The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-03
PREPARE TO Do LARGE
IMPROVEMENT work
Sewer and Water Committee of Pc.
tersbury City Council Ask For Lump
sum TO Handle New Work.
REGRET zIMMER's RETIREMENT
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, In
Expressing Appreciation OF Secrc-
tary's Faithful Work. Make Him
Valuable Present

Petersburg, Va, Feb. CHAIR
man John Z. Harvell, of the Sewer
and Water Committee OF the City
Council, has at hand an itemized list
of work 10 he done totaling ISL .097,
an appropriation for which will be
the Council.
i This work is part of that con-
templated by the Sewer and Water
Committee to carry out an idea which
ing the recent bond issue. 1t is pro-
posed to lay water mains ami sewers
on every inhabited street. alley and
| lane in the city and the appropria
ton Of s5t097 in lump will be
asked for in order that the Sewer
! and Water Department may save
from ten to twenty per cent in the
cost of material An of the work
contemplated has been passed upon by
the Public Improvement Committee
and 1t Will be done by the city under
the supervision of the city engineer
as has been the practice for some
years past at an estimated saving 81
from twenty-five to thirty-1ive per
cent.
Secretary thinner Resigns.
Inc annual meeting of the Retail
MerchantS Association was held in
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce last night with an attendance
of about sixty members. Reports OF
President w II. Wilcox and Secre-
tary Samuel w thinner for last year.
as well as review of the work of
the association since it's organization,
were submitted, after the reading of
which Secretary thinner who has
served the organization efficiently since
ii was first organized, resigned be-
cause of the pressure of other bust
ness matters
Members of the association eX-
pressed deep regret at Mr.. thinner
resignation and through Louis Rosen-
stock presented him with handsome
gold watch. Mr.. Rosenstock handed
the package to Mr.. thinner about six
inches square without comment. and
lie began nervously fumbling at the
string. ON the inside he found eight
smaller boxes of various sizes, sha pes
and colors. each of the eight smaller
boxes containing a handsome watch
and as Mr.. thinner began to wonder
If n Joke was being played on MIN
II was explained that the eight were
brought in in order that he might
select one tn suit himself He was
greatly pleased and much affected by
the expression of appreCia ton on the
part OF the association
Directors of the association for the
year were named as follows: Georg,
4 a, Bowman, stanton Pitcher. W. II
! Frey. T. S. Beckwith, w. Y. Burge
; "a,
/ rison David A. Lyon, Jr., l.. A. Ro
senstock. w. II. Wilcox. J. l. Joyner
Sol Cooper. w A. Ryland and Ray
mond Gill. A meeting of the direc
! tors will be held at an early date t.
! elect a president and name a success
sor to Mr. thinner.
Convicts Taken to Richmond.
! Captain Lamb. of the pententiar r,
guards. came to Petersburg yesterda,
and took back with him to the peni
Tertiary prisoners convicted at tn
January term of the Hastings Court
as follows:
Jesse Younger. housebreaking thre
wears: r w Moore. alias Coldwell
alias Fincher. forgery. two years
Henry Bowles William Norris an,
Alexander Brooks. highway robbery
FIVE years each, Jake Harris, grant
larceny, one year.
Grocery Store Robbed.
The grocery store OF J. V. Barke
at Third and Bollinebrook Streets wa
/ broken into and robbed by Johl
( Knox about o'clock this morning
Members Of family living directl
across the street from the store hear,
the crash of the glass and communi
Gated with police headquarters
/ Shortly afterward the police arrive.
and Knox was arrested on Fourtl
! Street with the stolen goods in hi
! possession. In Police Court this morn
I ing he stated that he WAS drunk an,
+ fell through the glass door. but afte
finding himself on the inside couh
! not resist the temptation to take ava,
supply OF groceries He was sen
] on to the Hastings Court for trial