The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-04
CITY BUILDING
TO Be REMODELED
Needed Improvements May Soon
Be Made in Manchester.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE MEETS
CEMETERY COMMITTEE MEETS
Miss Bertha Fuaua Dies in Chesterfield
Coun,y--New Man on Manchester
Team-Personais and Briefs
from the Southside.
1lo2 Hull Street

1lo2 Hull Street
The Building and Lands Committee held
m important meeting last night. The
question of aPpropriating Sufficient mon
cy to place the city building in habtabe
condition and moving the city Offices
there, thereby doing away with the rent
now expended. came UP. and n resolution
was offered asking the Finance Commit
Tee so take UP the matter After discus
sion. II was deferred to the next meeting
OF the committee. when specific action will
be taken
cfice rent now costs the city SO per
year. Twelve hundred dollars, it is said,
would place the city building in a hab-
table condition and do away with this
rent. Firemen now stationed on the bot
tom floor, who are greatly hampered by
having TO sleep in q little room about
The size of a closet. would feel the i'm
rrorc!nenr To- the building far more than
anyone else. 1t was for their benefit that
tho question was first raised. The COM
ri:tee has an option on desks and bench
es used in the Senate in Richmond
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
After taking a walk through the
grounds the Cemetery Committee ma in
business session and transacted a lot of
routire work. a motion of Mr.. c. l.. Pet
til to divide sections containing 500 feet
or more into two sections, and that the
the sale Of these. was adopted. Trenches
nre being dug through the cemetery for
water mains. and two or three hydrants
Will be put in. Under the superintendent
of Mr.. ". NJ. Allen, the burying ground
md almshouse are both in excellent con-
clifton, and nothing but praise was heard
5roIn the members OF the committee
MISS FUQUA DEAD.
News reached Manchester yesterday
morning Of the death in Chesterfield coun-
ty last night of Miss Bertha F'nqua,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Washington
F'uqua- She is sister Of Miss Pearl
Fuqua. who resides in the city.
The funeral will be conducted from the
house this morning at II o'clock. The
burial will be in Maury Cemetery.
The report that Miss Mary Poo, daugh-
ter OF Mr. w. w. POOL. e. The city. had
been welded in Washington published
yesterday. is a mistake. The name sent
from Washington was incorrect. 1t
Ehould have been Mary D. Peel
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS
Mr.. w. NJ. Allen. superintendent Of
Maury Cemetery. is reported TO be I!.ite
sick at his home.
Messrs. T.. A. Broadfus and r. II
Tucker, two we'll known young men of
the city, have purchased the plant of the
Southside Steam Laundry and will here
after conduct it. under the same name
but different management. Mr.. Tucker
has been associated with the plaat f:r
some years. while Mr.. Broai71s las
been with Mr.. r. c. Broaddus, the gro
Ger on Hull Street.
The infant child Of MIR. and Mrs. B.
J.. Jones was buried in Maury Cemetery
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. X c. Walden. of the city, is spend
ing some time In the county
Mrs. Leslie Prentis wife of the popu-
lar postman. left yesterday for the coun-
try for a short period.
The Twelfth-Street SluEgers go to Pow
hatan Courthouse Saturday to wrestle
with the-ball team there.
There will be a lawn party at the home
Of Mrs. John Carroll in Swansboro to-
night, under the auspices of the
ladies of st. Anthony's Aid Society
Mrs. II. ]. Bolton and family of Rocky
Mount, who has been visiting Mrs W. II.
Bolton, OF Swansboro, has returned to her
home.
Mrs. Mary C. Gill and daughter. who
have been visiting in Chesterfield coun-
~ have returned to the city
Mr. Darius Idlnnant who has been Visit
ing friends and relatives in North Caro-
Mrs j. NJ. Gregory. accompanied ly
her daughter. lmogene and Mrs T. "
AVinfree and daughter, Pearl, left ycster-
day FOR a two weeks stay at Otts-bu-n
Springs. Va.
Hogan. former right fielder FOR the
Brownies. has signed with the Manches-
ters. and plays in the two games Satar-
day.
Mr. Eddie Waymacl1, manager of the
Manchester ball team. and vice-president
of the Tri-City League. is suffering with
a cut on his knuckle.
Much interest is centered in the meat'ns
of the Finance Committee Friday night
All bills from other committees will come
up for approval. An important matter
for the members is the claim of Mr.
Robert Lee for $500 for an injury received
while assisting an officer to quiet an in
sane person.