The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-28
BRICK FACTORY
FOR PETERSBURG
Certificate of Incorporation Cap
italized at $4,000 Filed in
City Clerks Office
IMPROVING STREETS
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Sewerage and Water Mains Have
Been Laid ron Halifax
Street.
IMPROVING
STREETS
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iington Brick Corporation mas pecn
fileG in the local city clerks Office
The principal office of the concern
will be in Petersburg, and the officers
and incorporators are; Thomas A. Dill
Ion, president: Charles T.. Short, sec
rotary and treasurer. and S. w.
Vaughan. Mr.. Dillon is q resident of
Petersburg; Messrs. Short and
Vaughan are from Chesterfield. The
capital stock is: maximum, s25,000;
minimum, $4,000.
The purposes of the corporation are
to carry on general brick. tile and
clay articles manufacturing business,
mineral and ore mining, oil drilling,
selling timber and other lands, and
manufacturing lumber.
Lay Sewerage.
Sewerage aud water mains have been
laid on Halifax street To Butterworth's
bridge. ON Federal street the con-
struction of sewerage system is In
progress and water mains are soon to
be laid. similar work Is under way
on Shepherd street in the West End.
The citizens on upper Halifax street
ara very DESTROYS thal~the- street-G&lI
service be extended to Butterworth
bridge, which is about three-fourths OF
a mile further tan at present.
Fire Destroys Store.
The store OF Mr.. Thomas II. Duell,
on Halifax street, was destroyed by
I fire early this morning. Mr., DUEL con-
Quoted grocery business at this place
several years. The building and con-
tents were burned completely, The
/ amount Of insurance carried by MIR.
DUEL could not be ascertained.
! The fire department was called out
| early Sunday morning to eXtinguish
! AtSa,.<.raH no nf
/ Mary Y. Banister's residence on
! Franklin street. The flames were
easily located. and the ire quickly
extinguished with a stream from d
t IS -gation chemical tank. The dam
age to the house was insignificant.
The origin of the fire Is supposed
/ to have been from the sparks of a
passing locomotive Of the AtlaAtfG
I Coast Line Railway.
The feature among society people
of Petersburg this week WIN be the
reception and dance at Riverside club
house Thursday night next. when the
! Easter dance will be given. The or
chestra of Pros. Ripple will furnish
music for the occasion.
Chaperones will be Mr.. and Mrs
/ Charles T.. Plummer. Mir. and Mrs
/ Robert A. Martin. Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs
r. w. Prichard. Mr. and Mrs. w. p.
I Johnson,
/ A large number of visitors are ex-
I pected.
Visit Richmond Orphanagc.
The Masonic fraternity OF Peters
/ burg Sunday afternoon visited the or
phanage at Richmond. There were
1 about thirty Masons in the party
( They left Petersburg in the early af-
! ternoon and returned at sis in the
evening. after "a most enjoyable trip
/ Rev. j. w Eure pastnr of Smiths
! Grove Church, in Dinwiddie, held an
all day meeting in his church Sun
/ day in the interest of the Laymen' S
Missionary Movement.
Interesting addresses were made by
+ different speakers, o. and the meeting
proved to be one of great Importance
| to the chAreh,s membership .-=-
Rev. J. w, Eure is we'll known II
I Petersburg. having been located In
/ and around this city many years.
Mr.. William A Smith, who iHas beer
/ employed in the office OF city engineer
during last year, left to-day for Char
1ottesviIle, where he Will enter upor
a special course in highway survey
/ ing and construction in the TniVcrsit!
of Virginia
Good Easter Music.
Faster Sunday music was nevel
more generally used than an yester
day la the churches ri Petersburg no
more beautifully rendered. The de
nominations seemed to vie with eaci
other as To- which was to furnish thu
best program.
All churches We're thronged witt
people morning and evening. 5
Street Methodist and Second presby
terrain churches. having eVangelisti
services were filled with unusuall
large congregations. Special musica
programs were features at Marke
Street. High Street. Washington
Street. Grace Episcopal, st. Paul
and st Johns churches
Al st Joseph Catholic church fteV
Griffin. :. J.. of Woodstock College
Md, preached at late mass and at tn
vesper service. Tonight AT Higf
Street Methodist church a unique AM
novel Easter entertainment will b
given in the Sunday school room un
der the auspices OF a aEe class
which Is taught by Mrs. u. x, JOHN
More than fifty children viii have
part In the program. which Will con
sist Of marches, drills. recitations, So
cal and instrumental. music.
Charles Wheelhouse. a young MAJ
residing on Pearl sfreet was strucl
Saturday afternoon by train on tn
trestle bridge of the Atlantic Coas
Line across the extreme end of Wash
ington street. He was knocked from
the bridge and seriously injured. II
was taken to the Petersburg Hospita
for treatment,