Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-06

ciied that 1t was not It's place to supply
them any longer, eince the new pius vi"
not embrace them.
This leaves the various departments
without postage and without funds wa
which to buy stamps. The question ~
how the stamps should be procured -
not new one here. As IT STANDS no"
the Council will have to make a speola'
appropriation for postage for the depa ~,
ments. 1t has been suggested that .no
stamps. postal-cards. etc. which are tne
equivalent of money. should be purchaser
In 800 lots and issued through Inc |''S
Auditors Office to the departments upon
the requisition OF the heads OF depart,
ments or chairmen Of committees. onti
some system can be devised II looks as
II there Is no way by which the oiilces
can be provided with stamps, anu 'i'l9
may cause considerable Inconvenience
The Health Department will be plaoeu ~
a worse prcdcament than any Oh VIC
others. 1t uses a great many stamps III
sending out reports.
The Public Charities Department mas
also been obtaining stamps fSom tne
stationery firm. II uses up about - worm
a month. Several other departments get
their stamps I'm the same way.
salary of the Commissioner
II is not unlikely that the matter OF the
compensation 10 be paid TO the Commis-
sioner Of the Revenue Of the city. wIlch
the Committee on Retrenchment ana ne
form recently decided should be reduceo
from SIS of / per cent. to 3-S. VIII De re-
opened at the meeting OF that Dody 10 ne
held next Thursday night. Mr.. EDei' at
the last session of the committee. clalmeu
that unintentional injustice had Deeh
70, ,fcc IN
had been cut 10 per cent, when all the
expenses of his office had not been known
TO the committee. He said that under
the commission of 3-S OF per cent. the
Commissioners Office would hardly re-
ceive $4,000 per annum from the CITY,
Mr.. Ebel added that in giving in the esti-
mated expenses of his office. ComIhls-
soner Munford left of an item OF ABOUT
$500 for printing postage. and incldehtais'
Capt. Cunningham Makes No protest
CAPTAIN Frank W. Cunningham, the
City Tax-Collector when approached yes
terday relative to his views OF the action
of the Committee on Retrenchment ana
Reform in reducing his compensation
from rs OF / per cent. to 5-S, said:
''When | was before the committee
made a full report of the working OF thls
office. The reduction was not to FRANK
w. Cunningham. but to the ONCE as l
understand it will take effect at the
beginning of the next term. give the
committee credit for doing what they
believed to be in the best interests OF
the CITY of Richmond" continued Captain
Cunningham, but 1 do think that rs
Of l per cent. is small enough compensa-
ton for the work done in this ONCE.
Forty-eight thousand bills have 10 De
made out. and no little work is done IN
the way of bookkeeping
Mayor Taylor may not send in mes
sage 10 the City Council this year. es-
terday. when asked If he would say any
thing about retrenchment. replied that
he had nothing TO say on that point.
1.-THE message generally goes in In
March" said the Mayor, but l don't
know whether l shall send in one or not
Those fellows dhe councilmen) don't seem
to think they need a message