The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-27
RELEASE REDD AAL\ND
DISCUSS Cu.'T|TSHAW.
Pollard Declares Engine Re-
sponsible for Throwing ngg=g Away
$4,000.
LETTER TO COMMIT
Members Advocate For
test Against Attitude
neer, but Defers A,

The Council Committee o on Appor
tionment Of Expenditures tul in the An
nexed Territory last night received
communication from City Elu#ngineer "
d. Cutshaw touching upon r- the put
lished criticisms of the woso-=ork OF tn
engineers department, and % defendin
it. The engineer also asked = - that he
relieved Of any connection r@=l with tn
work of surveying, statin3-g that Il
preferred that the committee 6 would eS
cuse him from testing It,
Messrs. T.. Crawford edb-dd 6 Brt
were present and reiterated b-=d their eN
pressed desire to be permitte,e=ed to with
draw their bid. After weitl-@ighing til
situation carefully and engaa%aging in
lively discussion, during lwhzN-Zh the cit
engineer sharply criti -ticized. tn
committee decided to recommend
but indica ted that all the me@@embcrs de
sired to disclaimSany respon3r=@sibility fC
the additional expense put TT upon tn
city by the attitude of the go engineer
this matter, as they viewed - 1t.
Several sewe< and street t~t improve
ments in the annexed terrii@-itory- wer
recommended by the commitFt=ttee.
Communication From Col. e- Cutshnyv.
Tho action of the Board O of1@9f Aderme
in recommitting tho resoluttl1- l1-=ton recon
mending the award of the COO contract fc
surveying the new urban ter1@@rritory WE
formally communicated to tlTlt-7he commi
tee Immediately thereafter 1-r the cler
read the following letter frooHrom Colon
w. Il, CutshaW, City EnSirtS=ineer, wit
reference to this contract antn--nd the pull
lished criticisms of tho wono-[-ork of thu
department.:
Richmond, Va, June 2es"26, 1907.
To the Chairman and Meue=eZ-embers of
the committee on AuN@pportion
ment Of Expenditures g-s In An
nexed Territory, Richnrn@1- Va:
conference.-the action @ OF your
committed and the ovee'---erwhelm-
ing desire shown III by the
CITY Council of awardtb-"dlng tho
contract for surveying the o5-==e annexed
territory to r. Crawford Il Redd &
Bro without tho vision by
myself indicates that yoEo--ou desire
them to do the work withth=hout such
supervision.
''In view OF all that ha-R-as trans
pired up to this time and - their re-
quest to be relieved of this last
bid must ask to be eXcusU"=-used from
having any connection with At.
When the Redd Brothars s. first put
n bid In with your cbmT1@@mittee 1t
was for $500, the city too-o furnish
stones and to be done uulE-@lnder the
supery OF the City FL Engneer.
After this bid was laid I'D on the
| table with bids from G, P. s.. u. Bur
| gwyn, your committees TT requested
4 mo to prepare pecltcattt-tions for
| bidders which were follows:
| (See specifications prep8g-=-pared by
| City Engineer) Upon thh=hese spe-
] clfcations the Redd BrotE1e-,thers adj
vanced their bid to slOG0O@0o, which
was recommended to the eE-e COUNCIL
i by your committee. leavn naE@zlg out SUI
pervision by the City EngiIt;-ineer.
When In an interview with the
4 Redds at my office / told TIT them tina t
] should insist on having a-B the SUI
pervigion or this work II ii 1t was to
be done under my directt@Gtion, and
they expressed themselve5y---,es salts
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