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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1951
Page
6
The City of Winchester Virginia advertises bids for a franchise granted by an ordinance adopted January 9 1951. Bids due February 13 1951 at 7 45 P M in City Hall. A $250 certified check is required with each bid and costs of advertising borne by the bidder. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The City of Winchester grants a 30year nonexclusive franchise to a gas grantee to lay maintain and operate gas mains and services within streets alleys and public ways. It requires new construction a two main system where feasible and City Manager approval of plans and inspectors to ensure safe compliant installation and reasonable rates for public gas service.
The ordinance outlines franchise terms for a gas Grantee in Winchester, detailing rights to use streets, city insurance requirements, tax provisions, extension of city limits, and obligations to service new buildings. It sets extension rules, liability coverage minimums, rate sharing with the City and School Board, and a 30 year expiration with arbitration to determine fair value of Grantee properties.
The document outlines franchise terms for a gas distribution grantee in Winchester Virginia. It covers arbitrator powers for property valuation, bond requirements of 10000 and 20000 dollars, assurances for construction within 18 months and full service within three years, forfeiture if conditions fail, assignment approvals, use of malodorant gas, andDepot and acceptance conditions including a 250 dollar bid deposit, signing formal acceptance, and a thirty year franchise term beginning 1951 with city council oversight.
Fishburne Military School alumni group schedules talks with Waynesboro officials about repurchasing the property. The city bought the Fishburne site last October for 310000 in cash and conveyed City Hall and the Wayne Inn. The Central Alumni Association formed with Frank Wooten Jr of Charlotte as president aims to create a non profit to operate the school if reacquisition succeeds.
Charottesville based University of Virginia law dean Deane G Ribble has been installed as president of the Association of American Law Schools. He succeeds Karl Llewellyn of Columbia Law School and leads the 107 law schools nationwide. Ribble, a Culpeper native with degrees from William and Mary and UVA, became a law instructor as a student and was named law school dean in 1939.
A pre-dawn blaze gutted the upper floor of a building owned by Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Three professors and their families were displaced. Damage estimated at $15,000. Origin undetermined. one apartment burned out while others suffered smoke and water damage.
Mrs. M. Elsie Kemp, former school board clerk, faces embezzlement charges of 13161.50 in textbook funds in Gloucester County Circuit Court. She admitted a 1931 $500 shortage and said she was rehired in 1935 by School Superintendent J. Walter Kenney as defense witnesses prepare to testify.
Baltimore market reports show barely steady fruit and potato prices with light demand and mixed quality. Cattle hogs and sheep are summarized with steady to higher tones for steers and bulls, while New York and Chicago markets exhibit mixed stock performance and notable shifts in several sectors.
Mixed prices ruled on the board of trade as grains opened. Wheat ranged from 2.43 8 to 2.37 1 4 in September. corn touched 1.75 1 4 to 1.76 in July. oats traded around 95 cents to 89 cents. rye and soybeans showed varied bids with March and May contracts. Lard futures opened near 19.60 to 19.82.
Daily market listings from the Agriculture Department and Frederick County Farm Bureau show U S Grade A eggs ranging from 40 to 45 cents for various sizes and U S Grade B at 40 cents. Live poultry prices in Winchester area include Heavy breed hens 4 1/2 to 22 cents, leghorn broilers 22 to 24 cents, bronze hens 38 cents, bronze toms around 41? cents, and ducks 12 cents per pound. Included is a copied trivia Q A about the gate of the city of Peking, noting the Inner Gate as central and important.
The sale lists range prices for cattle calves and sheep. High quality heifers at 30.00 to 35.09, low- choice cattle around 34.50, most cows 21.75 to 24.50, canners 18.50 to 21.50, bulls 25.50 to 28.50, dealers 30.00 to 26.00. Salable sheep 3,500 with strong demand for top fed lambs 34.50 to 35.00, wooled lambs 34.00 to 34.50, clippers 31.50 to 32.50, slaughter ewes 18.00 to 20.00.
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