The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-29
PROPOSE TO HAVE
FOUR YEAR TERM
Movement to Have the
Charter So Changed.
ALL CITY OFFICERS.
tn Take In All From Mayor to Coun-.
tn Take In All From Mayor to Coun-
CiImen.
WILL LESSEN ELECTIONS.
\ Plan That It's Advocates Think
Will Improve the Munich
pal Govern mcnt.
Further Work
on the Bud
get.

The Committee on Charter Changes
met last night and organized, by the cleo
ton of Mr.. Pollock chairman. Messrs
Allen. Bloomberg, Curtis, Gordon and
Pollock were present. TIE committee adj
iourned without action, to meet at the
call of the chairman.
At the next meeting OF the committee
Mr.. Pollock Will bring before the COM
mittee legislation changing the period OF
service of the Council and of all the
officers elected by that body. ana also OF
the Mayor, from two TO four Years, thls
necessitating a municipal election only
once in four years. instead OF two years,
as at present. The period OF service OF
the treasurer is now three years, whleh
results in an election Win all l's co.71
three years out of four
The friends of this measure believe that
il will be very much more advantage
Gus for the city officials to be elected tor
four years. thus ohviating a general
municipal up.1eaval every two years with
ali its attendant evils. 1t is believed mat
the Council would be III position 10 slFe
its attention much more undlFloeolE 70
the consideration of legislation, II there
wera some per.iod in its life when it We're
more than twelve months from an cleo
ton, measuring backward or forward
Further Work on tile Budget.
Tho F1ance Committee gave another
meeting last night to hearing from dl1ier-
ent departments and institutions as TO
the budget for next year.
The Eye and Ear lnfirmary asks lof
$500. as against $315 last year. Ihe Bellc
Ervau Nursery and Free hlndefSarleli
presented its claims. The Retreat lor tue
Sick wants $500 as against SOU MIS-. Jilo.
y |. } N
and DR.. Wheat told OF the SPECIAL CIR
cunstances which nccessitated tins larger
request Miss Cabaniss, the supennteh-
dent of the Old Dominion Hospital, spoke
for that institution, which asks Tor S2Vo,
as against Sloo.
Mr. J. c. Osterbind and others told now
$1,000 would beautify Riverside PARK, ana
of the large number Oh people within
reach of this locality. Tredegar Street
needs paving, according to the testimony
of NIessrs. Clarke Anderson and Blank
enship. of the Tredegar Company. Eight
thousand dollars will do the work TO
Belle Isle Bridge and $1,000 beyond tilat
point.
The Woman's League Training School
was a new applicant before the commit
ice. DR.. r. Il. Jones told of its work IN
training in the arts of cooking, dress
making etc Five hundred dollars VIII
help this work along.
Colonel Cutchins and Major DauShtrey
ask for 81 500 for the Blues, as against
81 600 last wear. The case they made out
was a strong one
Colonel Cutshaw's entire estimates for
streets, etc, sum up To the modest trifle
of $10l7, 1880. This covers payroll, en-
pense account, opening streets, bridges,
sewers, alleys sidewalks, etc. BY cut
ting every corner, however, the Colonel
gets down to $3I5,001. OF this $4,000 should
go for a Lee District sewer, and S2o,oUD
would straighten some OF the kinks ont
of Bacon's Quarter Branch. The Engi>
neer thinks $125,009 should go on the
streets, and told how our families would
one of these days enjoy the New Reser-
voir lake in naptha launches. Previous
thereto $500 must come from some
where, and then there will be the ques-
ton as to where the water for the naptha
launches TO sail on will come from.
Whatever the fate of the new lake,
everybody has enjoyed $500 worth of
music in the parks SO much that they
want $500 worth of it next year.
The gas estimates call for oil and coal
SGi 900, payroll $4,000, expense $4,000.
street gas S4,3O0 electric lights $4,000 and
extension s24,500, making a total of S2o2,-
3Q0