The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-07
SERIOUS OPPOSITION
To CHARTER REPORT
VIII Be- showed Under BY Voters, =
Says Member of Board
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ADMINISTER TTVE BOARD
TO EXPLAIN THEIR WORK
Further Remarks In Opposition 10
Report of Subcommittee to Be
Made at Meeting Tomorrow Night.

When the council COMMITTEES on
charter changes meets tomorrow night
for further hearings on the proposed
amendments to the charter, addition
al protests will be made against the
elimination of Southside offices and
courts Some progress was made
along this line at the last m eetmg
Of the committee, but owing to the
extended rema rks Of some of the
speakers, the hearings were not
closed, end it is believed that Law
yer Samuel Anderson will make fur
ther protest.
1t is quite evident that the paper
will have no clear sailing toward
council. Besides the protests of the
southside people there viii be similar
action by many of the officials In City
Hall whose prerc entives are curtaiied
or entirely eliminated by the pro-
Save City Much Money.
posess changes
The administrative board, il il
certain, will not sit still In the boat
and see council wipe that department
OF the city government off the map.
1t was said yesterday that before &C
ton Is taken on the measure several
OF the commissioners. including Cap
tain Carlton Mccarthy. will appear be-
fore the committee and tell what the
board has been doing. II is said he
will endeavor to show that in one
item the board has saved to the city
more than enough money in one year
than that required to pay salaries FOR
FIVE years. Whct this item II has not
been made public, but ii is surmiseq
that it refers 10 the assessment or
damages to property ny grading and
other impro~enae hts. The records
show that the city. since the admin
istrative board has been in existence.
has saved u, large sum in this direc-
ton.
It was stated bv a member of the
hoard Yesterday that more than SIS
400 eco over and above the revenue
Rrom the same source had BEEN spent
by the CITY on the anrexed territory
since consolidation in 1907.
Some OF these items will be dis
closed, 1t is s;,id. when the discussion
before the committee reaches the adj
ministrative board.
VIII Have TO Show Him.
Alderman Joseph Powers. who OPP
posed thu institution of the adn,inis-
trativo board. said YESTERDAY that,
while hn was opposed 10 the board at
the besinninS. he would hi We to he
shown something better for its place
before he voted :, alaoilsi, Il now.
Councilman carter c. Jones cou-
stituents are bringing pressure 10
bear upon hial 20 oppose the removal
Of Offices FROM the Souihs'de. Mr..
Jones was on tie annexation commit
tee at the time of consolidation He
approved the conditions. which. II
was understood retained msr~ oetSe
local institutions in the Sonths'da.
Mr. Jones has heen a strong advocate
or charter chances He would sim ;
Nifty the methods OF government, and
II necessary, eliminate the admins
frative boa I'd lie offered G. rsaprr at
the last charter revision which re-
semhles very stronelv tbs paper
adopted by the sutcosnmittea. and
which IL now under consideration.
He pcintea to that fact when the
subeommittees reports was first made
public last weels He is an acknov-i-
edged tandidasc for the atn1inistrc-
CONTINUED On second eags.l