The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-25
SERVE CITY
WITHOUT PAY
Members Of City Council and
Engineer Of city's Pump
ing Station.
THE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Old Dominion Steamship Co.
Not Afraid Of Freight Hand
lcrs' Strike in New York.
THE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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(Spccial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NORFOLK, VA, May A.-E. w Bray,
chief engineer OF the city pumping sta
ton. whose salary was stopped by the
civ treasurer, two months ago, will ask
tho circuit Court for mandamus COM
pelng that official to pay the salary due.
Mr.. Bray has been waiting for the amount
OF salary to reach 1900 in order that It
may be appealed to the Supreme Court,
II necessary, before making his first
move.
Mr. Bray is a member of the Select
Council from the Fifth Ward, and 1t was
on this ground that his salary was held
up. A resolution was adopted in the
Council asking the city attorney 1t 1t
from the city as engineer while he was
o member OF the Council The city at
torney said. In his opinion, the two posi-
tions were Incompatible. and the treas
urer refused to pay. Mr.. Bray any more
salary.
Mr.. Bray Is still holding his seat in tho
Council as though he has no idea OF re-
signing, and is also serving the city at
the pumping station for nothing
The officials OF the Old Dominion
Steamship Company do not anticipate
any trouble in handling their freight
out of New York in consequence OF the
threat made by the striking freight
handlers and foremen there. that unless
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford and the Mallory steamship lines
acceda to their demands the strike VIII
be extended to all the coastwise lines,
and that no freight will leave the piers
Of New York except that taken by
transatlantic lines. NJ. 3. Crowell, agent.
OF the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany here and at Newport News, re-
turned from New York this morning.
He stated that he was not apprehensive
that his line would be affected by the
strike.
Mr.. Harry Bernstein. treasurer OF the
Academy of Music, has gone to Rich
roe Beach. where he will be associated
during the summer with Mr.. c. w. Rex
at the Buckroe Casino.
! FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
]. Saunders Taylor, of the Lafayette
Field Association is now preparing his
schedule for football games on Lafayette
field this fall. and has already closed
with the University Of Virginia and the
Indians on October 18th. This date Is
nearly a month earlier than In previous
years, and was brought about by de-
sire on the part OF the Virginia team
not to let the Indian game interfere with
their championship contest With North
Carolina.
Ship brokers here say that there is a
scarcity of bottoms for the handling of
coastwise business out OF this port. A
number Of schooners are tied up at
Baltimore on account of lack of docking
facilities. 1t is said. This tie-up at Bal
timore has created scarcity of small
craft
AUTOMATIC FERRY COUPLER
An automatic ferry coupler that will
do away with the labor OF one deck
hand, save time and facilitate cross
river travel generally, has been invented
by Portsmouth man. The name of
the inventor Is Mr.. j. w. Catewoed.
the storehouse shipping clerk at the
Seaboard Air Line Shops who claims
that his appliance will fill a long felt
want wherever ferries are operated.
The coupler works very much on the
same order as a car or wagon coupler.
and as soon as the bow end of the ferry
strikes the float, the boat Is coupled
at once, and at the same time the gates
are thrown opsn
A large number OF Episcopal Sunday
school teachers. mostly ladies'. left this
morning for Smithfield to attend tn.
annual session OF the Teachers H.
stltute being held in that city to-day.
Norfolk, Berkley, Hampton and the sew
eral counties in this section will also be
we'll represented at the session. which
will continue only one day,
Dr.. Robert "A. Stewart, professor OF
German at the Woman's College in Rich
mond, was In Portsmouth Sunday on
I a visit to his parents Colonel and Mrs
w. H. Stewart, on North Street.
John Kevan PEBBLES Is completing pre-
lminaries for start on the new National
Bank of Commerce building. which Will
he erected at the corner Of Main and
Atlantic Streets. The structure VIII have
height Of twelve stories and Will be
the tallest building in Norfolk.