Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-04
CHESTER TO HOPEWELL
ROAD SEEMS ASSURED
Surveys Have Been Made, 1t Is Re-
ported. and Rights OF Way
Secured.
War Department Opposed To Grant
ing SiNty-Foot Draw Over Appo-
mattoN-Shortcn Distance From
Richmond To Powder Town
Especial TO The Times-pispatch. !

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.
HOPEWEII.. VA. February IA Il
nal survey will soon he made and nc
,ual construction work begun a; once
on u steam railroad from liopcwcll 10
Chester. connecting there with the At
lantic Coast Line from Richmond, Il
was nuthoritntivcly stated here to- day
: Tho War Department. IL was said, IS
opposed TO granting permission to
build a sixty-foot draw over the APP
pumattox. but il is believed that this
difference soon Will bc settled. The
War Department wants the road 80
build Il 1o0-foot draw. as tho Appo =
mattox River IS a rav!gablc stream.
This would make the work much more
expensive, but IL is believed 4 set
Element will be arrived at which Will
he agreeable TO the department and
the interests building the road.
The Vaughan Construction Company.
of Petersburg and Roanoke, has made
survey OF tho proposed route, and has
secured the necessary rights of way.
according To Information here.
Tho railroad Will shorten tho dis
lance between Richmond and Hope
we'll about eleven miles making the
distance from Richmond 10 Petersburg
and to Hopewell about the same.
BIG CROWD PRESENT At
OPENING or TIIEATER
The frst thcater bull. and completed
since the fire OF December 9. when
the entire town was wiped out by
flames. threw open it's doors to tho
public tonight. and despite the mud
dy condition OF the streets the place
was crowded.
For the past several weeks a race
has been on between contractors erect
ing the different moving picture houses
in their efforts TO open first. Tonight
the Orpheum threw open its doors on
broadway with a hve-rccl show for
the opening night.
The Iiopewcll Thca,cr on Railroad
Avenue is nearing completion and prob
ably will throw open it's doors to-inor-
row. The Broadway Thcatcr, located
next door to the Orphcum, will also
open its doors within the next few
DAYS.
Five other thcatcrs, including a,
handsome structure to bc erected at
the corner Of broadway ana Hope
well streets. viii soon he under CON
struction. The largest of the the
itcrs viii hav. seating capacity OF
over l,+o". ANA viii show hirh-clnss
plays. Another ihcator planned ror
Broadway VIII be Il vaudeville house.
and will make ian effort to get on the
Keith circuit.
Officials OF tho T.. |. Duront dc Ne
mours Powder Company Announced
here to-day that the daily payday
SGstem. whereby onc-twclrlh of its
employees will receive pay for two
weeks work each day. viii lac msti-
tuted on March l. ], mad been cur
rentiy reported for several DAYS that
tho company would institute the daily.
nay-hay system. which is already in
torco with many Of the larger indus
tr!al organizations of the country
Susiness men In liopcwrll who h,-
chIne Interested In the proposed change
Cd" the dement's TO be derived and al
~ recent meeting OF the iIoprwcll
chamber of Commerce a committees
was appointed To wait upon tn" in
Ioht Company and urge them to Adopt
the system. The resolutions were h.-
ing drafted preparatory 10 being for
warded 10 General Manager Alien Of
inc ioca! plant. when thu. Announce.
iieil' WAS mad" by tho Comuauv Inn,
IL nitd dcciu"d 70 max" the change.
The present semi weekly paw ron Of
the DUPONT Company is estimated at
nearly 100000. ana this viii moan
mat nearly |lon.060 will he distribu,
ca 10 Its emp'oycca. hcrr each day.