The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-09
VIEWS CLASH ON
WATER QUESTION
pETERSnvRG CITIZENS WISH TO
KNOW IF THERE REALLY Is
A FAMINE,
ENGINEER SAYS
CHAIRMAN POOL OF totsttL CuH-
wrTTTEE SAYS CONTRARY AND
CRY FATHERS PASS
STRICT oRDfNASC rs.

Especial to The Richmond AIrclu{ant
PETERS BU 30, A. Aug. H.--Cop-
tiicting views Of the water situation
In Petersburg to-day pnt some IF the
residents mp ia lhe air" The QUcs-
ton now Icing ssk 81 is Is there a
water famine in Petersburg q" CHAR
man Pool. Of the water committee Of
the council. says Yes. City Engineer
Budd says no. The city council re-
Gently appropriated SIT 0pe for the
iaing Of an emer9eres water Hire
from the canal locks 10 the commerce
street pumping station. the line Was
laid. and is now iii operation. The
board Of aldermen caucHrrcd last
week IN an ordinance ct the council
making 1t unlawful to sprinkle lawns
and streets. and this morning Mayor
Cameron affixed his signature to the
ordinance The aldermen have caused
to he placed in the reservoir q meas
uring rcd 10 show when a depth Of
II feet OF water obtains and al such
time the mayor is to issue a prUcla-
NATION making the ordinance effec-
tive. A penalty IT $iA is provided
for each violation of the Law and
on the third conviction il is provided
that water shall be cut eff from the
consumer violating Il. City Engineer
Budd to-day stated that each day
the pumps. putting water into the
'pumphouse" reservoir have ~ ha
stopped for several hours in order
TO prevent the reservoir running over.
Citizens learning of this statement
have gone to see Mayor Cameron and
have asked him 70 refrain from max
ing effective The sprinklius ordinance.
Many residents have ceased sprirk-
ling, and they now ask II they can
not resume sprinkliug They CON
tend that m there G pr0f1nb
in the reservoir To allow The pumps
10 shut down for several hours daily
there Is enough to permit them To-
keep their lawns from burning up
and their flowers and plants from
dying II is fact that thn water
rs now lower In Wilcox Dam reservoir
IMAM II has ever been, and how the
and Of the city engineer can he at
statements OF the water committee
ouch variance is a mystery which the
eeople are certain can he straight
ened out only when the committee
and the city engineer together go
over the ground Petersburg has a
half dozen reservoirs, any two OF
which. ii Is stated IA sufficient To sup-
ply the city with at the water need
ed. There are now two in use. viii
cox reservoir and the 'pumphousc"
reservoir.
way ETH fIHN,
Judge Mullen hi the Hastings court
this noon handed down his decision
In the case of the Center Hil1 iniune-
ton issued by Judge oarawen, OF tho
state Supreme Court. Saturday. and
argued Yesterday in the Hastings
Court, Judge Mullen refused to dis
solve the Injunction. which forbids
the sale or the Center I'm property
as a whole, but gave leave 90 The
trustees Of the American Rank ana
Trust Company, holders Of the deed
af trust ~ the Center Hill Corpora
ton. tn sell thu lots. twenty nine Of
them, separately, either at pubic auc-
ticn or private sale.
Candidates Are Ready.
Nesterday wac the last day fer the
fbng of notices of candidacy faF
office TO be voted upon ct the coming
primaries in Sussex county. Several
Of the candidates are incufn bents and
are without opposition. The list Of
candidates Is; Sheriff-~Joseph Prince.
incumbent, William Harrison: treas
urer, Robert Brown HncumhenD
orninonwealths attorney. W. b.
Cooke tincumhentl; commissioners OF
revenue, first district Mr. Carton
Incumbent second district, @ q
Wrenn Nnenmbent) clerk Of court.
" T. Norris tincumhent) Jesse Har-
grave There viii be hot contest
In the Newville district far the board
ssf supervisors, there ttsime tafft 3
candidates AHhby West tlncumben
George Blood and fsham Imam.
Reunion Mt Dendron.
A reunion OF Confederate veterans
Will he held a. Dendrun in Surry
county on Thursday Among those
who viii address the Veterans VIII
be Governor Mann 1t is expected.
Woman shopper Better.
The condition of Mrs John n. Slate,
one of the women who tainted In the
bargain rush at n s and 10 cent
store here yesterday morning. ts
somewhat improved this afternoon.
Mrs. Slate was unconscious for Soy
eral hours. She was taken tn her
home from, the store TN a carriage.
sunday School Excursion
Every arrangement is completed
for the excursion Of the Sunday
school Of st Johns church which
will he held down the river to-rnor-
row morning. and It Is expected that
II will he largely attended. The ex&
FHrslonists will picnic at Harding
Landing.
Dies IN Auburn. n V.
News has been received here rF~she
death of Mra. Frances Nj Wilson,
mother of Airs. $. Henley Turner,
crganlft al the washington street
Methodist church, which occurred at
the home Of another daughter of
Mrs. Wilson. In Auburn. N. Y. Mrs
Wilson visited Petersburg last spring
and made many friends here
Funeral of Mrs Grafton
The funeral Of Mrs. MIME Cornelia
Grafton. who died last night at her
home IN West Commerce street, will
be conducted tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock from the Yesf{iefiee. Mrs.
rraftn was daughter Of the late
Thomas F. Payne. we'll known tailor
of this city. and IS survived BY one
son. Adolphus r era ston. by three
brothers and one sister. They are
William T., J Ernest and ] Lanv
Payne. Of this city. and Mrs. William
n. Newton, Of Portsmouth.