The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-01
Eriticizcs Lack of System in I
/ pending Funds for Street
lIss Improvement.
lNEED GRADING AND GRAVEL
Eity Engineer Boiling Wants
i Money to Grade Sixty Miles
Is OF Roadways.

Judging by expressions from a NUM-
Der of members of the Council Com
rnittee on Finance last night. there is
little probability OF any general appro-
priation being made in the annual
budget this year for smooth paving.
Provision may be made for paving
about the new John Marshall High
School, and if funds permit there may
be special appropriation to continue
| the smooth paving on Monument Ave-
nue. from Allison Street to the Davis
Monument. or possibly to the Boule-
ward.
Chairman Adams, of the stree. Com
1nittee, suggested the advisability of
paving Belvidere Street from Broad 10
Main, because of its long neglected
tcondition. But the general street
ifund will be so hedged about that it
scan only be spent for grading, gravel
t1ng, curbs and cutters and granite
lspall paving, the demands of the out
iHyinE territory, in which there has
fbeen rapid building development hav-
ing precedence, according to several
fmembers of the committee.
incidentally, the custom of the street
Eommittee in AaN1aingsthe general APP
precipitation is4o- .srard funds and spend
lang IL on the sole Recommendation of
FINE Two members composing the ward |
sneieGatlon came in for several hard |
Caps, members asserting that much OF
t1ne street fund of two wears nro had |
.lbeen improperly diverted from the mr.
pose for which ii was intended 10 the !
paVlhs of single blocks on streets |
.hat come from nowhere and lead 10 |
nowhere
Need Two Millions.
CITY Engineer Boiling presented :,
statement of the needs of the street |
Department, showing from his records
what improvements are a, this tjme |
lieened IN the city. the grand total /
kSSregating S2,0a5,07054. The items |
OF payroll of the Engineering DEPART |
ment. $eo3lo; hands and carts nav
ION, $4,000; hands and carts EXPENSES
ihciuoihg purchase of new wagons and !
f. ~ a s4S'oeo; roller and crusher,
sso.oVo, ana the advance funds for paw
ing SIDEWALKS and alleys at the ex- |
.1.nse ~ ADutting property owners. the |
Acity 10 be later reimbursed, were about |
as usual and occasioned little discus
SION. Mr. Boiling recommended the
purchase OF new steam roller To cost
$500. for use on streets in the East
tcnd, and also number of repairs n |
Dsldges in different parts of The civ |
for streets generally, grading and |
EfaSelng, the engineer estimates the |
nseus OF the year at sifT.l99.24; for
streets generally, curling, sutterng
and smooth paving, $1,l32,546.30 az
the latter item, $4,000 represents as
Inmates on smooth paving on resolu !
tions introduced in the Council ana ro-
TERED 10 the Committee on Streets. |
MI. Cottrell asked If II were the Gus. !
tom to list all such requests az thew
We're introduced, whether there il,
merit in them or not. Mr. Boiling re
PRED ma, they were passed on BY the
ward delegation In each instance
Mr. Elicit claimed that the item for
smooth paving should originate In the
flnance rather than the Street Com
mittee, claiming To have been tho ,n-
thor Of the original resolution far
smooth paving on Grace and Franklin
streets. Mr. Mills argued that it was
irregular and out OF order for Inc
FINANCE committee to take UP an ap-
preparation for any department ,nti,
the committee in charge 81 thai do.
pariment had acted as q whole Tho
street Committee, he said, should list
lille streets il fayors smooth navInr
This wear with an estimate.
Council should Select streets,
The Council of the city of Rich
I1nond should have notice whore This
paY!ng fund Is 10 be spent" continued
Il Mr. MILE, - VIII not vote for any
hlanket fund 10 BE subdiyieed among
tho wards regardless OF their needs,
4and then expended by the two men
who make up the ward delegation
Wherever they see I'll. III there is 10
4 be smooth paving this year The Coun-
GIL, not ward delegation. should say