The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-11
PRESENT OFFICERS
TO SERVE AGAIN
Elections Held at Joint Session.
of Manchester Council.
STREET COMMITTEE is BUSY
Much Business Disposed Of at FIRST
Session-A Poor Girl Betrended.
Personal and Other
Items.
/. Richmond Times,

Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,
ll02 Hull Street.
Nineteen out of twenty members OF the
Manchester Council met last night and
eietted city officials for the next term
Inc first election was that of CITY Audi
TOR John w. Hall. Mr.. w. s. Bradley
IL minated him i'll complimentary
speech and he was unanimously elected.
Nj. Hall holds the position for three
YEARS. CITY Attorney William |. Clopton
vds unanimously elected TO the position
he g now SO capably- filling.
Wien the election of police commits
siorers was reached there was discussion
al length as 10 how they should be nom
mated. There being three Assemblymer
AID only two Aldermen from each ward,
it was minated that the AssemplvmeI.
would have power to put in whoever the!
pleased and could outvote the Aldermen.
To save confusion. a recess of live min
utes was taken to allow the members
from EACH ward to get tCseth.-. and de-
ci,!e upon the person they wanted After
the recess the wards were called out and
tie following gentlemen elected First
ard. Waverly Nunnally; Second Ward
a {. Sampson; Third Ward ]. 7. Abbott:
Fourth Ward. w. D. Ferguson. The
Mayor is chairman of the commissioners
a,,d has called a meeting for tomorrow
night
MIR. ]. S Wakefield having been elected
chairman of the Assembly. necessarily
makes him a member e-f the Board or
Fire Commissioners. and he being already
member, the latter position had to be
flied. Mr.. J. 3. Rudd was elected to
FL the uneXpired term. vacancy in
tie commission from the Second Ward,
c:r,sed by Mr.. j. G. Saunders election as
city Sergeant. was filled by the election
y S,-r,,
toe Second Ward, placed Mr. Tillery in
r,Inlnation. while Mr.. Ferguson. Of the
Fourth Ward. placed in nomination for
Mr.. Fair. who could not be present. Mr..
l.. Petit. BY vote of Il to the
latter was elected. The meeting being
called for the specific work of electng
officers there was no other business
transacted.
STREET COMITTEES
In the ajor's office last night. mem
bers of the Street Committee holding
their first meeting. transa cted business
of an important nature.
Mr.. ]. w Barratt afforded amusement
for the sleepy members by his witty say
ings. just at the proper time. The first
business before the body was a petition
from Mr.. G. B. Buchanan superinten-
dent Of the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company, Manchester division
asking that his company be allowed to
move the switch now at the crossing Of
the Atlantic Coast Line on Hull Street,
down towards Cowardin Avenue one
square.
The company wanted to put down a
single track sirder rail in the block they
asked to be made a single instead of
double
Their reason for asking the change
was that it afforded them better facii-
ties for placing cars on the Hull Street
line. and a the same time did away
with one block Of unnecessary track.
Mr.. Barrett was in favor of allowing the
company to change lac track. and claim
ed that it would be for the best OF
the city, certainly for the best interests
of residents of Swansboro. After
lengthy discussion the applica ton was re-
iected with only two members voting
for it.
a petition from Messrs. Woodward &
Sons asking that they be allowed to
place about six feet of terra Gotta.
pipe near the yard on Fourth Street. was
granted. though fought vigorously by Mr..
l.. B. Tilery An application of the
same firm for the privilege of placing
carriage ways into their yards at their
expense was granted.
WORK ON STREETS
City Engineer Lipscomb made Il re-
port about work being done at the di-
rection of the Street Committee. The
work on Thirteenth Street will begin
Monday next. Work on Twelfth Street,
between cambridge and Porter Streets,
had been stopped after the street had
been torn up The contractor. who was
| to have completed the work. could not
get the kind of brick the committee spe-
| Gifted he should use. and therefore had
| to wait. Because there would be a. delay,
| brick costing ten cents more Der square
| foot was recommended After some dis
| cussion among members it was decided
10 wait until the Manchester brick. which
| only costs 56 cents per square foot can be
| obtained.
Contract work for the next quarter was
taken up. and there being bids for black
smithing from Messrs. w. l.. Alley and
John E. Gill both amounting to the
| same the work was ordered to be divided
between them Mr.. R. c. Broaddus was
awarded the contract for feed.
4 SEVERE STORM.
! Hail fell in Manchester yesterday
| in large humps. distinctly observable to
| pedestrai ms Immediately following the
| hail and rain there was hurricane OF
| wind which proved more destructive
| than any for years past. Trees We're
/ torn up and some houses Dana ged.
| Forest Hill presents terrible sight
L
lion we're badly broken up. Several new
! buildings incourse of erection on Semmes
Avenue We're moved from their founda-
| ton. causing extra labor and expenditure
! of money to put them back. Several
trees at Fonticello lie as silent testimony
/ Of the result of the wind Manchester
suffered a loss of many of its prettiest
shade trees while roofs of some homes
were removed.
The TIN roof of the Wood Working
Company on the a. c. L. Railroad was
removed by the storm entallins a dam
age to lumber. which has just been
| made into designs of something over ST.
600 Mr. T H Betty. manager OF the
company. who lives in the city. says the
roof was torn as nicely off. as though
some one had done it with an axe. Theirs
| were several men working in the place
| at the time but 30 one was hurt. There
is only slight insurance In a policy
covering this kind Of damage. The very
| finest material had been stored in the
upper floor of the building and the wind