The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-30
SOON BEGIN WORK
ON IMPROVEMENTS
Will Require About 100000 Tor
Urban Necessities in New
Area.
BEGIN IN MONTH OR TWO
Extensive Plans OF Sewerage
Water and Gas Mains, Fire
Service and Schools.

The Council Committee or Apportloh
men, of Expenditures in the Annexed
Territory had long and interesting ses-
sion last night, and secured grasp Oh
the big problem confronting II, but uiu
not enter actively upon the work 1t be-
came clear that the expenditure of the
entire $4,000 or more available Tor the
extension of urban conveniences and ne
cessities to the new territory Will be
consumed in providing grades. sewerage
water and gas, fire protection ana scho0is
1t will require an expenditure OF ABOUT
sci 900 and about twelve months time to
complete the work of surveying and plat
ting the additional acreage, which is pre-
liminary to the other work TO be done.
Chairman Mills, however, elected the in
formation from City Engineer CutshaW
that residents of the new territory VII!
not have to await the COMPLETION of the
entire survey before the construction o.
sewers and the laying of water mains is
begun. On the contrary. much work can
be done Immediately, and within Two
months the surveyors Will have sulil-
GENTLY progressed in the establishment OF
grades 10 permit of as much work as
the available force can undertake. No
time will be lost in getting TO work on
all the various phases Of Improvement
The committee received typewriter
estimates from the heads of the engi-
rcer's department, from the superin-
tendent of water and light and from
the fire department and school OIL
Gals as to the cost of extensions or
these facilities The heads of depart
i ments We're present in persian, and en-
! planned their estimates.
The Estimates.
The estimates for sewerage and
street work. and for extension Oh
/, water mains, are by far the most for
/ midable, but. many items of creates.
cost in These gre not Immediately
necessary, find will not be undertaken.
/, Among these may be mentioned trunk
sewers. srhe two large items for con-
/ struction of sewc|S from the Boulevard
! TO Bacon's Quarter Branch have al
ready been provided for. AS for water
| mains. only those deemed most i'm
| perative will be undertaken at this
time. Here are the condensed figures
| CLEANED from the estimates of the va
! rious departments, these embracing
| everything now or hereafter needed:
Sewerage and Surveying.
Marshall Street, from old line.
] to Thirty fifth Street ........S loo
], Marshall Street from Thirty
| fifth 10 Thirty seventh: Thir-
ty-siXth, from Marshall to
H. Broad; Thirty-fourth. from
I. Marshall to Broad, and Broad.
from Thirty-fourth 10 Thirty
seventh ouoo
i Bacon's Quarter Branch. from
4 Boulevard to r., i. & p. r. r.
4 tracks, nine-foot circular
i Bacon,s Quarter Branch, from
r.. Z. & 2. tracks to Hermit
Fl sewer .................... 10000
n Grove Avenue, from Boulevard
Fl to Doolcy Street ............ 22,0OO
Il aggregating .,......,........sl 11. 500
I Floyd, from Park to Mea-
! Floyd. from Meadow TO
Rowland ...,....-...... 500
Floyd, from Rowland to
Sycamore .,..... SUI
FLOYD, from Sycamore to
strawberry ..r....,... 500
Branch 10 Main. ....,., $1,000
Cary. from old line to
Vine Street ........... 1900
Total estimated cost of sewer
age ...,...,.... .,......., sl72 OOl
Grading and graVeling certain
streets .....,..........., l5,0o(
Estimate for survey parties, 20,97i
NEW water MANS.
Pipe extensions for water in annexed
territory:
Estimates for extensions in
eastern section ......,.....,.. s65, o13 OF
In Fulton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6,7iO OF
yenable Street section,,.....,.. 7,4l7 O
Western section ,..,.,.t.,,...,. 1i.SO9 o.
Section west OF Boulevard be-
tween Cary and Broad ... 7S,2.4 O
II Between Boulevard and Shep-
pard. Beverly and Cary,..,. 3,S72 o
Between Beverly, Grove Avenue.
Boulevard and Randolph, go. Sc 22S 0
Eouth of Beverly, between Aea-
dow and Randolph, 52, 100 Q
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