Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-04
Action Begun to Extend the Town
Limits.
viii Come Before the Counoi,. Frl-
any-st,il Out OF s,sht-A Ba, CHI OF
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Licenses, Etc.
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Suffolk. Va. Jan. .3.-If the Council
Friday night takes favorable action or
the report made at a special meeting
last night, Suffolk may show consider
able increase by next years census.
The report was made by Hon. John B
Primer, who made the Recommended
tions. but who consulted with Town
Attorney Burgess about some Of the
items.
The proposed extension takes in most
of the Fair Ground. The line would
be drawn from Culloden street, 12O feet
south OF and parallel with East Wash
ington, to Factory street. The extern
sion talked OF would take In the NJ.
&c c.. Southern and S. &c c. depots. and
the plans of the Virginia Manufacture
Ing Company, Suffolk Sawmill Com
pany, A. b. Cramer and the Nanse-
mond Truck Package Company. The
territory would perhaps increase the
towns population 400.
In arguing before the Council Mr..
Primer urged that at present Suffolk
Is keeping UP the streets of the dis
trlct and giving fire and police protec-
ton, and the town ought to have the
benefit of taxation.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
\ There are important amendments
concerning quarantine regulations. the
present ordinances, which were drawn
when the town was much smaller, be-
ing Inadequate when there is an occa-
sion for emergency. Provisions are
made for hospitals, detention houses
and the establishment of Board Of
Health
ABOUT TAXATION.
The town. according to the new char
ter amendments, has much greater
powers to levy license taxes. They
could, If the amendments go, levy taxes
on anything which the State of Vir
ginia can tax.
These amendments will come up for
debate at the Councils regular Janu-
airy meeting Friday night. If the sug-
gestions are thought to be good the
papers will be sent to Delegate Wal
ter Jordan to be gotten through the
Legislature.
TWO ELUSIVE .FUGITIvES.
Luther Holland. whose head was in
jured in the county by q bludgeon, is
getting on pretty well. DR.. Holland is
attending him.
No word has come of Luther Luter.
who struck Holland. He got away
when he heard Holland was dead and
the officers haven't found him yet,
a. c. Gilllgan, the alleged slayer Of
Z. Beverly Turner, Is hard to take.
Hurricane Branch, the bloodhounds, the
sheriff's posse and oil the sleuths have
been bafIled thus far.
THREE SMALL fires.
A wooden building in the county be-
longing to Edgar Lawshe, of Suffolk
took fire yesterday from a spark on the
roof. The blaze was soon out. Tho
damages, which are trihing, are covered
by insurance with Harper& West.
The residence on Clay street occupied
by Mrs. G. c. Vanderslice and owned
by G. w. Nurney took fire from fiue,
hut was soon under control. Loss on
building and furniture not over SIS.
Prof. A. j. Browns house, at SO Pine
street, yesterday got set afire by q
spark on the roof. The neighbors put
out the blaze before much damage was
done.
REAL ESTATE SOLD.
Mariana P. Barton and husband,
George l.. Barton, to James c. Causey,
Jr.. farm of 500 acres on the White
Marsh road, near Suffolk: $1,000 and
Oluet valuable considerations.
George L. NcNeal and wife to Eu-
gene McNeal, lot of land in Barrett's
Neck; 1925.
w. Is. Pruden and wife to John III.
Dixon. sixty acres in Chuckatuck dis
trict; $780,
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Three marriage licenses were issued
at the County Clerks Office to-day-all
to colored folk-as follows:
Edward Williams and Frances John
son.
Junius Hamlin and Efie Holland.
George Rountree and Lula Golden.
WAS KNOWN HERE.
The funeral of Hon. Thomas r. Bor-
land will be attended tomorrow by
several Suffolk people. The deceased
was brother-in-law OF Colonel Thos
w. Smith. He was a relative OF DR..
w. w. Murray
NOTES OF PEOPLE.
Captain and Mrs IT. p. Brooks and
children returned to-day from Balti-
more where they srent the holidays.
Mr.. w. Q. Sticff, OF Norfolk, was in
Suffolk to-day
Boston Bryant has gotten back from
North Carolina, where he went to find