The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
THE MAINE
IN DR. DOCK K.
First Warship in Commission
DOCked at a Private Yard. HI
DALE AT NEWPORT NEWS
Report that q Baltimore Railroad Com
panyls Contemplating Establishing
Terminals at Newport News Be-
lieved to Be a Myth.

(speclal to The rlmes. Dispatch

Especial to The Times. Dlspatch.) q
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, February 25.-
The batleship Maine was placed In tn
dry dock atithe shipyard this morning
and her bottom Is now being painted
When the ship Is taken out Of the docl
she will load coal here and then avail
orders 1t Is thought that she will bt
ordered South to Join the squadron II
West Indian waters. This, with one cG'
cebtion. Is the first time that warshir
has over been locked at n private yarr
after being put into commission. The only
man war ever locked at q private yard
before was the Puritan, tho monitor
which Is now Mt anchor off Vie Casino
grounds. The Puritan was placed an the
old dry dock at the yard here TO test II
soon nftor the dock was built. 1t Is
against tho rules Of tho yard to dock
vessel with high exr,tSives aboard, and
this morning q tug came over from the
navy yard 4 to take the explosives from
the Maine. = 3.as
The torpedo boat destroyer Dale, NO.
4, arrived here this morning, and after
steaming around the Puritan went 70
pier No. 3 and was locked. She Will re-
main at the dock overnight. and to-
morrow morning she " will load bunker
coal, This Is the first time lin years
that a warshlp has been locked at the
coal piers and the Dale was viewed with
no little curiosity. The Dale belongs TO
the torpedo boat Gflotllla which has It's
headquarters at the navy yard. Sho was
built at Richmond, being completed IN
1900.
The monthly police inspection ana tar
get practice will occur tomorrow after.
noon at 2:SO O'clock All three squads Will
shoot and many OF the officers are con-
ndent Of capturing one OF the medals. H55
The case Of r. G.. 1<ippers against the
Postal Telegraph Cable Company, action
for statutory damages, was taken up IN
the Corporation Court this morning. The
attorney for the company raised the
point that the plaintiff had not given
sixty days notice and the case was con-
tinred until tomorrow morning, when enc
Judge will give his decision.
Ii is believed here that the story which
was recently credited to G. H. Arnal, OF
IiC. H. Arnnl and Company, to the effect
that Il Baltimore railway company IS
contemplating establishing terminals here,
is a myth 1t is understood that the
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal and Coke
Company is considering the ACCESSIBILITY
Of building u coal pier here to handle us
business, but 1t is said that no railroad
figures in the deal at all. II the pler IS
built the company's coal will be handled
oyei the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company's line. as 1t always has been,
when the coal is dumped at the Chesa-
peake and Ohio piers. Mr.. Arnal abso-
lutely refuses to mako any statement IN
regard to the matter. lie Will not say
whether or not the story with whlch ne
wns credited was correct. q
LANDSMAN INJURED.
A landsman named Dyer was seriously
injured to-day on board the United States
mentor Puritan, which is anchored or
the Casino grounds, by the explosion o.
four-inch shell Illuminating cap. lie
was removed to the Marine Hospital az
Norfolk, and 1t Is understood that a
piece of metal entered one of his lungs
The man was removing the shell from
tho gun. and It Is understood, did not
know that It was loaded
e. I. Ford, president OF the school
Board; W. B. Liveze",s trustee. and
supervising Principal Jenkins returned
TO day from Richmond, where they went
TO lay Mrs IIuntington's offer OF S30.oOl
towards bhe establishing Of state Nor
nal and Manual Training School here be-
fore the Governor and other members OF
tho state Board Of Education. They re-
port that ali OF the members o. the board
we're favorable toward tho plan, and that
when the board meets shortly " would
very probably unanimously endorse the
local board in any action that 1t might
take in tho matter.