Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-14
ELECT OLD OFFICERS.
STREETS, FINANCE, AND POOR COM
NITrEEs KEEP PRESENT ONES.
ONLY ONE CONTEST Is CLOSE.
That Occurred over the Election OF
m PhysIc.nn to the A1mshouse-
Many Meetings Called for Io-D"'
and Tomorrow


will meet to-day or tomorrow and make
their appointments.
The Committees on Streets, Poor, and
| Finance. which met last night, elected all
tho old officers. only in the case OF the
| Physician TO the Almshouse was any
strong opposition developed, DR.. Trevilian
winning by the narrowest majority pos
| sible.
The Committee on Streets, though called
| together solely for the purpose Of organ
| ization, appropriated some $500 for re-
pairs 10 sewers on Fifth street and else
where that are urgently needed.
street Committee Organizes.
The Committee on Streets met for or
ganization in Room Of the City Hall at
o'clock. Every member was present, as
| follows: Messrs. Alien. Pollock. Bloom
berg, King, Woody, Lawder, Burton,
Bahen, Ebel, Carter, Gibson, and Peters.
City-Clerk August called the committee
to order and announced the first busi-
ness to be the election OF a chairman.
Mr. Burton nominated Major Otway >.
| Allen, and in doing so he paid d very
| high compliment 10 that gentleman, ana
spoke of the distinguished service that
he had rendered during all the time that
he had occupied the position. Mr.. Pol
lock seconded the nomination. and the
election was unanimous.
FAVORS \ GENERAL SYSTEM
Major Allen. in acknowledging the
honor, took occasion 10 speak Of the OBJ
jects and powers of the committee. The
body, he said, had the most material in
terests Of the city in its hands. He urged
each member to make himself familiar
with all the details of the workings OF
the department. He advocated the adop-
ton of a general system of street i'm
provements. Il believe" he said, that
the city of Richmond would to-day be
paved, curbed, and guttere1 had we es-
tablished years ago general system OF
street Improvement" The same money
that had been expended would have been
sufficient for this purpose had it been
methodically expended. Too many streets
had been torn up and relaid before they
really needed any repairs, he said, and
other streets in the outskirts of the city
were left without pavement, curbing, or
cutters. LET us see" said Mr.. Allen,
eff we cannot inaugurate a system OF
general street improvement this year,
and in twelve or fifteen years you won't
see a street without paving and curbing'
Mr.. Allen also entered a plea for gene
raj sewerage system. The present condi-
lions, he said, were not only dangerous
TO the health of the community, but were
source of great expense, and were la
BILE TO lay the city open to damage suits.
Mr.. Sol. i. Bloomberg was unanimously
elected sub-chairman.
THE MEETING DAYS FIXED.
The committee decided TO meet at .
O'clock on the 18th and 2Sth Of each
month. unless those dates fall on Satur-
day or Sunday, when the meeting will
be held on the Monday following.
The rules Of the old committee were
adopted.
The committee confirmed the following
appointments OF the City Engineer: Mr..
S. Edward Bates, First Assistant Engi-
neer; Mr.. Jackson Bolton, Second Assist
ant Mr.. i. y. Taliaferro, Third Assist
ant Mr.. Frank 4. Bates. Clerk Mr.. d.
T. Craddock. Manager First District; Mr.
c. II. loot, Manager Second District, and
Mr.. George Wallen, Waterman at city
stables.
The City Engineer then explained that
the Fifth-street culyert was broken and
needed immediate attention He submit
ted an estimate for the repairs, amount
ing to Sl.23L50. and the committee appro-
priated this sum and ordered the repairs
10 be made at once.
The Engineer and City Attorney were
ordered to consult and formulate Il plan
Of sewer assessment, TO be submitted to
a future meeting Of the committee.
COMPLAINTS ARE FILED.
A complaint was registered against n
culvert at Cary and Adams streets, and
the Engineer was ordered to have repairs
made at a cost not exceeding 500.
Mr.. Ebel called attention to the condi-
ton Of the railroad track al Adams and
Clay streets, and the City Engineer was
instructed TO see that the railroad COM
pany put in a proper crossover.
Mr.. BlOomDerg announced that he had
introduced an ordinance al the meeting
of the Council on Tuesday night providing
for additional clerical force in the CITY
Engineers Office. a motion that the chair
man and City Engineer should appear be-
fore the Finance Committee, to which the
measure had been referred and urge its
adoption, was passed, and the committee
then adjourned.
AImshOuse Officers Reelected.
The Committee on Relief of Poor was
called 10 order in Room u at ESQ o'clock
the following members being present.
Messrs. Drewry, Snead, Neal. Gunst
Mosby, Cottrell, Hobson. Tefey, and
Smith.
Clerk August did the opening honors
in accordance with the joint resolution
Of the City Council.
Mr. Gunst nominated Mr.. S. II. COttrel
as chairman of the committee. and he
unanimously elected. Mr. James /
INIT ,rtH