The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-30
LET TIE GOOD WORK GO ON
street Committee HakS a Gratifying
Start for Improvement.
STILL NEE FOR FUR FER ACTI0I
Cary street For several Blocks is Excse4>
ingiy tflthy Earnestly Hoped that
There May BE Co-opperation
to n cip the situation.

1t will be a matter OF more than ordi-
nary interest to the people Of kichmond
to know that the street Lom nittee has
made a gratifying start towards im-
proving the wretched condition N RicAs
m)nls thor uyhiares.
At the meeting CT the Street Committee
held Friday night 1t VAS decided to pave
Ninth street. to Improve Twelfth street,
to look after the street crossings and to
make Jther Improvements. This 10 en-
codraging, and hundreds OF people In this
city will be glad % knoS that something
at least will bo done by way OF helping
tn, situation.
on Friday night the street sweepers
were at work and Main, Broad and
Ninth streets were swept and much Of ths
accumulated filth removed.
NEED FOR ACTION.
There Il great need tor additional
street sweepers and increased facilities
for removing some Of the NTH accumus
lated In manly OF these streets. II Is true
that tho Street Committee is more OF
less hampered by reason OF its small ap-
propriation and that the Board OF Health
is laboring under similar difficulty
And yet 1t as plain as the nose on your
face that something will have TO be done
IL Richmond wants TO avoid serious cpl
denies. There is every reason TO be-
lieve that the coming summer VIII be
cool one upon the whole, since the win
ter season has been so unusually warm.
and II is a well known fact that ABB
normally cool weather during the sum
mer months produces various diseases In
increased numbers.
For this reason alone there is reason
that tho citizens OF Richmond should usa
their influence 10 have the sanitary con-
diton of the city gretaly improved.
There Is a sad need for well-organized
street-cleaning department here. Visit
ors from all parts OF the country COM
ment upon the bad and uneven paving,
and the filthy condition OF the streets.
A well known gentleman stopping In the
city a few days ago. said: You have n
beautiful city. handsome residences, lovely
parks and attractive surrounding views.
But-your streets. They are not properly
taken care of and they are notlceably
dirty"
This Is a common criticism heard every
where The situation can be remedied
II a systematic effort Is made 10 DO 80.
FILTHY CARY STREET.
The condition OF Cary street In tho
wholesale and shipping district Is a
sight to behold.
Despite the fact that there had been no
rain for several days UP TO yesterday
the-nud Wac thiciss aa.t tzasjekys @iu fffo
filth was repulsive froni Tenth or
Eleventh TO Fifteenth streets. All sorts
of Declings. old decayed pieces OF cab
bage. rotten fruits. and any quantity II
refuse vegetable matter had accumulated
in the street until there were disagreea5le
odors for several blocks. This street IL
supposed to be paved IL is Joke.
Many complaints have come from the
wholesale men and shippers. but little or
nothing is being done 10 improve the sit-
uation. Should this be true?
LET THE WORK Go ON.
II IS the earnest wish OF many Of Rich
mand's representative citizens. who have
commended The Times for the series of
articles that have appeared recently along
this line, that since a movement seems
to have been started by the Street Com
mittee to improve matters so far as lay
in their limited powers, there may be
cooperation on the part OF the Board of
Health, the Finance Committee. the
City Engineers Department, and indeed
every member Of the two branches oe tho
City Council so that this beautiful city
may AT least have streets OF which the
citizens here are not ashamed, and "A
sanitary cor dition of affairs that will not
give the city black eye with the outside
world, nor produce an epidemic such az
will arouse some concerted action to i'm
prove the lamentable situation now ex-
isting.