The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-29

The Council COmmtte on Streets had
one of the most important meetings Of \
the year yesterday afternoon, two matters
of general interest and Importance being
before the body. and recommendations to-
the Council being made in each. One 5ofgs
these was the unanimous approval d of IN s5
special appropriation OF $500. or so n
much thereof as may be necessary. for
the Improvement Of the grounds OF the Z
Virginia State Fair Asocia ton, owned by
the city. l8
The other important tier was the
recommendation by the committee that the8
Seaboard Air Line Railway be granted 5a
franchise to cross Broad Street below the
street level, between Jail Alley and Six
I8teenth Street, Ein lieu OF the present dan
gerous grade crossing at that point. The
railroad proposes to construct II. great
freight depot in the valley Just south Of
Broad Street, and west Of the tracks
Heading from broad Street into the pas. .sS
senger stat ion IN consi idera ton of n this
sconcession by the city, the railroad allows
the city an casenlent 7 over It's ssrigh sof
waygand property from Sixteenth Street
I at Grace, northward to the. end Sof tFeS
present finished channel Of Shockoea Creek.
at Seventh and Hospital Streets. This /!
| gives the city5itlj channelway thirty feet
wide from the Locomo tive Works practi-5
cally to Main Street, and is of gres t i'm m
| portance as a step in the consun1mat ton
of the extensive plans for the improve
lnent OF Shockoe Creek on which the8en-S
gtneer's department OF the city has lone
| been at work. 58S sa
At Fair Grounds.
The interest that the city felt in hav-a
ling the improvement of the Fair Grounds
made was presented by Mr.. Leigh r. D
Page. who said that the citizens OF Rich-
mond had subscribed s75, 900 towards tho;
fair, ana had spent well over SIG 900
in Transforming the narsly and scrub
oak covered spot into the grounds upon
which the fair was held last year. 1t Il
was very Important, as Mr.. Page pointed
out. that the grounds be improved at
once. and ethat the grassseed be sown.
| If the appearance of the grounds was to y
| DO credltablc next October SSs
| Subchairman Pollock asked Colonel
| Cutshaw how many carts the city now
! had. The colonel said that there were!
over fifty at work on Monument Avenue 81
J and none could be spared without jeo-8
pardlzing the completion OF that work
before the Confederate Reunion. 8
The general attitude OF the committee
was obviously in favor of lending the
carts, but in view Of the representations
made by Colonel Cutshnw, Mr.. Robert
| 5Whittet. Jr., moved that the Street Cons
mittce recommend to the Common Coun-se;
Gil to appropriate $4,000. or SO much
| thereof as might be necessary. to make
the Improvement asked for by the state ,,t1,
| Fair Association. This motion prevailed
| Those present in support Of this ac-S8
| ton were Mr.. Samuel Cohen, chairman
OF the Grounds and Buildings. Committee
OF the state Fair Association; Mr.. y. Rs
Page, Mr.. A.. b.. Williams, Mr.. ohm
Stewart Bryan; from the Chamber ofs
Commerce. Mr.. e. I. y. Myers, Jr. and
Mr.. B. II. Ellington; from the II, z. Ar
/! Mr.. NJ. A. Chambers; from the Retail
Merchants Association, Mr.. Z. O. Miller.
Street Paving. #
The committee opened bids for the
smooth paving (With asphalt b'ock)
on West Franklin Street, and also Tor
| the block on Floyd Avenue. from
cherry to Linden Streets. adjacent to-
the Cathedral Of the Sacred Heart
No action was taken In the matter Of 4
awards Bids were opened for granite
curbs and spall CUTTERS and also for
brick cutters. f
The committee received bids for
| granolithiu curbs, cutters and side-8
walks on Monument Avenue, from Al-8
lison Street to the Boulevard This
means tho prompt extension OF this
work. n;
A representative OF the stephen Putt
| neg Shoe Company appeared to ASK
paving in front of the large ware.R
house OF that company on West Broad
| street, on the site OF the old exposi-
| tion grounds This petition was res
ferred to the City Engineer and the
ward committee.
The usual large number OF allega-
tons We're ordered and much other
| routine business WAS disposed Of
| i. ( / 3
To Improve City. II
At meeting Of the Committee on
| Street Clearing, held In the Office Of the I
Superintendent last night. plans were
discussed and action WAS taken looking
| to making Richmond real sspotlesss
town, during the jamestown Fxpositon.s
or from about May list to December lst,
4 a committee from this Chamber of Ctna-s
merce appeared To urge such action, but
[ this was not needed, the cornmitteemen
themselves being as kecny alive to this
matter ana it's importance as any cttt-3,