The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-15
WANTS CITY TO
BUILD HIS WALL
Administrative Board Goes to
Church Hill to View West
Property.
WILL NOT STAND FOR DELAY
Contractor Cheatwood Relieved
of Paving Work and New
Bids Invited.

Determinging TO put up no longer
with dilatory work of city contractor
who in some instances have kept streets
blocked for as much as six months FOL
SIN all paving jobs, the Administrative
Board yesterday relieved Contractor
j. c. Cheatwood of his contract for
paving Nineteenth Street from Marshall
20 Peasants Street. City Engineer
Boiling was authorized TO advertise for
new bids for doing the work.
w b. West was before the Board IN
connection with certain improvements
on the same street. II seems that
when the city last year graded TINS
portion of Nineteenth street. II paid
Mr. West $500 for damage 70 his property
by reason OF the changes In grade. Mr
West granting at the same time the
allow the earth from the embankment
to roll down on his lot. Now Mr. West
has changed his plans as 10 the I'M
provement OF the property. ana asks
the city instead of allowing the earth
10 All over a portion of his lot. TO con-
struct a reinforced concrete retaining
wall TO hold the embankment. After
prolonged debate the Board determined
on a personal inspection of the premises
and the mem bers went yesterday after
noon with City Engineer Rolling and
MIR. West and looked over the situation
Formal action will probably be taken
to-day.
Sympathy for Auditor Warren.
Resolutions of symI athy for City
Auditor Warren who suffered a severe
accident on Monday, were adopted.
A number of street lamps we're
ordered erected on report of Superin-
tendent of the Electric Plant Iranoro
az to the cost of the work. The Board
fxed upon Tuesday. January q. at
IL A M for hearing on the ordinance
referred by the City Ccuncil creating
the office of Superintendent of the City
Electric Plant. providing for the main
tenance and management of the prop
erty and fixing the compensation OF
the superintendent and employees
Some changes in the pending ordinance
have been suggested both since IL has
been referred TO the Administrative
Board and when 10 was pending before
the Council, including reduction ia
the rate TO be charged for current used
by the Water Department IN pumping.
IL having been suggested that the Water
Department was being made TO carry
more than it's proper proportion OF the
cost of maintaining the electric plant.
May Rearrange Departments.
A later suggestion not yet formally
before the Board IS tHat super iHIcH-
dent Trafford, be made Genreal super
intendent of Electricity for the city.
with supervision over the work OF
electrical inspection conducted by In
spectors Speights and Bowry as well as
over the City Electric Plant Superin-
tendent W. II. Thompson retaining
Supervision of the Fire Alarm and
Police Telegraph systems. The sug-
gestion is tentative as yet. but IL Is I'M
derstood that some effort will be made
to reorganize the work of the citys
various electrical services without dis
placing any one now IN the city en-
ployment-
The Board fixed upon Friday. January
18th. at II A Nj, for a hearing on the
ordinance referred by the Council
creating the position OF Pilice Matron.
The patron OF the ordinance and mem
hers of the Police Board will be invited
&c be present.
SUPERINTENDENT Tranord was instruc-
ted to submit an estimate of the cost
of installing ornamental street lights
on both sides OF Main Street between
Seventh and Eighteenth Streets on
underground connections The pay
roll of the City Engineers Office amount
ing to 81. eJ4 ~. was ordered paid The
CITY Engineer was instructed to sub
nit an estimate on concrete steps on
Grace Stree. from Twenty-rrst TO
Twenty-second, and on number OF
other street Improvements of a minor
character