The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-26
DELAY SUFFERED
/. IN PRINTING CODE
Council Committee Will Investi-
gate Cause of Failure to
Deliver Book.

1t was brought out at q meeting OF
the Council Committee on Printing and
Claims last night that little or no pro-
Sress was being made in printing the
new City Code, which has been in the
hands OF the contractor, the Capitol
Printing Company, since last Novem-
Der. 1t was reported that the !.rm was
put that apparently the citys work
was being sidetracked to suit the con-
v Ven nee, Of others Chairman Davis
mittee to look into the situation. and.
IL It seems advisa bic. to withdraw The
contract and have the work done else
the committee. mn MID
Nearly two years ago City Attorney
- thr was i1nstructad by resolution
ordinances and prepare a city code.
The work dragged along for some time.
oecau use Of one delay or another, hut
amendments adopted BY the Council
at It's August meeting were inserted,
bringing the codlfication down to Sep
.ember when the present Council
Z, Adopted Inst October.
The new Code was then rerorted To-
Inc Inc 90 Council. and following the usual
on Ordinance. Charter and Reform,
where, without being examined. it was
reported back to the Council a month
".
as the Code of the city at the October
meeting of both branches. anu ordered
printed. has since been the law Of
the city. but its contents arc known
70 few outside the City Attorneys Of
\ year ago Mr.. Pollard warned the
committee on Printing and Claims that
ne mad such work In preparation,
ana gave reasons why it should be an
especially careful piece of printing, as
i would be 4 volume of permanent
references Il was not. therefore, in
,luded in the general printing con-
' ,rnct for 1910 and last fall the COM
Saunders. who holds the contract for
'ity printing, offered to do the work
md leave the compensation to be sets
tied by arbitra ton, but his offer was
rejected, S.
Awarded Last November.
Inc contract was awarded about Mo-
panS, Early in December the plant OF
that firm was damaged by IRE and
water. and shortly after the commit
new volume. in which there were OBJ
vions errors in the captions. Imperfect
mixing a and n n. general appearance of
color and neat appearances. Alder
man Atkinson, OF the committee. was
approve each form before IL was
printed. lie reported to tho COMMITTEES
last night that since December L he u
i'sth ouDlilflleu 10 tnlQl out one SIM
teen page form Of what will be large
volume. That form was all right, and
was approved several weeks ago, and
there has been no indication as to
when the work would proceed 1t was
stated that the contractor had sub1et
the contract for setting the type to
another concern
The contractor was not present. but
members Of the COMMITTEES said that
they had been Informed that one cause
proofs promptly from the City Attor-5.
ney's Office. 1t was also stated that
neither Mr.. Pollard nor his assistant,
Colonel Anderson, were revising these
proofs, but that the work was being
left TO stenographer to do at nights
The subcommittee was Instructed to-
confer with the. contractor look into
the capacity Of his plant and the facts
Of the alleged subcontract. and also
TO see the City attorney and ind
whether proof was being promptly re-
turned, and place the blame for the
delay, Chairman Davis was instructed
to call special meeting OF tho gem
era1 committee should any crisis arisa%
necessitating a change in tho contract