The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-03
Major Allen Believes the City's
Whole System is Wrong.
MANY CITY OFFICIALS ELECTED
Why City Accountant Mccarthy Was
Not Re-elected-M Satterf'eld
Has Fulton on His Mind-No
New Business is Taken Up.
Only Organization
Effected.

Four of the new Council committees
those on Streets. Finance, Light, and
Relief Of Poor-met last night and effect
ed working organization.
Messrs Otwav S Allen. James r. Cor
don. j B Wood and Marx Gunst were
elected as chairmen of the four com
nittees in the order named In the
case of Major Allen and Mr.. Gunst,
this was a reelection. Mr.. Gordon sue
ceeds Mr.. Caskie. and Mr.. Wood Mr.
Grimes.
No new business was taken UP in these.
the first meetings of the committees.
THE STREET COMMITTEE.
City Clerk August called the Commit
tee on Streets together at $50 o'clock
Messrs. Adams. Allen, Bahen. Burton.
Mann, and Whittet were present from
The Board. and Messrs. Peters, West,
Williams, Allen and Teefey from the
Common Council. Messrs. Blanks, Mi
nor and Phillips We're absent.
AIr Peters nominated Major Allen as
chairman of the committee. MI Mann
seconded the nomination. He was unan-
imously elected.
On assuming the cfairulan's seat, Ma
jor Allen thanked the committee. stating
that he appreciated the honor conferred
upon him for the fourth time. The COM
1nittee he regarded as the most important
one of the Council. Continuing. Major
Allen gave a very excellent and oppcr
tune statement of the citys short
comings in the matter of street improve
1nent Although the area of the CITY
had heen more than once Increased IN
the past thirty Years Inc annual appro-
priation for street making had been cut
down.
A CRISIS REACHED.
Major Alien thought that matters had
reached a crisis at this time, and that
il would be impossible for the city to 90.
longer with the present streets. More
money for this purpose must be secured.
Furthermore, the chairman was vigorous
in his disapprnval of the present system
of dividing the appropriation among the
wards. and also of the present system
of street making He thought II Sc
rious and momentous question. Streets
were nov made with one sort of pavement
and cutters on one side and another
kind of pavement and gutter on the
other On the next lock there would
be still another sort of pavement, gutter
and road-bed The whole was q patch
macadamzed streets and their excellence
as dust makers received attention.
Major Alien thought that the COM
rnittee should formulate some definite and
sensible scheme of street improvement.
The mode Of pavement. gutter and road
bed making TO be used on each street
should he definitely decided upon and
followed out in a systematic manner. The
pra ctice of tearing UP streets in the cen
ter OF the city year after year should
he discontinued and the new outlying
districts should receive more considera-
tinn and more dollars.
Major Aliens earnest eXhortation for
better day for Richmond in the matter
Of street improvement was given the
closest attention by the committee. There
was no opportunity for action at the
time however And while in line with
the needs of the city. there is no rea-
son 10 believe that Major Aliens eX-
cellent talk viii bear abundant fruit IN
the near future as the old ward spirit.
and iealously will probably nip in the
bud any movement towards an adoption
Of Major Aliens view OF the needs and
the good OF the whole city.
Mr.. PETERS SUE CHAIRMAN
After Major Allen had assumed the
craftsmanship MIR. Burton nominated Mr..
Peters as suh-chairman. MI Mann nom
nnied General Phillips. but mis- name
was withdrawn. as Mr. Whlttet stated
that General Phillips did not desire 10
be candidate Mr.. Peters was elected
,ranimously and thanked the committee
in 4 few words.
-ir Whittet moved that the committee
me-. on the 18th and 2Sth Of each month.
az heretofore. except when one of these
dates falls on Saturday or sunday,
,-Eer the meeting will be held ON the fol-
lowing Monday. This was adopted
he rules of the former committee were
lead. Mr.. Adams moved that the rule as
regards smoking be dropped out but
MAJOR Allen reminded him that the rule
was out of Difference to the presence of
nny ladies who might happen TO attend
tie sessions of the committee. &nG tl,e
courteous and gracious gentleman nom
jefferson Ward made all haste 70 With
draw his motion. The old rules were
adopted
lie following City officials were re-
elected upon the recommended of the
City Engineer: First assistant city enSi-
ne'-. Jackson Bolton: second assistant
CITY engineer. P p. Taliaferro: third as
sistant city engineer. P. ST. J. Wilson:
ole,k. Frank T. Bates: book-keeper. I.
taylor Stra,toit: managers Of the hands
and carts. r. f Craddock and w. r.
Wocd; inspector of sewers, W c. Wilker-
s1r.
e committee then adjourned.
Finance Committee.
UNIQUE and interesting feature Of the
meeting of the Finance Committee which
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