Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-15
SPECIAL COMMITTEE 10
BEGIN WORK Al ONCE
Board of Aldermen viii Act on Re
trenchment Resolution Tonight
Joint Meeting Of Council to Elect
School Trustee-Lower Branch
: TO Consider Budget Friday.

This week will be busy one ior
the CITY solans. Three council meet
Ings are scheduled and present lndi-
cations are that each one OF t"eh
will be very interesting.
Two meetings are TO be held TO-
night. The board of aldermen VIII
hold its regular session, but befor"
that body is called To order, the c0uh-
ell will held a joint meeting to eject
n school trustee from the Second ais
trict to I'LL the uneXpired term OF j.
w Moore, who has moved To NorIoiK.
Friday night the lower branch VIII
assemble In special session 10 take
nm the budget for the coming fiscal
wear. Some strenuous fights will be
made on many Of the provisions OF
the budget and the meeting probably
will be about the livellest the COM
mon council has had in several
months.
w. (. Barrett Candidate.
According to reports current in mli-
nicipal circles yesterday, certain Oh
the leaders in the lower branch have
Framed IN for the election of ".
e. Barret. TO the school board to sue
coed Mr. Moore Mr. Barrett served
several terms on the board, but re-
signed after being elected TO the state
legislature. The names OF Attorney
r. NJ. Lett and j. p. Harrison also
have been mentioned in connection
with the office Mr.. Harrison seems
20 have strong backing and il IS
known tina, several of the counciimen
who opposed him for reelection W
vote for him In the event his name IS
placed in nomination.
There is little on the calendar Tor
the board of aldermen tonight. but
the body viii be called upon to act
on the resolution from the lower
branch providing for the appointment
OF a retrenchment committee to adopt
policy of rctrenchment for submis-
sion to the council. So far as could
be learned yesterday there is no
position to the resolution and il IS
expected that il will be unanimously
concurred In The committee from
the lower branch already has been
named and President Robinson Will
name his committee tonight
Abolish Three City officers.
II is the intention of majority or
the councilmen To adopt the retrench-
ment policy before the budget se-
comes effective. For two weeks or
more the councilmen have Deen d.
GUESSING little else but retrencnment
and IL seems to be generally agreed
that three of the city Offices are TO be
abolished They are the superinten-
dent of streets. superintendent of sew
ers and superintendent of garbage.
The duties connected with the first
two Offices will be given to the city
engineer. while that of the last office
will be placed in the hands OF the
sanitary inspector. If the Offices are
dispensed with.
BY abolishing these three Offices,
the city will save $500 per annum,
or nearly half Of the $4,000 which ii is
proposed to give to the schools over
and above the % cent levy. \ pur.
chasing committee also probably will
be provided for in the report of the
retrenchment committee. II will be
the duty OF this committee TO pur.
chase at wholesale prices all OF the
supplies used in the various city de
partments. Alderman caleb ID. West
is the father Of this scheme and ne
says that sucn committee can cas-