The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-18
TWO MILLION FOR
WORK ON STREE is
City Engineer Boiling PRESENTS
Big Claim, but Expects 70
See 1t Cut.
S M 90 TIL PAVING CHANGES
No Itcmizcd Report, Plan Being
for Requests to Come From
General Fund

city Engineer Boiling submitted to
the Street Committee last hight an
estimate OF the wants of the depart
rent. aggre eating s20f9,6al.9i Tor the
current year. The amount was recom-
mcndcd by the Committee on Finance
to be included in the budget for 1910.
Contrary to its former custom. the
committee will make no tented re-
port of requests for smooth paving,
and authorized that this account be
placed in the amount asked for streets
generally, under the head of paving.
-curbing and smooth paving. which
amounts to S1,1g0,S67.To.
After the Council has named tho
amount to be expended on smooth
paving the committee viii consult as
to what parts of the city the money
shall be used In
Expects 10 Sec 1t Cut.
In presenting his budget City En-
idea that the city could afford to APP
propriate all that was asked, and CALI
ed special attention to the item for
grading and graveins streets, amount
Ing to Sli7.199.24, saying that he con-
sidered this the most important OF all
street. work. and the one from which
the city got the best results.
All items asked for this depart
ment were as follows:
Payroll of the engineers depart
lnent. s20,31o; hands and carts pay
roll, $4,000; hands and carts expenses
Gncludng purchase OF mulesl, $4,000.
roller and crusher expenses. $4,000:
streets generally--paving curbng and
smooth paving, sL120,S6T70; opening
and widening streets $4,000; sew
ers. slf9,330: sewer connections (for
INDECENT persons). $500; bridges. per-
manent and repairs, $4,000; Shockoe
Greek and Bacon's Quarter Branch inn
provements. S2o61s5; paving side
walks. $4,000; grading and paving al
leys, $4,000.
strntton Did Not Resign.
other employees of the engineers de-
partments to present their accounts on
time and the work incident to hand
ling 1t, J. Taylor stratton, account
ant for the engineers department and
clerk of the committee. had prepared
his resignation to be handed to the
committee To forestail this. however,
a resolution was adopted requiring
members of the department to have
their accounts ready for the depart
regular meetings of the committee. so
that the trouble could be avoided in
future
Councilman Richards offered q reso-
luton that Mr.. Stratton's salary be
increased from $1,000 to $500 per
annum. In addition 1t was decided
that the chairman of the committee
and the City Engineer appear before
lTe tIna0Ce committee IN support OIL
the request. Mr.. StratIon's resignation
was not presented.
The petition of Cheatwood and Clay
that they be relieved of the contract
of laying sewers in the East End be-
cause they had made ii mistake in
their estimates was rejected the conf
mittee requiring them to execute the
contract or forfeit their certified check
of $500.
1t was moved by Councilman Lynch,
and carried. that another steam
roller be purchased by the city for
use on the streets OF the East End, it
being shown that the only one now In
the department. had all II could do in
the West End.
New Assistant Named.
The committee recommended the
appointment OF ]. NJ \. Allen as as
sistant In the City Engineers Office
to take the place of G. NJ. Bowers, who
recently resigned 10 accept a position
with the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way
The committee recommended, on mo-
tion of Alderman Nielsen, that the City
Engineer be requested to estimate the
cost of small portions of land at either
end of Lester street. TO be added 10
the present thoroughfare. Mr.. Boil
ing was instructed to make the esti-
mates and report the cost to the FL
nance Committee. Mr.. Nielsen also
asked the support of the committee
in the request of the citizens of Full
ton Hill and vicinity to get the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company
to extend the Main Street line out to
the National Cemetery.