Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-09
AREREADYF FOR WORK
MANY Of The New Council Committees
Meet and Organize,
nUr FEW NEW CHAIRMEN
Most OF the old Men. Who Are Now
Serving. Are Observation-Disclosures OF
sryernl Of The Departments Chosen.
Meetings for To-day.

and "A very interesting Session ioh"Wtu'
Mr. Vaughan nominated Mr. +. u. S.arke
as Chairman Of the Committee on Light.
and the Clay-Ward member was unani-
rnousiy elected. Mr. Joseph Wallerstein
II was made sub-chairman. The body agreed
10 meet hereafter on the Isl and 18th Of
each month. except when these days fall
4 on sunday, and then on the following
days. On Room No Of the City Hall
4 building at r. Nj.
d Mr. Vs. s woodson was unanimously
Il elected clerk OF the committee, upon Mr.
q Yaushan's motion.
The body then went into the election OF
the Gas Inspector. and the assistant in
a spectors. aad bin clerk TO the Auditor.
Mr.. ua.wicke nominated the present
incumbent in the Office Of Dill CLERK Mi'
a Henry G.. Miller Others placed IN nomi-
nation were Valentine Brown ana j. r.
"A TAYLOR. Nj Miller received all the votes
II and was declared TO have been uhahl-
"A mously elected.
Mr. Wallerstein then placed in nomiha-
a ton Tor the position Of Gas Inspector tne
present incumbent Mr. Joseph VI. Shei-
ton while the other applicants were '''o-
= mel W. T.. Smith ana Mcssrs. ". }. Gentry !
and W. I. Atkins. Mr. shelton was re-
4 elected. he receiving votes ana MI Al
a kins 3.
The committee then began the selection I
81 of the six assistant gas inspectors. Those |
n put in nomination for l. csc places were I
4 Mcssr4 Davis Epps Wood Creamer, Pur- /
cell Newman present incumbent9, Iay- 1
lor. Brown Meade. Hicks. King, Ford,
a Iovcnstein, Crane and Landers
The superintendent and the Gas In
spector were asked as 10 the manner IN
which the present officers had discharged |
their duties. Superintendent KNOWLES
stated that he had heard that Mr.. New
man had been seen under the influence OF
liquor some months ago and during the
reunion. Mr. Shelton, the Inspector, said
that he had seen Mr. Newman when he
had been drinking. but could not say
that he was intoxicated, or that Mr. New
mans absence from his post Of duty on
Saturday last vas due TO drink or SICK
ness.
Mr. Newman said that he was not
drinking man. and had only taken two OF
three drinks upon the occasions referred
10. At one time he had been up several
nights with his wife, who was sick, while
az the other he was sick himself, as well
bis wife.
After the matter Of whether such an
offence should be excused the committee
elected the following gentlemen assistant
gas inspectors. Messfs. W. Davis, Cecil
L. Epps ". w. Wood. J. J. Creamer ".
j. Purcell and j. T. Ford Messrs. Epps
hAA I NIIfl ifAfANtAA TIC Ilhi'0N iAhlbfl |
OF votes cast.
THE STREET COMMITTEE ORGAN
ICES.
The Committee on Streets met yesterday
at noon I'm Room No. Of the City Hall
Tor organization. The following members
were present: Messrs Otway s. Allen,
Bloomberg, Burton. Carter, Ebel, Bahen,
Foster. J. j. King J. NJ. King, Mount
castle aud Pollock. The only absentee
4 L.
house by sickness.
Major Allen was reelected chairman
and Mr.. Sol. J.. Bloomberg was elected
sub-chairman II was decided that the
regular semi-monthly meetings be held on :
the 18th and 2stl Of each month. Should
these days fall on Saturday or Sunday,
then the meetings are TO be held on the j
following Monday
The following officers were unanimously
reelected. :. r.. Jacobs. clerk to the com I
mittee; ;. r. Bates. Jackson Bolton. +. q
r. Bates. ana j.. y. Taliaferro. assistant d
city engineers.
Bfr s. b. Jacobs was also elected clerk
Of the city Engineers Department. y
Nessrs. John VI. Gardner. D. f. Craddock,
and c. II. Foot were elected ward mana
gers Of the hands and carts Of the depart /,
ment
Nlr A. p McGhee was elected manager o
a. the sewer force and Mr.. George w.
Allen was elected night Waterman at the y
city stables n
The CITY Engineer reported that the y
sewer on north Fourth street was broken n
between Jackson and Duyal streets. and u
ne was insf 1lcted 10 have the damage re- V
pal 2. He estimated that this work G.
woIld cost about Nioo exclusive OF the II
repairs % property damage. which Ques- g
ton was moi touched upon by the commit !
tee. 2
ITS ELECTIONS POSTPONED. "
The Committee on Relief of the Poor n
convened IN Room no at o'clock last
evening and perfected its ORG nization.
Those present were Messrs Snead Blake. j
Noble, Cot'rell Gunst. Miller. Smith. and
Wake City-Clerk August announced as
the first order Of business the election
OF a chairman. Mr.. Hobson nominated
Mr.. Evan Snead. while Mr. Noble pre- a
scented the name of NJ. George Med. Il
Blake i'm connection with The place hfr. d
Blake was elected by vote Of 6 to g. Il
Mr. s. II. Cottrell was chosen as sub q
chairman. OF
The committee decided IL hold its regu- nj
lar meetings on the third Monday night 10
IN each month al $50 o'clock. c
alr Blake called the attention Of the u
body 20 the fact that heretofore the meet 81
ings had been held at the city almshouse, u
and that the committee had used car 9,
riages. Nh. Blake said 70 was probably ~
well FOR the committee TO dispense with N
fhe use of hacks. Mr. Noble offered a y
motion 20 this effect. and IL was adopted, al
only Mr. Snead voting against IT,
The next business IN order was the =
election OF the First Assistant Super =,
lniendent Of the City Almshouse Mr. a,
HCbsou said he understood that the COM .
mittee had no power to elect a steward
as that officer was appointed by the
superintendent. The ordinances governing
the institution We're read by Clerk Nc &c
DoweN, and IL stipulated that the coz bS
mittee should elect the First and Second Ia
Assistant Supcrintendents. the physician, ma
and resident physicians Of the almshouse: IN
that an employees should be appointed ia
by she Superintendent MI Miller said l'
he had heard certain charges against h'
some OF the present officials OF the aims ~
house, and he was not prepared to 20 IN
into an election OF these officers until OF
these allegations could be looked into. JIG
After a great deal Of discussion the body CIV
agreed 70 postpone the selection of Off
GERS until next Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock.
The order or business was then adopted ci'
and the committee adjourned II,
MAY TURN OUT A LADY. a
The Committee on Water assembled IN Al
Room No. II Of the City Hall al $40 10
+ clock last night ana elected its chair PEI
man. sub-chairman and the officers of the ia
department filed by that body. Every CIT
member was present. and the chairman va
ship was again conferred upon Mr.. Robert va
q Briggs, while Mr.. Sol Cutchins was no
mode sub chairman When the ,not,o. - an