The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-28
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Could Negotiating for Water.
front Property.
CARPENTERS no STRIKE i ( ! T;
Those Working at the shipyard WI NV.
83 Not 90 Out on May lstA dmlral
Dewey and His Fleet Soon to 4,
Reach Hampton Roads.
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III s. Especial 10 Tho Times Dspatch.) &
F5 NEWPORT NEWS. VA. April s7,--
Hampton Roads. ana not Gloucester
Point, lnay be the terminus Of the Wa
bash Railway system. It Is learned.
upon reliable authority, that Mr.. Gould
has been approached with an offer Of
a splendid deep water site for his terrnni-
nails on Hampton Roads. In transporta-
ton circles hereabouts tho report Ia
credited, although no one ventures to
say what Mr.. Gould will do in the prem
ises. The suggestion that he has been
blocked ut Gloucester Point by Pennsyl-
vnnin interests Is secuted by mon IN
position TO know. The recent visit OF
IA, Fl. Rodgers and Walter Jennings. OF
the Standard OIL Company, to Glouces-
tor Point in their yachts was said to
have significance in this connection. but
it is not believed that It is the reason
for the present probability that the
deep-watcr terminals Of tho Wabash
will be located on Hampton Roads. The
land to be offered the Wabash has q
water front OF half mile, and Is the
most desirable unoccupied terminal
property in this section, and It Is be-
5lieved that 1t will be practically given
to the Gould system II It agrees to strike
ltidewater ut this point. #
E Tho union carpenters Of the city. af-
11lintcd with the Building Trades Coun-
Gil will strike May 1st for higher wages.
They now work a nine-hour day and
receive $3.50 a day. They do not ask
for shorter work day, but insist on
s2.75 as a days wages. The carpenters
and jolners working In the Bhp-yard,
who are members OF the. carpenters
and joiners' union. will not be affected
by the order to strike. which applies
only to the carpenters In tile Building
Trades Council. The painters affiliated
with tho council may also go out May
1st but no decision has been reached,
The painters expect to- have their utf-
ifcrences adjusted.
Tho United States refrigerator ship
Culgoa, which carries the beef for the
North Atlantic squadron. arrived A IN
Hampton Roads to-day from Pensacola,
In advance OF tho squadron. Tomorrow
morning the Massachusetts. Texas and
Culgoa will go out to the southern drill
ground Off the Capes, to meet the other
ships, which will arrive there tomorrow.
Admiral Dewey is expected to reach
Hampton Ronds tomorrow from WASH
ington.
& The Odd Fellows OF Newport News
yesterday celebrated the eghty-fourth
anniversary OF the establishment Of their
order In America by attending divine
services at Trinity Lutheran Church,
hearing G special sermon on the Work
and objects OF the I. O.. o. y. by Roy.
r.. "A. Shenk. S.8
Detective Sergeant W. Reynolds
left last night for New York with de.
serter from the battleship Maine, by the
name OF Adams. On account OF dph-
iberia on tho United States receiving
ship Franklin, the sergeant was ordered
to turn tho man over to tho commanding
officer of receiving ship at New York.
George N. Boehm. a New York lawyer,
Is in tho city looking for a Mrs. Car
RE Gunser who lived here until recent
" and two years ago entered suit for
divorce against her husband, who Is n
prominent Mason OF New York city. II
the woman is here now nothing Is known
OF her. The lawyer is anxious to have
the suit brought to a termination IN
order to let the husband know where
he r'is at" The action Is still pending
and Mrs. Gunser's whereabouts cannot
be ascertained. 81
A special car attached to the regular
train for tho West over Tho Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad this afternoon car
red party OF Jamestown Exposition
officials and Executive Committeeman,
bound for st. Louis. In the party was
President ]. l.. Patton, Of the Chamber
Of Commerce., who goes to st, Louis as
one Of the Virginia commissioners.
1t is expected that work Will begin n
the next thirty days on tho Newport
News middle ground bar, the contract
having been awarded for dredging to a
depth of 30 feet at low waite " s. q q "a
All OF the plumbing establishments OF
Newport News have consolidated and
will do business hereafter as ono firm
located In one place OF business.
In the next ninety days the actual
work OF laying tracks will begin on the
proposed electric railway to connect
Newport News. Hampton and Old Point
with Yorktown. williamsburg and
Jamestown. II. IT. Pierce. Jr.. OF this
city, has completed the survey Of the the
road. !,
Bessie L. Basket. who was shot N
the abdomen last night by w, N. Magic
whu also shot J. Trempe, was operated
on at the hospital and 1t Is said that
he will hardly be able to recover. Ihe
shooting. It is said. grew out Of Nagle's
jealousy III.