The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09
PETERSBURG
FINANCES
In Condition, to Spend Large
Sums for Improve
lllcllt.
TO BRIDGE THE App MATTo'x,
TO Rcacl, From Ferndalc Park
TO 6Matoaca-C l,ildrcnsin Public
Schools Must5bc Naci1ated
special TO Tho rimes.Dispatch39

Schools Must DC 5Vacl11atcd. +
& Especial to Tho Timcs.D ispatch)
PETERsBuRG.v VA September ST he
only contract for improving the roadways
oftlc city undcrfth new plan adopted
BY the City Council whereby the properly
holders pay al small portion OF the cost
has been that OF the property owners!
along Franklin Street.
The city's finances are III a condition
4 10 allow very extensive Improvement Of
roadways and pavemerts. There are;
more than enough, funds now in the sink Il
Ing 5fund;to pay every city bond maturing
4 upgto 1923, and the taxable bjccts III
4 crease steadily. IS, y 5f
The financial officers Of the city
OF opinion that the city can easily spend
i $4,000 "a year for five consecutive years I!'
In extraordinary improvements OF her
4 streets without materially impairlng her
financial strength. i8s
+ "A Receipts OF new toba Geo here are as
& Set. very small. Indications arc that Pc r.
tersburg will this year sell a good deal
y or bright tobacco. 5i
The buyers OF the American and Gon-
4 tinental Tobacco Companies. which are ny,
4 The largest consumers of bright tobacco!
!: in the world ,ssay that they a re prepared
togpay5 full prices for all grad cs OF brlgl1t
leaf tina / appear III this lnarket and IT Is
"a expected tina t (; large quantity OF hrigl X
Tobacco raised Y In this section. which has
heretofore sought other markets, VIII be
brought 10 Petersburg during the coming
fall and winter. S
BLAND FACTORY. II
N II II d is reported here on good authority
& thntbtlie toba eco factory heret ofore owned
and operated by the Bland Tobacco Com
II On ny, and recently acquired by one Of the
Il subsidiary companies OF 81 The America
u Tobacco Company, will bes run by It's ne
y owners toSits full capacity, and that new
business will be brought tto8it from otheri
points. III
The South Atlantic cigar COMPANY or
EanIzed here yesterday With the election!
y or the following ON cers:s ident. ri
Jordan; President, Fisher. lllcr; Dt-.
II Ycctors NJ rs r 4. sa ri, ght y Il
N ,I,ahily.. Fisher Collier, r.. Il. Mann, II.
4 b. Macln$and g. a. Jordan.
! Sfr.EJordan was formerly connected
Il will tile local branch $of the American
L Cigar Compa ny. The new. conlpan ny has
& 4 paid up c., pital Of $1,000. and will soon
apply to the Corporation Commission for
4 q charter .Ss vi
II IS proposed To- erect a bridge across
b the Appomattox River from 3ss Ferndalc
sF Park, the Dinpiddic county terminus Of
q trolley line % the yirsir'tal Passeen-7
81 ger and Power Company. to the village
\ or. talatoaca. Immediately opposite, In
e Chesterfield county, s 4,
a petition from he citizens Of Din
widdIc and Chesterfield counties. asking
for the Improvement. will soon pc pre-
scnted to&t he proper courts.
.AN%INNITATION.
sSfss t5isSreported here that the. Petersburg
4 tclcgation#to the Grand Camps OF United
x confederate Veterans aud Confederate
Veterans OF Virginia Will unite both Of
Il hose organizations to hold their meetings
q mkt year. at this place. Az
The Petersburg Tobacco Ass ociatfon has
sent to the planters OF this section a cir
%Cular announcing that tie to ba Geo mar
! kct2 here Will be formally opened on Octo-s
der 12t h. ~ u y 53
5 The board OF visitors Of the Virginia
Normal and Industrial Institute. a TIA
I fessor G. Z. Haynes 10 fill he vacancy
created by the recent cslghation OF Pro-
8 fcssor j NJ. Colsor. sss
The carnival nov being held hereunder
S the auspices OF thee JUNO IL q der ~ %
Tinted American Mechanics is meeting,
with great; success and attracts large.
Il numbers OF people. a big crowd q tended
II The balloon b ascension yes crda AZ AZ
N noon, which took place from he grounds
81 of. ~ NJ rdi8 Ciras and Carnival ompany,S
on East TIA BIB rect and resulted IN ~ q
d dangerous accident
5j3# B ALLOON BURST
The balloon burst after ding to q
considerable height, comp llins the aero
" naut, Professor Jack Hasklll. TO make
Il .1,rematurc lea 7, with his para hute, which
b descended saf ely until within = few feet
q ,of the ground, when tcaught in the win
y dow blind of church, bu witt olit an
4 jring the aer onaut. IS .
mission has sent out letters announcing
that on September 18th an examination
for the positions of clerks a nd CARR rs
IN tho. postof flee service will: be held ~
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