The City Government.
FEW fully appreciate how much
the general welfare of a city
depends on its government. Of
course the average man has
some idea as to matters generally
because he is directly affected,
but he knows very little as a rule, regarding
detail matters. As a whole
it can be truthfully said that the municipal
affairs of our town have been
most wisely and efficiently regulated.
The transition and evolution of Charlottesville's
internal improvements
have been marked by a conservative
management. Some of our citizens
have complained in the past of
unwarranted slowness on the part of
the town authorities to push with
more vigor measures of improvement
for the public welfare, but a careful
study of the subject shows that our
municipal leaders have always aimed
at procuring tangible and permanent
results in progress, and have avoided
the rash errors of costly experimental
trials, which to-day compare most
favorably with any town of its size in
the perfect adjustment of its municipal
needs and the consequent advantages
accruing to the public. The following
are the officers of the city:
Mayor, George W. Olivier; Treasurer,
Charles H. Walker; Clerk, W. G. Steele;
Auditor, E. I. Corruthers; Collector, B.
P. Kemper; Deputy Collector, John L.
Jarman; Commissioner of Revenue,
David W. Fowler; Attorney, George
Perkins; Commonwealth's Attorney, A.
D. Dabney; Clerk of the Corporation,
Richard W. Duke; Health Officers, Dr.
Robert W. Nelson and Dr. J. A. B.
Sinclair; Constable, Branch E. Jefferies;
Sergeant, Clifton W. Rogers;
Superintendent of Gas Works, Thomas
J. Williams; Superintendent of Water
Works, Charles D. Carter; Superintendent
of Streets and Sanitation, W.
Addison Lankford; Chief of Police,
Thomas A. Trice; Chief of Fire Department,
Thomas J. Williams; Justice
of the Peace, W. Sam Burnley;
Engineer, Maj. C. M. Bolton; Superintendent
of the Poor, William C. Payne,
