. The street railway review . mont Traction Company and the Virginia Traction Com-pany, all of Petersburg, have been purchased by R. L. Williams &Co., of Richmond. An electric power plant, driven by water, willbe built at once; also eight miles of street railway constructed. Thepower plant will have a capacity of h. p. for present demands,to be increased to 2,000 if required. The new road is expected to beopened by June i, 1899. Besides furnishing power for the electricrailway, the plant will furnish light and power for the city. G. , of Baltimore, Md., constructing engineer. EX
. The street railway review . mont Traction Company and the Virginia Traction Com-pany, all of Petersburg, have been purchased by R. L. Williams &Co., of Richmond. An electric power plant, driven by water, willbe built at once; also eight miles of street railway constructed. Thepower plant will have a capacity of h. p. for present demands,to be increased to 2,000 if required. The new road is expected to beopened by June i, 1899. Besides furnishing power for the electricrailway, the plant will furnish light and power for the city. G. , of Baltimore, Md., constructing engineer. EXHIBITS AT PARIS IN 1900. Commissioner General Peck and John H. McGibbons, director ofexploitation, of the United States Commission to the Paris Exposi-tion of 1900, have issued the following announcement under date ofApr. 4, 1899: All who desire to exhibit in the Paris Exposition of igoo are re-quested to immediately notify the commission, if they have notalready done so. in order that they may be considered in the allot-. Jtisepli I^ <;re;U lii-nd. Dark com-i John Cuniininj,s, Lotransport, Ind. . com-I William Zcrby, Slu-iianduali, I*a. Sallow ; brown hair; blue ; agre, 27; weit,ht. plexi<m; Ihiil curly blonde hair; age, 26; height, 5 i plexion; dark brown hair; dark blue eyes; ape, 22;150 lbs.: liei(,ht, .S ft. S in.; wears No. 7 shoe. weif,ht, 164Ibs.: ft. lOin.; wears No. Sshoe. nearby towns to be on the lookout. It was surmised the ganghad boarded a train on the D. & H. R. R., and Mr. Flynn headeda posse of his own men and ran out a special car and made a flyingrun some lo miles, hoping to head oS a freight train on which thebandits were supposed to be. Had they done so there would havebeen a lively battle, as both sides were well armed. The freight hadjust passed, however, but it was learned the gang were Flynn then wired to Summit, a little station with two or threehouses 10 miles up the mountain
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