Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-18
ANDERSON AND SANDS
REPUDIATE FORECAST
Have Given No Information ms to Sur
rey-Tnkcn From Norfolk Report.
Says Sands.

Emphatic denial that the New York
Bureau Of Municipal Research had au-
thorized any statement as to what
recommendations II would make In CON
nection with its recent survey Of the
city government was made to The
Times Dispatch yesterday by Herbert
Il. Sands. the director of all field work
for the bureau. Mr.. Sands suggested
that the published forecast had prob
ably been worked out after considering
The report made by the bureau after
It's survey CT Norfolk.
Under the provisions OF tho contract
made between the city OF Richmo nd,
the Civic Association OF Richmond and
tho New York Bureau Of Municipal
Research, The bureau cannot antici-
pate in any way. to the Civic Asso-
citation or any department heads in
| the city government, what recomm en-
| dationS IL Will make. Considcra Bile
| discussion was caused last week when
the Council Committee on Charter
Changes believed the bureau had VIC
| lated it's contract in submitting GER
tain data to tho Board of Fire Com
| ,rissioners for veriflcation and correc-
tion AS to facts.
In answer to an inquiry as to tho
| forecast of the forthcoming report.
Dispatch yesterday from New York:
Your telegram just received. We
have given no one any information
of our conclusions and recommends
| tons concerning Richmond survey re-
| port. except fact statement submitted
| TO FIRE Department as noted in your
columns last week and which con-
| formed TO our usual practice every
where. II you VIII consult your copy
FNli
| identity hole sentences and para
graphs which agree exactly with pub
lished forecast of Richmond
In statement yesterday DR.. D. r.
anderson, executive secretary OF tho
| Civic Association Ct Richmond, dcclar-
ed that neither himself nor the New
YORK Bureau of Municipal Research,
nor anyone associated with either BODY,
had been responsible for n FORECAST OIL
the forthcoming report on the surye,
OF the Richmond municipal govern
mcnt.
DR.. Anderson's statement follows:
| i beg TO make the following state
mcnt without equivocation, and with
the strongest emphasis once and for
all. Neither the bureau of municipal
research nor the Civic Association nor
any one associated with either. has
| given out any synopsis OF the forth
coming report or data on which such n
SYNOPSIS could be based: neither the
bureau nor the Civic Association will
give out any such statement until the
terms OF the contract with tho city
have been complied with. rcquir,n, the
deposit OF the complete report with the
cry clerk. and finally when such synop-
SIS Is given out. arrangements will bo
Fmade To give such synopsis and report
the widest publicity.
i desire to say further that plausi-
bic and detailed forecasts may be mad.
from tirne TO time by ingenious persons
who have not the slightest intimat ton
as TO the real contents OF the final re-
| port"
| Mr.. Sands director Of field work
Tor the bureau. Will spend severn !
days in Richmond the latter part
of this week collecting additional data
in connection with the recent survey
he viii attend the twelfth annual con-
Vention Of the League of Virginia Mu-
! inequalities. which opens TODAY In
Iynchburg. and will como to Richmond
/ from that city.