The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-22

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,orn,oes lin xvoo,, ana friek work an
naintinr. Tho latter being The larges
single item OF work to be done.
opc CITY Homo Contract.
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,rnr,s. 1This adyartisefnent was p,,;,
l,shrd three times. beginning June eth
calm. for the bids to be handed t,
,hc committee by ~ o'clock July I'd
The chairman of the suDconimitte'
S,s as,i,,a,a ~ Mia ~ 40 tho naint
w. which .ba informed the iurv ht
offended TO give 10 any and all genera
cnn,roctorsSt l,,+ should hid THO suc
cessful bidder saws that he found Thu.
chairman OF ME subcommittee on thu
premises Wnen he WSlll ttlsre 10 lllHh.
his own estimate, and that this chair
man then offered him bid on tins
painting, Wlilch ne acccptea ana ihcof
porated IN ms genera. pa lol aii ,i1s
Wofk' rms man .,'eii ao'neu
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~ 5oo ,,ar, ea,.,v ,na.baIf Of tho 1otaI
or,n,,,,l 10 ha aynended
When tho WORT. came IN he done
ttIs ,nemhor of rho Council was as
chairman of the subcommittee IN
charge Of tbe wor,e IN Tho anonn-
Ions nosition az he,np snnervisor
IN tho GENERAL CONTRACTORS md
at the sa,,ne time arb;ter OF his
own WORK He dominated his Sill
perior who alone was resnonsible
To the CITY. and this superior did
nor control him. Thus he wos
Eubcontractor only in name.
Were No, Con,n,,cs with.
ms.
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.''ae 'i'e speeii lt,, as 70 pa,n,
!hs Were nol eoiiipiiee VIII WHY ,l,a
sne se"eIa. coneiau.or was i'eIu
s, 'tosS 70 t'le si ,r,l as "
Tue otaet morh, l ne general con,
..ae'ot "i.iioue reserve testiiieu
that ne leit the matter OIL PANT
ing entireiy TO his suocontractor.
knowing him to be MEMBER OF
the committee IN charge and be-
heving that Whatever this commit
teeman should do would be APP
proved by the fun committee; that
therefore he did not give his per
sonar attention to TINS part OF the
work. as he would have done had
1t been let to one not a member
of the City Council. He further
testified that his subcontractor, as
chairman of the subcommittee, did
supervise and direct his work, and
in one instance required him TO
remove or alter certain work clairl-
ed not to ma In accord with the
specifications.
49,, < p.
Need OF Better Law.
II the present statute does not
nrnhihit CITY ofticia, from enter
ing into transactian like the
above. 1t permits him by indirec-
tion 10 do what II forbIds him 10
no difee.lS' snch a principte may
Seadily be more vicious in its re-
Aults than no restriction at all.
We believe that it was the in
pf Tho ict +,,r.. ~ ,n,l,;,,
" .ns Lei5 isiatuie 10 iorolo
sitS oH'ciais from participaung In
profits arising from city work,
either as principal contractors or
as subcons actors 1,be nrott. \,
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49, so,.'f as.s. are shalea by tne
general contractor and his sub
contractor, and, as a rule. they
are much more assured to the sub.
contractor than I'm the geneno,
contractor Wv 'e'a'
we urge that this matter be
called to the attention of the
proper city representatives that
they NAV take such stsna a. N aae
nors.ea,,. ~ 'ls aie
,'.ossats 10 nave TINS statute
amended ana enlarged SO as TO
fully and unequivocally cover
such cases
The presentmeut is sianad y, !,
Bemiss 'foreman. n 90 T W. os r. vi L.
Eountree Riairt Roil,n,, n, w.
time Georre Snboen W r, ~ o. alel' ,
b. M. Gwa,hrnev =. peii'tes ana
W.
IeAt OF Indictment.
In effect the Indictment reads:
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