The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-20
Warwick and Elizabeth City
Counties to Issue Bonds.
ROCKEFELLER ATHAMPToN
New Battleshlp Maine at Newport News.
Newport News Yard Expects to
Show Its Builders Something
When .Missouriis Launched.
(speclal, to The Times. plspatch.)

II the plans OF large property o"heis
In both counties do not miscarry
movement has been started In Warwick
county to secure permission from the
Legislature to issue bonds for the pur-
pose OF improving the roads and bridges.
+ It Is understood that a bill will be Of
Tered authorizing the supervisors to is
sue bonds to the amount of $50,00O which
Is regarded as sufficiently large to give
Warwick the finest roads in Virginia 1t
is understood that bill is in course Of
preparation having for its object the
granting of authority to the supervisors
Of Elizabeth City county to issue $4,000
worth Of bonds for the purpose Of i'm
proving the roads and bridges in that
county. Both bills will probably be in
troduced in the next few days.
Major James Haughton. the British
vice-consul here. has just forwarded to
the Foreign Office Of Great Britain
statement of the facts in connection
with the arrest of Seamen Thomas Ryan
and Sidney Adams, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio steamship Cebriana, which took
on part cargo here and finished load
ing at Pcner's Point. It seems that
the seamt left the ship here and the
captain o. ercd reward of $40 each for
were arrested, given a hearing, assessed
with the costs and ordered held for the
ship. Several days later they were sent
to the Cebriana at Pinner's Point and
bill Of $3.50 was rendered the cap
tain, covering the reward and cost of
jail keep and cost of delivering the men
at Primers Point The money, of course.
came out of the wages of the seamen..
The Seamen's Aid Society Of Liverpool
took up the matter and sent q commun-
cation to the Foreign Office, which re-
ferred 1t to the vice-consul here. The
society wanted to know If such assess
mcnt was regular, and insisted that the
men were not deserters and, not being
such, the captain should have been COM
PEELED to pay the costs for having tho
men arrested. Chief OF Police Johnson,
Police Justice Brown and City Sergeant
Milstead sent statements Of their part
the matter. The charges We're reg
ular.
sss NGrRoGKEFELLER.
q John D. Rockefeller Jr, and his wife
arrived here this morning from Wash
lngton on George Goulds private car
ATLANTA. of the Southern Missouri Pa
cihc Railroad. Later they went to Old
Point. and during the day visited the
Hampton Normal and Agricultural In
! sutute. Which comes in for share of
the senior Rockefeller's educational
gifts. Rockefeller, Sr., left Jersey City
Monday night on the palace car Gas
cony for Ashevilh, N. c., with a party.
Young Rockefeller left the same night
IN the Atalanta for Washington. coming
here to-day. This afternoon he went
70 Richmond, and there his car was
,witched to the Southern Railway, over
sEhich he proceeded to Asheville to join
s4s fathers party for an extended
kouthern tour, that will last until April
Ind Will carry the tourists to the Pa
sific coast At Palm Beach, Fla, there
will be a conference between Rockefeller,
r" and George Gould, relative to the
Standard Oil Company's stock market
tampaign for the season.
General Chaffee, commanding the De-
partment of the East, United States
Army, accompanied by four officers of
his staff, arrived at Old Point this morn
Ing from Washington to make an inspec-s
ton of the troops and barracks at Fort
Monroe. At 1880 o'clock General Chat
zee and his staff. accompanied by Colo
pel Story, commandant at the fort, were
escorted from the Chamberlin Hotel by
battalion of artillery and the Post
III land. The fort was inspected and Cen
oral Chaffee witnessed full dress parade
eof all the companies Of artillery stationed
at the post. At 80 clock the party
returned to the Chamberln, and to-
night left for Washington
THE NEW MAINE.
The new battleship Maine, which ar
rived In Hampton Roads yesterday from
the yard OF her builders at Philadel-
phia, will come up to Newport News
Saturday morning for coal, according to
the present understanding. Naval off,
Is GERS and shipbuilders here are anxious
Is to see the Maine. and q number of them
Va Will doubtless go out on the battleshlp
When the government gave ont the con-
tracts for the battleships Maine, Mis-
(. souri,. and Ohio, the awards were made
on the original designs of the shipbuild-
4 ers. The Newport News yard Is build
ling the Missouri, which is nearly COM
pleted. a comparison of the merits OF
q the designs of the two leading shipyards
+ OF America will be awaited with interest.
& The Maine on her official trial did not
X exceed her contract speed of eighteen
( knots an hour The shipyard officials
here are confident that the Missouri will
easily eclipse the Names record.
es; c. r. Bailey. chief engineer for the
Il Newport News Shipbuildins and Dry
q from San Francisco. after a run to Hon
olulu on the new Newport News-b bull,
steamship Korea. He made this trIr
for the purpose of observing the working
Of the ships engines. 1t has been re-
q ported that the Korea would be con-
Il Herted INTO an oil burner, using oil in
stead OF coal for fuel, AT the shlpyard
IN Y was stated that this viii possibly be
done, but the report Is erroneous that
Il stated that the Korea would be brought
y back TO Newport News 10 have the work
dome. Mr.. Bailey was delayed several
q days on his return across the continent
IS by snowdlifts In the West.
JONES AND RIXEY.
The people of Newport News and VIC
4 Unity are criticlsing Congressman Jones
8 and Rixey on account of their attitude
II toward the proposed naval approprla-
las ton for more warships Coneressman
Ii Jones is quoted as saying that he thought
VI the country had large enough navy,
Ss and Congressman Ri&ey is known 10 he
iiitopposed TO any material naval increase
although a member of the Naval Com.
smittee of the House. The attitude o,
N hesa two Virginia Congressman is re,
Sarded here as strange and inconsistent
ls5; y View OF the fact that Virginia leads
country as a shipbuiding State II
he matter Of tonnage under construs,
ya Ion.
The Virginia pilots take exception /,
the statement published In several paper,
that tho steamship. 1. Powhatan entered
v ~ Capes Tuesday night and took on 7,