The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
BARRY FINALLY
WINS CONTRACT
Board Rcconsiders and C % rN1is'
With Councilo oil Bacon's Quar-
ter Branch Sewer Award.
CAUSES FIERY FIERY DISCUSSION
President Turpit1 and Mr. MI! Dabney
Submit Striking Remarks in
Defence Of Contractor.

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rho Board OF Aldermen at NJ, adj
1ourncd meeting last night by vote Of
twelve to three, reconsdercd tho vote
by which the I3ncon's Quarter Branch.
sewer contract was previously refused
THOMAS a. Barry and Company, and con-
CURED with the lower branch In award
Ing the contract 10 this concern
While good deal Of other business
was up, this was the subject which r.o-,
voked the only real debate. and It was
fast and furious for Il while. Messrs.
Turpin, Dabney, Mann and Burton spoke
warmly In favor OF concurrence, the
motion to reconsider having been made
by Mr.. Ward. who had previously voted
against awarding the contract to Mr..
Barry.
,rhe contract Involves something like
$4,000, and Is considered worth contcnc-
Ing for. Messrs. Adams and Minor OPP
posed the awarding of the contrnct and
were aided by Major Allen. who fired
good many questions at the speakers on
the other side.
Fiery Utterances.
The remarks Of President Turpin and
Mr.. Dabney were fiery and striking, and
were earnestly listened to by all.
Mr.. Turpin thought a great injusTce
had been done an honest and upright
citizen, and that the board should speed
ily rcctify 1t.
Mr. Dabney. declared he was willing
to follow tho city engineer on questions
&of engineering. but that he proposed to
think and act for himself on questions
of policy.
8 Mr.. Barry was In the lobby. and after
the battle was over was warmly con.
graduated by friends.
Major Allen offered an ordinance, which
was referred, preventing the use OF cheek
reins on city horses and mules.
The Board for second time refused TO
concur in the resolution from the lower
branch, nppropriating s1,N0 extra for the
expenses Of the James River Improve
ment Committee.
Down to Business. @
President Turpn called the body to
order at $50 O'clock. and fifteen menl-
bers answered to their names.
The board concurret1 in a number OF
ordinances from the lower branch, many
OF which were OF a routine and uninter-
csting nature
rho question OF creating the position
of keeper of Riverside Park provoked
some questions from the chair. but It was
concurred In. The salary Is Hxed AZ
$50 per year. iS9s I, t3Hj
The rules were suspended and the reso-
lutlon approprIating $50 for marking the
grave OF the late Mayor Joseph Mayo
was concurred;; a az az J, AKA Il: Z.
The Lynch ordinance providing that
The heads Of all city departments be
required to keep in their offices all or".-
nances and resolutions referring 70 their
IL, t.,# lgl a..
Mr. Allen spoke at length against
r.so,,,t,on 10 mark satisfied certain
Claims for local assessments, and ne de-
dared yehemently that the law ana the
system was wrong, and that some cry
official had evidently been derel'ct IN
his duty. The Board concurred IN the
resolution.
Mr.. Adams moved to RECONSIDER t0s
vote nv which the Board refused % con-
our IN The sl,5a6 additional APPROXIMATION
for keeping upo,he dredging work , or
p 1oamcs River, and the motion prevailed.
Again Rejected.
,,;ror moved to amend so as to
maize the sum $1,000. and this was re-
jected. .,sod - concur.
~ Alien offered resolution, "hich
VAS referred, providing that aiter tn1 ~,
massage of the same. no check rei1's sil.'t,
Ia l,sed on any horse or niue o"he e '''''
used by the city. which
,,,os adonted transferring a Hortlon q
80 Con brook Warehouse proper'5 ltot''
~. ~, c.ormittee on Grounds and Bulld-
80, 80 - the Police Commissioners ior tHe
,,,rnosas OF new police stalioh at H'i
Police Court. 80,
Mr.. Wood moved TO reconslueI 'l'e Nu ,..,
~. ,vhich the Board refused 20 concur
In the awarding of sewer conf ~
rhomas A. Barry and COMPANY, anu
ME provoked a long and spirited discus
s,n,, President Turpin (Mr. Gottrel! III
tho chair spoke as follows'
"a gross Injustice has untentionaiis
done Mr. Barry. - 900
.,rhis man Is over seventy YEATS u hso
and has lived an upright life In THIS
and other communities, and we should re-
move this stain from his character ny
reconsldcrne this question:
Question Of Honor.
"a question Of honor is involved here:
parry may have changed the spech-
cations, but he had right 70 40 u ne-s
fore the papers were signed.
"I wish our street department had
h,en as scrupulous with some otheF
contractors rs with Barry,
.'You know what ! mean. The records
of the courts will show ttat,
Mr.. Minor thought n contractor nut
himself in a bad light. who altered specl-
hcatIons upon which he proposed 70 Pig
and then failed to call attention to the
alterations tsal ~
He contended strongly against the mo-
tion to reconsider. a5f. a.
Mr. Turpn interrupted Mr. Minor TO
ask If he thought Barry was fool eHoi5ll
to interject a word on different type
writer into the specifications, when they