The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10

demonstrating that your
committee will meet this afternoon
to formulate your report back to
the Board of Aldermen and seeing
from statements in the newspapers
that there are Observation-Disclosures
about the matters referred to, and
also having conferred with the
City Attorney, he putting con
struction on your report tsee ordi-
nance recommending that contract
& Brother), which changes the as
pect SO materially that | deem il
proper to communicate with you
on the subject.
desire to say first, If l had
believed that the supervision of
this survey of the annexed terri
tory was to be entirely in my
communication to the Committee
on Streets (see my letter Of June
II. 1907, to the Committee on :
Streets)j nor would l have sent the
letter of June &c. 1907, to your
committee. At no time did I In
had had the supervision Of this
survey. no matter who did the
work, that 1 would not perform my
part of it, and in asking to be
relieved of this, was in like man
ner with the impression that the
~
supervision. 50 that i disclaim any
idea OF neglecting or declining
my duties or any intention Of be-
ing discourteous to your commit
tee or the Committee on Streets.
You will remember that after
your committee had requested me
to formulate Specifications upon
which this work in the annexed
territory sh ould be done. these
specifications were read and eA-
plained to Your committee by me.
and that up to this time ] ha1
ings and discussed these matters
with you. I was not present at the
meeting held May 13. 1907 when
these specifications were sent tn
the different persons to bid unon
BY the direction Of your committee
letter to your chairman, and among
other things said, IF your COM
mittee need my presence at any
time concerning these matters.
please have me notified by the Ser
geant- alarms when and where TO
was ! notified to be present when
the parties who were asked to bid
on these specifications We're Sc
lected, nor was my assistant, who
was present, asked to remain when
you went into executive session.
had been freely and frankly made
with all the parties interested
present, much OF the msunder
standing would have been cieared
up. In my talk with the Redd
Brothers III my office after telling
them ! would have nothing to do
with it unless had the suporyi-
sion Of the work, they told mo
they expected ] would supervise
It, and / coinplimented them for
the frank spirit In which they
treated the matter, and when they
left ! had the same feeling about
the matter as they had, and only
Street Committee after saw a
copy of tho report that was then
made to the Board OF Abdomen
Recommending that the work be
promptly entered upon and dili-
gently prosecuted to the satisfac-
(see ordinance A.) Ny request to
be relieved of the responsibility Of
supervising tho work is entirely
due to the belief that the superYi-
sion was desired to be taken out
of my hands.
II the construction that tho City
Attorney puts upon these specinca-
through my office, am compelled
to concede that all this has been
stir about nothing, as there was
no intention upon my part TO 10
otherwise than to interpret what
seemed to be plain to y m 7 X, nina,
w. r. CUTSHANV,
City Engineer.
sharp Criticism.
Mr.. Kennolds asked II 1t were pos
BILE. in view OF the changed position