The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-11
,ASHEVILLE
EXTENSION
Bill Practically Meets With a
Knockout Blow.
PEABODY STREET CASE
The Durham Litigation Is On In the
Federal Court at This Time-Re-
vision of the Revenue and
Machinery Acts.
PEABODY Fl BOZ STREET CASE
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RALEIGH, N. G.. February 1o.-some
right hard lobby and committee work has
been done lately among members OF the
Legislature for and against a bill for
tho extension Of the corporate limits Of
Asheville, but the BILL, or rather the ex-
tension, received probably death blow
last night in the meeting Of the Commit
tee on Towns and Cities, when It was do
cided to report the bill favorably, with
an amendment that the question OF ex-
tension be left to a vote Of the people
in the territory proposed to be taken In
by the extension.
North Carolina and Southern, Railway
Companies. involving the right Of way
through Peabody Street. Durham, Is now
being heard before Judge Purneli, of the
United States Court here, in chambers.
Argument will require all OF tomorrow,
onl has been In progress since Monday
noon. Counsel are Colonel w. A. Hender-
Son. Of Washington; Charles Price, Of
Salisbury, and b. H. Busbc, of Raleigh,
roads. and Judge w. R. Winston, ]. s.
Manning; ]. Crawford Biggs and Captain
w. Fl. Day. for Durham city and the Sea-
board Air Line the latter company being
really behind the suit, with view to
forcing gratuitous concessions Of right Of
way originally owned in Durham lby the
North Carolina and Southern Companies.
The legislative Joint Committee on FL
nance Fl. A. London chairman, Is put
ting In some hard work now on the revis-
ion OF the 1901 revenue and machinery
acts. with a view to reporting them to the
Assembly for re-enactment. The policy of
the administration Is to make very few
changes In tho acts, more, however, in
the machinery than in the revenue bill.
The committee hopes to have the bills
ready to report within a week.
8 A special report is being prepared by the
Of printing. winch shows
that during the past two years over 5000
per year has been saved to the State by
the 1901 contract for State printing, as
compared with the 1889 contract. This
saving was on the items, book compost
ticn. press work and law, sheep and half
binding. The total saving to the State will
probably aggregate $4,000 per year.
Several Raleigh citizens won prizes in
tile Continental Tobacco Company contest
In guessing the number Of cigar stamps
sold by the government during December.
r. G. Ball won $3.50. Ashby Lambeth SIS,
and several others smaller sums. One
citizen of Durham Is reported to have
been awarded $1,000.
A bill to establish a State Board Of
Examiners dssueaJlicenbesolto trained
nurses passed %theo House Tabout q week
ago, but went to pieces in the Senate
Committee on Public Health this morning.
receiving an unfavora BILE report. The con-
clusion was that it would put an end to
q great deal OF noble work OF this kind
now being done by women who have re-
ceived no training that would enable
them to pass the examination, but who
are good and efficient nurses. A substi-
tute bill will be reported, allowing the
establishment Of Board of Examiners.
the expense to be paid by nurses stand
ing the examination, and making it dis
cretionary with the nurse as to whether
she stands the examination. Advocates Of
the original bill take no especial interest
in the substitute.