The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
-FOUR FAT'|HOiNS
TO PETERSBURG.
The Appropriation for the Diversion
Scheme Seems Sure.
LONG UNDER DISCUSSION.
a Man U:,der arrest for Whom There
Is Two Hundred AM! Fifty Dollars
Reward for Alleged Kills
ing In AlDcmarIe.
LONG UNDER DI.s CU'S.sI0N.
Especial Dispatch to The Times


PETtnSbU hG, VA, Feb. 25.-Captain
Carter r. Bishop received definite infor-
nation to-day in reference to the 1ncor-
poration in the rivers and harbors Dill,
as reported to the Senate, the bill pro-
viding for the improvement OF Appomat-
tox River. The sum OF $1,000 is appro-
priated for annual maintenance. AND Tor
the DETECTION and improvement OF the
river at Petersburg, in accordance with
the report submitted in the House docu-
ment No. 139, Fifty-sixth Congress, sec
ord session, $4,000, provided that q con-
tract may be entered Into by the Secre-
tary of War for such materials and work
as may be necessary to complete the pro-
ject recommended in said report. Appro-
priations are to be made annually to
complete the work, the appropriations not
to exceed in the aggregate $175,0Go, exclu-
sive of the $4,000 heretofore appropriated.
FOUR FATHOMS.
This action of the Senate Committee on
Commerce is indeed encouraging to the
people of Petersburg, to whom the sue
cess Of the bill means a great deal. II
the bill is passed and the work contem-
plated is effected, it will give this city a
waterway of nearly four fathoms to the
James River at City Point, a point
where the James to its mouth is naVlga-
BILE for the largest vessels.
long in contemplation and has been fav-
orably reported on by all the Government
engineers who have investigated it's adj
visibility.
PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME.
The object in diverting the fresfet
water from the main channel of the river
is to prevent the channel being filled by
sand and mud washed down the river
When this is done and the river bed
cleaned the unobstructed waterway to
Hampton Roads will be a fact and the
people in Southside Virginia will be bene-
fitted more than is possible by any other
immediate Federal legislation. Captain
Bishop and those who have worked with
him are now more hopeful than ever
and firmly believe that through the eff
forts of Senator Martin, Congressman
Lassiter and their Virginia associates in
Congress the bill will be passed.
PROBABLY FELIX HALL.
a negro, giving the name of
Thomas Goode was arrested by
Sergeant Donahue last night and
is believed to be Felix Hall, who is
wanted at Eamsley, Ala, for killing a
white man, Clark, the second of last
October. Goode is not communicative.
He insists that he does not know what
he is arrested for and that is about as
much as he will say He answers in ev-
cry detail the description furnished the
police, being a man of over six feet and
of large stature.
The negro was photographed this morn
ing and the Eamsley authorities commu-
nicated with. There is reward of $3.50
for Halls arrest.
Arthur Cheatham the negro Who as
saulted a fellow-laborer near Chester yes
terday, seriously injuring him with an
iron coupling-pin, was arrested here last
night. He was taken to Chesterfield
county Jail by Deputy Sheriff Gill to-day.
The wills of Virgil Q. Wynn and Mrs.
Mary f. Peterson were admitted to pro-
bate to-day.
Miss Elsie Dunn, who has been visiting
in Richmond for several weeks, has re-
turned to Petersburg.