The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-08
THE RICHMOND STREETS
SOME UNOFFICIAL POINTS AS TO
THEIR CONDITION..

Thoroughfares.
Richmond contains one hundred and six
miles Of streets, whether they are clean OF
not
Fi1een miles Of them are paved, and
being paved, are visitti occasionally
about oncc ~ ~cek-by the nirtatious street.
swcere5. The paved thoroughfares are
mainly where heavy hauling and a large
bulk Of travelling is done.
six miles Of the streets are macadami+5a u
and for this condition such 'oadways as
Grace and franAlin where light travel is
done, arc seivctct. There could scarcely Dc
2 mnce better road-bed than the macadam
ief driving.
The other eighty-fve miles are either
graNeled or unimprOved. a large per cent
OF them are graYeled, as will be shown.
EFFECT oN PUBLIC nFAfrin
OF course a locality ia always subject
20 the influences of good or bad
drainage atmosphere, surroundings.
etcY eut considering all these things
as equal. the health Of neigh.
borh0Od is better where the streets In IL are
paved than i'm q section where they are mol.
In speaking on this subject Yesterday 10 a
A'I'AA'tf AfAh " - LII'MNliifAf lIfNlifNl
Of the BOARD Of Health, said: 'The unpaved
streets Of the city are swept scarcely twice
a year. They oHght 20 be cleaned Oftoner.
that's true, but we haven't the force
10 do IT, The paved streets we
have 10 sweep often, for the sake of appear.
ances. anyhow. and the sweeper il ai work
every night. The city is taken boy districts.
and the sweeper makes his rounds i'm about
week. { lakes about this time TO get
over tho whole city"
"liOw many hands and carts have YOU in
the street cleaning forcer
1--WE have twenty-One carts; there ought
% be az least nine more. And we have
forty-eight men. and we ought 10 have
twelve more. You see. it's this way. The
sweeper gees round at night and sweeps the
dirt into the cutters. Then the next day
the hands and carts 20 around and take ,p
this dirt. In addition 20 this they have
10 90 all over town and gather
the ashes from all the private ash barrels.
and in the SUMMER time The ashes give
place 20 the garbage, You can very easily
see that after the force aforementioned shall
have performed this task there is very little
time left for keeping any other unimproyed
streets in order.
"Thc main trouble is that the city makes
too small an appropriation 10 keep her
streets in order The appropriation aver
ages about thirty cents per man 90 the pOpu-
latiOu, Think Of thirty cents 10 keep the
street in front Of a mans door swept and
clean for twelve months -
A SIMILAR cry.
The Street Committee Of the City Council
makes the same complaint that the health
authorities dO-that the appropriation for
streets is too small: but the Street Commit
tee wants It's money to improve
the thoroughfares, not 10 keep them
clean. "Why." exclaimed Committee
man Preston Belyin. 1.-THE little city of
Manchester appropriated thousands Of
dollars more last year upon its streets than
Richmond did, and Manchester hasn't one
third the population Of Richmond either"
APPROPRIATION.
The appropriation to streets in the annual
budget for 1889 was: Engineer department,
pay-rolls, $4,000; generally 100000. Total.
$75.6oO.
Other appropriations were made during
the year, but not for any considerable
amount.
THE CITY's FORCE.
To grade, gravel and macadamlze the
city has three forces of hands and carts.
one of these forces also repairs breaks, ruts,
etc. Then there is stone contractor, who
repairs the stone paving. and a brick con-
tractor who repairs the brick paving;
and there Is blacksmith and
"A wheelwright. The men in all
number about fifty, and there are TWEEN
tv double carts. And last, but heaviest.
there is the roller that breaks Me stone and
rolls the macadamized streets smooth, and
also frightens all the horses, except tie
street-car steeds, that come near il.
THEIR CONDITION.
Upon investigation yesterday it was
found that there was no record IN any pub
lie Office Of Richmond showing what streets
were paved. grayelled or macadamized, or
10 what extent any such work had been
prosecuted on any street.
