The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-24
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City Engineer Cutshaw Expected
to Reply to G(lir.iitties. Criticisms Of
Redd Bros.
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= Committee ON Annexed lcrrltOryI
to Discuss Cutsliaw Matter
on Wednesday.
Consideration OF. several municipal
problems Of more (, than ordinary Inn
portance willelnake u the present week
in the City Hall ono ,of. the most In
torcsting OF the year.
The Special Joint Committee on
Charter Changes will meet In the Of
iico OF Mayor Mccarthy at O'clock
this afternoon Alderman w. t. Dab
ney Is chairman OF the committee
Mayor Mccarthy is an advisory meme.
ber nnd there IRE two o til or Alder
men and four Councimen omit. The
committee will considcrs the Dabney
and Phillips resolutions, both looking
to such amendments to tn city char
ter us will permit the oreation8o of q
municipal board or board of control, to
consist OF three or five members, and
the reduction OF the number Of Coun-
cilmen and Aldermen' Mr.. Dabney's
resolution provides q Board OF Alder
men of seven members, and q Common
Council OF fourteen. one AL dermnn and
two Councilnen from each ward Gem
eral Phillips's plan Is TO Increase the
number of Councilman and Aldermen
Sigh thy by providing for several to be
chosen by tho city atilarge rather than
|ibyrany ward.
Both resolutions propose to strip tile
Council OF as mnny OF ITS executive
Functions as practicable. and to I'M
pose these upon the murri cipal board.
Tho initial meeting Of the committee
Twill develop the attitude OF the Al
Idern1en and Council1nen as to the plan,
land its fate will be to some extent
Indicated thereby
Controversy Over Surveying Bid.
| The meeting Of the Council Com
mitteo on Streets. called for Tonight,
is of especial interest by reason Of the
contribution expected to be made to
the controversy relative to the contract
for surveying tho annexed district
City Engineer w. L. Cutshaw will.
likely reply to the recently published
statements OF T. Crawford Redo &
Brother-one sent to the Council and
asking leave to- withdraw their bid
for the survey; the other given to the
press and sharply criticizing the City
Engineers Department for It's alleged
errors and inaccuracies. The action
4 OF the firm In giving to the press q let
ter arraigning tho Engine ers5 Depart
ment is expected ito evoke&a spirited
and enthusiastically vigorous COM
1nent from Colonel Cutshaw, and lie
will proba bly, ia ko up the specific criti-
cisms Of the Messrs. Redo and answer
them seriatlm. R
Another Interesting phase of the
Street Committees meeting will be the
latitude of the members toward the
Engineer and toward the firm which
bid lowest for the surveying contract.
4 Several influentialt membeas Of the
committee are known to favor the
award ava I'd Of tAs e9pFaet t9 RRe e' 8:
Lively Session Expected.
In this connection 1t is interesting
ITO note that the Committee on Appor-
ltionment of Expenditures in the Ans
|nexed Territory has been called sto
Inject "Wednesday night. The meeting
LOT this committee is called especially
to decide whether to allow Redd &:
A Bro Their to withdraw their bid or to
1 award the contract to them and insist
. upon their execution Of 1T, subject to
4 the approval of the Council. mot a
j few Councilman favor the award of
4 the contract to thu lowest bidder, with
q out requiring the approval OF the En-
4 gineer's Department and this view
will be advocated, whether it prevail
,8|or not. 3dsg
The meeting. which is advertised as
an open one. will be spirited and in
teresting, and some causthc comments
are anticipated The committee was
origlnally called for tonight, but when
1T became known that the Street Com
, |mittee was to meet at that time, the
Committee on Annexed Territory. as II
Is called for abbreviation. decided Ito
meet on a later date. The members
: will have opportunity to await the
, reply Of City Engineer Cutshawa and
The action Of the Street Committee
before taking any action itself.
The Committee on Printing is isched-
uled to hold its regular Eteeting to.
night, but (ts proceedings are not
. usually more than the merest routine.
On Tuesday night the Finance Com.
Ernittee will meet and cc(sider severa
( Important matters referred tosit. The
y Committee on Electricity will meet the
i same evening.
j, On Thursday. night the Water Com.
; mittee will meet andion Friday after.
E noon at s o'clock the regular semi.
monthly meeting of the Street Com
mittee Will be had.
! The Committee on st. Johns Bury!nE
t Ground Will meet Friday night
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