The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-14
NEWS GATHERED
FROM SJUT RS|DE.
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Ordinance Merging Offices Of
Sanitary Inspector and City
Engineer Introduced.
TO ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
Street Committee Asks for Ap-
preparation for Necessary
Improvements.
TO ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
Bureau. Times Dispatch,
No. 11O2 Hull Street

Manchester Bureau. Timcs-Dispatch,
! No. 11o2 Hull Street.
| The meeting of the CITY Assembly
| last night was full of interest. and
| the much talked of ordinance concern
| ing the merging of the ottices OF Guy
| Engineer and sanitary Inspector was
| introduced by Mr.. Jones. together with
| several supplementary ordinances. Ihese
| together with the ordinance were re-
| ferred 10 the Ordinance Committee.
The ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
| ITO amend and reordain sectlon ion2 ~
an ordinance approved Marcn " lav''
| entitled An Ordinance Creating the
| once of Sanitary Inspector. Ere re
scribing His Duties and FIXING his
| Compensation.
| Re it ordained by the Souhcii u
| the city of Manchester:
| "That section j of an ordinance ap-
proved March 9. 1905, entitled An OF
dinance Creating the once OK . Iaai' az,
! Iriying His Composition, be afnended
and reordained, so as to read as fol-
lows: ,,,t, no ox-
aaio Sanitary Inspector of the city,
| and as such, charged with the follow
ing, without further compensation lnan
ihat attached TO his office as Engineer
of the city. -, ,ot, offec,
This ordinance shaH '"No
| from its Approval.
proposed by c. G. Jones. ,,a
one OF the supplementary ola, rins Of
was that relating to tne e snInn 10
t tiS orainance now in effect. In some
t netaneas salaries affected are to be
inwered and others Increased
Ask for street Money.
AS n result of the inspection made
| by the Street Committee ti.ous ~ 49,
tavI
commended to the Council that spe
ciai appropriation be made Tor n 4
sary improvements in the city. l ,,is',
Recommendations or resolutions were
referred TO the Finance Committee.
Improve Cowardin Avenue.
One OF the most important recon-
mcndations made was that asking FOR
al appropriation of S3,3Oo 70 Sravei
and roll Cowardin Avenue. This Is one
of the principal thoroughfares IN the
city, and has been in bad condition for
several years This Improvement has
been looked for for long time, and
the people will be pleased to learn tnat
some steps are being taken in, the di-
rection of having it improved.
1t was also recommended that s1,5Oo
be appropriated for paving with a
granolithic walk the street on Seventh
from the Southern Railway arch to the
Free Bridge.
Another recommendation was for
sidewalk of concrete from Thirteenth
| on cambridge seventy feet In length,
on the east side, in the direction of
Fourteenth. also putting down a curb
ing and gutter on Stockton from Ninth
Ito Tenth streets. and stone curb and
lgutter at Seventeenth and Decatur.
| Several ordinances covering the rates
Ito be charged by the cemetery for
Iopening graves and lining them. and
Ialso concerning other matters at the
cemetery, were offered and referred to
the Ordinance Committee.
Faf Ia
lsioners for the wear was heard and
referred to the Finance Committee
| Those present at the meeting were
i Messrs. Nj. A. Campbell. H. .. Goodwin.
=, = ' ro~sa w "; d Fer~rssn~ ~, p.
Bradley, 7. f. Taylor and i. r. Brown.
II Manchester Feels 1t.
In accordance with the order OF the
general manager of the Southern Rail-
way 142 mechanics We're put on Sester
day. out of this huinpsr' Pc q,
7 hans there are about fifty VINO ilNe III
va The - men were taken from the var-
Gus shops in the plant, and 1t Is s, ha arc,
probable that any OF th t,a WI e iu,I
the city until the question IS linaliy
settled as to when they VIII DC a.
lowed to return to work.
MANY of them are of the opinion tha'
as they say that the company VII
have 10 employ them within rev
weeks when work commences to piie
in on The shops. Nv,
4, comparatively small. but should any
more be put off the business OF the CITY
will suffer materially.
Heavy Docket.
Mayor Maurice had an extremely
heavy docket in the Police Court yes,
, terday morning, and the receipts from
: fines were larger than they nave peer
. in many years. They amounted to $l2b
W. II. shelton. charged with being
{ dsorderly on a car, was hned slo ah'
costs.
Three young men-E Fl. Browder, J
! ii. Grant and II. L. Ponts--were eacl
fined $40 and costs for being dlsorderlA
ION lower Hull Street.
Eight young white men from Fultor
We're up before the Mayor on thu
i charge Of being disordery in a down
town saloon. They were each taxed
a Sam Hague. who was disordery II
!, the Police Court. was given ninety day
V in jail.
. and abused a colored woman. wa
y fined $3.50 and costs
: Two white women from Richmond
charged with being disorderIy in ;
u downtown saloon, We're fined $50 each
!. Personals and Briefs.
$ Miss Ruby Lipscomb, of Nineteenth
and Maury Streets, has returned from
New York, Norfolk and Jamestown.
MISS Lille Smith, of GordonsVille, i
the guest of Miss Reba Lipscomb. il
Oak Grove.
Miss Lucy Brewer, of North Car
oina, is visiting Mrs. A. B. Cheathan
in Oak Grove.
Rev, W. j. Young. D. D., will address
a great meeting for men In the ten
at Fifteenth and Huh Streets Sunda,
afternoon at 1880 O'Clock.
Mrs l.. M. Latham. Mrs John Latham
Miss Edna Toney and Master Latham
: who have been spending several week
In New York and Philadelphia, return
ed home yesterday.
Squire l.. w. Cheatham and family
who have been at the Jamestown EXpo
sition. have returned TO their hom
: In Oak Grove.
o Joseph L, Johnston Camp. Conled
: crate Veterans will meet on Thursda.
: night for the purpose of nominatin,
e officers for the ensuing year.
i Mrs. Thomas Beasley moved to Hin
: ton, w. Va, about four months age
/ She has returned to Manchestcr an
a Is living at Ninth and Bainbridg
- Streets. ss
= = The little daughter Of Mrs. Raosct
of Chesterfield Courthouse, who wn
so severely scalded recently by over
9 turning a coffee pot. Is better, but 1
: Istill In n critical conditions.
Y Mrs. Woodall and her daughter May
n laro# visiting relatives in Cljft1p rorrr.