The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-09
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AZ Home 17irin Sccures Contract
Over Several Competitive #
Bidders,
|FlNE FINANCIAL CONDITION
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PETERSBURG, VA, August Sat It's
Injecting lust night the Common Council
lsnwnrded the contract for paving tho
|rondwny Of Ola Street with n, bblostofie
Ito N1essrs. Ter,lnsot, & . Finn, OF THIS
city, at $1.O9& q square yard $s.T There were
several outside bidders for the work.
|nmony them two Richmond firms, but but
thor figures were higher than those OF q
the successful bidders. Attlic same time,
on petition OF tho residents on Old Street,
the Council voted to chnnge tho name OF
that venerable tiorougl,fnro to q " t1l
Avcnue.H8 IN Sgs 5B
At the request OF tho T'inlnce Commit
tee, to whom the matters had been res
ferred, further timo was allowed y for
Recommendations ns to tho nppoln tmcntt
5of Il police Justice for Petersburg r aa
the increase Of pay for policemen and
fireneil. NJ Ii N "
Authority was given the Health De-
5partlnbnt to appoint m add itional SAM
ytary inspector, and instructions Will n %
given tho police to renderEn ll possible
nsslstnnce to the Board Of q Health IN
carrying out the sanitary laws OF the ~
city q,
The annual report of tho city treas
there was a cash balance in tho treasury
or $40 1914, and that the receipts from
Ill sources during the year ending June
80, ~ OOG, were s435. 76154 total Of ti7o
1861 a The .Ndiabursements during tho
year were $3.50, $3.50 .25, leaving o. cash BAL
2ance on hand July i, 1906, OF $l1S, 124.72..s
SThc bonded indebtedness Of tho city ls
81 .325. 900 and the annual interest thereon
/. Is 800, S25.50. fF, t 81 EEs sssss7
III The sinking fund Of tho city holds se-t
5curlties OF the par value Of S444. .23.5
Tho cost Of these to the city was Ais
{09G.7G. and their market value to-day IS 4
fs4S2. 254 .02. The city Is IN splendid f'nan-8 /
Sclal condition. XVI \: IS * y
h Among the securities held by the sink
ing fund .nrc bonds OF the cities Of Rlcii-3
,mo1id. 5Lynchburg, E1anchcs ter and 20 IT, 4
has redeemed many Of its own bonds /;
Ell Items OF interest In the treasurer re-
port show that during the past year the ]
city disbursed on account OF public \
schools SOS O45; for5@fire department, 4
slG,2So; II for gas y and light, $1a 0s2 !; for
police department. slS,3l3 for street de-
partmcnt. S31 GET; for water works, sly va
4 etc. a s4. 4 81;
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gray, Of Norfolk,
have issued Invitations to the marriage
OF their daug hter, Mary LOU to Mr. Ed
ward ". Whit chouse. OF this city. to
take plece at the residence In Norfolk on
August 18th. 5$9
Nj. g. Bascom slemp. r cpublican state
5chairflau, was lns tho city for 4 o Drof
iwiileSn day or two ago. but IT IS under
stood he had very. little to: say about
politics. It Is pretty well known that
the Republicans will not put n a candt-
date for Congress in this district l'hc
pa rty / is in a woful y minority III tho
SSouthside. as II il5llrS 4. ia III 81 Is;
The Petersburg and James River Nayi-
cation 4 Company Will soon erect new
ana substantial wharf here for the ac-
fcommodntion OF their steamer Pokanoketf|
y Henry West, an elderly and very worthy
negro. employed by Mr.. James p. Bass,
Old Market Square, was severely injured
to-day by a runaway horse. The horse
ran away on Old Street. and IN attempts
Ing to turn into Cochran Alley. near Mr..
Basis store, ran against an awning pole,
smashing the &Yehclc to which he was
5hitched.4 The driver Jumped. and IN doing
SO fell against West. who WAS knocked
down. and 1t Is said he. vas caught under;
the falling horse. West was was cut apout
tho head and arms, and II onsdcrnbly
bruised. He + bled very freely.
,5t The heavy rain storm Of yes erday AZ
5tarnoon. It is said, q caused more damage
to crops and to lands than any OF the
previous storms, OF which there have
been so many this season. y was par
ticularly severe In lower Chesterf leld
county, along the river.
Ri Mrs, #. r n Griffith. owner Of the his
toric Crater. farm. in Prince George
county, has gone on u months visit to
New York and Boston. AZ 81
Mr.. Robert Renms, n well known citl-
zen. residing on Commerce Street, met
with terrible accident this afternoon
4at tho box factory in Pocnhontas, where
he was employed. It is said that no
accidentally got caught In the betting or
the machinery, and was hurled to tho
shnftng above. and one Of his arms torn
Off. He was taken to the Home for the
Sick for attention. IN
= Miss Mary Annie Tench and Mr., Marion
r. Bowery were quietly married last
night at the residence of the bride, III
Blandford. Tho bridal attendants were
Miss Eva Jones md Mr. W.IR. DUEL.
The couple left for King and Queen
county to spend their honeymoon.
AMHERST ROADS.