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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
RICHMOND HAS
NORFOLK: ] |. BEATEN ||.| | | | EN-
Customs Receipts at This Port
Are Nearly Three Times
Those of8Seaport.
COSTS LESS TO I COLLECT Z ] u: Ct
Witt, Fewer Employees and
Greater Receipts the z ercetlt7-
age Of Expense Small.

IN a statement from Customs Collector
n. G. Banks, Of Norfolk. published IN
Yesterdays Landmark, It is ade to ap-
pear that Norfolk will not have any
reduction of it's force In the Office IN
consequence OF the reduction OF the mp
preparation for the maintenance Of the
customs department, but that Newport
News and Ricllmond will. The Norfolk
collector points out that Newport News
has d total of flfty-three employees in
the customs department, and that business
has so decreased iii. recent years that
there Is nothing for many of them 10
do. OF this city, collector Banks makes
this statement:
.,Richmond has always maintained a
small force. caring for the customs bus
iness of that city, but just what the Gus
toms business Is, no one seems to know,
as there Is no direct nportations and
very little shipping since the Old Do-5
Ininion Steamship Company Wit hdrew.the
ocean steamer service from the James
River several years ago. In consequences
it can be seen how; the small working
force Of the Richmond Office can be made,
smaller. d. 4 3. a Y y,
4, "The condi tons at the Norfolk Office,
however are g entirely reversed. This
port has never Dragged Of a large i'm
port business since the days when It
traded almost exclusively with the West
Indian ports long before the Civil Var
In contrast with the thirty-one deputies
OF the Newport News Office. there are
only seven employed In Norfolk. who. to-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
BUYING GoND'yo['L[..Al'':'s:,. /.
& %. May Purchase One
tThnl,sa oryM ore,
HIhOuSand OrVEM ore.

Mr. G. y E. Postlethwaite, manager OF
sales for the Pressed Steel Car Company on
OF Pittsburg, is in the city negotiating
with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Kali q;
for the purchase OF a number o.! OF d aoui-
5tionnl steel gondolas. This road recently
ordered five hundred OF these fifty-ton
steel cars from the same company; ana
they are being delivered at s. he "a te !. q
about twenty-five a day. AZ tho Q PITS ffice 2
of the president yesterday It was stated
that the contract had not yet been 4 sign
ed 8 The contract will probably be ior
enc thousand or fifteen hundred cars
with al carrying capacity OF from % oo.o Wy
to 5000 tons. This railroad 2 year ago s
purchased 4 600 OF these steel gondolas
and since then placed the additional or
der for 500, which are now being deliy-
cred. The additional order will make X IA an
enormous increase In tho rolling & stock '
OF, the road IN two years, but y is I'M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
STILL TALKING
ABOUT COMBINE
Lee Ward Councilnnei1 Don't
Like the Throw Down
Given Them. '
THEY THREATEN TO TELL TELL
May Inform Constituents Why
They Did Not Get More
Money.
THEY THREATEN TO TELL I !. !,

The members OF the Lee Ward dele
CATION in the Council are not, at all pleased
With the turn matters took In the Street
Committee Tuesday night In the distri-
button OF the funds set aside for street
improvements during the year. The col
leagues Of Messrss Minor and Morton
are equally dspleased. and there are
threats OF public statements to the voters
OF Lee Ward, telling why they did not
secure what they consider. their fair share
Of the appropriation. They are saying
also that some occasion may arise when
s the alleged combine may regret having
Thrown them down" as the present
Il Council is yetiin It's infancy. Those by
whose votes the distribution was made
are ..standing pat and are saying that
no understanding was had among them
The matter was much discussed In
municipal circles yesterday. and men
wore found taking both sides. III
Victors Satisfied.
OF course. those delegations voting
with the majority are satisfied, though
one member said yesterday had there
been no absentees the atisfied'' wards
would have Jared even better. So far
as the matter of distributing the funds
( for 1905 ,is concerned, however, that is
settled, and any fight on the subject will
have to be made with reference to future
appropriations.
The subject has, been a live one in
Richmond for long time, and there has
been for years growing sentiment in
favor OF leaving the appropriation In
IA lump sum, and OF having the street
Improvement work done with reference
to its importance. rather than to any par
ticular ward.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Build a Larger Plant.

