The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-05
BOILING DECLINED
TO APPROVE BILLS.
City Engineer Thought lIenrico
Railway Accounts Were Not
Properly Certified.
PLAN TO ADJUST MATTER
Carload Of Steel Rails Already
Here for Viaduct Con-
struction.

Because he thought they had not
been properly certified to or fully Item
ized City Engineer Boiling last night
handed the Committee on Streets n
large number of bills rendered him by
the Richmond and Ilenrico Hallway
Company, TO be taken out of the
100000 deposit made by the company
according to ordinance. On request OF
officers of the company, the committee
authorized the City Engineer to satisfy
himself as to Il carload of steel rails
from the Pennsylvania steel Company.
recently arrived, with bill of lading
attached, amounting to $l,il9.54, and
to bills OF Contractor W. r. Mason.
aggregating $i,52S.5I, approving them
as soon as possible, so that the chair
man of the committee could sign the
proper certificate. The others were re-
turned to the company, together with
Instructions from the City Attorney as
to how returns should be made to be
presented at the next regular meeting
of the committee.
Never Paid. Said Beck.
Mr.. Mason's bin was certified to by
Engineer ID. h. LaPrade for constrnc-
ton of pedestals when the work was
dent w. s. Forbes. When it came up
at special request, Building Inspector
Beck stated that he was engineer IN
charge at the time, and that he had
not approved tho work that Mr.. La
Prade was under him, acting as resi-
dent engineer. Mr.. Beck added thnt
he had done a great deal of work for
the railway and had not been palu.
Mr. Mason stated that while Mr., Beck:
he understood was in charge, he ala
his work under Mr.. LaPrade and that
he passed upon it. Attorney Kelley.
who appeared for the company, said
he knew nothing about this. and the
I bill was turned over to the Guy Engl-
neer. because Mr.. Mason had been out
of his money for long time. AS
to the carload of steel, 1t was explained
that 1t was on the tracks mere ana
the company could not afford TO pay
When the company deposited the
100000 the ordinance provided that II
should be used for work done and ma
terial furnished when the bills were
presented accompanied by certificates
countersigned by the president OF the
company and approved by the CITY
Engineer before being presented to the
committee for the charmans sigma
ture some OF the bills were not item
izcd, and the pay roll was not at
tached to the bill handed in for
amounts due employees. Mr. Boiling
did not think the approval Of the. presl-
dent and tho contractors equivalent
to the certificate that he understood
the ordinance required lilo was not
sure as to several other points SO APP
piled to the City Attorney for full cSN-
plantations, which were read before the
committee.
Plnn to Expedite Work.
Councilman Pollock moved that the
| bills with the exception of those men
| toned be returned to the company with
| copy of the City Attorneys opinion
| so that in future the matter could be
handled with dispatch by the committee
J and no mistakes made BY the company
i or It's contractors
| The question of bills brought out
| further discussion as to the status OF
| the work Councilman Ferguson
! wanted to know of Mr.. Bollins what
| had actually been accomplished The
| engineer stated that he had seen moth
| ing in the way of actual construction
! but the masonry which had been stand.
! ing in the street for some time. Mr.
Kelley explained that contracts had
been closed for steel TO be used on the
| viaduct, and also for rails and ties
saying that shipments We're already
| being received. Councilman Lynch
asked about changes in the origina
/ plans. It came out that certain
! changes had been made. but Mr. Bur.
ton, of the Burton Construction Com.
said that they We're necessary ant
Boiling had not approved them no,
| had they been submitted to the com
mittee. a resolution was passed tina
the changes be noted and submitted
to the City Engineer for his approval
which was satisfactory to the com
pany.