The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-04
Total expenditures
Surface OF Streets,

surface OF Streets,
INC Engineer dcports & complete tab
: uiation OF the amount Of grading, oil
NE, crawling and surface improve
i0ent OF streets. Asphalt block paving
was laid on Bclvidcre street, between
Main and BROAD, Laurel between
!rankiin and Broad; Harrison, between
iark and Grace. and Cherry between
Alocmarle and beverly. The asphalt
blcck paving. Mr.. Boiling reports, stiIl
SiVes satisfaction, som. of it having
been IN use In Richmond for six,cenI
years and still III good condition He
says AS "a smooth paving at its pres
ent cost OF $500 per square yard, RI
know OF none that gives any better
results. Where streets are cut for
Pipes or repairs, when relaid properly,
IL leaves no unsightly spot"
The cheapest material with which
streets III the outlying and residcntia
sections can be made available, the En-
Sineer reports, is good bank gravel
thoroughly rolled. He recommends thar
this surface bc then covered with an
OH OF tar preparation containing a
proper amount of adhesive qualities.
OF OF Ii tic REM Benefit.
Inc oilinS done during the past year
Is reported 10 have added little TO the
preservation OF streets, rs it contained
little o. no binder, it's principal useful.
ness having been q dust layer. lnl
bad weather the oiled streets nave be
come a mass OF greasy mud. Mr.. Boil
ing urgently recommends the inforcc-
mtnt of the broad tire ordinance for
the protection OF the streets. Most
wagon owners, i, IS reported, have
c0nformcd, but one extension after an
other has been given TO the few whose
tires are doing much damage.
me city's torcc OF hands and carts
curing the year. apart from patching,
placed ?2s,ocn square yards OF gravel
on streets This Kind o. work, Mir f.
bo!lihS reports, can be done more eco
homically by the city carts while the
grading OF streets can be done more
cheaply By contract. While there has
always l'een nnch complaint about the !
streets, some OF it no doubt justified. !
Mr. boiling calls attention 10 the
praise given the streets OF Richmond |
10y the Good Roads Convention. which |
assembled hare last November some of
INC members stating tina, Richmond !
had tho best streets OF any city they !
had visited.
Miles Of sewers Laid.
y grand total Of 1915 miles Of iuair, |
sewers have been laid daring the wear.
with 1888 miles OF house connections |
IL the annexed territory, not including |
south Richmond, nearly all OF the !
m"tn sewers are completed The LARGE !
=
Avenue VIII be finished within thirty |
days Il is urged uAat ;sas mains be |
lad at once with house connections to /
N'ch lot IN the streets ~ which sewers !
;'nd water mains have reen provided, !
before lie surface OF thcsc streets IS |
improved, 50 that they Say not Ia att
oncc cut 10 pieces. !:
fhr former rity OF Manchester had
only few small pipe sewers with un !
provision ror storm water or surface |
drainage. rhv Council has provided
81 10000 for sewer system Tor south I
Richmond. and contracts amoumtine to f,
Si".li' have bccn awarded for the TWO
'"ain trunks into which the smaller
sewers viii subsequently empty.
y large amount q: cuYbing ana e,-
tsrins has seen l4.J !. Wasaim@to, [
Ward. No genera! paving has Been |
do:!e III South taehmond. hoNcve. AZ /.
i MS thought best first 10 INSTALL (
i:e sewer gas and wa;o: mains
Assessments Are Tedious.
sHtcnf!on IS called to obvious dt-
.eetS IN ~ sent iags relating 10 tnc !
assessment OF damages for grading !
streets the long delay q! having tho
Council ant"orlze assessments tho
notincation t. adjoining owners. an! !
the delays Of from four 10 six ,apa.ls' !
The Engineer recommends taat 81 hcre !
dputtinS owners release the city FROM |
all damages, and 40 expedite tiI- .a.k |
tho city assume the COS, .. 4 '.tir- |
foot paved walkwaE costing 81. u: 80 |
cents per linear foot, OF S:.2c fot BOTH !
sides OF tho streets.
On the Ninth St-eat Free B,iisc !
sl!,a6'.so has aeon expended ~ tenn
porary repairs. and the hli,.s,e s .rt-
rortcd rs oninG aafo 10" use urless Il
temporary wooden tre.t!as arc snort !
out by ice on fr9sAct, tlans goI re- !
placing thls b:idsc as soon a4 Mayo |