream was diverted. The water is
brought down from the reservoir to the
workshops in heavy iron pipes. The eleya-
tion gives fall of $50 feet, the highest fall
used for manufacturing purposes, prob
ably in Virginia. The turbine Wheel
which is propelled by this stream, furnish
es motive power for generating electricity,
which furnishes the motive power for driv-
lLS All lnt machinery.
Terminal Construction.
The construction of the terminal build
ings here and the other work which the
Richmond, Petersburg. and Carolina Rail-
road Company project, will give employ
ment to large number of persons. The
bridge which this company will have TO
build over the James River is 10 be of iron
and is expected TO be not only durable, but
also a handsome one
The fiat has gone forth that MIR. j. R.
C. De Jarnette will be appointed assistant
United States district attorney. The infor-
nation came directly from the Attorney
General Saturday afternoon. and was by
no means welcomed by Republicans in this
city. The announcement puts an end TO a
long and bitter fight, which has been wag-
ed, metaphorcally speaking, without
gloves" Mr.. W. NJ. Flanagan was the
choice of the Republican executive COM
mittee OF the State. and he was ardently
supported by District Attorney Allan. Mr.
De Jarnette had the support of Associate
Justice McKenna, of the Supreme Court,
and other officials at Washington.
The remains of the man who fell in the
dock Friday night at the foot of Nine
teenth Street, and was drowned, was iden-
tified Saturday night about 10 o'clock as
those of Wilton L. Taylor. His brother,
Mr.. G. W. Taylor, read description of the
man in the afternoon paper, and thinking
the unfortunate man might be his brother,
went out the almshouse, and as soon as he
saw the body at once identified it. He
said that his brother left home on Leigh
Street and announced that he had drawn
some of his money out of the bank and
was going back to his boarding house and
settle with his landlady. He did not say
anything about going away, and neither
said nor did anything TO indicate that he
was mentally unbalanced.
First HorseIess Carriage.
J. c. Fowler. farmer, OF East Rich
mond, has purchased horseless carriage,
introduced in this part of the country.
Mr.. Fowler took his family 10 church in
it last Sunday and was highly pleased with
its workings.
James Bird, of Petersburg, a member
of Company F (colored), of that city.
which reached home from Macon Friday,
tried TO kill his sweetheart here Saturday.
He spent Friday night in Petersburg, and
then came to Richmond to see his girl.
Nettie Burton, a servant in the family of
Mrs. Rosina Lange, at sol West Cary
Street. He told Nettie he had heard she
was married. She denied it. but Bird
would not believe her and, drawing a pis-
tol, shot her in the right leg. The girl
ran from the kitchen, where the shooting
occurred, into the dining-room. The in
| furiated negro, who was drinking heavi-
| ly, followed. with the intention of shoot
| ing again. Mrs. Lange and a guest raised
| an alarm, and the negro desisted. He was
arrested by a policeman The girl was
| taken to the City Hospital. The wound
| is not expected TO prove fatal.