The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-21
COMMISSIONERS To
CONFER WITHHEADS
ADMINISTER ATIyE BOARD GETS
DOWN TO BUSINESS AND
DETERMINES TO PIsH
II ALONE.
HAVE CONFERENCE
STONE CONTRACTS WIDE OPEN
CITY TO SELL LESTER STREET
PRoPERTY-SICk MEN
GET No PAY.

Notwithstanding the holiday yes
terday the administrative board held
a busy session. There was nothing
Of startling proportions. but much Of
detail and minor Importance,
One of the principal Things done
was the adoption nf a resolution
fixing every Saturday from now on,
until otherwise changed, as confer
ence day with the heads of city de-
partments. The idea of this is TO get
into touch with the machinery OF the
municipality. SO that when anything
may arise of moment in any depart
ment, the board may be conversaHt
with the condition and know from
where they stand as to what is the
proper thing to do.
The departmental heads called TO
meet with the board embrace the city
engineer, superintendent OF the gas
works, superintendent OF street clean
ing, superintendent Of electricity, cleo
trical Inspector, building inspector,
superinte ndent Of the City home SUI
perintendent of the water works,
As the board has nothing to do
primarily with the police board, the
fire board, the school board. nor the
city attorneys office, neither Of the
heads of these departments were ask
ed to confer with them.
Bids Must Be Wide Open.
Commissioner Hirschberg offered a
resolution TO the effect that here
after when stone is required for street
or other improvement 1t be not con-
fined to local stone, but that the speci-
fications must say hard granite"
This resolution was passed unant-
mously.
Heretofore, il many Of the speci-
fications for stone work, local stone
was designated, and as a consequence
an insufficient supply was obtaina BILE.
The new rule will give any one in
the United states a chance TO bid on
the work.
The work OF grading and paving the
alley letYeen- Ltutenaud- EeeEh-aIId
Taylor and Chsffin streets was given
to I. i. Smith & Co, that firm being
the lowest bidder
Bids for the yitrifed brick cross
ings at Eleventh and Decatur. Thir-
tenth and Fourteenth and Stock
ton, and Fourteenth and Perry
streets, and curling and guttering in
Walden avenue were rejected, and the
city engineer was directed 10 adVer
tise for new bids for the work men,
toned.
Contracts for supplies for tine city
stables Bryan Park, Byrd Pack.
southside stables were awarded To 7.
L. Sutherland, for three months
Boiling to Purchase supplies.
The city engineer was instructed
u contract for the purchase Of lf-m-
Der, druggists. supplies. oils. pa5ats.
cts. for city departments. for the n@e-
three months He was authorized
10 use his own judgment in awardiDa
tho contracts according to the hgdEes
mentioned in the bids,
City Engineer Boiling Yves aiss
authorized TO advertise for bids fog
sewel connections in alleys and In
f3r nijch the sum Of S4,1I6.i9 was
recently appropriated by the city
council.
The sum Of $500 was set aside for
the payment Of the dock master until
IN budget is completed.
The city engineer was authorized
u adVeI ttse for bids for 10000 bar
refs of csment, much terra Gotta and
sofre iron castings for sewers, the
ST 61t TO be approved by the board
Engineer 9 p. r. Burgwyu was
authorized to lay off the new sec
ton recently purchased for an addi-
tjGn to Oakwood cemetery the cost
not to exceed ssl2
Al the request Of superintendent
c. I'm of the street cleaning depart
ntEt. additional lights were ordered
for the city sta bles, 10 be placed
under the direction of Electrical In
spector speights. These lights are
rot TO cost more than $3.50,
Sell City Property
Harrison and Bates. real estate
agents. were directed to sell the
buildings recently purchased by the
city in connection with the property
scared for the widening of Lester
street These buildings will GO to
the highest bidders, and arrange
nepts may be made with the tenants.
satisfactory TO the board, through the
agents.
bills presented by the street clean
ing department, amounting to
s5.292.5o were ordered 70 be paid.
The joint resolution from council
IN reference to the proposed i'm
provenents to Shockoe creek, were.
upon motion OF Mr. Hirschberg. re-
ceived and fled. The matter will be
brought up at special meeting.
In reply TO an inquiry from the
board, as TO whether a man in the
city employ may he paid for the time
he loses while sick. the attorney re-
piled that unless there were s3ifre
-clty toretrraffce 40 'tha contrary ehs J.
city ceuld not pay a man fer work
which he did rot do
The matter was fled and will be
referred to the heads of the various
4 part rfftttts.
Building Inspector Butler was
directed to proceed with the improve
ments to the boiler room at the city
hall which at his suggestion needs