The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-04
many NEE TlneS
ON sam. night
Busy Evening With Committees
Of Manchester Council.
VOTING PLACES ARE sElEcI 81 }
Usual Place in the Fourth Is Now in The
Third and New One VIII Have to
Sc Chosen-Fire Commits
Other Items.
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times, I.
No 11C2 Hull Street. B

Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times,
No. 11oo Hull Street
The Council Chamber had tho apPe;.S.4
ance OF q meeting of great Importance
last night when there were three secTn-
mittee meetings. and members CT zen
were standing about in groups .aIssi,s
over the situation. The first to meet Ms
the Elections Committee. The matter %:
the voting precincts was the orEy }:n-4
portant business taken up. Since the re-
tlistricting of the wards the old votin8
place OF the Fourth is thrown into fEa
Third. The cor;nittee could decide o.
no suitable place, and the matter wa5
deferred.
The locations OF the other precincts are1
First Wa,G-E1sher's b.rber-shop, on Hui
Street, between Sixth and Seventh; Sec
ond--in rear of Mayors Court; Ihirti--@
! Rightsells shoe-shop, on Hull. between
Eleventh and Twelfth. The Fourth nSs
heretofore been In q vacant store at Int
+; tenth and Hull, but this is now in the
| Third.
The adjourned meeting of the Fire and
| Building and Land Committees vas tha
| next and the location of the oil tank Fro.
| posed by the Standard Oil Company vas
| brought up. These two committees were
| appointed at the last regular meeting cs8
| the Council and given authority 10 act
| The site of the erection of the tank va
|
| wood dealers who claim by the tank pc
| ing erected at the place mentioned theis
! nropertv would be placed in jeopardy
t The two committees met on the premises
| last week and referred the matter TO tina
/. Council Mr. Woodward appeared Eefcre
! the committee last night and wanted GO
make a proposition which he s;i.i Wnsio
! meet with the approval OF -ne officials o.
| the Standard Oil Company Mr. Graves
| from the latter company. heard the Tfop'
osition, but was not in q position &c say
| whether his company would accept It OF
| not. The whole matter was referred 10
| the Council without recommendations.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS MEET.
The Board of Fire Commissioners mes
later and heard the report OF the slhles
| of the Fire Department, SAYING one oE
! the e.stinguishers now on trial has leaked
| at the first fire. This was ordered to be
sent back, and new one ordered frotn
! an agent from Richmond VINO was pres
emit In regard to the ordinance drawn
! at the instance of the Chief of the De-
/ partment. and sent to the Ordinances
/ Committee for approval. the commits
/ sioners thought it best. in view OF the
fact that there is at this time an ordt-
/ nance requiring that all holes dug IN the
/ street shall be at once reported 10 s.n'
| CITY Engineer. The City Engineer was
directed to report all excavations mads
in the streets to- the stationmen at the
department Immediately after learning
Of the same. A report shall also be made
when the work is completed
Some discussion arose over the facC
that there is an ordinance requiring all
pcoplc who dig up the street to place req
TIGHTS on the places Eel hsrricade 1t az
4 night. The barricadng had not been
done. y report from tbs Water GoniHis.
sioners will be had at the next meetihs.
when all plugs in the city will be looketA
into. There are several, from the re-
/ port OF the Chief which are nearly cow
cred up ts5
The street Committee ordered soma
/ work done on Stockton Street, and VIII
set all estimates in for the WORK III
| different parts OF the city and report TO
/ the Council What Kind of brick shall
be used is the chief question to be dee
cided yet.
THE CORRECT ASSESSMENT
/ There is Il false iuesr prevailing amoHs
some of the candidates Tor eshce 's s..i 70
the sum they Will have to pay the CITY
Committee When the committee decIded
on the amount of the fee 1t was pti'-
IishetI, but few of the men have Sotten
it confuunded. For their benefit and ;s
z the request OF several men the list OF az.
sess:re:i:s g publish IN full. For. Mayor
the ;.sses.ment is SIS. and as there Ale
two c:.ndit.a.es the su mwlll be divides
between them. For Commemorative at
torney the same amount is charged, ana
there being three mel contesting FOR mo
\ position. the sum will be divided py three
The Commissioner OF Revenue is the only
!: mar wso will n:sve all the burden to bear.
Ills Office is assessed at SIS. ard he has no
opponent. consequently will EE,---s 1t ali
10 pay. There are eight men for the po-
sition of City Sergeant, and as the post
ton is assessed SIS, this amount is to bo
divided until the parts OF each man WIFE
be SO small that, even though he Witness
defeat, he will be out but a very little
Eor City Assembly and Board OF Alder.
!neo there is no fec.
MAYORS COURT.
:! Harriet Foster {cnloced) was IN the f0-
lice Court yesterday morning on the
charge of cursing and abusing the con-
ductor OF q street-cGr. She sid She vas
drunk at the time. and paid s. for her
fun. Then came :llc case Of the tircu
small negro boys for driving across tae
I sidewalk Seventh Street. they wefS
; tined 81 each. ard the owner os the carts
was ted to get Il License from the city.
He being Il contractor CT Richmond. ARD
only over here for short time. thought
: it bad to have to get license over mere
when he had one in Richmond Iss viii.
acting under the advice of the Mayer,
ask the Council. at their next meeting.
to grant him the privilege of operating.
his carts without 4 license.
PERSONALS AM, BRIEFS +
Mr.. William II. Eubard, OF Lynchbu.g.
who is Grand High Priest and Grand Leg
turer of Grand Chapter A!asons of Eir-
sinia, arrived in the city yest.rd:i.x 4.
and is now at the horae of Mrs. Porter.
. ON Cowartlin Avenue He is here to in-
struct Il class il. Royal Arch Masonry, aud
J there was Z. called meeting last night IN
the Temple.
The Chautauquan Circle OF Manchester
will soon be entertained by q lecture by
the Chautauqua Assembly of the United
:. States. This assembly goes all over the
country in organizing circles. which are
. fast becoming the most popular of a.,s-
!. organization It is purely an educational
movement! and one which is very inter-
estine as we'll as instructive. Some pians
for this lecture will be discussed at the
meeting tonight a. the home OF Or. W.
: P. Mathews.
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