The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-08
STREE Conf ACT
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Contractor 1! threatens q S SIZE the City
for. Full Pay.
HIS WORK Il ( is NOT COMPLETE G J g
A5DoubIc Elopement From Dinwiddie
County-Death of JsArchie Lewis
With Observation-Disclosures
Candidates Busy.
HIS WORK is NOT COMPLETE.

PETERSBURG. VA, Feb. Especial
mir. John Jacoby, OF Wilmington. Del,
the contractor who paved Sycamore
street, in this city. with vitritied brick.
claims that he has not been paid in full
for the work he has done Under the
contract with the city. approximate es-
Inmates were to be made each month and
I so per cent OF the amount due was to be
paid to the contractor. When the work
was completed the city was to retain 10
per cent. of the contract price as guar
antee that the road way would be kept
in perfect condition for i've years.
1t - understood that Mr.. Jaccby claims
he has been paid only 50 per cent. of the
money due him, and owing to a contro-
versy conten1plates bringing suit in the
United States court to force che city to
pay him.
NOT ACCEPTED.
The work has not been accepted by the
Street Committee. The contract provides
that the road bed shall be out OF grade
whenever depressions of more than one
half inch occur. That after work is TN
ished all defective bricks shalt beremoved
and replaced by new ones, and that the
street en- which the bricks are laid shall
be rolled with tive-ton roller. As the
depressionS have not been rsmedied. nor
the strest rolled and no defective bricks
removed, the city claims that the contract
has not been carried out and to pritect
itself, refusts to pay the contrlcsor IN
full.
DEATH OF J. ARCHIE LEWIS.
Mr. J. Archie Lewis. Of Dtnwidd.e
county, died at his residence. near the
courthouse, last night, after few days
illness with pneumonia
Mr. Patrick II. Flynn, of Brooklyn.
N. y, in company with several ladies
and gentlemen, will be in Petersburg this
week.
Candidates for municipal Offices are
busy with their canvass.
Judge LID. Yarre3. of Washington, was
in the city to-day on business.
DOUBLE ELOPE-MENT.
Mr.. Walter F. Mallory. a merchant al
Wilson's. Va. and Miss Lizzie B. Vaughan
and Mr.. James NJ. Elder, a farmer OF
Dinwiddie county, and Miss Matte E.
Mallory eioped TO Halifax, N c., this
morning, and were married in that city.
The couples spent last night In Peters
! burg and left on the first south-oound
train to-day.
Miss L. Glencora Cook. of Buffalo. n.
Y, will be in Petersburg on the goth OF
| this month as the guest Of the Young
! Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Interesting services will be held during
| her visit She will lead the regular devo-
| tIonaI services of the Epworth League Of
| Washington-Street NJ. E. church.
The two men arrested here Saturday.
charged with stealing money from the
person of Dan Eagan. in Dinwiadie coun-
| ty. were taken to that county by Sheriff
| Bevell to-day.
| Mrs. Bransford, of Shirley, on the
| James, will! give a brilliant reception and
! dance to her friends next Friday night
Many persons from Richmond and Peters,
| burg are among the guests invited.
Bishop Gibson. of Richmond, is in Pc
tersburg to-day
The ladies of Grace Episcopal church
| will give supper tonight and to-mor-
row night for the benefit of the chancel
guild.
The sales of loose tobacco at the ware
| houses yesterday was large. The highest
price brought was $3.50 per hundred
pounds,