The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Public Interested in Per
sonnel Of the Council
Assignments.
.1'..NEW DEAL FOR THE.
GAS DEP 1'MENT]. I
Most Of the Old Chairrnerl VIII
Probably Go Back, But There u
Will Likely Be Three
Changes on Streets.
AS to Finance
Committee.


5555s 5ssss a matter of consuming interest to the
people of Richmond Is who Will probably
constitute tho new standing committees
or the City Council, and while the pres
B dents OF the two branches have not yet
finished the arduous, and ofttlmes
a. thankless task Of making assignments,
yet lt}4ls pretty well understood that
there viii be q good many changes. a
number OF these will result naturally
from the fact that a good many OF the
Old members did not come back, and
there are other reasons upon which FUR
ther probable changes are based BY those
Who are usually called Wise guessers,
For example, there is the Committee
on Light. Probably no man is IN q posi-
13 tion at this time to say what Will be its
exact personnel, and yet II is q safe guess
that 1t will undergo great shaking
up" 5. ss., 81 Il 1. 81 3 sssEs ~ #
Presid dents Not Talking.
II should be stated in the out tset, thal
both Presidents Tnrpin and 4 4 Peters q re
keeping their own councils on the sub.
tect Of committees. and that they VIII
not talk with newspaper men concern
Ing the subject. II q
385 But 1t Is true that Of nil the constituent
II bodies al the Council the Committee on
4 Light Will get tho hardest crack.
No one is saying who will go on but
8it liz pretty well understood tha Z Inc l 2
4 ..hesrt Will be taken out OF the present
@ orgapizatio n and that new men VIII De
put In charge OF the work OF reha Dlil-
tattng the Gas Department. .
59l The truth may as we'll be told as II IS
heard among those who ou ught TO- knoYy
The talk Is That the present e commlttee ~!
n 10 4 TOO close 10 the management of the
y Gas Department. and that the rehapilita--
Il tion scheme mus he conduc led h " tine -
Council through It's cornnitte ees, vii thout ,I
s,,rrest ion i from h the department. II rs
.aidp that the mem bers Of the COMMITTED
IN Light from Marshall Ward will prob
nbly3 not get back, and that some OF those
Z M 'the West End viii Ego by. In the
4 proposed ..smash- up. ~ 1t Is the better
opinion that Alderman =. 3. Wood VIII
70 back on Light, and will retain the
craftsmanship OF this body and and Finance, rfIn
as mt present f54S 3$s =. +. # s3 s88S
Those Who May Preside.
Other prominent 8cl,airmanships are be-
ing figured out as follows: Streets, GU.
II bert X Pollock: Electricity. John L lbill
4 Eye) satterAeld: Water. John Mann J =;
Relief OF the Poor. Marx Gunst; Health
1ulus A. Hobson; Grounds and Buildings.
probably Reuben Burton; Ordinances,
53 probably James e. Cannon: Printing. ~.
III I Adams; Cemeteries. E. Fl. Spence;
Markets, Harry Hubert Improvement ot
James River F. Fl. CARRIER or w. J. Gll-
II man. There Is a qualification in connec-
Stlon with the chairmanshlp OF tne O9ol- 9'l'1- z
nance Committee. e S3i * "a
IL Alderman Dabney goes back on
X the Finance Committee and gets on the
: street Committee. instead Of that on
Ordinances, as now seems probable. It
V IS believed Mr.. Cannon will get his old
place at the head OF the Ordinance Com-
lnittee, though II Mr.. Blair changes his
mind and remains In the Board, ne may
i be prominent candidate % FOR for the plnce,
The personnel of the various committees
Is hard to figure out, with the mouths
OF the two presidents absolu tely closed
to the public. eial 85 5t
However, here Is rough guess on
the Street Committee:
Lee Ward-W.g J. Gilman (new man,
II. n. Pollard. Jr (new man).
Clay Ward-Robert Whlttet, Jr,,
3#$ $John +, Don Leavy. il3s y
Monroe Ward-Robert g. Rennolds,
e. II. Spence.
/ Henry Ward-Reuben Burton. Harry
Madison yYard-W. n. I,abney (new
man, G. * Pollock, III
!. Jefferson Ward-William H. Adams.
Morgan r. Mills. iFB,As
as3 Marshall Ward-J ohm Mann, Jr..
Fred II. CARRIER.
But Three Changes.
II the above forecast shall pan out
: this will make but three changes on
tha street Committee. Mr.. Gilman will
/ succeed Mr.. John B Minor and Mr. II. II.
Pollard, Jr.,, Mr.. w, W. Morton from
+ .ee. and Mr.. Dabney Major Allen In
n Madison. Messrs. Minor and Allen both
declined 10 stand for re-electiorI. and It Is
said that Mr.. Morton VIII not be AGAIN
appointed.
Will get a sJar" from both ends, but no
one seems to know exactly Whit IS GONG
to happen.
Z back, and so his place will have 70 pc
Allied.
Other prominent committee chairmen
who did not return TO the pody are
Messrs John b. Minor Jr, Of Ordl-
nances, and william Il. Curtis, OF James
River Improvement.
The whole matter, so far as coInm'ttee
assignments are concerned, VIII pc sel-
He'd shortly, as the two presidents may
make their amour ncements Saturday eye
ping, after the legal organization OF 'he
pody, A I S SD
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