The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-02
Condemnation by Government
Will Proceed in United States
Court in November.
MAY BE DECIDED BY JURY
George Pitcher Becomes City
Attorney, Succeeding Colonel
George c. Cabcll.

/ cd by the government for fertilization
purposes will proceed in the United
States Court here in November.
! Two methods of procedure are open
to the government. one BY condemna-
( tion commissioners and the other by
jury The government will elect to
have the condemnation by u jury OF
twelve freeholders selected from va
rious parts Of this judicial district,
which embraces all OF the counties in
the eastern half of Virginia. from Nor
| folk to Alexandria. including Peters
! burg and Richmond.
United States District Attorney D.
Lawrence Groner has not yet been ad-.
! vised from Washington to begin with
the proceedings. but expects these adj
will notify him as to the specific land
/ II wishes to acquire and he will in
stitute the proceedings.
Mr.. Groner said to-day that the con-
dcmnation Will be brought either be-
fore the regular petit jury late in
November or a special jury to be sum
moned after the regular jury has been
| adjourned.
The trial before jury will be as in
any other civil procedure. The jury
! Will be carried By the marshal TO view
! the land. and all evidence on both
sides Will be heard IN court.
Appeal Is Possible.
! When the Schmoelc tract was ac-
quired for navyyard purposes on the
/ Portsmouth side of the river there was
/ first a condemnation commission. The
award made by this commission was
set aside and jury then made n new
( award. which settled the case. There
can. OF course, be an appeal from the
jury findings.
/ In the Fort Monroe condemnation
J there iSsiOnRrS hiit
when the government some time ago
started condemnation proceedings TO
acquire the Greenleaf Johnson prop
crty on the southern branch OF the
! Elizabeth River, this by jury.
Later the proceedings were dropped
when the government sought TO assert
it's right to the property without con-
dcmnation. The government lost and
the case is now pending. There Will
likely besa jury condemnation later on.
The government has appropriated
$4,000 for the acquisition of land at
Cape Henry for fortihcation purposes.
II the condemnation figures are more
than $4,000. then there will have TO
be larger appropriation by Congress.
IIenvy Coal Receipts.
! Nearly 100000 tons OF coal were
dumped at the three coal piers on
Hampton Roads during the short
month ending last night. the exact fig
ures being 9SS,+65 tons.
The Norfolk and Western Railway
led with 430,9i3 tons. the Virginian
. Railway following with 300.5ss tons.
and the Chesapeake and Ohio followed
I with 25G.934 tons.
The totals during September, 1912,
were: Norfolk and Western, i0i,0lG;
! Chesapeake and Ohio. 2S24a2: Vir-
: sinian. 243.272 Both the Norfolk roads
made substantial gains over last Sep
TENDER a year ago
The Virginian Railway during last
1z1 fts
ances the road never before having
dumped as many as 5000 tons in
month.
The dumpings over the piers here
do not represent the entire coal move
ment Of either one OF the roads. how
ever. each one sending coal 10 other
! POINTS and both Norfolk and Western
! AMI Chesapeake and Ohio hauling great
/ quantities West to the Great Lakes and
! elsewhere.
| AT this season coal is being hurried
TO the West in order to anticipate the
closing of navigation on the lakes
which occurs soon after freezing
weather IN that region cnsues but as
appears from the above statement the
duTpngs here are steadily increasing,
! to which the building of the Virginian
| Railway contributed largely.
! Exports from Norfolk and Ports
mouth last month. according to un-
official. but almost, if not quite exact,
! figures taken from the customs house
| books. are valued at S964,S49 These
| figures include bunker coal Of the value
! OF S15l,696.
| Exports from Newport News for the
month, excluding bunker coal, the fig
| ures for which are not yet made up
are valued at s749.122. Apparently. the
values OF the exports from Newport
! News and from Norfolk Portsmouth
differed little In total value.
| substantial gain over SeDtember
! 1912, was made on this side of Hamp-
ton Roads. exports during September
| last year being valued only at $735,243
! The export of coal from this port
to the Mediterranean is growing ma
terially. and during the past month
cargoes aggregatng trife over 30
| 600 tons went out for Naples and Ge-
noa. During the month ninety eight
vessels sailed for foreign ports.
New City Attorney.
| Attorney George Pitcher to-day be-
came City Attorney of Norfolk. sue
ceeding Colonel George c. Cabell. Mr..
| Pitchers first appearance in his otfi-
cial capacity was before the Mayor in
the cases Of several police officers ar
| raignod on various charges
| Mr.. Pitcher has retained Attorney
W. NJ. Grant. who was the acting as
sistant City Attorney under Colonel
! Cabell
Messrs. Pitcher and Grant will have
auJolnlnB oinces on the forth floor
of the law building. into which they
move to-day.
! Mr.. Grant appeared for the city to-
Day at the calling of Judge Martins
docket in the Court OF Law and Chan
Gerry. while Mr.. Pitcher appeared be-
fore the Mayor
Depot Safe Blown Open.
| Especial to The Times Dispatch
Bristol Va, October. 1.-Burglars
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