The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14
MARSHALL WARD
SEEKING OFF ICE
Has Candidates in Field for Two
New City Posi-
tions.
RICHARDSON SOON TO QUIT
Il. G. Miles an Avowed Candidate
for Keeper Of Joseph
Bryan Park.
RICHARDSON SOON To QUIT

| Having Just gone through vigor-
GUS contest for the Police Commission
| ersliip from Marshall Ward in which
| n n. Gocde defeated J. 3. Welsh only
after three ballots had been taken,
and when there was every appearance
of deadlock, the Marshall Ward
delegation in the Council is preparing
| the way for two other contests. Both
are offices which Marshall Ward de-
slrcs to capture and hold pcrmanent-
| ly, and each in It's class is regarded as
most desirable position. These are
the proposed position of supcrintend-
of the new electric plant, for which
Alderman F. Douglas Richardson is
the only avowed candidate, and the
position OF keeper of Joseph Bryan
Park. for which there is already hot
contest on, although the position has
not as yet been created by the Coun-
! Gil
Trnford to Check His Estimates.
| Mr. Richardson is chairman of the
Committee on Electricity which has
had charge of the erection of the mu-
nicipal electric plant. The power
house and distribution system will be
ready late in the fall and 1t Is the
/
Engineer Traiford, who drew the plans
and has supervised the construction.
| will be retained to superintend opera
| ton possibly for the first year, In or
| der that he may demonstrate the ac-
curacy of his figures.
| Many men, both in and out OF the
Council, doubtful of the exper-
and of the advisabllity of spend
In
| Trafford's statement on the floor
OF the Board of Aldermen that the
plant could produce arc lights OF the
same candle power as those in present
use at s2s each per year, as against
s54.75 now being charged by the Vtr-
| ginia Railway and Power Company.
He assured the Council that his esti-
mate of cost included all expenses of
operation and an allowance for inter-
est and depreciation. and 1t was on
| that showing that the erection of the
| plant was authorized
Richardson Only Cnnd;dnte.
/ Since Alderman Richardson is at
present a member of the Council. he
will not be eligible for election to any
office at its hands for one year after
/ he resigns. 1t is now expected that
he will withdraw from the Council in
the early fall.
Already the Marshall Ward delega-
ton is casting about for successor to
Mr.. Richardson, who. by the way, is
son of Mayor D. c. Richardson. The
first suggestion was the election by
nomination of the ward delegation OF
Alderman Spence, who was recently
4 defeated for recollection by former
Il Councilman John Grimes.
Il Under strict construction OF the
law. however. 1t has been held that
Mr. Spence would not be eligible TO
election by the Council to fill a vacancy
until he had been out of the Council
. for a year Several other names have
been proposed.
Miles out for ONCE.
Some curious phases have developed
over the fight for the position of keeper
OF Joseph Bryan Park. L. G. Miles. OF
Marshall Ward, Is the leading candl
date. and his chief opponent is Travers
Daniel. Jr.. now clerk in the office
of the City Engineer. and clerk of the
committee on apportionment of the
funds Of the annexed territory. The
t ordinance creating the position was
! drawn by the Committee on Grounds
and Buildings, which has control of all
: parks: has been recommended by the
Committee on Ordinance, Charter and
Reform, and now lies on the table OF
] the Committee on Finance. It is the
current belief that should it be re-
ported during the life of the present
Council Mr.. Miles will win. Mr.. Miles's
, chief supporters, however, are Alder
. man Spence and Councilman Gentry
both Of whom failed of reelection and
who will not be in the Council after
: September l.
Position Not Yet Created.
The position of keeper of JOSEPH
, Bryan Park Is regarded as an espe.
: cially desirable one, as there is COM
: Portable house, the old Mordecai resi-
dence. In the grounds. Mr. DAME
: seeks the place, since the condition oil
! his health will not allow him to CON
tinue the confinement of office duties
Several other candidates have beer
8 mentioned from time to time. but most
: Iof these have dropped from the race
: owing to the delay on the part OF the
. Finance Committee in reporting the or.
: dinance. That committee has hello
: that until the city is ready to beglr
4 comprehensive improvements at the
I park it would be useless to create the
= office of keeper, as the park as at pres.
. ent will not be damaged by ordinary
: picnic parties,
II The position Of superintendent of this
II electric plant will be filled when ere
ated by election of the City Council
II Lin Joint session; the position of keepe
II of Joseph Bryan Park will be filled
II when created by the Committee OF
II IGrounds and Buildings.
II MhRRIEnIMc CT InHM