The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-19
Wasllouts on S. a. L.-Fears
Felt for Safety of County
Bridges.
CANDIDATES FOR COUNCILS
Central Convocation OF Southern
Virginia Meets
To-Day.
Times Dispatch Bureau,
100 North sycamore street,

Petersburg, va, Aplii
Very hef.vy rains fell thtousnoue
this section yesterday, cohlinu,lis iot'.
early in the morning until late last
night The streams are very much
swollen in consequence. The water IN
Inc river is high, and has been pouring
1n great volumes over the new yam
nj Pocahontas Bridge. The water Is
lin level with the wharves, but no
damage has been reported. as the buik
of the flood is carried off through ehe
diversion channel.
Washouts occurred on the SeapodFu
Air Line Railway i'll Chesterfield coun-
". necessitating the running TO-DAY
of the trains of that company over
the Atlantic Coast Line Road.
The dam of the pond of the indian
Swami Fishing Club. of this city, near
Carsonh. in Dinwiddie county. was
washed away. and the pond nracucali y
DESTROYED The club had but recently
stocked the pond with large NUMBER
of fish OF different kinds
Some slight damage was also Done
at the City Water Works. and IL -
feared a number of bridges over
streams in the counties have been
washed away or DANA ed. The fall
Of rain was the heaviest known IN
wears. reaching nearly six inches
candidates for the Councils.
TIE list of candidates for nomina-
t,on by tho Democratic primary Ior
seats in the two branches OF the COM
mon Council was closed this afternoon
The following citizens, having com
,,lied with the primary plan, enrolled
3beir names as candidates. one Alder,
man and two Councilman are TO OF
chosen from each ward:
First Ward: For Alderman-Willan
Hoenig. For the Councll--R. Wachs
warm. John j. Nelms, Charles b. BOWIE
w S McCance.
Second Ward: For Alderman
pugh. For the Council-O. w. MattoX
w. n. Jones, James p. Banks
Third Ward For Alderman ohn II
Harvill. For the council-N' J. fal
Fourth Ward: For Alderman--Wil
liam a Poole For the Council-R. w
Price, F, G. Stratton
Fifth Ward: For Alderman. G
ouarles. For the council-P. H. Wells
c. W. Alley.
sixth Ward For Alderman. w
Mccaleb For the Council-R- s.
Chandler, John Wood.
AS viii be seen by this list there Is
only opposition, and this on the oouh,
Gil ticket. in the tlrst ana aeeoiiu
. - ,.,lI.. s,y'h CIR.
The coroners Jury, sitting in tho
casa of Howard *. Butterworth, whose
BODY was found on the Seaboard Ar
Line Railway, at Butterworth In
Dinwiddie county, to-day after tu1l
investigation, returned a verdict thai
1he Young man was struck and killed
Inv a passfns train. There had been
some suspicion that ne had been nlu''
derad and a detective had worked on
,bacsca ,rhe funeral of the deceased
took place yesterday
pi- improvements Planned.
pronerty is being so rapidly deNei
oned in and around Petersburg ina
The indications are that ms yeal
vim be the greatest in the way O
progress and Improvement IN the an
mails of the city. The CITY W4ii 40 ~
nart in the expenditure of about SloO,
ouO on it's streets Ind sewers an
about $50, 900 in the improvements Q
lis school facilities. and many thou
SANDS OF dollars otherwise.
A great deal of property is beini
bought up for Improvement as in
vestment. several great buildings 10
Wholesale purposes are being erecte
and others are in contemplation, IN
Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic Asso
ciation is 10 build a seven-story struc
1ure TO cost Sl25,000; the Young Men
Christian Association is to build
$4,000 home: the Walnut Hill Cor
poration IS to build a costly vladuc
10 connect its suburban property wit
The city; 100000 addition is bein
made 10 the Petersburg Hospital; tn
Norfolk and Western Railway Com
puny is just completing $4,000 sta
ton the Seaboard Air Line Ranwa
is contemplating the erection of a