The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-01
CONSOLIDATION OF
PETERSBURG PHONES.
The Mutual and Bell Combine as
.he Petersburg Telephone Co.
THE BELL is DISCONTINUED
The Prices Viii Be Advanced and The
Service lmproved-New Company
to Have Long Distance Control.
Legal Fight for a Child.

Legal Fight for Child.
Special Dispatch 10 The Times)
PETERSBURG. VA, Sept. 3p.-The AIa-
tual Telephone Company, Of Petersburg,
and the Southern Sell Telephone. Com
pany. In this city, were consolidated to-
day. and the new company will be known
as the Petersburg Telephone Company.
Mr.. ~. IS. Ncllwaine. of Petersburg, is
president; Hunt Chipley. of Richmond
rice-president and II. d. Gillian. Of ie-
tersburg. secretary and treasurer The
capital stock Is 10 be not less than $4,000
nor more than 100000 divided into shares ],
OF 500 each. The consolidation is due TO
the fact that competition eliminated all
profits As soon as it can be done the
wires of the tao central stations Will be
connected, and the BeI exchange VIII be
discontinued
TO RAISE RATES.
As soon as this is done the rates for
the telephones Will be advanced but a
stockholder says that The rates will not
be any higher than those in other cities
of similar size. 1t is the purpose of the
company TO make Improvements 10 tie
service and to give better service than
The company has been giving in this city.
The new company Will have control of
The long distance phones Of both the
Mutual and the Bell Telephone Companies.
and the charter granted By the CGrpo-
ration Court of Petersburg to-day states
that the purposes for which the company
is organized are to manufacture buy
sell and rent and hire telephones. tele-
phone materials, tools, appliances and
supplies and all telephone exchange aT7-
paratus and 10 maintain Telephone lines
and exchanges in the city of Petersburg
and elsewhere
THE OFFICERS.
The amount of real estate to lao held
is TO be not more than Two acres in lie
CITY OF Petersburg nor mora than tea
acres in each Of the counties OF tho State
The directors are ". Il. McIi1raine. !. S.
Beck with. A. Rosenstock, T. T. Heath.
~. e. Poole, Robert Cabariss. OF Peters
burg. ". Il. Gentry, OF Atlanta. ilIt
ChipIer. OF Richmond. and Edward j.
Hall. Of New York.
LEGAL FIGHT FOR a CHILD.
In the Corporation Court yesterday Mr..
Z. NJ. Eescher. counsel for Mr.. George
Hite and wife. ietitioned that the court
deliver Birdie 1Niliis q little girl. 10 tiite
and his wife Tor adoption. The child ana
her mother formerly liked III Richmond.
Eite and his wife have a sister Of Birdie
Willis. whom they adopted sometime ago.
Judge Mullen has he case ln3er aevise-#
ment. but viii not render his decision
until the Chtldrenis Home Society OF Ntr-
ginia can be given q chance 10 appear
ia court
Judge Mullen has learned since that
the matter is already before one Of the
Richmond courts the child being ten-
norariIy in the possession Of the Chill
drenss Home Society If Virginia against
her mothers wishes
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aiid ~ 't'sle 81 - ~ sly ~ 'l.e ga s
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ne alarm q llte 3flls morning was
caused ~ q fence n the rear. Of ne
nome OF MT AolteItlus on Franklin
so'!ee1 taha;ae nfe n { da 1 was aoile
4oout thirty lahorers We're SUPPLIED
with tools at the Stoci<dell-alyers Hard
y ware '-ofal'af1S, IN mis- city. Yesterday
afternoon ana are hoa az @oik "32eA-
NE tlas oIo 12i'pei Ai'l3oiiat'oN caiiai lor
wta.r ,,ower at tie loells The y siise
Joasse-,e.r ra,yc,. ,,5rnI,a,ly fll4.,4ty.iY
ere Of 1l,a 1,rorerty u.iil do r,,a p.o,,
,hnmsal,ss and ii v;jls5 rs siI,,erl,5t..rIile1
~. M, ~ " 5eoh;,,so,, oe ,i,;e c{ty
TAX 1,poTI7ssr
po-,a,.+- o,, -, $4,000 c.,..ot
between ;Tabb and i. oi,al5a4tl streets. en-
+e,aa nrr,tos+ ,,erora ~, ,,,s,,ii, i,,,,,n,,.-
,,,..nt committee yesl.,.iay afternoon
AGAINST tf3a tna-tl,ttlls assessed .cairst
them Tor the eranoIi,l3ic pavement.
nTessrs Alexander Hamilton and Il p
Harham owners of the pronerty aolIt-
,Ineaona Courthouse Avenue. entered tllsir
rirotest against tho layiusr III eranoIithic
,l,ay IA he Used
.b,rdr &c ,ha cost The. committee wilf4
no, recommend the rc,oa1ins Of the side