The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-16

rhe auditorium proposition submitted by
Mayor Mccarthy, anu adopted by the
Common Council. went Blimmerng IN the
Board Of Aldermen, last night, when that
| body refused to concur. on and unrecorded
| vote, ana after brief discussion.
The session was a long one, and tne
G f@eaSar %sS w b held lomorrow
nt ,EI at I:2o ococ S,s;e - 10 to concur
s SEQ = tract act For Hrp the State r $ssocn
1on and Mr. Rar ,d ct last tn5e reet
in the Lee District
and At mss sRrte nass dspq By
for for s ever: work. nyolying about 5000 e
= 4; Barry Vs. CO. i T Il e board : refused
Major hpIcl' Alien offered a resolution, which
was referred, requiring the Rnhmond
Irederleksburg ana Iot on sn,,r rsi tracs
On Broad from Belvidere to Rylannd
Street.
Called to Order.
Tie board was called to order by Presl-
dent Turpin at SEQ o'clock, ma , me e. [IH-
tine, business on the calendar u was rapid
The he p resolution looking int99 The feast
bility Of erecting & large auditorium al
laid aid before fore the body, d long with the mes
sage on the subject from His Honor the
Mayor.
said 1T would be Impossible to complete
such a building within the time specified.
rAgan, he opposed It on the ground thnt
at this time. Messrs. Blair and Allen said
the city, had given her bond ID for $ 80
for the hattie a assns oe sabc
ditori,im would be built IN connection
herewith.
The ordinance to purchase The Scott
tract OF ninety-three acres at $500 per
acre. for the state Fair ssocla Ton 1ns al
was advocated 81 MI; Dabney; ~
hnd Sae1 Of r sGek Sgg tie y
and that the body was now ready for
f. said he ana Messrs. i. I. cnb Cal. "a, and
{ CHS ae e lie board ard - -
Mcssrs Cabell and Williams were pres
ent, but did not speak.
MIR. Dabney was asked good many
questions by Messrs. Geo; J. seay, Minor
ana others. but the latter appeared 70
to interpose objections.
The proposition was advocated by NJ.
rived from the sale Of the CLARK Spring
property should be applied to the pay
ment of the debt.
The ordinance was concurred IN by the
Ayes Ayas: Messrs. Adams, Allen Blair.
Cottrell. Dabney, Donahoe, Gtlmer, Gunst.
or. Whittet. Wood and Turpin-lG;
Noes: Messrs. Mann and NJ. Fill seay--
The board concurred in a large num-
Der of ordinances and resolutions relat.
ing to improvements, both pn ~ ,oa and
mol lie In mir
Mr.. Minor opposed awarding the con-
tract for constructing q sewer in Hos
pital Street to Mr.. Thos, A. Barry, and he
contentions Mr. Whttet favored award
Ing the contract to Barry. and said 1t
was mere personal difference between
Rennoolds agreed with Mr.. Minor. and
said he would not award a contract to
man who was suing him in the CO, courts
on contract, and the suit Is still pend
Mir. Mann defended Mr. Barry as a
and should have the, contract. because
he was the lowest bidder, Mr.. Blair
thought It would be bad policy to treat
suing the citv. He did not wish to pun.
ish Mr.. Barry, but he thought he should
not be Giyen any more ha contracts s,T pend
Mr.. NJ. +. Seay thought Mr.. Barry
should have the contract. as he was the
lowest reSDOnSlDl6
Mr.. Blair moved to table until the next
meeting, in order to hear from the city
engineer. Mt, Mann earnestly opposed
opposed ts Awaiting the contract ' to Mr.
Barry, but he did not wish to see the
work held up.
made statement that certain specitica-
lions had been altered while out of pos
session of the engineers department,
after they had been 1 lonnsd to Ne na5Ty
thought a man before bidding on work
had a right, to modify SPECIFICATIONS lie
expressed the bellei ttas MI Barry Is
suing the city was not sufficient 10 de-
BrGye hs him Of Whe n MS w95
lowest responsible bidder.
Mr.. Seay's Views.
Mr.. George j. Scay thought the advice
of the city engineer and city attorney
should be followed. He opposed the
award, and 1t was favored by Mr. Dab
ney. who said the Street Committee had
during the day awarded Mr. Barry con-
tracts for amounts not large enough TO
come before the Council Mr.. Adams
spoke against the award, and said he
had SO voted In the committee.
A good deal OF cross firing took place
and Mr., Adams admitted that he had dur
Ing the afternoon voted on the street
Committee to award a small contract to
Barry, but he said 1t was not for sewer
work. but for paving, md Barry's work
In this line had always been satisfactory,
Mr. Sattcrficld said he was willing to
stand by the city engineer md city at
torncy. and he asked Mr., Dabney what
did the city have an engineer for.
I'VE haven't got him to advise 'is or
prcjudiced Judgment" was Mr. Dabnay's
rcply, and Mr.. Sattsrfcld said II the
city engineer based his Judgment on pre-
judicc, he was not proper man for the
place
Refused to Concur.
After Some further wranglingr MT
Blair Withdrew his motion tn table, and
the board refused to concur by the fol
lowing vote
Ayes. Mcssrs Cniucl, Dabney, Dona-
hos, Gilman, Mann, ~, FIJI Seay whit
tot and Turpin--S.