The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-17
FINANCE COMMITTEE
APPROVES CITY FLAG
Captain Mccarthy Urges the Payment
OF Bili For Small remnants
and Wins Out

Before The Finance Committee went
into executive session last night Cap
tain Mccarthy. Of the Administrative
Board handed tina, body good lam
nas1inE The result If his lam eastinE
was the changing of Colonel BsTton
IL. G~un3y frow an opponent Of the
purchase OF LEI ~ sticSpiu fiags of
the city "a an advocate # such pur-
chase. Capilir. Mccarthy also changed
the views e. tuditor Crenshaw Who
had refased a. pay a b.u for Ses FOR
the fags rs ordered bv thu AdHfl MS
;ra{ Tc BOARD
In expressing his views ora the sub
3ect Captain NcCa- ny said the audi
ter has uot exevtst rs rrerogat!ves
in the right way He said That. where
as the city CoUu5i f4t approved the
payEnenJ IF the &uat "t $ttGe fer the
purpusc eff secursGc a great singer ia
sing two or three Songs 10 the hank
cTs here in arHBas .onveGttCn last
year. and t1e aud1-c haa passed over
the voucher without question he
had decl.ued ~ Tssy 8 tnalsiey bill OF
So for lot Of city flags
OF GrS1ter Renef,i.
Ftese CTS laE9 7n ueage for the
nensf.t of tee city, sait Captain Nc
Carthy Than AIRY thousar6-dollar
hanquet ar Fl thous#nd-doliar singer
We AL saou,d he proud OF the citv
flas ALL w}pi 81 represents Ana /
arm surprised that the CITY Auditory
should turn down sUch "a proposition. '
Chairman t4raa5v stated 'rat he
had opposed the paYw1tnt OF such a
hiN is the board If Aldermen be
cause ne could net see why the cit,
should pav the h.,i II ali not come
under he head Of expense account o.
the Administrative Board There was
no necessj;F' far sueh flags He wound
however, withdraw his opposition to
the payment ~ the till upon the state
merit Of Cautain NcCarthr. that ii wa
such d small matter
4 would paY the bin myself. lie
ciared Captain Mccarthy. II / did
-sot feet II would be an insult 10 the
city Itself
Auditor Crensha~ while not with
drawing from his position mat he hal
used discretion and Judgment in re-
fusins to Tay the tU stated that Re
agreed both with Chairman Grundy
and Captain Mcf#rthy. and that as 1t
was sCcb a small matter. resalu~
tien frsm the committee SUGGESTING
that the till he paid might be adopt
he closed He would approve any
such resolution.
The com mittee agreed that If such
"a resolution were introduced il would
receive the support Of the mem bers
Of the Finance Committee present, in
clud ne chairman GrDndY Snhehair-
man Fuller anas Messrs, seaton, Had
don and Powell
In executive session the committee
recommended an appropriation OF
81 sac fer election expenses, $500 for
thu care ~ lunaties. the aeauirenen M
~ propertT at Monument Avenue
Franklin and Cleveian1 Streets for a
iriaD gGiar park the remission oi
taxes amounting 20 $3.50 to the Motor
Transfer Company
Commissioner Beck appeared before
the committee 70 secure an appropri-
alton for the payment Of contractors
who have done work ia the newly an
4exeA territory in street improve
~s~ he asi"f for about 81 GOO In
addition - what the Administrative
NaH aires ~ asked and was
certain that sum would settle all
7fss' the city MP 10 the next
budget. The matter VAS laid over foi
consideration.