The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-02
NEWS GATHERED
f ROM S.0UTHs|DE
bridge Across Railroad Tracks to
the Belle Isle
Trestle.
BUSINESS MEN TO MEET
An Organization Will Grow Out
of Citizens Association.
Personals and Briefs.
BUSINESS MEN TO MEET
Manchester Bureau. Times, Dispatch.

mo. luz Full cLTeet.
steel girder bridge Will be erected
the extension OF Cowardln avenue to the
Belle Isle trestle leading to Belle Isle for
the accommodation of the hundreds OF
Manchester and Swanshoro citizens VIII
work at this place.
Captain West, of the Southern Railroad,
in communication TO the Street Com
mittee last night. said that the engineer
for the road would be ready to meet
the city engineer of Manchester at an
early date and ARRANGE. for the plans for
the building of the bridge.
Assemblyman w. ID. Ferguson assisted
materially by the effo.ts of Alderman
John w. Moore, win receive the credit
for the building of the bridge. Mr.. Fer
guson advocated the measure some time
ago and at that time 1t was facetiously
said by member of the Council that
fence should be erected around the
blum beyond the water tower and the
employees of Belle Isle be made TO cross
the bridge ut the extension of Thirteenth
street. Mr.. Ferguson was not in play
iul mood about the matter. however. and
he has pcrsistcntly worked on the matter
until the present time.
Al present the steps that lead down
from the extension of Cowardin avenue
to Belle Isle are very steep. and in bad
weather Ii is with much difficulty that
the employee of the establishment reach
their place of work. After getting down
on the tracks OF The railroad line of
freight cars is reac-Sesl and the danger
OF crawling under these or climbing over
them lis ever apparent. The bridge to be
erected will satisfy more than three hun
dred citizens of Manchester and Swans
boro.
To Form Association.
The result of the organization of the
Citizens Association In Manchester will.
all nod M In. In
OF businesses mems association Such
an organization was in existence for sew
eral years in the city and did much to
advance the material interests OF Man
chester BY many 1t is believed that the
time Is ripe now for the organization Of
another such association or organization.
and that the influence welded will be
towards the bettorment of the city on
the soutbside.
The Citizcns' Association and those In
sympathy with It's purpose In It's fight
10 have the Council submit the annex
alton question to the people, represent
the business element OF Manchester. And
further. the association includes members
who are from every vocation. There are
business men and capitalists and there
are working men who are members. and
each and every one has said that annexa-
ton is.7ist he submitted to the people for
their decision.
The organization OF a business mems
association will not be deferred for many
days, so II is reported on the streets
now.
Personals and Briefs.
Miss Burneli cersley and, Miss Cleve
Gary have arranged for a donkey party
in Cersey's Hall this afternoon from 4
to 6 o'clock The proceeds will go 20 the
benefit of the Presbyterian church of
Manchester.
Mr.. william Turner. OF East Twelfth
street Is critically Ill.
There will be an important meeting of
William l. Clopton Camp. Confederate
Veterans, tonight. Business of impor-
lance 10 every member Will be transacted.
Hesiia Conclaye. Independent Order of
Heptasophs. will meet tonight In the
hail, Eighth and Hull streets.
Judsen Ellis, the orphan boy. who has
been assigned to n scholarship in the st.
8iary's Industrial School Of Baltimore.
will be taken TO that place to-day by
High Constable B,ankenship. Father De
Munyck VAS instrumental in securing the
scholarship for the boy.
Mr. Frank Anderson. who has been con-
fined to his home for several days, was
able to be on the streets yesterday.
The Junior choir of Clopton-Street Bap-
fist church will rehearse at the church
Julia Hudson. negress. was given
sixty days in jail by Mayor Maurice yes
terday morning. The charge was that
she had been fighting on the street.