The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-19
BOARD PLANS FOR
SMOOTH PAVING
Bids Invited in Anticipation Of
Early Adoption Of
Budget.
KNOWLES DROPS 10 MEN
Board Approves Efforts to Re
ducc Gas Works Payroll
to Working Basis.
KNOWLES DROPS 10 MEN

Anticipating that the early adoption
OF the annual appropriation ordinance
tho Administrative Board yesterday In
structed the City Engineer to adver-
tfso for bids. returnable March "A. for
very largo amount of street paving
TO DO paid out of the general fund. 1t
was explained by momber of tho
board that all of the work advertised
Tor Is considered necessary, either be-
cause of itself or because 1t connects
up other present improvements, but
the board reserves the right to reject
any proposals, 80 that all of the work
for which proposals are invited may
not be done this year. Bids are in
Vited for the grading. curbing and
granite sDall paving of Cary Street
from Allen Avenue to the Boulevard:
FOR the smooth paving of Pine Street
Broad to franklin: smooth paving Lom-
ourdy from Park to Main; smooth paw
ing Grove Avenue from Addison Street
TO the Boulevard; smooth paving
FRANKLIN Street from Twenty eighth TO
Twenty-ninth. beside Libby Hill Park;
| smooth paving one square on Jefferson
Fark; smooth paving Randolph Street
from Main Street to the entrance to
Mount Calvary and Rivcrview Come
teries; smooth paving Marshall Street
from Ninth to Tenth; smooth paving
Iwenty-ninth Street from Broad to
Grace, and smooth paving Harrison
from Main to Floyd. No special type
of smooth paving is specified the board
inviting proposals on all classes Of
material While no exact estimates
have been made, the rough calculate
is that the cost of the work for which
proposals are invited will be about
| $4,000.
Other improvements.
Bids for the continuation of the
smooth paving of Broad Street from
Third Street westward to Jefferson
street. which We're received on Monday
and referred to the City Engineer, were
made the special order for considera-
ton on February Is. at IL o'clock A.
NJ. In addition to the above items,
bids were invited for granolithic curb
and cutters on the west side of Elm
Street. between Grove and Floyd Ave
nues. Water mains were ordered con-
structed In Semmes Street from TWEEN
tieth TO Twenty-hrst; In Twentieth
Street from Semmes to Stonewall, and
in Twenty first from Semmes to Spring
! Hill street, all In South Richmond, to
cost s1,391.60. voucher for T. j..
Smith & Co. for work on the now Mayo
Bridge. amounting to s6S7I46, was
| ordered paid.
The board awarded contracts for Wit
| rified brick crossings on the east and
west sides of Hanover crossing Vine
Street; the south side of Franklin, at
| Twenty seventh, and the east side of
Twenty seventh. between Grace and
! Franklin, 10 John c. Weinbrunn, and
| for granolithic paving the west side
| of Sycamore Street from Grove to Han
| over, and the east side of Eighth Street
from Louisiana to Denny, to A. G.
f, Billings.
| Thirteen Men Are Dropped.
Superintendent w. p. Knowles, of
| the City Gas Works, reported that he
had dropped from the pay roll thir-
| teen men employed in the service pipe
force. as he had work for them to
do ut this time a delegation OF tho
men. headed by r. w. Latimer, L. 7.
Clarke. w. Fl. Cox and f. !. Ebey, ap-
peared In protest at being discharged.
| They asserted that they had not reen
| given a fair deal. having been dropped
| from the pay roll when other men of
no longer term of service had been
| retained. Members of the board eX-
pressed their individual sympathy with
| the men cat Oft the pay roll, but stated
| that il was necessary to reduce the
| force on the Gas Works pay roll, which
| has been regarded by many people as
unnecessarily large for the economic
| and efficient management of the plant.
| Motion after motion was made, the
| final action being n resolution instruct
| ing the superintendent to drop thr-
| teen men from the service pipe force.
| the length Of service to determine who
| shall be retained, provided the men
! are capable. The action Of the super
| intendent was approved, and the names
of the men dropped placed on the eli
| gible list. According to current re-
| port at the City Hail. 1t is the first
| time In the history of the Gas Works
| that any effort has been made to re-
| duce the cost of operation of the Gas
| Works by dropping unnecessary men.
| Already, it is stated, vigorous politi-
| cnl influences are at work to secure
! the Reinstatement Of the men who were
| dropped