The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-07

KNpws NOTHING o. eCiaDME TO
eoMBlsE ENalHEna AKIN sUiLp-
ING 1xsrncTon.
DON LEAvY BEHIND GUNS
BECK CANDIDATE FOR CONSOLE
DATED LOCKWOOD TunSs DOWN
MORE FAY, sOEsrINo DANCER
AHEAD.

4 never heard Of II before. said
City Engineer Boiling yesterday after
noon. when asked regarding The per :.
sistent report in the City Hail that
q movement IL OH foot 10 merge his
Office with that of the building In
speCtor.
A lew moments later. Alderman Jno
r. Don Leayy, Of Clay Ward, con-
lirrued the report by admitting that
lse he'd already requested City Attorney
Pollard TO prepare an ordnance with
that end In view.
Then, Building Inspector Beck ad-
n,itted that In addition to hearing the
report he WAS q candidate for head
Of thu merged office. II the Don I.eavy
ordinance succeeded in passing rius-
ter.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Jesse f. Wood, smii-
Ing aud accommodating. denied that
he knew anything Of the mine under
lying the city engineers Office, even
though he had just turned down a
terms expire. but II In the belief Of
assessments which pays him $l,c50 an
nually Mr.. Wood said he had been
sttf~iyeTs by FrEnE or his CDunCJImanic
friends to remain in his present POSI-
ton because he had made most ct
ficiant clerk. causing the collections
from special assessments to increase
AstAi rSsSpV IL toSsSSV ak1tIG ti6 u&B VCEh
III the helm III that particular de-
i,artment.
Wood in the Dark.
Like the city engineer, Mr.. Wood had
heard nothing Of the merger report.
Mr.. Boiling is now looking about for
some one else to fill the elerkship
which MIR. Wood turned down.
Mr.. Don Leavy rays he with intro
,s,ire his ordinance at the approaching
az hn MA
day night. II the city attorney has
I. ready by that time. Il In the opin-
Ion Ct Mr.. Dor Leavy that the work
81 the two Offices At into each other
50 closely that one official could look
after it without din Guilty.
The ordinance would have 10 go
throuxh the usual channels In council
and would then 60 to the mayor.
In the opinion Of Mr. Don Leavy,
both MI. Geek and Mr.. Boiling would
be entitled to remain In their present
poAitiens until next Juiy, wnen their
tprfns epire, but 1t IN shc belief OF
others cunyersant with the situation
that either one OF these officials could
ha custed by ordinances at any time.
What They Draw.
AS city engineer. Mr.. Boiling draws
xi.50O per year. Mr. Beck VAS draw
ing $500 until several months ago.
when his annual stipend was raised
10 &3ea0 as q result OF an offer he
received from the Virginia Hallway
and Power COMPANY,
MIR. Beck bases his claims for the
proposed new position on the ground
rhat he has made good as building in
spector. He was formerly one Of the
assistant city engineers and aspired to
lie city engineer when Mr.. Boiling was
chosen. following the death OF Colonel
cutshaw several yenrs ago,
What effect Mr.. Don Leavyss propo-
sition will have upon the scheme 10
bring about a more modern system OF
municipal government is not clear at
tlsis iuncture.
Ii was only recently that the Office
az city engineer wAs re organized. that
Official being clothed with hire and
yire'' authority In addition to other
power that he had not previously pos
sessed.