The Gordon Metal Company. WHOSE pres
ent Offices and plant are from No. l428 t9
No 143o East Cary Street, have .purchased
from tho Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company a lot on the north s,deL OF We !,
Fourteenth Street. land will buildt thereon
Il handsome factory and offices.
One. of the officers OF The company
Metal Company had Oh grown rs present
plant and that 8 move into larger quar-
6ters was Imperative. HI I5
The officers OF theteo aIs are ales
ylce-president, and Howard Gordon 3 sec
rotary and treasurer XIV n.
The buckingham Slate .Cnmpany Will
have It's quarters In the new building, t9
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30

gether with tho collector and two boat
men, make a total force Of nine. CT this
number at lea st three are needed for indoor
work attending to the routine duties Of
tho office; entering and clearing the
larger number Of steamers, coastwise and
foreign, that touch in this port
Just Reverse True.
1t would appear from the statement
off the Norfolk collector that the Gus
toms receipts Of that city are far ahead
Of those Of Richmond. but a consulta-
ton of the annual report of the Secretary
Of the Treas ury for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1901, makes a very different show
Ing. 1t, may be and doubtle less is;1true
that Norfolk receives more imports direct
3byrmeans OF vessels than Richmond ,ibut
this city receives large imports which are
shipped here In bond, after being un-
loaded from vessels at Newport News or
San francisco. The figures from the re-
port OF the Secretary OF the Treasury
shows that Richmond /. far exceeds Nor
folk In the aggregate sum of import
duties annually collected, and that the
number Of employees and the cost of COL
lecting are very much less here than
at Norfolk. The customs receipts for tho
fiscal year ended June 30. 1901, at the port
OF Richmond were SIS, 56l.sS, while those
of the port of Norfolk were but s26,s66.26,
difference Of s5l.69572 In Richmond's
favor
Complicated Questions.
The Richmond Office has but five en-
ployes. Including the collector. and the
cost Of collection is but So per cent. OF
the duties collected. Norfolk and Ports
mouth Zone porD has nlne employees, and
the cost OF collection OF import duties
there Is 4O5 per cent. of the aggregate
amount collected These figures do not
indicate that the duties of the collector
ship are so insignificant, nor that Nor
folk oyerwhelms this city as a port q
import. ta
The Richmond Office here has to inspect
and gauge imports estimate tho duties
and collect the amount duo the govern
ment. Sometimes It is a very compl-
Gated matter under the tariff laws to es-
innate the duty on certain imported COM
nodlties Some havefto pay both an ai
valorem and a specific tax, and in case OF
certain cloths, the tariff Is based upon
the number OF threads 10 the square
inch or square yard, and a microscope
has TO be used to ascertain the duty.
There Is a great deal OF detailed work
and tedious mathematical calculation In
the process OF ascertalnlns the amount
of the duty.
The comparison between Norfolk and
Richmond as to tho aggregate amount
of customs collections may surprise some,
md especially some who regard Nor
folk as a great port. These are the OIL
cial figures. however, The collections for
the current year promise to far exceed
those for the preceding fiscal year, show
Ing that Richmond {is growing in impor-
lance as a port, Instead of decreasing.
For the nine months OF the current year
the receipts are about HS.5OO At the
same rate for the remaining three months
this cltys collections will reach $4,000 ia
$4,000 In the event Of the establishment
OF the several contemplated cigar fac
tories, large increase In customs re.
cep's will follow. since they must Inn
port much of the tobacco to be used
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Sick Are Improving.

