The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-10
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5 & Company had enough votes to elect;
them ind he felt sure this was tru e,,R ana
4 that every mem bers Of the sub committee
would SO vote although ut the slast&meet-
Ing they had voted for Charles e. e. Evans. a
~ Mr.. Dab ney moved as q subs Il tute FOR
\ the whole, that the rccomnlen ida tion n 81. Of
Mr. Evans be confirned !! II. Blair ops
posed hasty8 a ction, nd said Il the Scorr,
amittoel5 should + not ID proceed ithout the
fullest inca suro of ~ Ii moved that
acommittee Of three be named and given
x a thousand dollars, Hif,.necessary,to goato
large cities and getHreal ginforratio on. HI
changed his proposition so us to allow
each OF the twenty one members Of the
q committee to select one citizen from
whom five shall be later, chosen. to per-
u form the duties referred to in his first
resolution. The question Of hearing the
II engineers was put, and It ted--ay yes.
y o; noes. 10. &
=, Mr.. Dabney moved that the sub-com-
mittee be instructed to look carefully into
the qualifications OF the various appll-
y cants and report later to the full com-
,nittee. In the meantime he had with
X drawn his motion to elect Mr.. Charles
z HI Evans. Mr.. Pollard opposed the mo-
t5tion Of Mr.. Dabney, and the two engaged
4 ! n a sharp colloquy. Mr.. Pollard declared
he thought there was strong UNDER
current for delay, and he went over al:
the / ok stepping alredy done on the
a subject at some length Let us act
here tonight" he said, land stop all this
u delay. Let us select an engineer now,
4 and let the work PROCEED ii 35,5
Colonel Ciruiidysdld not think any COM
IL pstent engineer could be gotten to take
4 the work for 81, 800. and Mr., Pollock said
3 he could be gotten with tho hope Of SCI
curing the supcrintendency Of the work.
ss Delay is Charged,
Mr. Miner again charged delay. and Mr..
Blair said the trouble was that the sub
An committee recommended one man at one
I meeting, and then turned round and rec
~ commended another. as .5
d e Again Mr.. Miner appealed for Robt.
Hunt 6 Co.. and wished that this firm
y be chosen at once.
Mr.. Pollock wished to know who would
b be capable of saying whether the plans
when finally drawn were proper ones,
when the committee had shown Them
4 selves incompetent to choose the en-
gineer. Messrs. Pollock and G,lnst had
n brief colloquy. the latter saying the
former should have brought Information
Z = nc now seeks to the committee OF his
4 own accord
Mr.. Pollard In spirited manner,
charged that Mr. Pollock had been an
e obstructionist all the way through. MIR.
s Pollock served notice that he would con-
+ tinue to fight such methods as were
* sought 10 be employed here. He said
he would insist upon going fully into all
4 important matters relating to the city
30 long as he WAS In the Council. with.
out reference TO Mr.. Pollard or any other
member,
Colonel Grundy moved that five prom
inent citizens be chosen to look into
the matter OF the competency OF "a.
engineers and report later, This wa.
rejected by the committees, and roll
call was ordered on MI. Miners motor
that the firm Of Robt. w. Hunt & Go
be recommended to the Council. Th
was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes Messrs Batkins, CARRIER, Gilman
Z Gunst. Miner. stein. Washer, Wood (2)
Cot,rell. Lea. Pollard and spence--ls.
Il s rNoes-Messrs Lynch, White. Dabnes
4 Grundy and Pollock-6
The figure two" opposite the name O
sg Mr.. Wood Indicates that he had tw
yotes, being on both the Finance an
Health Committees,
The committees adjourned as soon a
the final vote was taken III