The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19
ADMINISTRATORS TO
RETAIN Is Men ON ROLL
Decrease Recalled On Suggestion of
Former Councilman Moore and
Superintendent Coin.
DETAILS ON sHooKoE CREEK
Board Asks Crutchfieid For Contra
band Liquor For City Hospital.
Street Department Machinist Is
Transferred to City Dredge.

Happily for twenty-five men whose
positions were abolished by the Ada
ministrative Board Thursday, to take
effect this afternoon, on recommends
ton of Superintendent Cohn, of the
Department, these men
will be continued on the city payroll,
and will be transferred to other sec
tons OF the work.
Forty-one places were abolished
Thursday. with the placing of twenty
FIVE of the men at work elsewhere,
there are but sixteen without WORK.
The board hopes to be able to give
these men something to do as soon
as possible.
Former Councilman John w. Moore
appeared before the board in behalf
Of the men who were dismissed. He
said that many of them had families,
and that sickness had prevailed In the
families of many of them during the
winter.
with the small wages these men
have been receiving" said Mr.. Moore,
they have been unable to lay asids
anything for a rainy day. I hope you
may be able to retain them for an
other month, at least, or until the
winter Is over. for jobs are scarce. and
money is scarcer among the poor
Interest In Southsiders.
Mr.. Moore was particularly solicit
Gus for the Southside men. The street
force detailed there has been abolish
ed. Ten OF the men were slated TO
GO Some of these men may be among
those to be retained in the depart
ment.
Edward Reynolds. machInist in the
Department, was
transferred to the city dredge. as ma
chinist and engineer, to fill the place
OF Engineer Farrell, who had served
the city for forty years. and who asks
to be relieved, The change will take
effect on March i.
on motion OF Commissions Beck.
the clerk was directed TO request Jus
tice Crutchfield to turn over to the
City Hospital the contraband liquor
held by his court, TO be used medi-
cally at Virginia Hospital and city
Home. Justice Crutchfield has just
turned over a lot OF the liquor to the
Home for Incurables.
May Enlarge lakewood.
N W. Bowe 4 Company offered
TO sell TO the city the Kuhn property.
adjoining that OF jacob Fetig. neort
lakewood Cemetery. at me price or
81. 900 an acre for twcnty-one acres
The paper was filed for future con-
sideration. II Is thought .he property
may be used as an annex TO lakewood
Cemetery.
On request of Mayor Ainslie. tho
board directed the City Engineer to-
furnish n blueprint and list Of own
ers of property along the bed Of
Shockoe Creek, from James River
to the Locomotive Works, with tho
estimated easements required for i'm
provements and widening From thu
river to williams Street. it is pro-
posed there shall be a double bar
relied channel OF not less than twenty
feet each in the clear.
This Information IL sought by the
Mayor for the purpose of commun'
eating to the business men who We're
ia conference with the city officials
concerning Improvements 20 the creek
A requisition for one gross lead
pencils for the Street Cleaning De-
partment. was held up by Capt. Nc
Carthy. He could see no reason for
this, and at his suggestion the depart
ment was allowed two-d asaH- pencils