Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-25
City Will Never Solve Improvement
Problem Without This Feature,
Says Boiling.
MCCARTHY ATTACKS SURVEY
Administrative Board Sees No Need
for Proposed investigation by EN-
pert, HirSchberS Tells Council
Committee ON Finance.

SAINT Clamor FOR paving here and side
walks there and for sewers. gas and
water mains. You may rest assured
that tho city's revenues and bona
issues viii never accomplish wha, All
OF us would like To SEQ done and what
tho people are demanding"
This statement was made last night
by City Engineer Charles T.. Rolling
before tho Council Committee on
Finance. which devoted tho meeting to
a iinal public herring on the estimates
OF the needs OF departments under tho
Administrative Board, not prcviousl!
explained.
Under tho leadership Of Carlton Me
Carthy. OF the Administrative Board
various officials present registered de-
cidod opposition To the municipal sur
Wy proposed by tho civic Association.
which would cost tho city 10000.
ENTIRE IIrRON t:NENT SCHEME
WOULD COST SS,@4p. 900
As an Indication of What city E.nrI-
rc"r Rolling desires in the way Of i'm
provcmcnts. the total sum he asks will
suffice 10 illustrate Ss.9t?475
Il expect 10 get only small part
Of this. he said II, is merely II state
mcni to show what ought 10 nc done
in tho WAY OF public improvements. ana
what could hc done Il W" had the
money. There is no; dollar which
ask which could not hc spent advar-
taseously In 1915 VIC moro than
doubled tho city's area. Il took moro
than century to huild mp what Ne
had. How long do YOU suppose il viii
Gc before tho new territory will cuuai
the old" u will hc necessary to can
unon tn" Legislature" 10 allow c"u-
Stt'u'ional change ia order tina; the
city may levy u special taN against
property owners TO help dcfrHy tho
cost OF permanent improvements
Tho Administrative Board scaled the
CITY Engineers estimate 80 about
100000. "Tf Nc got s.5onno or 5000
oo". member OF III" board said. I'VE
Will consider ourselves lucky The
Administrative Boards total estimate
OF the needs NJ all departments next
year is placed. roundly. q; s@.Sl3. 900
ROLLING SAYS HE HAS ALI.
INFOHMtTION NECESSARY
When Mr.. Boiling had finished his
statement To tho committee Captain
Mccarthy asked:
is there any Information anywher.
which YOU need for the operation Of
your department. which YOU have nor
al your disposal
None" rcpli"d Mr.. Rolling.
want |" add, declared CAPTAIN
Mccarthy. that rot long ago Mr. Boil.
frc rendered his resignation as ,ri,,
ieatlnT such Il purpose. The press ri
the city was loud in its protests that
TIE resignation Of MIR. Boiling. whom
ihc newspapers united in praisiny as q
royal. efficient engineer. he not accept
co This loyal and efficient engineer
now tells you that there is no need
Tor the services of some mysterious
expert, that there is no information
which nc cannot get il he desires il
ana no work which he canno, do il he
mas the money. Bat tho newspapers
say That there is a demand for this
mysterious expert The whole proposi-
tion To thus spend $4,000 of the citv's
money which has been hard-earncd by
It's citizens. is absurd"
To superintendent Davis, OF the Wa
ter Department: 10 building Inspector
Butler, To Superintendent OF Parks cal
der and to City Auditor Crenshaw.
Ca7tain Mccarthy put practically the
sam" question, and in each case the
reply was 10 The effect tina, wha, was
not needed Wa. advice. but what was
needed was .q"tl.;y -
ATTACKS GRIllCS or
tITN's BOONIIEEpINC:
Another thing TO which wan, %
cal III" attention Of the Finance Com
inlttec" said Captain Mccarthy "js
that persons representing certain in
tcrcsts in Richmond hav" frequently
declared that the tiuanccs OF Richmond
ere in a horrible condition. and have
Inc statement over the signature OF an
official Of The civic Association. say
right here that AIN able and willing
60 con,rovert any such statement with
incontrovcrtibic arguments Such talk
IS an Injustice 10 the community and
the city government. and is calculated
10 10 immense harm"
Mr.. Crcushaw quoted q statement
made ny prominent New York broker
in which the latter was high in his
praise Of the financial arrangement OF
Richmond
John Hirschbcr@ chairman Of the
Administrative Board. also gave his
opinion ~ the proposed municipal sur
vey. III tho Administrative Boa rd
thought that the condition Of The city
was such that g survey. was needed"
hc said, your Administrative Board
would be the first body 10 advocate
IT. ! have letter in my desk. = re-
ply from New YORK CITY Official to a
E'chmond city c'hcial who asked him
concerning the surveys made by the
Bureau 81 MUnioiual Research In sub
s'an"H the reply is tina; before the re-
ports % the survey arc made public
by tho bureau they arc first submitted
10 the officials Of tho rity affected for
Information "s "a any objectionable
matter. Tic letter adds that no civ
need have any fear from TIA. inl!ricipal
survey. In other words. he means tina,
the bureau tolls its experts ole, the
$4,000. hcys and come ON back homo
The letter is IN MY possession. and
J can produce b, - any time"
MCCARTHY niDICILr>
NonFoIh sinIE,
Captain Mccarthy nsid his respects
10 the Surye! which wa recently made
in Norfoit
Tho things the norfolk r,por, saws
ought 70 be done. not Including a sin.
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