The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
News Gathered From Southside..
Manchester Bureau. Times-D Dispatch,
No.1102 Hull Street.

Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch,
No. 1102 Hull Street.
a large crowd congregated on the
river front yesterday afternoon TO
watch the first work of repairing tie
Free Bridge. begun, by Contractor
| Walkup, While much interest was
| shown by passengers on street cars
crossing the structure. when informed
| that large number or men We're
working underneath.
The repair work.. which Will be en-
tirely temporary, will be fashioned Of
| wood and consist principally of what
ing. with trestles supported on wooden
piers. which. in turn. VIII rest on
granite.
Beginning five spans (5to feeD from
| the Manchester side, and continuing to
the new spans constructed BY the Ches-i
apeake and Ohio Railway. solid tres
| ties will be built every twenty-five
feet or four for each Of the eight CEN
4 trail spants in8the bridge.
| The entire work Will have been COM
pleted within the next thirty days,
during which time traffic over the
bridge will not be interrupted.
| have been erected the old iron work
will have been relieved Of all pressure.
/ so that 1t could be removed and the
| bridge he still servlceable.
| Within thirty days street cars VIII
| resume their old schedules and the
bridge will be opened to any amount
of traffic.
4 vie woodwork will do away with
all appreciate vibration.
The reason that the repair work is
being confined to the central arches.
or spans OF the structure. Is due to
est to Manchester were doubled up
some years ago, when the old spans
taken out by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway on the Richmond side
were placed over them as reinforce
mont.
When the timbers rot then new
bridge will have become necessity
! a contractor.
woke Up the Old Town.
NJ. Sutherland. all Of Richmond.
Seventh and Hull Streets yesterday
Afternoon that Chief of Police Lips
comb had to interfere in the interests
of peace and order.
| Mitchell acted so boisterously tina he
was collared, landed behind bars and
spent last night In cell on the wrong
side of the river. Gardner and Suth-
erland were allowed to return home.
court to-day, when their cases viii
I've love to- receive visitors when
they conduct themselves PROPERLY,
!
| Sutherland left for Richmond. but you
can't wake up the old town. boys; un-
] less you pay for your fun. Will see
you in the Police Court to ,If,er
AtI hariey coast SiaaAe Line Railroad, who
Hives on Stockton. between twentieth
and Twenty Streets was ar nMf su
his son. Marshall Clarke. charging him
with threatening to kill his wife
=, r. Clarke, ia Their to Harvey Clarke.
bailed the accused in the sum OF $780,.
after which he returned home.
+ Clarke Is about forty-tive years old.
a man of family and said to be very
popular with those who know him
cate that he is not altogether bad.
Clarke has two sons. one. works as
a conductor on the street railway; the
!, The unemployed son recently got a
position out OF town, and was trying
to reach it by beating his way on the
railroad, when he was arrested and
His father Harvey Clarke. put 81 in
his pocket and went to his sons aid.
| 1t cost him $3.50 to procure his boys
release He placed the remaining fifty
II 1t had cost Clarke the entire 81
to release his son he would not him-
self have been placed in jail, but with
the remaining SO cents he procured a
i
Hank. Hnrk, the Dogs Do Darlk.
| Let all owners of local bow-wowa.
| take notice that tO-daysis the last day
| in which unmu2zled CANNES will be
countenanced In Manchester until the
! days of the summer are past.
! The ordinance requiring that3all dogs
| in the city shall be nu2zled during the
!. summer months goes into effect Au-
| gust 1st. Failure to comply with this
ordinance will mean twozthings--n fine
for the offender. death for the dog,
| list of committee Meetings..
| Next week Will be a busy one with
the several committees from the two
Will meet in tho Council chamber In
| the following order!
The Board of Police Commissioners
win meet in regular session Monday
night at s O'Clock. lst5
| The Health Committee will hold its
regular meeting Tuesday night at 7.45
| o'clock.
The regular meeting OF the Board
| of Fire Commissioners will be held
| Tuesday night at S O'clock,
There will be meeting of the Fire
COMMITTEES at S;l5 O'clock Tuesday
night. Isl
night at S o'clock,
The Finance Committee will meet in
regular session Friday night AT g
There will be called meetings of
the Almshouse and Cemetery Com
m!ttees during the week. tho dates or
which will he announced later by the
chaimen Of the two conN:.< tees.
Pcrsonalr and Bricfs.