The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-07
Norfolk Street Railways LOOK
# Forward to Large Travel.
THE IMPROVED FACILITIES
All ofthe Lines are Making Earnest e.
& forts to Handle the Summer Sea
II Coast Resort Travel to the
Best Advantage
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I1aklQR DTephI lpi ~ .'o"''A >S''''
terminal, which the Chesapeake Transit
( Company has acquired. Four Of the
lines will land passengers at the post
III ONCE while distributing It's patrons at
y any convenient points along Main or
Church Street, or transfer them to any
NJ part of the city. s
I'll The Norfolk Railway and Light Com
pany Is rushing work on its terminal
station, which is In course Of CONSTITUTE
hon at Kelly and Matthews Streets.
I'VE A special call has been issued for a
meeting Of tho stockholders of the Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Newport News
x Company. The session will be held the
A "a of April. This company controls the
u Norfolk Railway nndy Light Company,
Z. the Newport News Railway and Electric
Y Company, the Citizens Railway and
a Electric Company. of Portsmouth; the
Berkeley Street Railway, Of Norfolk;
a Portsmouth and Newport News Railway
S$ Company Of Portsmouth,; the Norfolk
u and Atlantic Terminal Company, the
B Ocean View Railway Company, the Nor
4 folk county ferries the Old Point COM.
4 fort ferry, tile Newport News ferry and
It the Old Dominion Street Railway. This
Il company owns Ocean View, Pney Beach.
E Battery Park, the South Norfolk Park,
and its line will run into the new park,
(which will be opened some time during
h the year.
The Bay Shore Terminal Company,
d which has not been in operation for sew
a eral months, is the only opponent for
& local and Ocean View business, and this
Il company Is making great preparations
for the summer campaign.
f8 All OF these companies are@mnklng
g strenuous efforts to accommodate. Wis
4 itors who will visit here this spring
and summer TO and from the various
4 resorts, to which all of them lead.
;854 The Bay Shore Railway Company has
acquired a water front site at Ocean
View, next to the Norfolk Railway and
Light Companys hotel property. One of
4 the pieces of property Is that of Walter
u. Simmons which has been bought for
S SIG 900, and It is stated that said rail-
81 way company IS also negotiating for the,
Avoca Club property, next to Mr. Sim
mons.
Both together will give the company
& fine water front, and It is supposed
u that the purchase is for The purpose of
5 equipping tie property With summer
resort attractions, so as to increase the
traffic over the Bay Shore Railway
which already has u terminus nearby.
CHLOROTORM SUICIDE.
Clarence S. Burriss, Of Berkeley. was
found dead in bed at the Cranberry
House, on Main Street, here this after
q noon, with a bottle of chloroform to
i his nose. He is between twenty-five
Il and thirty years of age, and had been
residing with his brother-in-law. Captain
j. w. Simmons, in Berkeley.
tss He had letters on his person, but there
" are no Indications OF the reason for Kill
ling himself. He took lodging at the
Cranberry House yesterday morning, and
e last evening sent to a Nlain-Street drug
store for a bottle Of chloroform, It
was bought on n prescription, furnished
by him and signed "Dr. Burriss. 1t
was written on one Of DR.. Dupuy's pre-
scription papers.
g When the man was found In bed
this AFTERNOON Dr.. Schank was sum
noned, but when 'lie arrived he said
that death had occurred some time be-
fore. When found. the man was In bed
with his head under the cover and the
bottle OF chloroform still pressed TO his
nose In his pocket was an empty
chloroform bottle. lie is said to have
acted like drunken or crazy man while
in the ROOM but he showed no signs
OF drunkenness when he registered Mt
the Cranberry yesterday morning,
The deceased was a single man and
young physician. and has been prepar-
ing to practice medicine.
CRIMINAL. METHODS.
BY comparing the methods of thief
who has been operating in Newport
News. with those OF Charles Smith, a
L negro who has been convicted In Nor
folk several times, Detective Sergeant
Heppe1 was able TO furnish Sergeant
Reynolds, OF Newport News, with a
photograph and information that led to
< Smiths arrest In Hampton "Wednesday
e night. The man Is sneak thief and
confines his operations almost entirely
to hat-racks When arrested Smith had
d several oyercoas he was trying to sell
$g for So each.
N A committee from the Chamber OF
2 Commerce went to Richmond this after
noon to be represented during the dis
cussion of the Angel bin. The committee
was accompanied by Attorney Jeilries
who will represent 1t before the legsla
tive committee, This bill in event of IT.
passage will relieve the discrimination
against this section of the Stale by tn
i Virginia Car Service Association, nn'
demurrage and swith rates VIII be re
Ia duced. The recently appointed Corpo
ration Commission will be asked to con
slider the matter and secure for Norfol'
and other sections Of the State prope
demurrage on cars.
81 r., Randolph Hicks, receiver for tn
Appomattox Brick and Tile Company
Is engaged in an interesting pursuit 70
the assets OF The company. Finding III
company insolvent he is suing John a
Anderson, one of the stockholders, VIII
subscribed MD,6o1 worth Of stock, bl
paid but 500 teforc the concern BEGAN
4 tnsolyent Those inpplyed In the cas-
are John c. Gordon, Robert II, Gregory
3 Danie, j. Turner and David i, WI
lanls. They are used as witnesses t
s show the liability Of thN- subscribes I
the stock for the debts of the concern
The case is In the Court OF Law an
Ciianeery TO be heard by Judge lIancke
ana a jury. The suit Is for $1,000, wit
z damages Fixed at Sl.50o.
SUIT OF a MARINE
5,Si .ton. j. #, Lawless did not so 10 Rich
nnond, as announced, in the interest 0
ths demurrage claims Of the merchants
He was detained here in tho suit Of c
A. Casey. a marine aboard the cruise
san Francisco. which is 10 leave to
morrow. He was compelled to try hi
snit for $1,000 against the Norfolk Rail
way and Light Company to-day or defe
lit Indefinitely, He was run DOM Will
arriving In a hack about a month ag
and injured as he alleges TO Tho ex
10 tent of $1,000.
M Chief Of Police Yellines has receive
n letter from George Black, chief OF pc
Zee OF Wilmington. Del.,8nsling that III
y j; Whereabouts OF George ~. Airey, whor
i ne suppose 70 he living IN Virginia b
i a..eeytulftp,, and u tilyicaq be sent 10 hi