6Mr, John ,C'. Oyerbey, Of the audIto
the Memorial Hospital, Is reported steadi-
lily imprnylng, A week ago y his Il condl.
lion wns alarming but he has q ! !, s siIi e
hoped That lie viii soon be BILE TO / re- re-,
MI nv X. II. Mcleod, who Is ill5sat the
s saas ba G1spta ssRosSa Grip veE
.Ing iipoii pneumonia Mr., Me- { . cod,
5frienda as Well as those OF Mr.. oyerbey;
have been llgent In their attent e b ana
sheen nll,ne GRO lis, "a 54{ss "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
EeM People Know How Useful Il Is
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Preserving Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
Is the safest and most efficient disnfec-
s1ant and purifier In nature. but few
realize It's value when taken into the hui
man system for the same cleansing pur-
pose.
e Charcoal sweetens the breath after
take OF 1t the better: II is not drug
at all but simply absorbs the gases and
Impurities always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out III
the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous yegetab les
Charcoal! effectually clears and improves
the complexion, IT whitens the teeth and
fu,thsr acts as natural and eminently
safe catharuc.
IL a bsorbs the injurious gases which col.
)ect@in the stomach and bowels; 1t dis.
infccss the mouth and throat from the
B poison of catarrh,
II All druggists sell charcoal in one form
4 or another. but probably the best char
< coal and the most for the money is In
Stuarl's Charcoal Lozenges; they are com.
Z posed of The finest powdered Willow char.
coal. and other harmless antiseptics in
p tablet, form or rather in the form OF
4 large, pleasant tasting, lozengcs. the
charcoal being mixed with honey,
The daily use Of these lozenges viii
soon tell in n much improved condition
OF the general health, better complexion
sweeter breath and pure blood. and tht
basplty of II is, that no possible harr
can result from their continued use. h
on the contrary, great benefit.
a Buffalo physician In speaking of In,
benefits Of charcoal says: II advise Sin
arts Charcoal I0zeilges TO all DatIent
suffering from gas In stomach and bowels
and 10 clear the complexion and purir,
, ,s he liver is greatiy ben. ,'t tea pc h
the daily use OF them; they cost bl,
twenty-five cents a b0x at drug stores
and although IN some SO nse q patent pref
aration, yet believe get more and be,
ter charcoal In stuarts Charcoal Lozenge
than in any Of the ordinary charcoal tai
lets
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Eagles Are Warming Up.

The Eagles hall team is In active train
Ing for the game with the Manchester
team Of the Twin-City League. The
line,up OF the team. as given ontrby Man
base; Hulcher, pitcher: Jennings, catcher:
Preston, short stop, Foster. third base;
Chamberlain second base: kain, right
field. Suhstitutes-Floyd. Bolton, West.
Carmody. Bernstein. Rosendorf, Mallory
and Eddins.
The, Manchester team will be the reg
ular one. with the execution Of Anthony.
who will play with the Eagles, because
he is a member OF that organization
The game will he played on April nth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30

ns # the q sIeE exhibited Z
This peculiar painting has attracted
widespread attention owing to the phe-
Eomenal effect llich appears when it's
IA Beautiful in the light iit#t. is be-
yond all description when se zen \,
never been satIsfact orilys explained. This
i is tho picture which vas "a wardsd the
highest gold medal sats the st. Louis Ex c
position. for having greatest nun n Der, Of
paid admissions ssi 5
SiSsIt9ls being shown here for the bene-
afit5E of a local charity, and will remain
It'll. Saturday night Of this week. ila.sst 9a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
perutivelyl demanded ~ tho unpreecdent.

perativelyi demanded by the urpreced ent-
ed traffic. sSt d. j938.
with the completion OF branch lines
now In process of construction, opening
up new and extens!ve coal beds in West
Virginia and Kentucky an even greater
increase In rolling stock Will DO nec sci'
sorry. wv HI .
Gross earnings OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio for February, 1906. were 81 Al, i.S4,
an increase OF s7,1e3.T7 over February,
1901. Expenses also increased during tho
month leaving the increases OF net earn.
ings compared with the month last year
only $39250 Gross earnings for the eight
months OF the fiscal year to March " i
1906. were SL3. 55s, 2l5E0. an Inc rease over
the corresponding period OF. the previous
year OF so16. 1S5. o4. The increase oil ex-
panses during the eight months was but
s272, 70l 49, leaving an Increase y. net earn
,ings for the period stated OF S64s, 1852.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
+ Florence Bindley Coming.

