The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-10
GAS SsWORKSS MATTER
4 TO NE WI COUNCIL
Peters Ruled That Sum
n involved Necess ssitated Hunt
Contract Lying Y Il a on Table, Il Z,
and There Was No
]. Appeal - Whites i
@ III head Gets Tar. ,3,,

u y In the very, best OF humor, and switii-
out any OF the clashing aors wrangllng
that had been.s predicted BY some 4. know
salls',, on the outside, the Common Coun-
Bcl closed Its work lnstanight ~
sSTh here was, some little discuss Ion Of d
sornew1 at aniinat ed nature regarding the
contract for he 4 sale sof tar8l from he
y Gas w orks for two years Sto come. but
stheIsvotei by, which !. the bid H Ct N Il. .s c.
Whitehead IS OF .StAN Norfolk M was ccepted
was very decided al most 4 unaninfo n ss
The question: Of the mployMents t. Of aex-
.pertst TO tell what to- do In elrd to the
trehabili litation ns OF the Gas wv Works was cut
Very short by President Peters, and his
ruling that hessum involved In the COM
,mlttee's Recommendation Si to- award II the
contract for expert prep pairing plans to
Hunt g Co. was large enough to cause
the whole matter to- lie over. Sjsts
This means that the 4 new Council II to
go In office September 1st will have to
deal with this matter from the start. #
The remainder Of: the slengt Thy session
was tame enough, N and was simply tho
winding up all BIZ siness pos sible to Be
taken out Of the way I OF 4 the incoming
Council, the whole session closing with
ya#lttle afterpiece OF pleasantly and kind
feeling all around.
Id
Regular Pre- eedings. ~
u The Council met with 4 little more than
the usual midsummer pronptness. sa roll
call completed q u 8 is showing a work
Ing quorum present. .s5 Ss 6 t53IsS
alteration was from the Committee on
Light. which. throu gh MI. !. A1 liner. recon-
rnended the adoption Of the following :8g
That the contract for the purchase
and dSremoYal Stof gas tar produced at the
City Gas Works, awarded bys the Com
.mittee5 on Light at their meeting held
July 10, 1906, to H. & c. d. Whitehead I, ,fsgof
Mort for two years, ,s from NJ My
so6, at hiss BID of ~ per barrel, he
being the highe st$ {. BID der, be. Il and he
same erehy approved. ~
chairman. 55s sSg sss;53 .8ss5 8;
~ Armitage m OF Heard.
u Mr.. CARRIER moved Il that the report be
passed by for q Few moments, in order
to give Mr.. D.. c, Richard son. attorney
for w. G. 8Armitag ge e. Co, time to reach
the Council cham Der and be heard. "a
Il Mr.. ". 4. Z. White. speaking to the mos
ton. made q vigorous speachstin favorIof
awarding the contract to- Whitehead He
5intimated that there was some trickery
in the opposition to the awarding of the
contract. Mr.. CARRIER responded briefly,
saying that there was no trickery on
his part, etc. # 4 "a
Mr.. pickerson took the floor and
claimed that the committee. In order to
save $1,000. was willing to break up a
home manufacturing establishment
Plain Business Matter. n
Mr.. Miner warmly replied to Mr.. Dick
.erson. and among other things said that
tho awarding OF this contract was merely
a business transaction; the simple fact
was that whitehead offered more money
for what the city had to sell than did
Armitage, and the contract was so
awarded Mr. Miner added that he had
letters on his table that were suftlclent
evidence that w hit tehead was a respon-
sible bidder. 1t did not matter whether
he had a plant in Richmond Sor in Vr-
ginia; 1T did not, matter what he proposed
to do with the tar he proposed
to buy; the simple fact was that White
head, a responsible bidder. offered 1900
more for the tar than did Armitage.
Mr.. Garber's motion to lay on the ia BILE
was defeated, and the question was called
for. In&the meantime Mr. Richardson
came into the Council chamber, and a
plea was made that he be heard, but the
question was called for by two,thirds
vote. The report OF the committee was
then adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Atkinson, Davis. Fergus
son, CARRIER, Gates, Greene. Grimes, HUI
Der, Lynch. 11asurier, Mills. Miner, Nor
ton, Pollard, Pollock Richardson, Smith.
sUmlauf, Well, D, M, White, 1 ", T.. White,
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