The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-08
MEMBERS AGREE
THAT ENGINEER
MUST HAVE HELP.
Declare 1t Would Be
Public Calamity if He
Should Retire.
ONLY TWO VOTES
CAST AGAINST III.
One Councilman, While Indors-
ing Boiling, Prefers to See
Board Work Out It's Own
Salvation or Ruin-Unprc-
cedented Action Con
sidered Necessary.

Resolutions offered by President R.
Lee Peters were ndoptcd hy tho Com
mon Council last night. under suspcn-
sion of the rules. nsrcrtiur- that. In the
opinion OF the Council. the retirement
or Charles Il. Boiling city EpEIneerA
nt this time would bc disastrous TO the
hest tptercsts of tho city, requesting
the Administrative board TO decline to
nccept the resignation. md that the
City Engineer he authorized TO nppointf
such additional Office force ns may be
needed. The only objection voiced on
fhc floor came from member openly
opposed to tho Administrative Hoard.
who opposed nny interference with it,
I'm the hope that 1t would soon accom-
r3lSs'-'tr DMn-cnd:
TeNi OF Resolution.
The Peters resolutions read as fol-
lows:
Whereas, tho Council has heard witt,
regret that Mr.. Charles IL. Rolling has
offered to the Administrative Hoard hts
resignation as City lInginccr, to take
effect Mny I, mud
Whereas, II In generally understood
Tint the renSon prompting the salil
icsisnntion In the conviction ON the
part of Mr.. BollinE that e IN Jmpon-
siblc for him to enthusiastically rendcr
the varied and important services now
required of hin, without adequate ad-
,litionx to the force employed In hi.
office, md
Whereas. the said Charles u. Boiling
deserves md has always enjoyed the;
nbsoiuse confidence of tho pcoplc OF
feicbtuond,f nud Ills retirement from Of
flee vOutd, In the opinion of thr C0up-
ell, lie disastrous to the hest interests
of the city; now. therefore, be IL
Resolved by the Council OF the city
Of RichmOnd, the Board OF Aldermen
roncnrrinS, Tint tho Administrative
hoard he respectfully requested to de-
Au..s
city Engineer, and be further request
ed to authorize the city lEngiDeer TO
sppoint such additional assIstnntS and
uHice force may he deemed requisite
to discharge tho many nnd varied duties
nf tho Office of CITY Engincer.
Withdraws objection After ItcadtnS
MIR. umlauf WAS at first inclined to
urge the Council TO go slow. He did
not know the reasons impellinE Mr..
Bolling's resignation. After reading Mr..
Bolling's letter published yesterday
afternoon he withdrew all opposition
and supported the resolution.
THE resolution speaks for itself,
said Mr.. Peters 1T is up 10 the Ad-
ministrativc Board to accept or reject
this resignation. The city cannot
afford at the present time with the
great amount of construction work on
hand to lose so valuable a man. This
council, tnink. mas IL TiBHl pOlHt us
a body and az individuals, 10 express
It's views on all matters affecting the
welfare OF the city. 1 am certain that
Mr.. Boiling has not sufficient number
of etficien. men in his office TO run 1t
as it should be run, and the city OF
Richmond suffers thereby. There is
no higher man in this community than
Charlie Boiling. lie has made his mis-
takes others have made them. lie
has been criticized as was criticized
that old war horse, Colonel Cutshaw.
whom we miss every day. Mr. Boiling
was for many years under him. and is
just now getting i'm position to be OF
real service TO this city. tIc knows
1t better than anybody VIC might get
however capable. No more honest man
ever, drew breath, and If he makes
mistake he says SO openly, and does
not try to cover il over. He should
have sufficient help and should have
control of the work OF the employees
under him, and DO the real head of his
own department.
Would Let board stand Alone.
81 am very partial to Mr.. Boiling and
indorse much that has been said" said
Mr.. Powell. who ten minutes before
had spoken rather bitterly over a rule
requiring the rNf.Jenc of certain pa
pcrs to the Administrative Board.
But | believe" he went on that
Board unfettercd iii every respect and
for that reason only am opposed to
going OH record as debating to the
board. Let il work out its own way
and stands or fall on its own actions
There is no dctation.' said Nh
Peters. I'VE merely express our views \
TO the board"
Mr.. Boiling told me two weeks ago.
said Mr.. Vorderlchr that most OF his
time was now taken up in attending
Administrative Board meetings, ana
that he actually did not have time to
so out on construction work. I know
his force is working overtime. L have
met Mr.. Taliaferro ON the Job at &
o'clock in tho morning. Great public
work is going on for the building of
this city. and we need Mr.. Boiling Just
at this juncture.n
Five Years of Training.
For once in my life thoroughly
agree with the president OF this body.',ss
said Mr.. Rogers 'It would be n pnb-
lie calamity to allow Mr.. Boiling to go
Just when he has spent five or ( ak
years training for the work--ari ok ~
perienee that any new man, howeyaris
capable, would have to go through lie "a
fore he would be onything like AZ
useful to the city. Ii Mr. Boiling hs,s
had authority two or three years arn
TO hire and Are" much OF the crtfi
cism of his office would never la sas
appeared. He now has an efiictcn13l
force, absolutely loaded down WITH aifS
tCunsinued on Third Pare,l ~