The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-06
Administrative Board Looking
Into Cost of Equipment and
Maintenance.
WILL BUY AN AUTOMOBILE
Scaboard Offers Land to Widen
Street i'll Return for Track
Franchise.

bNlcHinOnU, DclOnSlnG 10 Tue CITY, ioT
tho purpose of Guarrying granite
city work. The steady increase In re-
cent years in tho cost Of granite work
amounting TO from so to 30 per cent,
the constant delays In getting out ma
terial. and the holding up OF Jobs for
stone, and the charges OF number
of contractors that there is n granite
quarry trust" which will sell only to
certain contractors. ana on its own
terms, has led to the belief that the
city must sooner or later open its
own quarry. either in or out Of the
city.
Abandoned for Years.
Tho abandoned quarry to which Mr..
lIirschbcrgs resolution refers belong
cd to the old city OF Manchester, nud
has not been worked in many years.
The City Engineer WAS instructed to
ascertain tho cost OF putting In proper
machinery for the operation of the
quarry. to find out us far as possible
the quality OF granite and tho cN-
tent Of tho supply. with nm estimate
on the probable output. annual cost
for machinery. uplicep and labor, ana
statement OF the amount oc granite
used by tho city In the course OF 81
Year.
The Board delegated 10 Chairman
Whittet and CAPTAIN Mccarthy the
power to purchase motor car for the
use OF the board. y large car is dc
sired. in which all five members or
the board, with tho City Engineer or
the head of any department may make
frequent inspection trips to all parts
OF tho city. observing tho condition
OF streets aud alleys, and the progress
OF all kinds of public works. In the
recent budget there was provided "a
contingent fund OF $1,000 for tho use
of the Administrative Board out OF
which II may purchase and maintain
the proposed automobile
Pave West Leigh Street.
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company was instructed yesterday 10
reconstruct It's tracks on West Leigh
Street, from Bovo TO Dinecn street at
once. as tho board proposes 30 nave
this street with granite spals. 4 part
cf the work of regarding has already
been completed 4 delegation of cit
i1ens appeared before the board ask
ing smooth paving for West Grace
street from Meadow to Davis Ave
nue.. but no action was taken
In reference 10 tho recent contro-
versy over the quality of paint and
oil furnished tho city by the Tanner
Paint and oil COMPANY which result
ton. and an invitation for new bids
on revised specifications, tho City En-
sinner was instructed yesterday to
buy In tho open market such supplies
Of paint ana oil of tin. best grade as
may be needed FOR immcdiatc use.
Scabonrd Makes Proposition.
Tho hoard received letter from W.
T.. Scddon. assistant TO tile presidcnt
Of tn" Scaooard Air Line Railway
Company, stating that that company
would consider favorably Il donation
10 the city Of land between Cary and
Dock Streets and between Franklin
and Main Streets. TO widen fifteenth
Street in return for franchise for
"a steam railway track down Fifteenth
street The letter was ordered filed,
members Of tho board holding that
matters OF franchise arc in tho hands
of tho Council. aud that thcy would
under no circumstances recommend Il
franchise for n steam shifting track
in Fifteenth street. crossing Main and
Cary Streets AZ grade.
Complaint waa received from I, o.
Moore Of tn" hlthy unswcpt and alto
gether neglected condition OF Rai
street. between Ninth AMI Tenth
streets. this being his second or third
Tho Supcrin;ende Of street Clean
ing was instructed TO give the COM
plaint Immediate attention.
liids were invited for granite span
yaving tho roadbed OF Clay Street
from seventeenth to Eighteenth street
and of'Tcith Street from nun to Balm
bridge, rcturnablr March 20
superintendent Henry Cohen. Of tho
street Cleaning Department. report cd
five vacancies in his force and recon-
mended for the positions IT. ]. O'Ncil
4 IL
Mathews and Henry Lautcrbach, which
recommendation was approved