The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-15
VICE iNQUlSITION
is WITHOUT FUND

Continued From First page,)
to SS.50--the rate provided By ordI-
nance.
Tho reduction was scathingiy de-
nounccd by Alderman Bllley. who d.
rected attention to the fact that tho
cltE, through its authorized reprcscn-
tauVc. 'Scrscant-at-A Arms Ruskcll. de-
hberAtcly and of its own free will con-
Now. he said. II was proposed 10 ignore
the contract, and to hold up n poor
itiSvssrEn1an ny shaving tho price to
IN watching the big leaks as ii was in
scrutinizinS a 80 cent charge on a car
riage, ne said. the city would dc much
Alderman Grundy resented the
SInarEe or mgSardliness. preferred by
mr.. Eti%y; holding IT to be tn duty OF
me council 10 discountenance a charge
made in violation of one OF it's own
ordinances. II the $3.50 rate was TOO
low: then the proper procedure, ne
said. MAS TO amend the ordinance aud
raise H. Tho same view was held by
Alderman Paul.
Alderman Gunst was convinced that
me city was morally bound to respect
the bargain made by Scrgeant-at- Arms
huskell, even If the price agreed upon
was contrary to ordinance y moral
opnS3tiGn he said was as weighty to
nis nina as legal obl CATION. Alder,
and moved an amendment restoring tho
- charge for the carriages which
was carried. The amended ordinance
~.
goes back TO the Common Council for
SoncHrrencc as to tho amendment
WILL EMPLOY CONSULTING:
AWCiiiTEtr FOR CITY HALL ANNEX
me Board debated for twenty min
itcs the resolution appropr:ating $1,000
c Z" IN mp p'9y an advisory architect TO
plans for the proposed municipaI
5uiidins on the Ford Hotel site. XII
an appropriation OF 81 .oO0 for the plans
OF Mnat he called a mythical build
inE. holding the belief that the city Will
| not he In a position TO authorize such
a structure for at least five or six
Objections in the same vein were Of
!ered by Alderman Fuller. who thought
/ mat before an appropriation for pre-
/ iii"lnary plans is made the committee
~ ,r, Gnarge Of the matter should be in
selling the Ford Hotel lot to the state
h h,,i,d 9,ner alternative plans. With no
/ not yet ripe. he held, for the employ
'nent OF an advisory architect
lreeSident Adams took the floor with
~ ucicnSc OF the resolution, explaining.
mat the employment of the architect
committed the city TO no building plan.
II would b. impracticablc for the com
nlittee 10 carry on its work inteIli-
gently. he said. without the assistance
o. an expert of this character. The
sage and concurred in by vote pf
10 5. Aldermen Gunst and Fuller vot-
ing against it.
/
ARE CONQUERED IN
me Board concurred with the Com
mon council in the passage OF the fol-
Creating the Office OF assistant su-
perintendent of parks. .parkways and
nurseries; at salary OF $4,000 year,
ment by the Administrative Board from
among the ten parkkeepers now en-
ployed by the city
Creating board of electrical exam
lnerS TO pass up applications for cleo
tricians licenses. and otherwise
| amending the electrical code.
Appropriating Sl6,5oo for the extern
Works ''e Has
Granting to Westmoreland Place, a
western suburb OF the city. the right
supplying Richmond College. under the
usual terms and restrictions
Diirectng the city Attorney to ac-
cure through the usual channels, VIII
Jams Island, In the river. opposite
Mest,hampton. for enlarging and i'm
proving the city water supply
Granting thirty-day leave of ah
sence TO Police Justice Crutchheld, and
a, ten-daY leave of absence TO CITY
Clerk August
On the roll call. the Board passed un-
der suspension of the rules a Join;
resoiuuon introduced BY Alderman
Mltche!! granting to the Association
ior inc preservation of Virginia Anita
ltleS the right 10 place on the eastern
wall o. the lily Hall. on Capitol Street
near the corner OF Tenth Street a
| bronze tablet as marker TO designate
,ne site upon which formerly stood the
home OF Edmund Randolph, former
Governor Of Virginia. The work is 10
Engineer. 80
Al II o'clock the Board adjourned
Without hnishing the docket. to meet
docket, was SO crowded that its com
plete disposal would have taken mill
after midnight.