The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-30
In Reply to Offer Charter
Change Committee Asks F or
"Specihcations"
WANTS FACTS AS TO
WORK TO BE DONE
Civic Body VIII Have Mem
Der Of /, esearch Bureau Here
In Few Days to Enlighten
Committee

Representatives Of the Civic as
ISOLATION. and other organizations, APP
peared in force before the charter
change committee last night to urge
that a municipal survey. estimated to
cost $4,000. he secured at once TO
determine what the condition of Rich
mond's city government ia John G.
Easley, president of the association,
emphasized his remarks with the
statement that If the city couldn't fur
nish the money tho body he rep
resented had il ready. and were wait
ing for permission from the council
to proceed with the work
Before the committee for considera-
ton was a resolution offered to the
council some time ago BY Carter c.
Jones. OF Madison ward. calling for
an appropriation OF $4,000 to secure
the survey at the hands of the mu-
nicipal bureau of research Of New
York. the resolution having been re-
ferred to the committee for action.
MIR Jones as patron of the measure,
appeared in it's behalf. and stated why
The matter was. in his opinion. worthy
Of immediate consid eratiou.
Il offered this resolution as an
emergency measure" Mr.. Jones told
the committee, for when body OF
citizens want change in government,
consider il an emergency. Unless
Richmond 10 willing 10 stand for re-
form retrcnchmnnt and change. there
Is no use for thls survey. and / ask
thet the survey he made and sub
mitted 10 the people, 10 determine
whether or not they approve OF our
form of government. II they And
they do approve of il, II is time to-
use to get down 20 rock bottom and
Improve the HZ.sttng conditions
VIII Enisahtcn Public,
This survey" Mr.. Jones declared.
oill enligi1teu- the public as they need
10 he enlightened. SO that when they
vote thev will know what they arc
voting for" The question was asked
Mr. Jones why his resolution called
for the i.layor. chairman OF the
fnancc committee and city auditor TO
constitute q committee having charge
Of the survey in preference to the
regular charter change com mittee,
ard Mr.. Jones replied that IL was be-
sc .3se The resolution vas drafted be
fore Inc charter change committee
was formed,
Alderman Puller wished to secure
as To the qualifications
of the New York bureau. and Mr..
Mills inquired II Ny. Jones vas con-
WINGED that the depa rtrents of Rich
mond's CITY government we're in need
Of "a survey. The latter replied that
the citizens were restless. and de-
msnted enlightenment "a TO how mu-
nicipai business is being conducted.
Il don't Know anything in the city
since I've been here that
tho people DON'T know Mr.. Fuller
declared: ''and you can't get the sur
vey with my vote on the hypothesis
that all ts wrong and inef'icient in
our government, because that isn't
so.
No Axes to Grind.
We have no private ends TO gain"
said John G Easlcy, president OF the
civic association: we have no friends
Ia serve II ! had the authority to
remove any Official from the govern
mert. ! couldn't do II with the in
formation al hand We have no axes
to grind. don't know Ct any better
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