Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-14
work done. makes o most favorable snow
ing for economical management.
TIE GAS DEPARTMENT.

DGHn WGfl COulutltu nttntl
superlntendence of Superintendent w. Z.
Adams. Tho receipts for the year were
S2l5. 2Oi. 03. whist the expenditures were
al6B. O46. ~. making the excess OF recelpIs
over expenditures $40, l57.24. 70 Whicn,
II we add for gas consumed in street-iaihpS
and pubic buildings. %5s.93o:lz. wo,unei
show O profit tor the works OF SlOS,o.z.1o.
We have now more b slxty-seSeh NV W.
of street-mains and 1,e3i street-lamps' we
have nut in duriag the year for new con,
sumers 271 service pipes and rene"eu IL
repaired Cos Others. -
The superintendent again calls attention
TO the need Of an increase In the purliStng
surface. This Is an important mat'er,
for unless some additional PROVISION
made for purifying there IS danger tnas
during the coming. winter II wou'u W
impossible to give the public pure ga.
Some difficulty was experienced curing
the past year IN getting gas from the
TO the upper works. This gas has only
14-Iuch pipe 10 convey il to the distributing
holders on Dock and Fifteenth Streets:
The capacity when first put III was oOV,-
600 cubic feet per day, but we hove Already
been compelled to send out as much as
I.D63. 600 feet. It Is therefore recommehd-
ed that n Pinch main be laid from tue
lower to the upper works. ms worh Gnu
be done al a cost of about $1,000.
The contract has been let tor he erection
of q water-gas plant, tor wnich
an apprcppriatiOn of $4,000 has al
ready been made. This improve
ment will be completed by the ISL
OF July. and il is confidently expected tnal
with this additional facility for IT'S manu-
facture we will secure not only an ln-
creased supply Of gas. but that. by, reason
of the reduction III the cost OF MAKING H.
we will in q very short time be able 10 re-
duce the price of gas TO our
IHE POOR GIVEN HELP.
The almost unprecedented severity OF
the past winter has led to unusual de-
mands upon our public charities. put IN
CONSEQUENCE of the unwearied activity or
the members of our charitable organlZa-
tons. and the excellent system OF outdoor
rellet adopted by our efficient isuperlh-
tendent Mr. X. w. Carter. nearly, every
case Of restitution was promptly relieved,
I and we have the satisfaction of knowing
that DESPITE the unusual rigOr OF the WIZ
| ter weather the wants of all In need OF
| fuel and food were promptly supplied.
The total amount appropriated oy lne
Council on account of charity for the year
Wa S4s. 1863. 80. OF the above amoun
S39. 7O7 was expended under the direction
of the committees OF the City Councll;
and the balance. -, S62. 20 was appropriated
for the benefit of the Ladies' City Mission.
| Little Sisters of the Poor, Retreat tor the
Sick. II. L. Lee Camp, Confederate Nete-
rams. and other charitable organizations:
The total number of applications ior
help received during the year were ), iZb, OF
which 722 were tor indoor. and 3.00i were
for outdoor relief. Besides which III burlais
were furnished the outside poor. Inc
number OF applications refused during the
year were IL for indoor and ~ Tor OUTDOOR
relief.
FIGURES FROM II ALMsHoUsE.
At the commencement of the year there
were 2s3 inmates in the Glmshouse; lZ2
were admitted. making a total OF l,OJ5
who were aided during the year. Or THIS
number 81 were bOrn in the institution,
aga discharged, and 10 died, leaving ~ IN
the almshouse December 81, 1892. Ot this
number Il2 are whites and l60 colored' VI
the 81 infants born III the institution 10
were white AMI Is were colored; Inere
were received during the year 9 white ana
& colored foundhngs. lie amman average
OF inmates was 2j3.
The cost Of each inmate for the year was
S1I5gg. The cost of subsistence Tor each
member was q fraction less than Is cents
per day.
The total number of patients treated
during the year IN the hOspita! department
was $50: 3J2 of that number were cured,
100 relieved, SO died, and 81 renamed IN
the hospital.
There were sOi ambulance calls during
the wear. of which 40} were to white and
4Ol were TO cOloreG persons.
There were issued to outdoor poor $3.50
cords of wood and 46, 1862 bushels OF coke.
5.1s8 bushels and 10 pounds OF meal, and
Misrepresentation were c~ompounded az the
city dispensary exclusive OF the Medicai
College. beng an increase OF Lilo pre-
scriptions over last year. ,
Ar ~ A.. ggg E.,uhAla 20 anEn fnnnrlInGn
above $4,000 bushels were donated by the
City Council 10 the Ladies' City Mission.
and was by them distributed to the poor
of the city.
The resident physician reports that the
large percentage of mortality in the hos
pital is explained by the fact that the hos
pital at the almshouse is the only city hos
pItal TO which all persons having no home;
who may he taken suddenly Ill or be IN,
iured on the streets are sent, many oi
whom are so severely injured that they art
carried to the hospital IN q dying condl
ton. whilst many OF tue sick sent there
expire before they reach the institution.
OF oUR PEACE.
The police force of the city. consisting o.
one hundred officers and men. under th'
direction of Chief John Poe. Jr., constitutes
one of the most useful departments OF on
CITY government, and its efficiency ha
been greatly increased by the successful
introduction of the police-patrol system
which has recently been put in operation
The addition Of the Lee District TO the cltl
embraces over O square mile OF TERRITORY
and necessarily makes more ana mucl
larger beats. and Will require the service
of every man on the force To cover them
The Chief Of Police recommends that tn
members of the police force now in to-
employ of the Health Department be re
turned to police duty, and suggests tina
men can be obtained tor much less than 1
paid policemen to perform the work OF tn
sanitary officers. In this wav the follc
Department would be enabled much NOR
effectively to perform the work which un
der the ordinances Is assigned to II.
WORK on STREETS.
Our accomplished CITY Engineer, Colo
mel w. L. Cutshaw, in his annual repor
gives in detail tho work accomplished II
the Street Department during the year
The following streets were permanent.
China street between Laurel and Pin
streets.
CLAW street between Twenty.third an
Twenty-fcurth streets.
/, CLAY street between Pickett and Mosb.
streets.
Laurel street north of Holly.
IDUlOblu1 SAIttb W ShN D"N.
streets. -,
Mosby street between Clay and venabl
streets. ,
E Twenty-second street between Church
/, Hill avenue and Marshall street.
The road-beds OF Clay street frot
Twenty-ffth to Twenty-sixth, Car
street from Third to Fourth. Cary stree
from Second to Foushee, Churchill
+ avenue from Twenty-irst 10 Twenty
second, Franklin street from Seventh t
Eighth, Franklin street nom Nineteent
to Twenty-lrst. Harrison street froI
= Franklin to Park avenue. Seventh stree
! from Main to Cary. Seventh street fror
Canal TO Tredegar. and Main street froi
Twenty-ffth to fwenty-seventh were lal
in granite spall paving whilst Belyider
= street between Albemarle and Made
Lane, West avenue between Harrison an
Lombardy, First street from Hill street {
: viaduct, Ihirty-frst street between Ola
p and Marshall were partially graded.
I STREETS IN LEE DISTRICT.
= Careful surveys and maps were made
| Lee District. and permanent grades wei
. established for the whole of the incorp'
: rated part Of this section; besides permi
! nent grades In many of the streets in Il
4 city for which grades have not been pr