The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-19
!S(,lT|]IuG CRITICISM
At BOARD meeting
Continued from First Page)

transfer of the 81, 200 be adopted. He re-
fcrred to the season of the year and the
number, of men who would be thrown out
nf employment. Stating that the force
would have to be materially decreased.
bringing hardship upon the families OF
many Just at Christmas
Mr.. Satterfield said that he had heard
run1ors that the Health Committee was
10 he criticised for certain action. He did
not know what sort of action. but said
he was perfectly willing to shoulder the
entire blame, but insisted that the whole
amount be transferred. adding that never
again would the committee be caught in
such condition.
During his talk Mr.. Satterfeld was in
teI.rupted by AR Gordon once or twice
with pointed questions. the gist of which
showed that prior to the last meeting OF
the Health Committee the member WIS
unaware Of the financial condition OF the
department.
On motion of Alderman Mann Chair
man T4obeGn, OF the committee was heard
from. Being member OF the Common
Council this move was necessary before
the floor could be extended to Mr.. Hob
son. He went over much Of the ground
covered by Mr. Satterfeld. his statement.
however. being more complete:
Mr.. FIobson said that when the budget
for this year was made up only s4GoM
was allowed for the payroll of the
Street Cleaning Department. when s5lOOo
had been asked for He stated that hao
the last named amount been gwen the
trouble would have never arisen, the sum
being sufficient to employ JOG men all
of the year. This number We're abso-
lutelv necessary in order to keep the
streets Clean
AR IIobson said that JOG men had beer
worked most of the year and muoh OF
The deficit had been made M by the n1er
getting sfcl. and no substitutes put on in
their place. In this way much money!
was saved Mr.. Minor questioned Mr..
Hobson at some length. ATTEMPTING to
show that the committee had not done
its work pronerly and was not sufficient
lv we'll acquainted with the condition OF
the department..
At the conclusion OF the remarks by Mr..
aobson Mr. Cottrell. member of the
Health and Finance Committees. spoke at
some Length. urging that the report be
turned down AMI the s170n appropriated
MIR. MINORS SPEECH.
Then Mr. Gordon secured the floor. the
opponents to the Finance Committee hav-
ing concluded their statements. He said
IN substance:
1t is rather netting for men who have
done ytheir best in the interest Of the
cftv to have their actions criticised by
the public press when such criticism is
l,ased upon untruthfrl statements He
then referred to an editorial which APP
peared recently in an afternoon paper
describing it as a decidedly cleft hand
ed" article.
Then Mr.. Gordon turned his attention
to an article which appeared in the news
columns of the The Times in which it VISA
stated that Mr.. COIN was eSerting his best
efforts to have the action of the Financc
Committee turned down. He said if
the story was correct he was certainly
surprised al Mr.. Cohn. Before coming to
the meeting he>inagined that the article
was untruthful, but since coming he had
had cause to change his mind. realizing
that the superintendent of the depart
ment had brought 4 regiment of coer-
cionists to the meeting in the hope OF
forcing the Council to reject the $3.50 re
port He added that Mr.. Cohn would dc
better to turn his energy. in the direction
of his. men and~see il he could keep the
streets clean.
gentlemen. I am little wrought up
and candidly / will confess that the
Health Committee is not properly cor
Quoted and the streets not kept as clean
as they should be. The committee has
been in a rut for years and they still
are in the same fix. Now, listen. It is
,idiculous that they should have cart.
a niue. a. driver and two men trailing along
behind for the purpose of removing tlss.
ashes. when the work could be done with
the driver and Gle assistant
VERY SLOW.
Here Mr.. Gordon paused long enough
TO say that lie believed that Mr. Coha
had done his best, but again took up the
arraisnment of The. department. by saying
that he knew Of no brass band II; the