The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-17
Offer Of Company to be Considered
Tonight.
is ATTRACTING MUCHATTENTlON
Strong Opposition Will Be Raised to the
Acceptance of the ProposisIon-Nir.
Page May Come Out : Other
southsIds Items.
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times,
No. 110n Hull Street.

! No. 10. Hull Street.
The City Council Of Manchester will
meet tonight in special session to con-
| slider the bid Of the Richmond Passenger
and Power Company for the lighting of
| the city, free OF charge, for the period
OF five years. Before the Light Commit
! tee, which met Wednesday nigic for the
purpose of receiving bids, there were i've
! proposals from different companies.
! They were the Richmond Passenger and
| Power Company, seventy lights free OF
| charge for five years; Henry Smith, not
| more than fifty lights free, for five years;
| Virginia. Electrical Railway and Dc
| velopment Company, $50 per light per an
mum any number of lights: a. J. Bradley,
| S5S40 per light per annum; the Manches-
| ter Light, Heat and Power Company,
| furnishing gas at $40 per light per annum.
| Each of these bids was accompanied
| by a bond of $500 as a guarantee OF good
! faith. Tho bid of the Passenger and
| Power Company came as q great surprise
| to the members of the committee, and it
| occasioned much talk at first. Captain
| Gligon for the company, made q lengthy
! speech and tod the committee that the
| contract might be drawn by the city
/ attorney, and they would comply with
| it to the letter. This BID brought MIR.
| Bradley to his feet, ant. after telling the
|
! more than was now seen, he SAID ms
| company could not afford to make such
| a contract, and he did not see how the
| city could refuse to accept such "a sub
| btine offer" Mr.. Wakefield did not
| think it right for the city to accept such
! a gift from a corporation and opposed
| the recommendation TO the Council that
I it be adopted.
| The intent of the offer is supposed to
/ no
/ citv The citizens are evincinE much IN
| tcrest in the meeting. and the acceptance
| or rejection of the bid will be awaited
| with much interest, such as Is seldom
| manifested by the people. The BID WIN
| certainly meet with strong opposition
| Mr.. Wakefield and others VIII hSht IT,
| CITY Attorney Judge Ciopton is in favor
| of The acceptance, of the offer, and scouts
| tho idea that there is anything connected
with the giving of tho lights free other
| than the fight between the two compa-
/ limo Offer Mr.. Wakctielti etld not
| refuse the offer when they have an op-
| portunity.
The city will be better off financially
| about 100000 by tho acceptance Of the
| offer, and the question of placing more
| police on the force is presenting ltseit 10
! The officials The meeting will be caLled
ut 7:3O o'clock sharp and every memper
| is expected to be present
MIR PAGE MAY RUN.
The question of d call for Mr.. Charlcs
T, Page to enter the race tor common common,
wealth's Attorney or for Mayor Is exit '1l
| ing some interest among the cd.lui'soee =.
Who will run for these offices. There are
| o. ru.osent ONLY two candidates Tor the
/ r,,ayoralty. Captain a. G. Atksson ana
Fl. A Mas-ice. the present monument.
Mr. Page DOES not care particularly loi
! either Office, but if no finds that the peo-
! pIe want him to come out he VIII ehlel
/ the race and If such is the case tilert
/ may be some uueasineSs felt. WI { a..
/ represented the city as Commonwealth III. ?
| Attorney for eight years and retired. nds
inc served in public Office long enough.
1s he comes ont 1t all it will be by the
request Of his friends. who VIII SUPPORT
him for either position
WHEELS FOUND
The two bicycles, supposed " ' s,
been stolen from Messrs. w. u. ftelseiIo
and r. G.. Wood yesterday afternoon
! while thew were hunting in the county
about two miles from the city, nave ',eeii
found and restored to the owners. nv
. Young. men left the wheels in d cilI.lp
Of bushes near the road and a.ter nun
ing for some time, returned to uid s1at
their wheels were missing. 1t developed
this morning that they were fourd III tie
hiding place by an old negro Wonidn. a''il
/ she thinking they had been stolen, took
/ them to her house and notified Sps2iai
/ Officer Grant who got the Whcsi; ara
made an investigation which siio @so
that The wheels were the propert5 Of che
two young men They were resars'cu
this morning, but not before Ni'ssts'
Hood ad Prentice had lost q. good Eight
rest over the matter and spent aots.s iil"ii-
cy in advertising.
ABOUT THE CARS
The recent skating at Forest Hill Park
has drawn large crowds and IN over
sight seems TO have been made by inc
street car company by half OF the Cars
turning back at the sheds, There only
q twenty-minute schedule in effect above
the sheds This hes been a source of
much Inconvenience to tho people WHO
camo from Richnlod. and crowds were
at the sheds at nearly every par. OF inc
day This must have been an OVERSIGHT
on the part of tile company for the cars
could have been run through to tho park
without any trouble. There he's Eeen
much comment over the fl lure of the
company to accommodate the croWc ana
the company lost friends by It.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Miss Eliza Shore Gillian, OF Prince
George county. is visiting Miss Helen
Bate. on Baiubridge Street.
Miss Ella Bottoms is quite sick at her
residence. 1910 Perry Street.
The little child of Mr.. Pickett. VINO
died Wednesday night, was buried ycstcr-
day in aIaury Cemetery. The cause of
death was diDtheria.
Tho City Council will meet tonight
in called session
The pound party given last night at
Central Methodist Church by its mem
s hers for the benefit Of the suffering FAM
lilies of the city was very successful and
a neat sum was realized. The gentle
men who have been collecting funds FOR
Mrs Slaughter, who was lett IN destl-
. tuse circumstances by the death OF her
! husband, are meeting with much en-
coura cement and already neat sum has
been collected and turned OYER to the
family.
Mrs. Ashton Adkins is confined to her
home on account OF sickness.
Miss Pearl Lrtn. who has been very Ill
for the past month. was reported to De
Improving yesterday.