The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-30

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\ tho cot1ncl ss Ii whole Should not be
allowed y to vote OH the question t'f
sta1tWnrdtilg the contract for the filter TO
my 8coliteri,. Il, s$
!. II nslstni,d ienn,il to know itist WHIT
mas llt been t1one und ] want competitive
Bbius for tile erection of this filtrati Ton
pan lie t any ono who wishes TO come
IN II and an bid for tho job. II this Is done
8i IN. Will wit hdraw ali objection said Mr.
bradley. n II 3 mi
855 He moved .tlat the contract be given
8o e'l't by bids, b,it8this was ruled out 8of
o or la! 1t tile time.
AFTER tho meeting lad adjourned the
AiIlenlbefs 4 fingered In the council chain
berfd iscnsslng ltlic exciting incidents thlt
had happened.
Z NNllrr. George IL 11odtlnson, tie gcncilll
manu- y anu GER OF the Roberts Manufacturing
Company, Of Philadelphia, tho concern
st That had been allowed the contract for
erecting tho filtration plant at 4 cost
OF, sls,so0 was given ~ surprise wleil ne
4 WAS slO Wn ~ letter that hud been re-
an Z. ny ldcrn,,n b. NJ Robertson,
which read q Us follows:
Spring a Surprise. q
Mr.. y. Nj 4 Robertson, Mnnchestcr5 VA:
q Dear Sir,- an Informed that tho I,o-
pert Filter Company, OF philadelphia,
clali1ls to httye made the designs for the
filter of the new Chester Nvntor Company,
OF Cllestery% Pa 4
'This 8is6 not truc, as the 5plans were
mndc from Our own designs and built
WITH Our own money, under our own
direction. n IA II }'sst sti', III
s $ias re- 3i III a. Nv. sNLACCAIl1IUA1, E5s
3E X X General Superintendent, ~
j.Ss. Nd Water Works. Clicstct',i l'a..
Y answer to 3tllis Mr.. lIodlsi1soti made
this statements: #,33,
III, r,,,,,A
plans hnd specifications prepared by my-7
sclf.5nThc new Chester filters ire patented
ana 7 own tic patent. va N 55S n
3Anothcd letter was shown Mr. E1odkin-i
son. tIi This was from Mr.. j. 3. Greer.
ylce-prcsdent$ of tic Greer. Fiterlng
Company, OF Philadelphia. IA I said that
the patents Of tho Roberts Filter Com
pany covered "a. stirring device designed
by Mr.lIodkinson, while no. dIodknson)
was Connected With tile .Plttsburg Filter
Compally.S 81 found tho design to X be
Worthless concludes Mr.. Greer,Hand lie
adds, that he lis prepared to confirm his
statement. .s.5 ,Is3 x \; sp5 4. IN q if
g. Mr.. Hotlklnson was taken entirely by
surprise by the letters and explained to-
the members that he would send for u
copy OF his contract with Chester, Pa,
and would show that the statements made
against his company and against him
were untrue. g G IA
II There arc several members Of The
Council who lave much other infor1na-
ton regarding the Roberts Filter Com,
pany, ana this will, IT. is said, lie used
at the proper line.
But at the same time the members Of
tho special Clear Water Committed are
prepared to show that they have been
tlligcnt in their cndcnvor to save tie
city money. and that they decided on
the Roberts System after having received
bids from all Of tire other concerns do
ing business along the same line.
Looking For His Child.
Charles D. I.ockhardt, a young man Of
Richmond. who5recently was acquitted IN
tho Hastings Court Of that city on the
charge OF attempted criminal assault
upon a young girl OF Seventeenth and
Main Streets, IS looking for J oslo russell
or Josie Foushee, a white woman. who
lis alleged to lave the child OF Lock-
hardt. ty, d. 5e.
With d DETECTIVE from Bland,s force
in Richmond, Wednesday night, lie went
to the homo tn man named l3oyce, ~
Chesterfield county, and searched tho
place for the woman or4his child Moth
ing came out OF the search. ,;5
Lockharlt claims to have had his child
or Richmond, toos@tEe child several years
ago and turned it over to 4 woman
named Russell, who afterwards changed
her name to Foushee. Later she Is said
to have used other names. The Children's
Home Society want the child taken from
the woman, and tho father, Lockfalut
has been diligently searching ever since
\ In fact, he claims that his arrest on tho
serious charge OF which he was acquitted
4 n
the Russell or Foushcc woman.
The Woman Dismissed
BIZ Mrs. George Lawrence the woman who
walked from Petersburg with her six
5year-old boy in company with two young
men, ana who was arrested Wednesday
night on the charge Of being a! suspicious
character was dismissed yesterday morn
ing 10y Mayor II. a. Maurice, after tho
evidence had been heard The. woman
said that She had left Virginia Beach,
where her husband lived, because OF
cruel treatment, and that she had gone.
to Petersburg aud there lived with the
parents OF Edward Coleman and Jake
Ramsey, r-brothcrs, who were arrested
with her Wednesday night. 'iy,iS
ys Tho two mon were held%until the police
could communicate with the authorities
in Petersburg. 5
Bazaar at Leader 4tiall.
XII tThc West End Angels entertained the
{, I'd icnce In Leader Hall last night at the.
,bazuar being given by the Select Council,
Daughters OF Liberty. WE
.lhe programme was an exceptionally
good one, and tho audience was large
Tho bazaar will continue through the
week, and will be attended by all mem
bers of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics and the members. Of the Dlugh-
tiers OF Liberty Of the City, TO say nothing
of tho numerous friends of those sconr
nected with the two popular orders,
May Go to Richmond,
5Sn'hort, Is q probability that tho Manches