The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-28
STREET CLEANING
IS HARD PROBLEM {
Subcommittee Spends Two Hours
Trying to Solve 1t.
SANITARY INSPECTORS HEARD:
Declare They Cannot Sweep Principal
Thorou.hfarcs Oftencr Unless
Given More Teams and Men
rlan They Now Have.
SANITARY INSPECTORS HEARD:

The subcommittee to which the Council
Committee On Health recently referred the
subject of improving the present me'hoa Oh
sstreet-cleaning in Richmond. met last night
and after a sweeping discussion OF the
matter that lasted two hours, found Itself
up against a tough proposition In the
abstract the sub-comnlitteemen found
themselves in this pcsition In order 10
clean the streets of the city as the +peopie
want them cleaned it would pe necessary
to have about SzS,C23 more year lhah Inc
Council now allows tor this WORK
The subcommittee, however, hasii ''.e
nerve to ask for the sum. In fact, II pro-
roses IN ,rv tn get through with very
small additional appropriation. BY d sSs-
tenn OF lending mules by courtesy oY one
district to another and clandestlne trans
fe.. of men now paid to watch the dumps,
the subcommittee believes It can sua'ai-
tee that Broad, Main and Cary Streets
will be swept from end to eNu at isslSI
three times a week. The side streets ana
the alleys are to maintain their status quo
DETAILS UNDER DISCUSSION
The Subcommittee met in the office OF
the president OF the Board of Heath at
s O'Clock last night. Committeeman Shea,
Hcbson, Dcnanoe and Burton. Dr. open
hirler. president of the board. and the four
sanitary inspectors being present
DR.. Oppenhtner started the ball ro!hns
by stating that while the cltEs street
cleaning department was operated differ
entity and more cheaply than that in other
CITES he would suggest that the present
system of assigning certain teams to eacl
of the four districts be changed and the
teams kept at the stable to be used in any
district Then idle teams from one dis
trict could be used in some other.
Sanitary officer Shields stated that his.
the Second District. which extended from
First to Fourteenth Streets. was swept
three nights every week. and that he
would require nine additional men and
three to four additional teams in order to
sweep the streets every night, as he had
12S squares of paved streets to keep clean
Sanitary officer Lamkin, of the First
District stated that his district extended
from Fourteenth Street east to the cor
porate limits, and that he had twenty-four
men employed and swept his streets two
nights a week TO sweep three nights
would require five additional men and
enc additional double team. He has l4o
paved squares to look after
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
Speaking of the work in the Third Dis
trict, which is cleaned under the supervls-
ion of Officer Walton, that inspector said
he had twenty-four men and fourteen
CARTS and hnd all that territory lying
south of Clay Street. between First Street
and the corporate limits on the west side
of the city. He said he was only able to
clean Broad. Cary and MUM Streets two
nights week, but that with one additional
horse and four extra men he would be
able to sweep these thorouShfares three
nights a week. 1t WIS then explained
that the sanitary forces devote the nights
to Main Cary and Broad. Streets, and the
DAYS to the cross and side streets and the
alleys, md, that the last named streets
and the alleys sometimes do not get swept
for orcea week