The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
sets APART FUNDS
. F0R YEARS WORK
Petersburg Council Passes Ordi-
nance Making Appropriations
for the Year.
OTHER THINGS YET TO COME We
Business Men Leave for Rate
Hearing in North Carolina.
Cutting scrape.
OTHER THINGS YET TO COME
Times-DIspatch Bureau.
80 sycamore street.

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The passage OF the annual appro-
priation ordinance, presented by Chair
man N. r. Patteson, of the Finance
COMMITTEES, and carrying tofnl
of S25,53O.14 for all departments
of the city government for the
fiscal year beginning July list next,
was the most important business trans
acted by the Council at It's resu gun.
monthly meeting this evening. ms
does not include the approprlat TONS
for remodeling the city Jail, erecting
the new public school building ~ Jei-
ferson and Wythe Streets and the Dull
ance for sewers. sidewalks and road,
way improvements. all OF whicn VIII
lnggregate about $6S.0O0.
The tax ordinance recommenued 0!
the Finance Committee and contlnulns
the rate of taxation at sl.lo per sioV'
quest for further time for considera-
Ition of IL $4,000 appropriation REQUEST
led by tile Board OF Public Sclool com
lmissioners for a new high school puiio-
ling was granted. Reports, ,,i IRON IN, s the
past month showed receipts nggreEa.-
ling s26,52O.S4: expenditures, $29,63o.32;
cash balance. S7o,ss5.s4
c. r. Walsh's resolution. accepting
the bid of G. B. Keller. of Petersburg.
tfor tho brick and wood work. and the
Wan Dorm Company, OF Cleveland ONO,
for steel and iron work IN remouei-
ing the Jail, was adopted. A comnu-
nication from Mayor Jones Recommend mn nd
during especial precautions against
fire in moving picture shows was re-
ferred to the Public Property Commit
tee.
ed in special session to wind up the
business Of the fiscal year, closing
June 30th.
TO the Rate Hearing.
Secretary Edwin L. Quarles. OF the
Chamber of Commerce, and Messrs.
lCharles Hall Davis and Paul Petit. OF
Ii the law firm of Davis & Davis. coun-
! sci for the Virginia cities. which are
represented in the important suit
brought by the North Carolina Corp .ara,
Commerce Commission against the
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
land certain connecting lines, alleging
unjust discrimination in freight rates
compared with rates from the same
points to Virginia cities. will leave
to morrow morning for Winston Salem,
IN. c., where the hearing. of evidence.
which was begun In March, viii be re-
sumed on Thursday.
Cutting scrnpe.
| cutting scrape occurred in Ettrlck
Hast night when a policeman while at
tempting to arrest C. e. Anderson. Soi
that place. for drunkenness. summoned
-four men to assist him, one of whom,
Neal Pulley. of Ettrick. was badly cut
in the arm by Anderson.
Chief of Police Ragland's report for
the month OF May contains a total of
l15l arrests. Al of which were for drunk
Ienness and 3S for violations OF city
ordinances.
Miss Ella Hudson helms. daughter
of Mr.. Meredith w. Nems and Mr..
John II. Brown. a well known young
employe OF the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company. left this morning
for Bluefield. w. Va. where they were
married at . o'clock Tonight at the
iresidence of the groom's mother Mrs.
| John P. Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
| will reside In Petersburg.
| Davis Essay Prizes Awarded.
The three prizes for the best essays
on the subject of The Life and Char.
Iacter Of jefferson Davis offered by
! the Petersburg Chapter, Daughters OF
the Confederacy, to scholars of the
public schools, were awarded to Arthur
1 James, of the High School: Miss Anne
Chappell. OF Anderson School. and
Miss Pearl Mann, OF Anderson School
The cooking prize at the High School
was awarded to Mrs. Emily Gillian.