The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-24
MAY SEEK CHANGE
IN CITY CHARTER
Committee Will Consider Ad-
visibility Of New Form
OF Government.
Times Dispatch bureau
Boiilngbrook street.
uhOne ljS5y
Petersburg, Va. Lanlu

petersburg. VA. january 30
~ special meeting OF the Board
" HoNerhors Of Inc Cnamprr OF Com.
Hefcc last night. committees were
"u iiie' Tor IN. ensuing; ycmr, and ali
1poc'oi committees. suggested In
president Hatcher Sewarus recent
annual report Tor important, spcciai
"oFN were appointed and made rcgu-
s'ahdihS committees. Among Inc
recommendations of the president
"ds ono TO study the question OF
municipal government ana make re-
p"ft as 10 The ACCESSIBILITY Oh changes
III Tie city charter. as TO the appoint
meht OF. AN administrative board to
edkc charge OF the affairs VI Inc city,
Us 10 the reduction OF the mcmLcrshIo
.! tAc city Council. ana the adoption
VI simpler lnrin OF government, and
other matters or interest connected
with our local government
4ho committee az naneu ON 1nuni-
opal government is as follows: VIM.
~. Mektnncy, chairman; Samuel w.
thinner. I. y. ilcath. W. T.. Harris.
ana Walter X. Zones.
me various otlicr committees an
houhcci composed OF active business
ana professional men, were as follow ::
Agriculture-S. II. Turner. CHAIR
man; William Grossnaiin Alexander
Hamilton. George W. Harrison. j. Nc
Ruin
Business En,crpriscs-N. T. pat,er-
son Jr, chairman. Z. Eigonbrun. II. II.
Olann Paul Roper, W. L. thinner.
Health and Sanitation-G. c. Wright,
chairman: w. L. Armstrong, C. L.
Guthrie. Bernard Mann, DR.. j. O. Ren-
ME.
Information and Statistics-J. W.
Long, chairman; Y. 81. Pollard. Charles
Heinemann, u. 3. Jones, X. l. Watson.
M ~ -.
george Cameron. Jr, chairman: r. NJ.
Davis. John A Gil. I. +. Parsons, II.
l.. Smith.
Lcgislation-p. H. prewry, chair.
man: Alexander D. Hamilton. Z. IL.
Patterson. Charles Z. Plummcr, W. l.
thinner. Jr.
Mcmbcrship-F. NJ. Dalton. chair
man; Robert Ca baniss. W. l.. Poole, L.
{. Kent, r. Y. Sydnor.
Roads. Streets and parks-Charles
T. Lassiter, chairman; james L. Cuth.
bert. j. NJ. Scwcomb. Dr. William
-lcher. John L. iIarvcil.
street Lighttng~-E. Z. Kent chair
man; II. W. Price, n. r. slntteson. O..
W. MattoN, l. y. Rosenstock.
Trade Ex,ension-w w Warren.
chairman: Frank NJ. Hobbs, NJ. Law
cnstcin. r. f.. LunsfOrd, W. II. Will
Traffic and Transportation-J. ".
brown, chairman y. W Gray. Henry
l. Piummcr, II. T.. Stratton. w y.
Totty.
Battlefield park-R. II. Mann. W. Is.
McIiwainc, W L. Poole. II. L Smith.
$. II. Turner.
The board OF governors received
Information from secretary Martin
that material for an addition TO the
freight depot of the Scahoard Railway.
ON Market street. OF 10oX50 feet, had
been shipped and that work wouli
soon he commenced.
Information as TO the establishment
OF national battlefield park at
Petersburg was favorable. and work
10 this end Will be pushed.
The Death OF y. u. Hecl<with.
Tine death last night Of L. II. Beck
with In his home on Market Street
removes from the city one of It's most
honored citizens and prominent bust
ness men. Mr.. Beckwith had been en-
gagged in the drug business for forty
years. which he entered soon after he
;amc out OF the war. He was n man
Of high character and integrity and
universally esteemed. Mr. Rcckwith
WAS siXty-sevcn years old, and was The
ron of the late Or. T. s. ReckwIth
vnd was the grandson Of Edmund
1tufEin He was brother Of Bishop
gohn w. Beck with. of the Episcopal
Diocese OF Georgia, and of the Right
Rev. c. V. Beckwith. the present
Bishop OF Alabama. He is survived
by his wife and two daughters
Misses Mamie and Agnes, of this city
By four sisters-Nisses NJ s, NJ F.,
II. Cary, OF Richmond-and by two