The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
c. & o. Makes Proposition. TO
Newport News.
THE LIQUOR LICENSE TAX I = <
The Fight Has Been Renewed IL the nc
COUNCIL and the Matter Referred to \
tho Finance Cornmittee-Regu'
Lar Army Offlcers on In
spectlon Tour.

{ fSpccinl to The Times. Dispntcn.) ,H5f
4 NEWPORT NDtvs. vA.. April S y 7 Q
chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Con pam
has made d proposition to the Finance name,
Committee OF tho city Council, which
will In all probability result in the build
Ing OF a subway under the tracks OF the
company from twentieth to Eighteenth
Street. Chairman Ford, Of tho FINANCE
Committee. has received letter from
Mr.. Il. w. scarborough, engineer OF main
tenance Of way for the Chesapeake and
Ohio, stating that President Stevens has
offered to bear the expense OF the ma
sonry md structural work In connection
viii, the building Of the subway, provided
the city does tho excayatlng. constructs
the street. and does not disturb the pres
ent elevation OF the tcompany's tracks.
The street Is to be sixty feet wide under
the tracks, and the company is to do
nate the right of way to the city. The
clearance overhead will probably be about
fifteen feet. y III 5 * .9 II I,
A special meeting OF the Finance Com
imttee will be held In d few days to act
upon the company's proposition, and IT
is believed that the offer will be accept
cd without delay. ss,35a 33 Fl
.rhe construction OF the subway Will
open up the "Acre,"athe section the
city which IS almost inaccessible now.
The owners Of property in that section
are urging that the offer be, accepted al
once. and are willing to bear q goodly
portion of the city's expense. q Ia
LIQUOR LICENSE FIGHT.
: The fight over the Increase liquor license
tax has been renewed. AT the meeting of
the Council last night a melton that the
licenses be changed SO as to be just What
they were last year was made, and the
ma tier was referred back to the Finance
Committee. The committee will act on the
matter in the ncnr5future and tho liquor
men are preparing to bring all the pres
sure possible to- bear to influence the
members of the committee to recommend
the low tax. Fl
A board Of regular army officers will
arrive here on or after April 18th to in
spect the Huntington Rifles and the New
port News Light Infantry. This board
will inspect all the militia in this section,
the object being to bring all the COM.
panies up to the standard aimed at by
the new military law.
FOR MURDER.
3 News reached Hampton from Washing
ton to-day to the effect that William 8.
Ryan, alias Villim s. Selby, the member
OF the Washington police force who was
indicted yesterday by the Elizabeth City
county grand jury for the murder of
ArtIlleryman Amos Dysart. has agl Nd
to come to Hampton to stand trial with
out reauisition papers. f
The Town Council OF Hampton has de-
clded to borrow $4,000 to be used in inl-i
proving several of its streets.
General Superintendent w. a. Post and
the other officials OF tho Newport News
Ship-buildlng and Drydock Company
who went to New York on the new Old
Dominion liner Monroe, have returned to
the city and express themselves as being
highly pleased by the showing made by
the vessel on her maiden voyage.