The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-05
NEWS GATHERED
T ROM S0UTHs|D.E
Street Committee Holds An I'm
portant Meeting-Cunsiler-
able Business Done.
DEATH OF MISS WEIsIGER
Educational Rally at cambridge
Street Church Tonight.
Personals.
Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch, I
No, 1102 Hull Street,

Manchester Bureau, Times Dispatch, I
No. HOP Hull Street.
The Street Committee held very i'm
portant meeting last night and trans
acted much business that had accumu-
lated during the month. Incidentally,
the members of the committee made 1t
very plain that the work prescribed by
resolutions or motions should be done in
accordance with these resolutions or mo-
be no excuses accepted for failure to
comply with instructions. Subordinates
will be held accountable, If the concen-
sus of opinion of the members present
last night counts for naught
Those present were Messrs. PatTam
Moore, Hooker, Jones. Ferguson, Tins
ley and Nunnally. Tho question of COW
ering the water mains In Everett Street,
between Fifteenth and Thirteenth Streets,
was brought up. and 1t was the opinion
of the City Engineer that the pipes
should be lowered and the creek raised.
This sounded strange to Alderman Moore,
but 1t went, nevertheless. The pipes
will be covered.
Il lSsuSoll blSuSIl " tuS <il-
tention of the committee the fact that
wagons could not pass down cambridge
Street below Cowardin Avenue. A team
mired in front of his house few days
ago, and the driver used some Of the
very choicest language in expressing his
opinion of the members of the Council.
Mr. Ferguson was at the gate and only
smiled when he heard the cuss words.
but he made q mental note OF the con-
dition, and resolved there and then to
call attention to the matter. He did so,
and his language was SO plain that he
who run might read.
Belle Isle Siding.
And then came the matter of tho
Southern Railroad making siding at
some other place than at the entrance
to Belle Isle. Alderman Ferguson is
foreman III the mills at Belle Isle. and
when he raised protest it was because
he knew whereof he spoke. The freight
cars stand on the tracks there and the
Manchester work1nen who wish to get
to their place of business have to run
the risk of being crushed to death while
crawling under the cars or of breaking
their necks by jumping from. the top
of them after climbing on top.
Some time ago Captain Lipscomb was
instructed to take the matter up tith
Captain West OF the Southern Railroad.
This was done and the matter Is yet to
be settled Captain Lipscomb received
a letter from Captain West on the 18th
OF December, saying that a conferences
was desired. The City Engineer had
been SO pressed with work that he
could not see Mr.. West and for that
reason Mr. Ferguson facetiously moved
that Captain Lipscomb be given day
off in which to attend to the business.
Later it was resolved that the City En-
gineer should attend to the matter as
soon as possible.
Tho question of laying a concrete
walk on Cowardn Avenue from Perry
Street to Semmes Avspue consumed
lot Of time in discussis Mr.. james F.
Bradley is the contracto,s isf this work,
and it will not be started t&fore March.
the weather at this time not permitting
any work to be done.