The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
NEW II PLANT
NOW READY
Placed BY the American Tcle-
4 graph and Telephone Com
patly III Leader Building.
WAS PAINFULLY / !. !; /! scALD JED
Claude Smals Falls Into Vat
Of Water: Heated ato q Tenn
peraturc Of 17o.

peraturc Of 17o.
Manchester Bureau, Tines Dispatch
tt.. @E}, No. 1102 Hull Strcet.j #
Tho American Telephone arid Telegraph
/ Company has installed In the Loader
| Building. In this city. an elaborate and
costly telephone plant rho company
7 recently fitted up apartments on the sec
I o1ld floor OF the Leader Building. covering
seven flcc rooms, as originally laid out
and in these rooms, which have been on
larged by the removal OF partitions are
| the the working rooms and offices Of the
| Company. 4. e ,-3355' # #
All tho machinery and apparatus. which
arc complete and Improved, are new and 4
/ IN 70 date the latest devices Of all kinds
| being freely used to render tho plant as
4 effective as possibe9 ~ Il
The plant. which Is branch Of this
| telephone company, cost about SIT ,O0O.S
The employees OF the company moved from
the old office to the new rooms on June
18th. On tho ed OF juno FIRE broke ont
in the building, but serious damage was
iayerted BY the prompt action OF the Of
ticials in charge. Il n. ~ KS a
Scalded in Vat.
Claude srnals. an employe Of A. D. u
| ShotWell's tannery. on Friday afternoon
/ fell into await o water heated to 40 II
degrees. He retained his presence OF /
mind and climbed out MS quickly as pos
ssible. The pain was so severe that he \
sought relief by plunBing Into a vat Oh
cold water The man was badly burned !,
over half the body. Skin peeled OFF HIS II
legs. ankles, arms and wrists. Strange
TO say, Ills hands were unhurt The un.
fortunate man was carried on q cot to his
home In the tannery. Physicians attend
ed him atls he is reported as Testing COM
n fnt IN & y IL gl
Members Qualified.
Alessrs. J.. d. Reams, ]. s. Wakefield,
y. B. Rudd and a. si1s. Hooker qualified
yesterday as members OF the Council
All have qualified for the City Assembly Y
except Mr.. G. l.. Petit.
Election Of City Officers.
The Ordinance Committee Friday5ntght
recommended a resolution drafted bytCity
Attorney Pa sc. to provide for the election
Of all city OH Gals except the auditor and
James River bridge commissioners at the q
September meeting OF the Council, In
stead Of at yarious times during the year
revision Is made for the election By
statute The matter will have to be laid G
on the table for thirty days, when 1t Is
probable that It viii be dopted.
Rev. A.. D. Sharp and Rev, Robert T.
Lumpkin will exchange pulpits to-day.
Mr.. Sharp s pastor of the Fifth Street
Methodist Church. and Mr.. Lumpkin pas
tor OF Epworth Methodist Episcopal \
Church. IN Richmond. # Z s.
Rev. r; s5 T. Wilson. p. D., & presiding
elder OF the West Richmond District,
Will preac this morning In West End
Me thodist Church.. Rev. j ~ Y. Routtcn. d
the paktor. Will preach a night on hs
Despair of a Wicked Heart Ia ces to Face H
With God. '' ALI who have not done 80
are requested to hand IN their envelopes
t,n n soc ifvt,f
M Children's b Day will be observed at
sClopton Street Church at this morning s
service. Rev ". W. slsk will Il deliver
an address tonight to the Joseph 2.
Johnston Camp of Confederate ~ eterans.
Tho Womans Foreign Missionary So
S r. II. in Central Methodist Church. S
Personals and Briefs.
spending some time at Old Point Cons
Z fort. has returned home.
Mr.. Edward s.. 5;Nnnnally and daughter,
Miss Emma. have returned home after 1
a pleasant yislt to Evansville Ind II. u
8 Mrs 7. W.. Wade. of Old Point Va..e
Is visiting MIR. I. +. Bradley, No. l2l2
Porter Street. ;s sS VII
!. Mr. Henry X vy, ot No 12s1 Hull Street..
was taken Ill with typhoid fever, Friday .
night. Is Il N. 4
Mr.. j w. Moore is still III at his home
4 He is suffering from an attack of ma
5laria. III 55s58s
Tom cheatham. olored ), who Il stole q
bicycle from James tkins a few days
ago. was yesterday caught and placed in
jail. The wheel was recovered.
s Judge stephen L. Farrar. Of Amelia
county, passed through the city yesterday 4
on his way home.
Misses Leila and Connie Daniel and
Miss s;allie5 Shelton, OF Danville. are Wis h
fiting relatives In swansboro. s II,
IS Mrs. III, H, Barnes and her chtldren,
who have been visiting friends here. Left
yesterday forftheir home in Rocky Mount,
I N. C. 4.s
Methodist Church Will have lawn pa rifles Z
every night this week at the church.
James Raines, M who is connected With
the Midland Virginian. 9 PALMYRA, Va,
with his wife. left yesterday, after visit
ing friends here and In Richmond.
The Willing Work ers' Society OF Clop- A
ton Street Baptist Church Will give 9 q
trolley party to Lakeside Park Friday.
July ed, 81 hi
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