Miss Bindley, in "Thn street Singer"
under tho direction of Forester and Min
nenthal. comes to the Bijou Theatre Mon
day as Violet Vodray, known on the stage
az LA Belle Violetta." IN Hal Reds
new musical DRAMA Miss Bindley is well
season in "a Midnight Marriage as
we'll as Tho Girl With the Diamond
Dress In vaudeville. She has long been
a fayoriie with theatre-goers, who will be
glad of an opportunity to see her in a
vehicle which gives her such an opport,,-
nifty to display her consummate art as an
actress, as we'll as her ability as a vaudc-
Vile artistic
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
The Work Among the Poor.

The Colored City Mission has done a
!, tca / amount OF relief work since its last
monthly meeting, and this has been a &C.;
complshed only through the liberal contrl-
buttons OF the public. Each case Of as
gated and many persons saved from star
walton.
/; is believed that not n penny of the
money spent has been thrown away.
The colored women conducting the mis-
sion are again confronted with many
appeals III most cases sickness, and they
are now without supplies with. which TO
meet the demands of the nnfortunates,
Any person having anything to con-
tribute to this cause can send It to Ada
+. Lewis, No. ay2 East Leigh Street, or
call ,ip 1851 the mission home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
DR.. Alderman's Itinerary.

Dr. 2, A.. Alderman, the president OF
Ne Ne university, has arranged to address
education during the May campaign, and N
70 far has made the following datesi
Monday, May 9Th, amherst Courthouse
May 10Th, Rocky Mount; Thursday, Ma,
llth. Blackst0nc: Friday, May 18th, Fred.
1ricksburs; Saturday, May 18th, Warren,
nets for later In The month OF May.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
For Divine Healing.

1.-The Bible readings and revival SER
vices at the West END Rescue. Mission.
No M w, Cary Street. are sti II In PRO-
Gooto smoke IN the mission last night
from tho tcxtfs sin y Cor, I'll 81 4, Love
5suffereth Long aud rs Kind. y i. e,
Sly II M.nnd saehinissht this Week. aid
= Tos. VA at at r. therewiltbe meeting
for Divine This ssI,yl sc. %iI Y %
8divlnely healed. The public lis invited TO
attend This service. el ~ les III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
Reception and Luncheon to be
Given Next Week.

The School of Domestic Science will on
next "Wednesday. April 9Th. give to the
cilizens OF Richmond a reception and
luncheon.
~ The lunch will be prepared by the stu
dents in the school. and is designed to
show what the girls are capable OF In the
line OF cooking.
The school Is success, and the ladies
are elated at the work that has been
done this winter. The management say
that quite enough had been accomplished
4 10 assure ali who had taken any part in
The school thnt It was destined to do great
good. in fact, much has already been
done In the twenty-elght cases Of girls
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
PROPOSED 81

da Is; liter 81 tho atet Mn. NJ c. r Ben-
nett, OF this city. Alr. Nicol was quito
we'll known in Richmond !. Hc was about
sixty; years OF age and was considered o
/ fine man for the work In which he was
engaged. The remains Will be brought
later. 5s3 . SE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
COAL TERMINAL.
FOR RICHMOND.
White Oak Company Signed.
Contract y Yesterday for
CONSTRUCTION.
TO COST THIRTY III / ] !, THOUSAND u n 3
Company Employs Six Z: ( Thou
Y! sand Men Ell in It's Twenty
One Mines.
5To .CosT THIRTY THOUSAND

The White Oak Coal Company on yes-
terday signed contract with Sanford and
Brooks, Of Baltimore. for the erection of
an immense coal storage plant between
Eleventh and Twelfth Streets. on the
Basin Bank. The plant will cost in the
nelghborhood OF $4,000 and will be abso-
lutely as up-to-date as skill and unlimited
money can make It. S IS ss !
The White Oak Coal Company controls
40. coo acres Of coal land on New River,
in, Fayette and Raleigh counties, West
Virginia with It's home offices at Mac
donald w. Va, and It's Richmond offices
in the American Bank building.
@ s. Dixon is president F.. w. Sea bor-
ough late chief engineer offthe Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company, as
slstant to the president; ". f. Smith,
manager, and j, W, Smiley, secretary. and
treasurer. s. itss ~ g "
The colnpary's properties arc located
on the Tine OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Compa ny, but has, In addition, US
own private railroad lines. which connect
twenty-one mines that give! employment
to 700 men, and have a daily capacity
of s. 900 tons Of coal and $50 tons Of coke.
Tho new Richmond terminal Will be
completed within ninety days and will
have Scapa city of several thousand tons
of coal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Name Not to be Changed.

