Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-06
Councilman CheadIe Says
Street Supt. is Not Working
MAYOR JONESASKE0 l0AC1
Failure of officer to Begin construe'
ton OF Addition to Fire Station
Brings Situation to a Head-He Re
fuses to Talk.

Chairman ]. J. Cheadle, of the coun-
ell committee on building and
grounds. appeared before Mayor
Marquis Jones at the city hall yes
terday morning and requested the
mayor to take whatever action may
be necessary TO prevent Superinteh,
dent of Streets Shelton j. Harwood
from drawing salary from the city Tor
the month OF May. MIR. Cheadle III
formed the mayor that Mr.. HARDWOOD
is now employed by local insur
ance company and Is not DONG any
work for the city. The mayor has
the matter under Amusement.
When the common council adopted
the recommendation of the retrench
INIT committee that Mr.. Harwood'
lob be abolished, Mr.. Harwood an
nounced that he would send his resiS
nation TO the mayor 10 take effect on
MAY |. However. 1t develops now
that MIR. HARDWOOD has not sent III his
resignation and he is still holding his
office and drawing a salary of 800 q
month from the city.
Trouble Over Fire House Work.
About a month ago the city council
appropriated $500 with which to erect
an addition to the East End fire
house for the housing Oi the old hre
truck and Mr. HARDWOOD was directed
to superintendent the construction OF
the building. Nothing has yet been
done on the building, the ground FOL
the foundation not even having been
broken.
Wednesday Mr.. Harwood present
cd the plans for the structure 10 City
Engineer Pearse and announced thai
he was not going to superintend the
construction of the house. as he would
leave the employ of the city on May
/, 10 and he could not complete the
structure before that time. City En-
gineer Pearse communicated this fac
TO Chairman Cheadle yesterday morn
| ing and Mr.. Cheadle went TO see the
mayor about the matter.
While Mr.. Cheadle was in the may
lcr's office. Mr. Harwood came in anc
The was asked about the matter. MIR
| Harwood stated that he has not re
ceived any salary from the insurance
company which he represents ant
also stated that he still is attending
to the duties of his Office as super
| intendent of streets.
| Mr.. HARDWOOD Refuses to Talk.
When approached last night an'
asked about his resignation. Mr.. Har
wood laughingly turned the subject
The reporter persisted in having al
answer. but Mr. Harwood would no
discuss the matter IN any way.
Shortly after the announcement
that Mr. Harwood would resign ap
reared in public print. the superin
tendent of streets was elected as Z
member of the city Democratic exc
cutive committee from the Fourt!
, ward to succeed Louis &. Phillips. Mr.
Harwood took his seat in the com
mittee several weeks ago.
During the past few days rumol
has been going the rounds that Mr.
HARDWOOD has stated TO some of hi:
friends that the council will not abol
ish his office; that he will take a few
months off to promote the local insur
ance company IN distant states anC
then return to assume his old Office
again. He expects, the rumor says
| to put l.. Sumpter Davis in his plac:
during his absence from the city.
Just Try G. p. S. Special.