The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-18
REINFORCEMENT
Continued from PAGE One. !

Mr.. Cofer. supported by Alderman
Ordway Fuller. endeavored in vain te
have inspector Shelton appear In per.
son before the committee, but. upon
Councilman Mills motion, the inspec.
tor was excluded from participation
in the discussion.
Among those who were heard, and
who expressed themselves as willins
to abide by the committee recon.
mendauons, were Director of Public
Works Charles K, Boiling, Director
or Public Safety William M. Myers
director of public Welfare Levy. and
DArec r OF Public Utilities Trafford
City Coroner Whitfield also was
heard. He declared that he did no
wish 70 remain in the city hall ant
that the committee could make what.
ever disposition II wished OF the room
in the basement which the corner has
been wanting to use in conducting in.
quests
Coroner Whitfield brought out the
interesting fact that there Is no ex-
lstng ordinance or law which requires
any one TO report a death from un-
usual or suspicious circumstances &c
the coroner. His recital also brought
out the fact that reports OF dead ami.
mails are not infrequently brought to
tIlN attention of his office
The coroner. upon telling the COM
mitte@ that he wanted the second
floor over the tuberculosis clinic al
iat nos East Broad street. and when
told that the authority ne wanted to
see was the mayor, thanked the body
declaring that he had been trying for
TWO years to get just such informatio on
Another ordinance, fixing the price
per foot a. which state officials oc-
cupying office space IN city hall
should be charged. was recommended
for adoption by the board of alder
men. The rates of rental determined
upon were sixty cents a sqrare foot
per annum for the comrn issioner OF
revenue, 81 for the city treasurer
Ire" Surer James p Pace, and High
Constable William IT, Wyatt
Mr.. Mills told Mr.. Golfer that he
! tthousht 1T was pretty late day fol
him 10 complain OF the alleged mad
equacy OF his quarters. when ne tCo.
d fer} had attended the several meet
t1gF OF the committee when the mat
ter Of assigning and apportionins
space was being threshed out and had
voiced no objection. Mr.. Mills told
| him that the space assigned to hin
was more than that OF any two other
/ departments
! MIR. Peters declared that TO scced.
TO Mr.. Cofer's request for n change ir
the ARRANGEMENTS would mean tina
/ the entire work OF the committed
would he set at naught and the entire
building would have to be gone oveI
again.
/ Mr., Boiling said that while he dit
! not get exactly what he wanted, III
| realized the limitations under which
| the committee was working, and coult
get along and be satisfied with wha
he had heen given.
Mr.. Traffcrd declared that ne hnt
yet to organize his department alon,
efficient lines. and that his division
chiefs were scattered. but that tn,
apportionment go far as ne was con
= cerned, was satisfactory.
Major Levy thought that IL thu
street cleaning department could b,
! kept in the basement and ne wer,
given private office in a certain 10
cation, he would be able TO work NOR,
| efficiently, but that he was satisfied L
| let things remain as they were.
/ Colonel Myers declared that he hat
| no kick coming: that he would. how
ever, like to have TIE police depart
ment housed In the City Hall and saw,
/ he city SIPS month
HALL LIKE RUMMAGE SALE.
'ftteaa4 Hfdu JOHN rose gatd M
| understood that Treasurer Pace wa.
satisfied with the arrangements tina
! had been made regarding that official
| Mr.. Mills scored the present ar
rangement Of many OF the city depart.
ments. The entire building shoult
| be re-arranged," he declared. "a,
| present II looks like rummAge sale. .
Although a city ordinance provides
that furnished once be fitted up fol-
the city coroner. inquiry OF DR.. Whit.
field developed the fact that he pays
out OF bis own pocket, for the renta
and maintenance OF an Office
When the matter Of assessing state
i officers for office space in the City Hal
was taken up, Mr.. Tresnon was called
Mr. Mills asked the commissioner
what he thought he should pay. Mr.
Tresnon did not think the question q
fair one. Mr.. Mills couldn't see why
it wasn't.
Aren't we all working for the same
ends7" he asked. Finally, Mr., Tres
non said he thoukht so cents a square
disagreed with him. He though,
floor space in the City Hall was worti,
as much as In the average office build
ing in Richmond. and the latter were
asking and getting $50. Alderman
Fred Powell thought $3.50, divided
1910 between the city ami the state
as Mr. Tresnon Is partly city and
partly state official, would be fair.
Sixty cents ae the states share finally
was decided upon when the motion
was PUT by Mr.. Fuller.
The matter OF assessing the high
constable was then taken up. Mr.
Fuller said that 1t was the ''fattest''
ONCE in Richmond, and he thought
Mr.. Wyatt should be required to pay
s1.00. Mr.. Powell concurred. Mr..
Mills thought that as long as an ex-
cepticn was made in the case OF the
commissioners of revenue. a reduction
should he made in Mr.. WAITS case.
His motion 10 make the assessm ent
rs cents. however, was outvoted, Mr..
Pulier's motion making IT 800 pre-
yailing.
Motions fixing the price per foot to
be paid by the state and city treas
urer at sl,e0 also ware carried. Pre-
viousiy letter from Mr.. Wyatt was
read, in which he protested that 81 90
a foot for space in the basement was.
n his opinion, excessive.