The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-23
PET[RSBURGERS WANT
SCHEDULE CHANGED
Present N. - w. Schedule To Hope
wen Is Inconvenience To
Employees.
FURMaN PURCHASES STEAMER
Graft viii Run From Petersburg To
Hopeweii-Trnnk and Bag Factory
May Start Up Full Time In short
While.

i Petersburg. Va, Aug. 22.--On an-
count of the eight hour day which wa .
made effective by the Du Point Com
pany at its immense plant at Hopewell
ION Monday, last, the present schedule
lof the Norfolk and Western Railway
company between Petersburg and city
Point has been found TO be of great
Inconvenience TO the many employees
of the plant who reside in Petersburg
and suburban territory
I The three shifts of operatives now
go on at 7 O'Clock. A. NJ, 8 o'clock
i p. NJ. and II o'clock p NJ. and the
same old passenger schedule leaving
Petersburg at Sis A. M, $40 A. NJ.
and 4:S0 F. M and leaving City Point
at A. NJ. 1870 p. M. and l. so r.
NJ. Is maintained.
| Secretary william M Martin. OF the
! himself on behalf of an improved pas
senger service between Petersburg and
| City Point and will, on Tuesday next.
confer with members OF the State Cor
poration Commission and endeavor to
have a member of the Commission,
/ probably Judge w r. Rhea, to go over
I the line with him. Later In the week
/ Mr.. Martin and representatives of the
y, and w. Company will appear before
the Commission for the purpose of dis
cussing proposed changes in the sched-
uie, which will be as follows: Leave
Petersburg, 6;i5 a. NJ. $40 A. NJ.
AIS F. NJ. and 10 p. NJ. Leave City
Point, 7:l5 A. NJ, 1:15 r. NJ, AIS
/ p. NJ. and 1f:t5 p. NJ
! Secretary Martin urges that the i'm
! proved train service be inaugurated
and that the railroad company II nee
essary. construct sidings OF SUFFICIENT
! length between Petersburg and City
/ Point to make II possible TO operate
| the additional passenger trains.
/ Purchases New Steamer.
/ The Furman Line has purchased
! In Baltimore new steamer which IL
| is proposed to operate between Pet
ersburg and Hopewell. The steamer
| is expected to arrive here tonight, and
! IL Is said 70 be excellently adapted
/ for the use to which 1t is proposed to
| nut 1t. The company will erect
wharf on the Appomattox at the foot
| of Hopewell Street. which will make
the landing less than mile distant
from the business center OF HopeweH.
The land on which the wharf will
he located has been leased from the
owner. Richard F. Eppes. and the
steamer will make several trips be-
tween Petersburg and HONEYWELL daily,
! VIII Operate Full Time.
There is a rumor In circulation here.
apparently we'll founded, that the Sc
ward Trunk and Bag Company, own
| ers OF the largest trunk factory in
the world. will. during the coming
week. commence operating on full
thine ir the trunk department with
full force of employees. The Seward
| factories have not operated on full
| time nor with a full force since March
| g. 1914, but owing TO large volume
( Of orders which are now being re-
ceived 1t has been found necessary TO
employ additional labor and work
| longer hours. -
The company. when operating with
a full force employs something ike
/ 900 operatives in it's several depart
ments, both male and female, and the
| information that they will soon COM
mence on full time will be gladly re-
| ceiyed On account of large advanced
wages being paid by the Du Pont Com :
!pany. the Seward Company will doubt
less have to Increase the wages of their
employees in order to indnce them TO
return to work.
To Incorporate Village.
stony Creek, the thrifty little Sus-
sex village, located on tho Atlantic
coast Line Railway, twenty miles south
of here, will. at the next regular term
of the Circuit Court, seek an incor-
nora ton through petition which Is
signed by about four-fifth of the pop
ulating numbering more than 500.
some of whom are as follows: w. t.
Freeman. George r. Duane, Lewis +.
Garter. l. A. Prince. NJ. B. Collins. W.
H Heist, J. II. Mason. S. Fl. Winfield.
w. j. Crowder, John e Baugh. l. l..
Gwynn. V. A Thornton. p. p. Mayes.
g. NJ. Hardy. @. w. Eppes. J. NJ Tyus
j. H Lewis, f, l. Best. c. w Suther-
land. l.. Lee r. e. Bass, William
, D. Prince, Phillip Freeman, b. r. Jar
raft. Marcus Warren and FL K. Bass.
, Much interest is being manifested in
the movement and the names of sew
| erai progressive citizens ar already
being mentioned for ma y, police
sergeant, etc.
; shot Wrong Negro.
James Moore, colored, was arrest sd
/, yesterday afternoon near tho Central
. Market by Police Officer Mcmahon,
charged with shooting on the streets.
! Moore claims that a negro threw u
rock at him and that he then hrei
at the negro with his revolver. The
, bullet failed TO strike the negro for
whom II was intended. but lodged In
J the knee of another negro named
; Clark.
Fire Gun In street.
William Jefferson, colored, created
considerable excitement on Lowe
Street yesterday afternoon by firing
n pistol down the street several times,
= causing the inhabitants of the street to
desert the thoroughfare and flee 20
t.cover. Fortunately no one was hit
and soon after the matter was re-
ported to the police Jefferson was arr
rested and locked up.
Mrs. Mary 3. Mann.
] Mrs. Mary S. Mann, well-known
and highly esteemed lady. widow OF
the late j. B. Mann, died at her resi-
dence, So Boisseau Street. Ettrick, AZ
o'clock this morning. following i'll
was sixty-six years OF age. She is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. w. w. I.afoon. Mrs. l. w. Motley.
Mrs William Simonson. Messrs. James