The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-03
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Committee Not Yet Decided eel ].
HowtoUse Appropriate NJ I
n 81, @ 80. q N N
J NAY BE EQUALLY DIVIDED l['1I I'D
M. Rudd' 8 r solution, WIN an Amend nd I.
n ,ment, Goes Back to the Council.
Funeral Of MIR Franklin.
Firemen Elected.
] May BE EQUALLY DIVIDED d l'l;lI:

Firemen Elected.
33ssi Man chester Bureau Times Dispatch. ! 8
735 ST NO. 1902 Hui Street )
X rha street Committee Of Manchester
a has money OH It's hands, which II has
! MT been able to decide wfnt to do With
When the budget was made out TIE ne
sim gof $1,000 WINS appropriated for streets:
f}jS At that time It was generally understoSo,o a
That with this appropriation systemat.o
inian Of herman ent street improvements
would be started, with the ldea tnaS Se ~
~ yenr such improvements Woulu pe
made, until within n few years the CITY.
v rouid boast Of MS fine streets rs an 0th-5
y. nrs CITY It's size In tho country. 5f
The general Impression N. CounoA CIR.
cles. as we'll rs BY the public, was u q.
STOCKTON and senmes streets y wo ha ,u ~
I proved. seinrnes Street, II ls conceded,
Sig used more than any other street tree
the city. It Is also, conceded that that
street Is In worse condition than any
" lther street In the city. 4.
IN asking for the nppro priaton, CFnir.
g man PntramS intlmated that tho Street
NJ COMMITTEE had practically decided 70 per.
rcanently improve tho two streets Te1erreo
to.@nlthough no official action had oeen
taken. "a! e.. I,
when the budget came up In the gonrd
for doptfon, Mr.. Rudd. OF the First
4 ward. n offered az resolution instruotinB
" the Street B Conmittee to apportlon the
v money out among the four wards IN &c.
g cordance with the amount Of ttaxation pa .t1
l8lrl;Sbyi the respective wards
49, This resolutio WINS sent to the Street
# COMMITTEES Tor action. It was laid on the
tablo upon Its first reading, ana WIS
+ taken IN last night, upon motion by Mr..
y Reams. ~,
Mic resolution created considerable dis
cussion, the debate growing hot Mt times
ana It developed that each ward delega-
ton was on: 3 the look out for his own
As q result OF the debate, the men who
Y had ali along stuck to the original propo-
Esit,on to permanently Improve Semmes
,sand reefs were WINE e, - ~
S1,ave the appropriation equally olV!o eeee
\ among the four wards. S .t
w ak Ell cid. who ut q previous meet
4 Ing was tho champion Of the peTma,
Gnent Improvement scheme sWitched, anu
spoke strongly In favor Of the division
mot agree to an equal division, maintain
Sing his stand to the end. n \. ,5i q
tSfs5t The result Of the whole thing was that
the resolution was sent back to Coun-
fcil5with the amendment to divide equally,
and with the Recommendation that IT pc
adopted, +. :5
I: sS Mr.. Wakefield gave notice that he
would fight the proposition in Council
and 1T Is likely that 1t will be some time
before the committee finds out what It
lis going to do with Its money.
In the meantime q large portion OF It
lis going to temporary improvements, as
required Those who voted on the resolu-
a lion as It finally passed were: Ayes-Pa-
Tram, Sampson, Ferguson, Barrett, Griz-
h lard, Reams, Tlllery-7. Noes-Wakefcld
81 Hooker. s
K FRENCII-L1PsCOMB AFFAIR.
The subcommittee appointed to invests
q gate the charge made by Mr.. Robert
French that City Engineer Lipscomb had
made away with a contract he had sent
Mn for street work, embracing Messrs.
4 Bampson and Grizzard, made report
ting the City Engineer, and eX-
I planning that. In their opinion, the whole
3 matter was simply misunderstanding.
. TELEPHONE MATTERS. @
s The question of permitting Woodward
~ & Company to have phone connection by
running a wire into their building from
e across the street, was, disposed of by tho
itatement from the committee that they
had no authority to grant such a permit
A letter from the new telephone COM
tpany asking the right to dispose Of Its
u franchise, and which was referred to tho
committee by Council, was laid over to
-
"a evening next week, and action on a no-
4 lice Of suit by1Ashly iRawlngs for $4,000
& against the ytityifor injuries sustained IN
8H falling in an 3areaway, was also deferred
10 that meeting. 535. a t}
\ .1s FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
III At the meeting OF the Fire Commits
ioners last night, the work Of electing
The men for the department was COM
,leted. The entire list: Chief, W. 3.
Crooks; Assistant. r. Z, Owen; Station
4 men, W. r. Smith, G. A. Golfer: Runners,
III r. L. Redford w. =. Smith, J. II, Brown,
r. II. Lee W. j. Osterbind, A. W. Far
icy: Substitutes, r. Il. Bondurant, Fl. 3.
Gooding. and Chris Cox: Fire Policemen,
Z J. L. bedford and w. Z. Smith: Sub
.Etitute Stationman, ". T., Smith, Mr..
4! Chris Cox Ia the only new man.
5s All the fTemen have received their new
badges, They are quite attractive, and
represent a shield with viewpoint
3 star In the center. sE
ROW ON HULL STREET
A warrant was sworn out last night by
Frank Mnddey, charging George Mere
x dith and Robert Anderson with assaults
81 Ing and beating him with whiskey bot
Siitel. The young men, In company with
others, went out to Forest Fiji early IN
tie evening. About 5 o'clock they came
back, leaving Maddey out there He re-
turned on tho next car, and as no was
passing Twelfth and Hull Streets he
Il alleges that one OF the men against
"a whom he swore out the warrant cursed
him and said he would kill him before
@ the night was over" and then no threw
n a whiskey bottle at him. which struck
him on the left side OF his face. He said
y SO far as he knew there was no reason
35 for the assault,
Mayor Maurlch will investigate this
morning
The funeral of Mr., George W. Frank.
s5lin Will be from Bainbridge-Street Church
at .b O'Clock this afternoon, Rev. y, v
BADLY officiating The pal-bearers
From j. O. ", A. Mr.. l., Adams
4. William Smith. Charles Roach, William
A. L.pscomb; Bainbridgers Church,
r. G. Broaddus, James y Abbott. W
a. Tatum and J. G. Donnelly.
Mr.. Franklin was for long time en-
fployed at the Southern shops. He wa,
a native of fredericksburg, and married
Il Miss Laura y. Owens, OF Powhatal
county. He was III about two weeks
4 and died at ll:lo yesterday morning a
mil nd 1Nyaratt Street,