The following lists will, therefore, De all
the more valuable, and q simple glance
over them will be sufficient TO show that "a
great deal of trouble was needed 20 prepare
Them and. without the personal knowledge
and service of Mr.. Frank Bates and Mr..
Jackson Bolton, of the City Engineers office.
they would not have reached the perfection
in which they will be found below.
PAVED STREETS.
Following is list Of the paved streets of
the city: ~
teenth, 900 feet; from seventeenth 10 our
teentb. 1875: from Ninth to Adams, iull
width, 3 $50 from Adams TO Hairisoni hali'
3.4OO. ,..,,o.,.. 100
Clav from Seventh TO second. l,6OO.
Marshall from Seventh TO Brook avenue
$500 400
Grace from Eighteenth 10 Union. 600.
Franklin from Twenty-siXth 10 twenty
ffth. 400; from Nineteenth 10 Twelfth. 2.5uO;
from Ninth 10 Eighth. 33O ana from ceNehti
bank from Twelfth TO Ninth. $50.
Main from Tweniy-cighth 10 Belvidere, TO-
GS Rockets from Denny TO Twenty eighth
1850. c,..n. r. 400
book from Ash 20 fOuftceuth, 0,lUu.
Wharf ffOm line OF benny 10 Ash, l,0OO.
,anal from Thirteenth 10 Tenth, 900; and
Ninth 10 Seventh, 65O.f
Bvrd from twelfth 10 sixth, 500.
MavO from Broad 10 Main, LOO
centfal from Grace 10 Broad. $50.
Union from Grace % Franklin, $50.
Rrook avenue from Broad To Bacon's quar-
ter Branch, 3.OoO ,. zoo
New-alongside Exchange hotel-ifem
Vireinia ''ne from Exchange alley 10 II. and ID.
depot, 200. 80
ilrenty-ffth from Main 10 Grace, 700.
drxenfx-secOnd nom Dock 10 Main. 700.
r,TentV-hfst from il0ck 10 Main, 200; and
Broad 10 Marshall $50. -oo
I,ventieth from Dock 10 Main, 200.
Nineteenth from Dock 10 Main. l,lOO.
FsieSteenth from Dock TO Grace, and from
Rrcaa 10 Nenable, LOO. 80
Seventeenth from Dock 70 LOWnes, e,.VV.
Fneenth from Franklin 10 DOCK, 100.
Fourteenth from Broad 10 the river Z'pOV.
frbIrfeenth from apitOl 10 Haxall * Oien-
shaw mill race, 1000. ,,a,t, T. f.,.u.
Isrelfth from Franklin 70 haNah Oreh-
shexv mills 400.
siiaM nv, ,n,,tb ilir from bank 20 the basin. 650
'rentb nom Bank 20 the basin, 600.
Ninth from Broad 20 the river leAcoP' D"'''
sSehth nom Marshall 10 BYRD, 1000,
eeSenth from Clay 10 Ircdegar, o'oVV'
Strth nom Clay TO Broad, 700
HAcADAMIzED STREETS.
Forowing Is list OF macadamized streets
VI mad tnS ~ Twenty-nfth 10 Twenty-seco1.n,.d.,
1 100 feet. Nineteenth 20 HeNehteo"'"' wv
Fonrteenth 10 Ninth. HOO 10th eoo
trace. Eighteenth 10 l"0"tiV'"' W.
Ninth 10 BelSidere. 4 500 ,.o
Itohfeenth Grace TO Broad oov.
<inefeenth. Broad 90 Main. ,lv'
1'.erntiefb. Broad 10 Main, 100. ,,,. ..
rankin. seventh 30 Eighth, 2oO' Sl@'" u
Shafcr. 1000. 900
stxth. Biold 10 Main, 100.
Fifth. Nam 20 Grace, 700.
1bird. BROAD 10 Arch. 2,oOO.
second. Baker 10 cary 4,OOO.
NV Third 70 Belvidere, Z,3U.
vi - 1 InH4sl III D.