The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-24
IONE COMMITTEE TO
PASS ON ALL WORK

Continued from First rage
mony and conjunction had long been
advocated by him.
For many years have known
that one Of the gravest defects In our
city government arose out OF Oh
vision Of responsibility and want OF
coordination on the part Of the sew
eral departments" said be.
I'm my first message to the Coun-
Gil I said: Attention 10 especially call
ed to the mendation Of the CITY
Engineer in relation to the digging
up Of streets after they have been
improved. and In some cases after
they have been paved. for the pur-
pose of constr noting sewers and lay
ing gas and water pipes- The con-
slant digging up Of the streets Is an
evil for which there should be q rem
edy. There should be cooperation
between the different Department. In
this mater. and. a. far a. possible,
sewers shauld be constructed ana
pipes laid In street at the same time,
and this work should be done only
after the grade has been established
and before the streets are paved OF
otherwise improved. It would be bet
tar. wherever practicable, for these
works to follow alleys instead oi
streets.
".As Ali these three classes OF WORK
ara now ordered by three separate
Committees acting Independently, II
has been difhcult to carry out these
sugxestfons, but the continuous Dig
xinK poi streets has given occasion
for no much complaint that all works
Of this character should be oroereo
by one committee, or by poaro
invested with the property author-
ity. .u,. cha, a
hoard should be created and invested
with proper authority In this Import
ant matter
Noted in Correspondence.
Agitation Of the entire question on
which resulted In the stormy session
OF Thursday night. was brougnt TO
head as result of communication
which recently passed between CITY
engineer Boiling. Superintendent OF
the Water Department Divis. Mayor
Richardson, and City Attorney Pollard
ON June 40, Mr.. Boiling wrote te
Mr.. Davis complaining that q trench
on Twentieth street running norfn~aIe
from yenable street was open and mao
not barricaded. He also compiaAaeo
that there was no pipe lying along the
trench and that no Waterman was II
sight.
Still another complaint was directed
arainst a hole on Thirty-second street
near p street. which the city engineer
described as mot filled In and IN
wretched and unsafe condition"
III something 10 not done TO barri-
cade these bitches or have them al
once properly ref1lled.'' Mr.. Boiling
wrote in conclusion the city is liable
10 suit for injuries or damages"
Enter the City Attorney.
A COPY Of this letter was sent 10
city Attorney Pollard by Mr.. Boiling
and the former forwarded It to mayor
Richardson with . letter OF his OWE
In which he stated that similar COM
plants had been made In the sans
GENERAL connection for many months.
TT seems to me-. ne wrote. "tha'
both the officers Of tho department re-
ferred to and the oontractors unde'
them should be made to distinctly I'M
derstand that continuation Of th'
grievances VIII not be permitted.
Mayor Richardson then wrote TO Mr.
Davis asking whether or not work a.
the place mentioned was done directl,
by the water department and II 70. wht
was In dirsCt charge % this work, and
he also asked that IL The work wal
done by = contractof. ne b given tn
asked for : cotnplstes e1planatlon.
Mr., Davis replied etatint that thu
work was under thes dtrecttQA ~ Mr.
White LAwton, Jr-. AaeistaIt euperin
tendsnt of tho water departnse6k M
Davis admitted that - ~ f>oeivsa