The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-22
New Line Builds Road in Ports.
mouth Under Difficulties.
SNOWMAN sLEGAcY is GONE
por!smou,h's Elegant New Hostelry, tie Hotel
Monroe, Opened to the Pub!;c-Ihe
Young Woman's Christian
Home Chartered.
Especial Dispatch to The Times,

NORFOLK, VA, March 21.-The Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Newport News
Railway Company began laying their
track on High Street, Portsmouth, last
night at II o'clock. Night work was done
because although the company had the
councils permission to lay the tracks,
merchants on the street threatened 10
enjoin the company. The Old DOMINION
Street Railway Company opposed the
track laying, and tried to run a car back
and forth over the crossing Of their line
and their rival. but the track layers
blocked this game by obstructinS the
Old Dominion track, SO that the Oid Do
minion might not place their car on the
frog at the Junction point
There were no arrests and the track
LAYERS completed their work. a leading
lawyer said to-day that the obstruction
of the Old Dominion's track was peni-
Tertiary offense
A SHOWNIAN'S LEGACY.
United States Commissioner Bowden is
stated to have been at Richmond to-day
taking dispositions in the case of John c.
Iicaly, trustee, against the First National
Bank, of Newport News. Healy. who is
trustee for James Robinson, seeks to re-
cover $4,000 in United States bonds which
Charles a. Santmeyer. formerly Robin
sons trustee. sold through the Newport
News bank, and, it is alleged, decamped
afterwards and failed TO account for the
bonds, which We're a legacy from John
Robinson, the Snowman, to his grandson,
James.
The bank claims their cashier acted only
as agent for Santmeyer in selling the
bonds and denies liability. IT also says
the suit is inequitable, and was wrongly
brought
HOTEL MONROE
The opening OF the Hotel Monroe in
Portsmouth last evening was in the larg-
est sense perfect success The doors
of the elegant new hostclry were thrown
open early in the evening. and the public
began to arrive almost Immediately.
Many Portsmouth people as well as
number from Norfolk enjoyed the first
mea! served at the new house. Some of
them let their cooks off and took their
entire families to the Monroe for the
evening.
The house looked beautiful under the
radiance CT the electric lights, and eN-
pressions of surprise and pleasure We're
heard on all sides. The Portsmouth
people were delighted with their first
glimpse of the new hosiery.
YOUNG WCA1AN'S HOME.
The Young Woman's Christian Home
was chartered here to-day. Mrs Susan
q. Jones is president: Fannie c. J<el-
lirgcr, yice-president; Mary Vanderslice,
secretary, and Elsie Order, treasurer.
The Institution is expected to be sup
ported by gifts from the charitable. Its
object is to care for. board. house and
furnish laundry to honest Young women.
A CONSOLIDATION.
The consolidation of the Norfolk Ice
and Cold Storage Plants was completed
to-day by the fling OF deeds TO the COM
ponent properties to the parent company.
the Norfolk Refrigerating. Cold Stor-
age and Ice Company. The parent
company also flied a mortgage to
the newly formed Atlantic Trust
Company to secure an issue Of
$i,250.00O thiray-ycar FIVE percent gold
bonds. The tax on this deed was $1.22a0.
Mr. Floyd Hughes is general counsel for
the hot and cold air trust. as the COM
bination is called locally. Mr.. Peter
Wright effected the combination of the
plants, which now furnish cold air and
ice, and expect to later furnish hot air
TO heat Norfolk homes and business
houses.