The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-02
HARMONY SPECIAL.
stocked WITH OIL.
Seventy Municipal Officers En-
joy Mayor Ainslie's Settling
Basins Excursion.
GOOD FEELING RESTORED
Warning Departments Come To
gethcr on Water Problem for
City's Good and Make Peace.

Carrying seventy officials Of the
municipal government. every one filled
with 4 desire for goodfellowship and
peace, Mayor George Ainslies "har-
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway sta
ton for the Settling Basins yesterday
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock. after Ser
geant -at-Arms Ruskell held the train
five minutes for Colonel Barton H.
Grundy. chairman of the Finance Com
mittee. Not the suspicion OF single
incident of discord appeared TO mar the
serenity of the first municipal outing,
staged by tho Mayor in tho lnudablo
effort to renew cooperation and har-
mony between the warning city de-
partments
The Administrative Board sat down
with the Health Board; Chief Health
Oihccr Levy communed in friendly
spirit with Chairman Whittct; Super
ihtendcnt Davis linked arms with Dr..
w. L. Oppcnhimer. and between all
lifted Mayor Ainsle spreading har-
mony. Although invited for his com
partnership rather than for his police
powers. Chief of Police Werner was
kept rs busy as the subway inspector
of tho city of Richmond. and finding
the force Of the law tho last thing
needed. fell into comfortable seat
with large, brown cigar. and passed
the time of day and the latest Joke
with Colonel Boykin
OIL Not Needed.
AS means of restoring calm TO
troubled waters. the Mayors party had
the celebrated oil whipped N the first
round Whatever embers Of resent
ment and runcor remained in the
breasts OF the principals In tho recent
water imbroglio before the trip were
TO all appearances eternally smothercd
In the milk of human Kindness when
the train pulled into the Main Street
Station about o'clock. AS the "har-
mony special was backing into the
train shed. Or. Levy walked over to
where Chairman Whittet was chettinr
with other members OF the Admins
tra;ive Board and said:
although | do not think this partv
was necessary for harmony between
the Administrative Board and myself
MIR Whittet. | wish to renew person
ally my wish to cooperate at any time
on any question OF public health with
the members OF your board when my
assistance Is desired"
ON the face of H. the inspection
party was arranged by Mayor Ains!ic
with view OF having al! The on!-
Gals connected even remotely with the
city's water supply tour the settling
basins together and inspect the sup
ply In the light Of recommendations
for Improvement made recently by
Chief Health Ofiiccr Levy, but primar-
ily the Mayor aimed to bring about n
meeting of department heads under
conditions which would promote n
more friendly relationship in The ci,v's
business affairs That this latter OBJ
ject was accomplished there is little
doubt.
Tnt
The harmony special" was made UP
OF two passenger coaches baggage
car. engine and tender, and the same
baggage car again. In fact the bag
gage car and the engine were the only
portions Of the train put 10 use To con
Ncy the city fathers TO and from The
settling Basins. with emphasis on tho
baggage car. with thoughtful fore
sight Of the parching heat, the Mayor
had decorated the baggage coach with
Very very long table. two white
coated negroes, and immense quantities
OF ice. sparkling water and light re-
Treatments.
In justice to the venerable band Of
municipal directors, it must be said
that the Apollinaris growler was
rushed almost To the exclusion OF
more heating drinks
The hftccnminute run to tho Set
Ting Basins was given over to the diff
and thnwing out some of the ice that
irozc in the municipal breasts during
the typhoid water hypochlorite AFFAIR
Of unhappy memory. When the spe-
cial drew up beside the basins. the
seventy officials divided into mixed
parties under the guidance of water
men. DIR. Levy and DIR. a. w. Freeman,
and inspected the city's water supply
from the intake TO the Reservoir
Hume. Some of the Councilman feared
sunstroke and strayed not from the
shadows of the baggage coach into
the boiling sun about the basins
Conferences Galore.
1t required an hour for the thorough
inspection of the basins and the fire.
quent explanations of the celebrated
little hypochloritc plant. which, though
the centre OF attraction, was APP
preached by all in rather apologize
manner for fear Of stirring moods not
fitting to the occasion. on the run
hack TO town the city fathers set
tied back to discussion Of every NUM-
cipal topic under the sun, from the
new union station to the next cleo
tions-always avoiding the hypo-
chlorite plant. Under the leadership
of Alvin NJ. Smith and Colonel Grundy.
the baggage car quartet ground out
musical sounds that had strength of
lung behind them to permcate to the
passenger coaches above the noise of
the train
III the party of seventy were in
Guided tho Administrative Board, near
Is the full membership of the Com
mon Council. the Board of Aldermen
and Board of Health, as well as depart