The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-16
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Mayor; Sugg Site s. I; for ection
81 Of IN eW = ost- sH$ 4 IA X,
s4I office.
Loc GATE ii ON TENTH STREET
Plan Also Comprises / Pulling
YYs p own. Station House and 81
Erecting New CitysH all. Nh
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sManc chester q Bureau, "a Times Dispatch. RI
ii No. II Hull 4 Stree t. Ii
t2fS there is much talk at present in Man
chester over the sit 8 Il Is be selected for
sthe new posto flee, II for VIII loh the recent
Congress ppropriated $50, Ooo, \ not more
than one- fifth OF which Is 70 4 be \ ex-s5
pended in purch asing the site Several
ideas and propo sltions have been sui g.
sgested by various citizens and thou htB
over by the public mind |; but the one
which now has uppermost sway, III an
which seems to be very plausible and rea-s
sonable, Is K hat 4 which a Is said to have
been advanced by Mayor Maurice. VI This
sisfthatH the city sell to the United States
government5Sabou Ut eighty feet Of a the !.
property on which the al fire department.
4 and courthouse now stand and $haye8t the
pos tofflce erected thereon But the scheme
goes further. III N st
Mayor Maurice suggests that the present
police station be torn down and in Fl Is
place a new city hall st one more worthy
OF the city than the present Council
ed. 1t is pointed out that the selling price
OF the other property4abou 81, 0O0-coulds
be used for a building fund and tlatgitt5
would Ego IN h 70 ward pa wing the greater
part oflthe expense for the. building.
3S Buildings Ina equate.
4 The plan is far-reaching and radical,
though to even the more co nse rYativss
mind It would not appear " tthout It's aGt
fyantages In Its supp ort It is pointed out
that the Council chamb Der no W "a sel Is
far too Inadequate, & and Its structure and
location far too unidentified for the purTs
40 I1ny pf In n the
Council and city, and that in Its stead
a tbuilding more. In keeping wi III the Sin,-5
3portance and size Of the ty, more dignt-3
fled In structure and more imposing g nd
worthy should be ERECTED 3st8i 85
nv In the ne w 4 building, w Itch would Il be
the city hall, could be placed the Council
Chambers police department and 81 fire
department, In place Of the present build
,ings which,3ln VIVA teverj manner oolssd
at, cannot show anything worthy OF the
names they bear or the departments they
accommodate. s5 Is js{ X u e sSl, 58f
Mayor Nraurices scheme has rnuchtin
1T to he recommended II and 1t Ia sexcit az
a deal OF favorable comment among the
business and more Influential people of
Manchester, ills being generally no ted.
and II Is more than likely that It Will 3bei
taken up and discussed, W tn, perhaps, q 1
favorable outcome BY the commit Tee apr
pointed by the Council to look Y TO the
mn tier OF Recommending ~ site to be Used
for the postoftice. IA "A
Entertainment in Tabernacle,
y 3The womens Christian Missione soelety.
will give an entertanmentistn the. Co.
wardjn Avenue Christian Church, last
.nacle, at the bend Of Porter Street, on
next Friday night. An eta horate4 pro
gramlle has been repa red BY the lacle
some of the features of which consist
of drills recitations, singing and q panto-
mime OF the familiar hymn, 4 N carer NJ y
God. to Thee = The latter will BIO PMS
.,luced by several girls from Richmond
who have kindly consented to nssts n
the entertainment. i,. ~ sSs 1, i
Sermon on Life Of Joseph,
Z Rev q. o, woodward, pastor Of Co.
wardpg Avenue Christian Church, last
might preached to q large crowd N tl.e$
tabernacle. His subject was From Prls-
5onSt to Palace.n the substance Of the. SER
mon being based upon the romant El q
4 The sermon, was very interesting, and
was listened to with complimentary at
tention by the large audience present II
Personals and Briefs,
,sS Mrs. 3ty w, ]. Osterblnd Is extremely ~
at her home, gag East Eleventh Street.,
Mrs. Osterblnd has been N ~ \ for some
time, and her condition Is regarded as
tbeing very serious.
M Mrs, III. Nv, Hatch, Of Wakefield, Va.
with her two children,Sis Visiting Mrs.
" on s, at lie CoWardlp Avenue. y, ~