The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-10

-. sss,s,,sI Improyement TO tho icss o. u. u :
sny H,ASs.ss' 8" This amounted during she
.,s 20, "a eleven hundred ana snirtJ ~
1s =. the compensation Of the iolce -
ys rtnS by sickness, this amount 9. ,o es
nnanes ssnrcsents ap outlay by the Guy VI
VIM Ia 400. for which she receives nv
n..;,s,ehs. have commun'cateu VIZ, sn,,sh1
eg,hnr;,ies of four northern ana Tour so s;os,
srn cities. and find our ps9po..'o a, ~ ~
60 IN the force cons,aesao.y ~ NJ. IM Tn
Az Az most unhealthy OF tne e,sus IN; Ia, ia enc
.cvery other reSpect tue So Tho h;~hest
ranort Of the CHIEF te"e0''"es '"o -
credit on the force; s,,r,nc the year were
. as. ,ho.c of the preceding year, D,
e;SsSs ,ea n,,mber Of arrests Is supposed oy
Inc ts Of Police to be accounted TOT ih
the Gn SO tonducss Of the coaored people
par means of rcdressiDg their wrouSs
aor VI" ~ ,oclres- but this cause can nave
smon aa mt ,Iishtiy the result, inasm,lcn rs
aueelee o-rests number but Al more tbau
sne eoS In this large aggregate OF nearly
zee am " ,ndced. il must be said to the creasC
o,ooo. .nIored PEOPLE that while the wnne
ol ~ s,r 1872 exhibit an increase oa "a
Ali.s ,hn o,resfs for 1878 the colored arrests
.o ~ 1873 exhibit decrease OF 1859 from tnose
VI 6 No. reoson Of this decline is the fact tnae
Yh.,;ove I have succeeded in breaking up
.,os, ririons and unlawful pIacuce, lol
...on, rrars prevalent, OF arrcstihs "hoIe
comTanies Of colored people on genera Wal :
rants. ;,sto,ce of this
sort was reported to me, ara as requns u
the money taken from the negroes on Inls ",
ras;on. under color of law, TO be REFUNDED 70
them, the experiment was, SO lar as A-Ano"'
REGARDED this matter as fragrant out
rape. and should feel it TO be my duty 70 u,
bring II to the notice of the grand jury II
less stringent remedies should fail Ia feiorm-
ing it.
The public work done in this department
during the past year is represented IN mneai
feet rs fellows: Grading, 1854 grsveiiDs'
lO677; granite cutters, 5123; DrlcK sue
walks, TIA; granite curbing, 4,3sO nag
Ripg, 534 sireet-paving, 900; macaoamizihg,
1851; sewers, S,S04. ] bis, with the other
public work under the control OF the Com.
mittee on Streets, was performed at cost OF
$113lS5-a sum less, for the hrst time sloce
my connection with the city government,
than the EXPENDITURES Of the preceding year.
1 WOOiQ Uc Slau W NC aUiS W ava 'oN-S s'''s
to reform in the system Of conducting
street improvements, but fear ii is attribu-
table chiefly, II not exclusively, to the hnan.
cial troubles OF last October, which caused
the curlailment or suspension of certain
work in this department..
I renew my recommendation that some
equitable plan be enforced to put stop to
fhe use Of public money exclusively for
private improvement. If the justice of the
reform and the general adoption OF it BY all
cities in the Union Of. respectable size
cannot reconcile our property-holders to a
plan whereby q part OF the street improve.
ment, BY which their possessions are so
largely enhanced, should be borne by them
selves, may we not hope that some attention
may be paid to the fact that of the total ex,
penditures of the city for all its multiform
purposes, save interest, the streets consumed
about one-sixth. How much the general
treasury 10 by our present system taxed TO-
benefit private individuals could not be bel.
ter shown tnan by comparison of the fol-
lowing tables, taken, the one from the CITY
Engineers report, and the other from the
Auditors: -S.J .... 4