The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-11
.I0LlVEBRANCH.
TO0n'li.|R|i. GOULD.
Petersburg Adopts conciliatory
Resolutions in Connection With
Stoppage 81 Work There.
.sEAB0ARD sT0)CKH0LD ERs
RESOLUTIONS Adopted Providing
for Carrying Into Effect New
Five Million Mortgage.

(special to The Times Dispatch.) A
pErERsB URIC, VA, Feb. 10 Cham
her Of CommYce III special session to-
night adopted resolutions to assure Frank
Jav Gould and the Virginia Passenger
ana power Company 81 the hearty inter
cst,Bt feltgb by business, commercial and
professional men OF Petersburg In the
work of development the COM
pnnvH1las been doing near Petersburg;
teRrettinR Cbuld had ordered suspension
Of operations, and n after commencing city
council for the wise prccautlon against
possibility OF danger from the proposed
dam near the clty, requesting coopern q.
ton Of latter in assurance Of good Will
toward Gould III the work which means
50 much to Petersb burg.
FIVE MELLON MORTGAGE.
The stochhold ersS of the Seaboard Air
Linz 4 Railroad met at the main office
OF the company In Petersburg to-day to
consider the proposition to enter into q
mortgage and collateral trust agreement
In order to borrow 100000. They adopt
ed resolutions to carry the proposition
into effect at once. February 10Th was
set as the time for holding another meet
inG III Petersburg. Those present. who
represen tod q large majority Of both
the common and preferred stock. were
Mr.. Dennis,Sot Blair and Company, New
York: Mr., Melburn, Of New Y ork: treas
urer. OF the road; Judge Leigh r., Watts,
ceneral counsel < OF the road, Of Ports
mouth. Va: Randolph Williams, Lang
borne Williams. Of Richmond; a. w.
JYeddell, 81 81 u 1 Portsmoush. Va; IN Mr..
Byrnes, of the legal firm OF TIornblower,
Byrnes and Potter, Of New York: " I r.
Nc cnrey, PET ersburg Thomas Z. Ryan, ,
or New T ork Is at the head Of the
syndicate that is to take the five million
dollar mortgage bonds at par ~
ICE PLANT FIRE.
The fire about 2 clock this morning,
reported in to- days Times Dispatch, to-
tally destroyed the ice plant of the Fee
tersburg Crystal Ice Company, near the
Pccahontas wharf. The valuable ma
the loss Is about $4,000 with 5000 in
surance. Several negroes asleep in the
office, where the fire originated, mar
roBly escaped with tholr lives. This
bench on which Peter Pryor, colored, was
asleep. was ablaze before he knew OF
thu fire. Robert Cabaniss is president
or the company. who owned the plant.
and among others interested In the COM
pa ny was W..aM. Habliston. OF Rich
uiond. y III 5s
Unknown parties last night made an
iEeffectual attempt to enter the resi-;
denceE Of Rev. E. Tart, In Harrison
Street. This is Sthe second call the pas
tor has had from robbers within the
rast two w ! - \; u
The argument In the divorce suit Of
Vaughan VS.. Vau CHAN was9 cbncl udel In
the Corpora ton Court to day, Judge Null
len reserving his decision.
PERSONAL
Mrs. 4 M. r. Saal, accompanied by her
son. Raymond, Is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Cohen of Richmond, will
also be guest Of Mrs. Newman during
the Mardi Gras Festival: 4 u.
Miss Josephine hlc1lWaine will leave to-
morrow to attend the Mardl iGras, In New
Orleans. z,
Mayor Jones and President H. p. STRAIT
ton, OF the Chamber Of Commerce. nave
telegraphed the sympathy OF Petersburg
and the commercial body to Baltimore.