The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29
TO IMPROVE
THE STREE'rS
Petersburg il Good Financial
Shape and Desires Good
Tlloroughfares.
ILLUSTRATED HAND BOOK.
q Tie Vote for Superintendent
81 tie AlmshouseS Survey for
Proposed New Railway.
(speclal 10 THO Times -Dispatch.).


pETEnsBu RG, VA Julyls % "A mark lar.
ed Improvement In tho pavenlcrts Of the
4 city has been going on here for some
time and has given rise to a public de-
nand for more extensive system or
street improvements. The finances Of
petersburg are In good condition. and
admirably managed. and the city can
we'll afford to improve both her road
3 ways ana sidewalks. Looking to this
end, joint meeting OF the PUBLIC I'M
proYement Committee and tho Finance
Committee of the Common Council was
held this afternoon. It was agreed that!
Nie city should ask for bids for aging
d granolithIc pavement on upper Sycamore
street, from Halifax Street to the
AHeIghts. FOR this Improvement the
property owners along the street VIII be.
assessed one-third of tho cost, and the
city Will pay two-thrds. II ~ develops
h that the granolithic work can be done
& IN quantity at enable price the
citizens of Petersburg can look Forward a1lr
to o very extensive improy emcnt IN THIS
/. line.
Under the law; the city cannot assess
property owners for any part Of the cost
rrittees hesitated at present to commit
themselves to any general pol cys CT road
way; Improvement but It was DIE ctically
4 agreed that the roadway or. Adams
Street from Washington TO yYythcs
Streets, should be laid with sheet as
pllait under contract with the prop
erty owners along the street. tho city
paying o,lc-t bird and the propcfty OWL
crs paying ho-thlrdssof the cost.
lgs HAND-EOO k.
IA large and handsome hand -book, de-:
Bcript!ye OF Petcrsburgs mercantile and
manufacturing interests u and a general
commercial advantag es has just been
rublIshed by the Franklin Press CONF,
many. "A under the auspices OF the Cham
her OF Commerce. Tho book Is profusely
End S handsomely illustrated. containing
pictures or all public buildings and large
4 mercantile and manufacturing houses
with sketches OF many prominent busi-
H ness n,ln, md descriptions gof VII olesalel
md retail houses throug hcut the! city,
: There is also a full descrip tion of trans
n lortatIon facilities and water power adj
s$vantages. NJ
Several owners Of propesrty on Old I'd
Street, rea r the place or the recent fire.
n have made liberal contributions to the
tiremcn' s relief fund. which no amounts
TO nearly one thousand dollars This
fund is FOR the benefit OF sick and Sdls>
abled fIremen. FL sss3 s5 Il; NJ II
AZ TIE VOTE.
A. .rhe Board Of Overseers al the Poor
a met again this afternoon II q elect a! In-}
perintcndentsof the City 4 lnlsno nse. The
Il meeting resulted as before In a tie lvot e.
six for Mr.. Junius Williams. the present
incumbent. and six for Mr. oe Carter
IFirt " OF engj nccrs is ma k!ne ~ sur
yev for an electric road from Petersburg
Ia Heicher's Pond about fifteen miles
q south Of the city. II is stated that the
4 road will he extended to#a point N Al
temarle Sound. This Is an enterprise
Of Virginia capitalists. M
SOCIAL.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Naclin gave
d delightful entertainments ii on TueEta ~
evening in honor OF Mrs. Afaclin's sisters,
the Misses Wilson. of Mobile. Ala. Mrs.
Maclln was assisted In receiving by Mrs
William A. Worth. OF this city. Card
Z tables wepe laid on the porch of their
attractive home on Jefferson Street, ops
i poslte the park. and the new and in
+ terestlng game ofS"military euchre', was
played. M Miss Louise thinner won the
Slady,s prize, and Mr.. II Thomas IL lden
4 was successful among the gentlemen
Il Miss Bessie Verser, OF Farmville Va
Is visiting Miss Kate Bidgood, sister OF
4 DR.. r. NJ. Bidgood Or. Bid good has as
Ills guest his brother, Colonel j. ". Bid
4 good, OF Richmond. Va.
Mr.. . Baxter Jones, rdmaster OF the
= Norfolk and Western: Railroad, at Crewe.3
Va, was killed this morning about 9!
h o'clock in the shifting yard AT that place
by being sun over by some freight cars
+ which he failed to sec we're approach
Ing, 5s3 36
va Mr.. Jones was a native of !Crewe, and
about thirty-eis ht years old, be- lie Lls sur
ivived by his wife and three children