The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-05
WANT APPROPRIATION
TO CONSTRUCT ROAD
Citizens Of Petersburg Urged to At
tend Council Meetings and Ask
For Highway to Hopeweil.
THE ROAD WILL COST si2o, 900
Representatives of Cock City
Mothers Club VIII Appear Before
City Council to Ask Relief From
Congested Conditions In Schools.


Congested Conditions In Schools.
Petersburg. Va. Oct. 4.-The meet
ing of citizens held here tonight to
consider the proposal to. annex Hope
well became meeting for the pur-
pose of establishing permanent
highway between this city and Hope
well. A committee Of twenty-five rep
resentatve citizens was instructed to
attend the meeting of Council to-
morrow night and ask for an ap-
preparation of 100000 to aid in the
city to the powder town.
i Petersburg citizens will raise the re-
mainder of the cost of the road by
private subscription, as the County OF
Prince George, through which the
road will run, declines to aid. The esti-
mated cost of the road is $4,000 per
mile. The nine miles will cost ap-
proximately $4,000.
| The meeting was presided over by
Charles Trotter Lassiter. who address,
ed the gathering, urging a good high
way rather than annexation. Among
others who spoke at the meeting are
Secretary William NJ. Martin. of the
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce;
Joseph l. Rosenberg. Alderman p. S.
Pugh. Edward Eigenbrun. w S. Nc
Canoe. DR.. Joseph M. Burke and
Councilman O. w. Msttox.
Among several reasons advanced
that annexation of Hopewell is not a
good proposition are; First. the City
| Council thus far has failed for several
months to supply police protection
for Petersburg; second. the public
school facilities are totally inadequate
for the accommodation of children OF
school age now living within the cor
porate limits of Petersburg; third,
there are many improvements needed
in the street roadways in Petersburg:
/ fourth. in case of a serious confiagra-
/ tfen the Petersburg Fire Department
| Is Inadequate to handle-the sstaa-
ltion.
Added to this is the seemingly i'm
| possibility OF the State to cope with
moral conditions at Hopewell and the
| tremendous outlay In improvements
that residents OF the annexed terri
tory would demand. while the income
from licenses and taxes In the annexed
territory would be totally inadequate
to pay the interest on bond issue
which would be necessary 70 make
needed improvements.
! May Relieve Congestion
Al the regular monthly meeting OF
held tomorrow evening, the Council
will be urged by representatives from
1.-THE Mothers Club and other organiza-
ltions of the public schools to make
some provision to meet the totally in
adequate public school facilities
Throughout the city. All OF the schools
are in a seriously congested condition,
due to the largely increased popuia-
/ ton OF the city within the past few
~ t,~,
! IL is impossible for the teachers to do
their duty by the children already in
the schools. while others are clamor-
ing for admission.
4 1t Is believed that the school au-
| thorities will And II necessary to turn
away hundreds OF pupils at the be-
! ginning of the Secaad- half Of the ses-
sion unless some provision Is made
+ Immediately to accommodate them.
The question is one OF widespread in
| eerest and II seems that the City Coun-
Gil will be forced to give considera-
tion to the requests that will be made
by the mothers
Circuit Court Conycnes.
The October term OF the Circuit
Court, Judge Robert G. Southall pre-
siding. opened at 10 O'Clock this
morning, but little business of i'm
/ portance was transacted Several
chancery causes were heard and dis
/ posed OF and the case against Eli
Tartte and others. charged with con-
tempt OF court, was continued to the
next term. At tomorrow's session OF
the court the case OF Wright VS.
! Wright. removed to the Circuit Court
of Petersburg from the Circuit Court
OF Dinwiddie. will be heard.
Association Meets.
The first meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the Stonewall
Jackson School was held in the school
auditorium at O'Clock this afternoon.
when plans for work during the SEES
sion and the congested condition in
the city schools were discussed. or
ticers for the session were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. R. Crawley
Jones: vice-president, Mrs. W. B.
Jet. secretary, Mrs J. r. Suther-
land: treasurer. Mrs Ida Dillon.
Craddock Elected President
The annual meeting of the Peters
burg Tobacco Association was held at
the Virginia Warehouse today and Of
fcers for the ensuing year were elect
ed as follows: President, r. NJ. Grad
dock: vtce-president, Fl. R. Hooper;
supervisor. secretary and treasurer
James NJ. McCulloch Board of Man
agers-T. j. ellis. w B. Beach. w
l. McGill and r. A. Orr. The season
for the sale Of bright tobacco opens
tomorrow. Very little tobacco had ar
rived this afternoon. but q full corps
Of buyers are on hand and good prices
lfor an especially good crop are ex-
lpected.
Representatives Named.
Il At a recent session Of Petersburg
Lodge. Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks. representatives to the annual
Ippnvontion which will held in
Alexandria October 5. and Z, were
elected as follows: Messrs F. G..
Stratton, w T. Baugh, w. Cliff God
sey, Myer Saat. E. r. Goodwin Wit
liam Koenig. w. w. TONNES, b. w
Cooke and Robert Kidd Messrs w.