The school hoard has determined not 10
change the name Of the new chmborazo
School TO the r., Edgar Shine Memorial
late n. Edgar Shine who, as a member
ofRthc school board, took an active In
terest In securing the new building.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
RAILROAD HEARING. /.
Corporation Commission Asked
to Relieve Local Shippers.

The State Corporation Commission yes
terday had a hearing upon the, complaint
of Wright Brothers. in which the "a la n
ericksburg and Potomac Railway Com
panies were the defendants. the cause
of the complaint being the refusal by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
characteristics Pool Game. !.

The winner OF tho 1o0-bai pool match
at Ba gbys Tonight will eiaim.th the cham
plonshlp Of theI Nast. En- The Ecnnte
ants will be John. Wilson and 9. Ihomn-
and thes winner OF the match VIII have
no walk-over. gSssih N RI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Pythians to Have Rally,

There vii! be a IPythian rally ,at$tIle
Masonic Temple on April 18t 7 that
time speeches Will he made by eminent
Pythians and others. a nd the work o
the order will be gex ennplifed: Among
the speakers will be Mayor MCCARTHY.
few days ff55 ef i ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Pardon Is Refused,

Governor Montague yesterday refused
10 pardon Joseph Mayo. q negro youth,
VINO was recently sent to the refor:natory
on p INC charge OF carrying concealed wea-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
GEORGE NJ NIcoL DEAD.
Was Once President Of Old Do
minion Business College.

News reached here last night OF the
death at Hammond, st. Lawrence coun-
~, New York yes tcrday Of Mr. George
Morris NIcol, formerly Of this city.
$8s Mr.. Nicol came to Richmond shortly
after the wa r.. and Established the Old
Dominion Business College, which he
disposed ,oi some fifteen years I q go. | 55
He married Miss Annie r. Bennett,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30

and women who have passed through the
school for shorter or longer period. with
good homes. ilt s.. q
4 The ladies are fortunate in having SO
in the start Of the school. Niessrs. r. II.
kHardesty. E. W. Evans and J. s. Brauer
compose the board of advisers to CO.
operate with the ladies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
County Oficials Here,

Treasurer George L. Smith, Of YORK
county, and Sheriff a. g. Greenwich, o.
yesterday at Tie Office OF the auditor OF
public accounts. TX 55S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
BEN HURE7O Be seen
HERE EASTER WEEK
Academy Stage to be Recon
structed gto Accommo-
date Production.

1llaw and Erlanger's Spectacular pro-
duction OF General Lew ,yallace's drama
of the times Of the Messiah, Ben Hur."
which requires the servicessofs $50 people.
Ito properly present IT, will be staged at
the Academy OF Music the entire week Of
April cath, 10 present Ben Hur''' In
the same sumptuous style in which It,
was introduced sSto the public OF New
York. philadelphia, Boston. Washington
and Chicago. an entirely new stage will
have,to be constructed In the local play
house, the present one being entirely in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30
Report Filed.

IN tho Cllancery Court vest G ON
inv the case of s. II. HAYES and CON- OF
|liinny ysftlle w. II. Irlgg Com pany; li w.
paicr'wlll DE Of interest to Z he ia Wyel's
REPRESENTING various clients, a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30

TO cuRE "a GOLD in ONE pay III
,pnke Laxative Bromo Quinine, ~ blets
All drygslst refund ne monsy IA Us
each box, fSc,-eA dy.n q, ~ d
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-30

Seeing the Famous Painting. 81
i# Crowds OF people are awaiting them
selves Of the opportunity n to View the
famous painting OF Christ, In the Shad-