The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-21
TO ENL|.., ,.Ai||.'R|CE'
ITS SCOPE,
Southern Female College III
q Petersburg Is Spread II
ing Out.
10 DIVERT THE /. II 4 pPo 3 N ] !.
Engineer WIG Has Charge OF
tic Work Arrives Light
ming Burns Buildings.
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Il pETlsRSBuRC, Va, July So,---Nlr a. q n a
4hur Ilylc Davis. president . tNthe South
ern Fe,nale College, has purchased from tcI
& AIr. Robert Gillian the large buildings on
sycamore street adjacent to thcGcollese,
and nov occupied by Mcssrs. Robert ana
a. Nj Gillian. The purchase price Is
s7,rDo. and d considerable sum VIII be
4 spent upon tho Improvement and a .a pl,l
tlon 10 ita future use Of the additional i III
& property. II iS ID s33
rho rapid growth Of the Southern = IL e,
1nalc College ncccssitates an early en- n
largement of It's grounds and buildings,
ana Mr.. Davis has already placed MS
& contracts FOR work on the newly acquired
property, possession OF which VIII DC
given carly in August.
a; L Ia an Interesting fact that nese5
4 buildings we're originally the home OF INC
former Petersburg Female COLLEGE Of
which Mr.4f1V. T. Davis founder OF the
d Southern Female College, and father OF
& It's present president was president ut
pAPi,oMA1-TON DIVERSION
rs Mr. T.. Warren Ilitchic. the engineer
who wil conduct the work on the diver
u sion OF ihe Appomattox River, has q r
rived and has ali office In the custom.
X house Mr. Richie is a era duate Got the
az Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and .arl engineer OF distinction. He has
Il been here several times before. enga gedi
dn making a survey Of the & r. yer and
route Of the new channel. Mr.. Ritchle
( has recently been employed In work for
& tho j jamestown Exposition Company.
a5$ The Appomattox River is Included IN
the district under Ca ptai q. p. y ,nsloW,
United sta tes engineer, stationed atsN .o
4 folk. TO whom Alr. Richie makes his re-.
,,rrts nm TIC 4 present work. which Will
begin very shortly az everything IS now
4 n readiness The contract speci fles% That
work shall begin within six ~ days from
iSgst he date OF official OBLIGATION 10 the
Atlantic Dredging Company, OF Philadel-S
,,hia,3 to w hon, 1t was awarded
4, is said that the company5iis building
d q 4 dredge specially adap pied 10 this pnr-
pose The new channel Will y be twelve
sEE thousand feet in length, about I Wo ana as
half niles. d fedging will begin al the
lower end. below Old Town Creek, and
M tho last part Of he wors VIII DC DC the I,
VI erection or the dam at the prcsent traffic
n bridge bel petna the city and Pocahontas.r
LIGHTNING BURNS HOUSES.
Two small buildings OF the Romano
Fireworks Manufacturing Company In
3Blandford. were struck by lightning dur
ing d h severe electrical storm yest eriay
MI fter,loon. The hosses caugh ut fire and
Ss were dest royed but Gntalled q loss q
s only $50 or 500. AS the plant Is never, IN
i "a operation during the hot months. there
ss was only a Waterman on duty nd y >
s WAS $uninjured. y .S 3st
The Office OF city enginccr, made va
can't the death of Ca plain Z. r. DUNN
will he filled BY tho Common Council at
Its regular NEE ting on sAug ust list. q Q
formal applications have yet been nade,
hut 1t is understood that there are sew
II eral candidates. The salary is s.. ao1 a
year. 4,
aIessrs, Lane Brothers Of sccttsyille,
Ma, have stopped work on the Upper
Appomattox Canal. for which they are
#s contractors, TO await Developments IN the
present condition of a fairs of the Viz
s$S Einfa Passenger and Power Company.
The plan projected Is the building Of q
great dam across the Appoma ttox River
about two miles above Ferndalc ark,3
sS the enlargement Of the old 5canal Y to- q
5 capacity sufficient 10 convey a body OF,
III water forty feet wide and eight feet
deep from the dam to a point about
four miles down the river, where natu-i
XIII raj conditions provide ~ fali u OF seventy.
II feet In fifty $ ards, thus ffording album
Il t1ant power The greater part Of this,
III work has been completed. as the power
house on the banks OF the river8is ready
sS for work. tho twelve.sfoo flume from
the canal finished and the canal itself
nearly completed
NEW NATIONAL BANK. 5i1;
Bids for the building Of the new na-
stional bank wore to-day opened by the
bank committee In charge but Il no an
,ouncement of5award has vet been ma de.
s5s Work on the foursncw buildings of the
a Central State Hospital for which con
tracts have been awarded, will soon be-
sin. and 1t Is understood that the build
tugs will be ready for occupancy in the
is' fall. 3sg5 81; /. M iss a igy
Hon. Charles T. Bland. Of Portsmouth,.
W.. has sent a numberof letters 70 PEE
tslsburg. soliciting support for the non,i-
4 nation for Lieutenant Governor OF the
State 7, 9s85 S5
Rev. j. s.. Foster Of Tahb Street Pres
III byteranS Church, Will leave during this
S5s week 10 spend his vacation In the North
During his absence the Interior of the
church will he handsomely renovated, tho
3 exterior having been already renaintcd
and Improved. R. IL
ltl The marriage OF Miss Gladys NJ. Boy
cite, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. G ~.
q Ioycttc, 10 Mr.. Louis j. Myer. Jr., OF
Richmond. took place this afternoon at
&Hthe residence OF the brides parents. on
High Street. N ~ 8t
Miss Emily ". panforth, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. j.. w. Danforth. was mar
a5alIed this morning at Q o'clock to Mr.
Oscar c. Wynn, a. well known contractor
DEEPEN CHANNEL OF ~.