The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-21


General ioca' Nevss.
The Committee on Grounds and Build
ipys mei last night in ,he office of the
Civ Engineer Present, Messrs. Phillips
(oLaiIman), Crenshaw, Snead, Higgins,
and Hunt.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and spproyed.
Estimates for repairs on the Third
police station, $40, and on the present
City Hall, $50, were ordered to be paid
after The work was done
The regular payroll $2,G2312, was or
deicd tn be psid
Mcssrs Asa Snyder q Co. ere allowed
1890 oU their bill They desired all that
could lc allowed, hut Mr. Sheriff being
al seu, ON accopn, of bis wife's illncss and
Death ,hc amouni had not been made up.
SAFE FOR THE POLICE JUSTICE.
The question of safe for the Police
Justice next came uD.
Mr Owens appeared before the com
mili'e aud explained the beauty. worth
and price of q safe manufactured by the
company h.. represented 1t is 50 inches
high. 21l iucbes wide aud II inches deep
inside md weighs ! 800 pounds. He
would furnish il for $780, placed on the
cars at York. Pennsylvania.
DEsR FOR THE PoLIcE JUSTICE.
Chairman Phillips reported that he and
Police Justice Cruichfuld had selected u
desk for the office OF the Police Justice of
Richmond at a cost Of s7j, under the
authority given them by the committee.
Nh Owens explained that the safe
went through a test fire of fiercest heat
at the New Orleans Exposition, and not
a single paper vas scorched
The Police Justice being absent and
there bcirg no report from him, Mr. |
Cfenshaw moved to lay the whole matter |
on the table until the Police Justice |
could hs heard from.
INVESTIGATING MR.. NETnERwOOD.
The committee having transacted all !
other business before them, Proceeded to /
investigate the charges made against Mr..
James Nethcrw OOd at The meeting of the
committee held two weeks ago, and at
that time postponed until the meeting
yesterday. Mr. NethcrwoOd has charge of
The stone work on the New City Hall.
His Honor Mayor EllysOn was present
at the request of the committee and took
the chair and swOre the witnesses
SPECIFICATION or THE CHARGES
There were two charges. one preferred
by MIR Philip kinlzer that Mr.. Neither
wood had loaned out hands, and then
taken them back, keeping their places
open for them Another was one pre-
ftrrtd by Mr. CHARTS A. Rohmer that
Mr. NelherwoOd Disseminated in the EN-
pl0ymcnt of stonecutters.
MR. RINTzER's EVIDENCE.
Mr.. Kinizer stated that be and his son,
both of whom are stOnecuiters, could
never get job on The City Hall He !
had applied Tor work and was told that
there were no vacancies, and his son had
applied twenty times with similar results.
H. made tie charge Of lOaning out hands
and keeping their places vacant for them =
because il was true Walking home one '
day he saw Mr. John Marshall working ',
on MIR. Royal new residence. He went
to The shed where he saw him working :
and saluted him, saying What, y
thought you we're working on the new !,
City Hall ~ $50 ] am, replied Marshall, :
"but am lent OUT Later on he saw "
him at work on the Stokes builiing on u
Main street, on brown stone work. All this Il
was over a year ago He made the charge
because NuthetwOOd would not give him
work, yet " you'd create these vacancies Il
He also said that he could not understand i(
why unnaturaized foreigners and non u
should be given work while he,
born Ia Richmond on the corner OF Broad
aud Seventh streets, should he denied H. III
II he was not competent then he would 81
be willing to be kicked out nj
In response to questions he said that nc
Mr. Gray Elder and man by the name
u Stevens had been brought from Wash ad
ngt0n; also Mr.. Carmolia, who had not ."
,een I'm ibe city for five wears when he
yas employed. Lots Of men had come
lere who had left Richmond when they "
new the City Hall was building.
Mr. Crenshaw Did YOU ever leave nr
richmond TO ge, work and then come ",
aCkY do
Answer: Yes, sir. I'm
Mr.. Kuitzer then again referred 10 the an
usiom which he claimed prevailed, that IN
len were loaned out, and, in answer to me-
uestions, said that his objection TO the / {
ustom was that he paid taxes, wanted ne
FORK and fair play. =
HE DisEkTED. WS
lie asked 10 be allowed TO make an
ther statement. He said that Mr. JapIes co
IetherwoOd had known him nearly all
is life. In heated manner he said that
lr. Nelherwood had brought the city in
isiEess and would bring the City Hall io' U
no distress. "Tha, mar shaking his WI
niger, was the biggest blockade runner W.. WI
D this city. lie got out of the city more Wv Wv
esetteTs than General Grant ever did. 'ol
. proce q, he got me acaV from Rictm0Hd 49,
u 0H,g 0Ace, 6M trtce, darlHg tic udr. oa' ~
0w Can Ynu trust himy 0''
Mr. Kintger retired and Mr.. Charles A. aPl
dinner appeared Oh the stand arc
MIR. ROHMER's EVIDENCE.
lie said that he applied for work and sta
as told by Mr.. Nelherwood that the Sec
rec would be reduced He applied al Dis
10 Colonel Cutsbaw in June and could
Il ret work was given to understand
"A, there was no prejudice against him, TIs
. that simply a reduction in The force pr
- needed. This happened often-he en-,
is oif sometimes by sickness. Colonel IL
i'shaw examined the roll for him and IT.