Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-21
THE CITY HALL WORK
INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES AGAINST
sUPERINrEEDEsT NETHERw0oD.
That Of Lending Out Men Sustained, But no
Discrimination Proven
Other Matters

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and Buildings met in the City Engineers
Office yesterday evening at $40 o'clock.
Present: Messrs. Philips (chairman),
Higgins, and Hunt, from the Common
Council, and Messrs. Crenshaw and
Snead, from the Board of Aldermen.
There we're also present Mayor Ellyson,
Mr.. Hargrove, chairman Of the Finance
Committee, and City-Engineer Cutshaw.
srATIoS-HoUsE AND CITY HALL.
An estimate for repairing the roof OF
tho Third police station was submitted
| by Colonel Cutshaw, and the work was
| ordered to be done. The cost will DO
lS7.
An estimate of $40 for repairing the
roof TO the present City Hall was also
submitted and the repairs ordered to be
done.
PAYROLL.
The regular payroll for tho new City
Hall, amounting to S2,623. ~, was or
dered to be paid, and the chairman au-
| thorized to sign warrants for the same
DESK IN POLICE COURT.
Chairman Philips said he had pur-
chased the desk that Justice Crutchtield
had selected as authorized by the com
mittee at a cost Of S75,
sAFR.
Mr.. A. L. Owen appeared before the
committee on behalf of the York Safe
Company, which he represented, and
stated that the dimensions of the safe
selected by Justice Crutch6eld are forty
five inches high. twenty y-nine and seven
twelfth inches wide, twenty-seyen inches
deep, and weighed 1850 pounds. He
said that the regular list-price of this
safe WIS sos, but the agents we're al
lowed 50 per cent. and be had proposed
TO Mr.. Crutchfield TO furnish it TO the
city at SlO0. and that the safe was filed
with an electro .fire-proof combination
that would not swell and prevent the
doors from closing that the combna-
ton was capable of 600, 900 changes.
Mr.. Snead said that be had one of
these safes at his house, which was the
best one he had ever seen.
Mr.. Philips said be had occasion to
buy safe recently and that he had
looked at them all and on this account
had not looked around at this time
Mr. Owen said that Justice Crutch-
field had told him that if he the Justiee)
was absent be could state TO the commit
tee that this WAS the safe that he wanted.
Mr.. Crenshaw said be thought the
committee in justice to other safe compa-
MES should lay the matter on the table
for q week, which on his motion was
done.
INVESTIGATION.
The investigation of the charge pre-
forred against Mr. Netherwood, the su-
perintendent Of the new City-Hall work,
that he has Disseminated in the employ
ment OF hands was next taken up.
Mr.. Philip kreitzer was called as the
first witness and sworn by the Mayor.
Mr.. KRETTzER.
He said Gentlemen, | made applica-
ton to Mr.. Netherwood for position as
stone-cutter on the new City Hall when
the work was commenced. l was going
ND Franklin street recently on my way
home, when | saw Mr.. Marshall, gen
tleman then employed on the building.
| said. Hello, Marshall thought You
were working on the new City Hall 2
He said, i am, but Mr.. Netherwood
has let me out to do this job. >"
Mr.. Kreitzer said he had seen other
workmen oil the Hall at work on
stokes's building, farther mp the street,
about the lst of last June. He said be
was a native OF the State, and thought
be should have employment before
foreigners who had never been natural
lied.
Mayor Ellyson asked him if he knew
any one from other cities who was not a
naturslized citizen that was employed on
the City Hall.
He replied that Gray Elder, who was
not naturalized citizen "to-dsy," had
been employed on the Hall, but had been
subsequently discharged He said there
was also another man by the name Of
Stephenson who was brought here from
Washington, who is not n naturalized
citizen.
He repeated that he was a citizen Of
the city OF Richmond that he paid his
taxes and he did not want foreigners to
come in aud get the benefit of them.
He only wanted fairness, and that oil he
wanted and bad ever asked for was a
trial, and that if he did not give satisfac-
tion they were at liberty to kick him out
OF the window,