The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-31
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S0UTHS|DE
Clear Water Committee Dis
charged After Report Is
Adopted.
PLANT A PART OF SYSTEM
Had Balance After Paying for
Construction. Etc. Squire
Cowan Reserves Decision.
Manchester Bureau, Times-Dispatch,
no. 1102 Hui street

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Manchester Bureau, Times-Dispatch
1 no. 1102 Hull Street.
The duties of the Clcar Water Com
mittee and the Joint Committee on Fill
tration Plant ended last night when
they wore discharged by the City AS
senbly at n special meeting.
The committee sent Its report to
the Assembly, which stated that tho
plant had been completed and that the
committee had accepted IT in the name
\ of the city. The report was exhaustive
and covered everything that transpired
in connection with the erection OF the
plant since II was started and also
what transpired before that time. The
cash statement showed that the COM
mittee. after paying $4,000. the
contract price of the plant. and other
! expenses. such as the engineer and
chemist still had balance of sl76.4e,
This will be disposed OF by paying
for some coaguIent, which was used
between the tests
a resolution. or ordinance. rather.
WAS introduced and adopted which dis
charged the committee and also turned
| the plant over to the Board of Water
| Commissioners as Il part OF the citys
water system.
Mr.. d. l.. Toney introduced reso-
luton which thanked the committee
for the businesslke manner in White.
it had handled the matter and for its
untiring labors in behalf of the plant
Appointed Two Years Ago.
This eomptttee was appointed about
| two years ago. and at that time man.
/ persons thought that Manchester
/ would never have clear water. Had IL
| not been for the earnestness and un-
1 firing efforts on the part of the COM
| lnittee and others, including the City
4 Attorney. the plant would not have
been possible for several years.
1 The plant will now be operated as
a part OF the water system and Will be
run continuously.
Those present at the meeting were
Messrs j. ID. Reams l.. II. Goodwin.
II. A. Lindsay. NJ. A. Campbell, d. l..
Toney. T. e. TAYLOR. C. c. Jones. A. Il.
Hooker, w. y. FERGUSON L. II. Brown,
/ Charles l.. Page. Charles Sharpe. w.
j. Stiles and j. ~. Wakefield. former
| member of the Clear Water Committee.
Resolves Decision.
! The case of Richard Elder and Will
Iliam Johnson, charged with conducting
| or running q game at Camp Joy
I Water" was. heard yesterday in the
| Oak Grove magisterial court before
| Squire Cowan. who reserved his dccf-
sion In the case until next Friday.
There were a number of men arr
rested at the time Officer Watts made IL
| raid upon the place, and one of them,
| Magistrate Nolte, OF Richmond. APP
I. pealed his case after being fined. 1t
will come up before this term of the
Circuit Court of Chesterfield
Boys Dismissed.
! The three boys charged with stealing
| bats from the factory of Brisner &
! Co. We're before the court and all of
them were dismissed. The warrant was
| sworn out on informat ton.
4 One of the boys. John Waymack, was
| not with the boys at the time the al
legged theft was committed. and the
others testified to that effect.
His Coat stolen.
Tom Harris, colored, was arrested
lin Richmond yesterday afternoon by
Detective McMalon and he was foundI
to have a stolen bicycle and a coat. Al
notebook in the hook in the pocketi
disclosed the fact that 1t was the prop \
erty of Mr.. JEFF Morrissett.
The coat was taken from Morrissettis5
office about l O'Clock yesterday after-S
noon. At the time the negro was caps
tured he was wearing the coat.
A The police have warrants for five
| negroes charged with being impiicatedf
in the assault upon Motorman Neils
4 about two weeks ago. Already twoi
have been sent on to the grand jury.
Personals aud Briefs.
Misses Edna ndSI4izzie stiles, of atq
East Twelfth Street, have returned
from Jamestown Exposition and Nor7
Mr.. william Kelly. formerly Of thd
New York police force, who has beer
Living in Manchester for several yearsl
i has sold his home at 10 East TWELFTH
i street and has returned to New York
EIe recently lost his wife and decided
\ to break up house keeping. He sole
(. the house to MI. William, Lester fol-
i $4,000.
Ord. A. French, D. d., Of AUSTIN
Tex, will preach at both the morning
! and evening services at Bainbridgtt1
Street Baptist Church on Sunday The
i evening service will be changed to-
4 O'Clock.
Mrs. j, II. Potter, of Newark, ~ ~
Purcell Of Twenty-first and IIyeretl1
4 Streets.
Tho subject OF the sermon at Asbury Meth
odist Church Sunday morning VIII be .'OuI
Modern Industrinlism and Christian ldeals,l
and at night "Christian Assurance. a III
o'clock Sunday night at the corner Of HI III
Street and CoWardin Avenue. NJ
- ~ FALLING from CAV
While stepping off a Broad Street car g;lN
A Allen Avenue last night Mrs, r. N, Gurtls
of No. 1894 West Grace Street. fell 70 I M
Z ground and received the full force or ss3tle
4 blow on the back OF her head. She MI,
lremoved tn home, WI ere tho tWn MI VIII