The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-28
THOROUGH SURVEY FIRST
STEP IN IMPROVEMENT
City Engineer Boiling Would Map
Out Streets and Grades
of New Area.
PROVIDE FOR FUTURE NEEDS
Water, Gas and Street Car People
Studying Problems Presented by
Enlarged Area OF City and Its
Rapid Growth.

Hichmond's first step on acquiring
the large area outlined In the decree
Of Judge ~ \. Campbell. entered YES
tcrday. according 10 City Engineer
CHARLES T.. Boiling. will be to order
a complete Typographical survey. This
plat VIII show the projected locations
Of all streets and alleys. with their
grades and width. II viii also DO =
cornpletc plan for the drainage OF the
entire area. and every public improve
ment ordered from the time OF tie
completion of that survey. whether ii
be the laying of q piece of curbirg or
the installation Of q water pipe. will be
in accordance with the lines and grades
adopted in that survey. Several par
ties OF surveyors VIII probably he put
to work on the undertaking. which.
because of the immense area and the
necessity of absolute accuracy, will
probably REQUIRE several months.
Such survey was ordered by the
City Council after the annexation of
1905. am! Was done under the super
vision of Assistant city Engineer NJ
o. Iankins. Complete surveys wcro
also made OF Manchester Immediately
following consolidation in 1910 In
TACT, the city is better provided with
maps showing protles and grades in
the newer sections than Il is In the
Oldest part OF the town, where the man
has been questioned ss to it's accuracy,
the proper north line OF Main street
in The heart OF the business section
being now a matter OF some dispute.
WILL PLAN COMPLETE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
FoiiowinS svch at survey the City
Engineer holds that plans should be
made for a comprehensive sewerage
system. Tho Immediate demands OF
annexed citizens for street paving and
surface improvements, the authorities
believe. should be resisted notwith-
standing their complaints and the po-
litical and other pressure they bring
TO bear. until the underground con
structions' have been made and the
streets have been brought TO their
fin"l grade. For all of the northern
suburbs the drainage problem IS in
tcrlockcd with the proposition OF COW
ering Bacon's Quarter Branch, the old
northern city boundary, and on the
walIing In OF which the city is now
expanding large sum of money An
immense water main from the Rescr-
Voir In William Byrd Park directly
north under tho Boulevard or Mulberry
Street to about the State Fair Grounds.
and thence eastwardly. supplying Gin
ter Park, Barton Heights, North Rich
mond and Highland Park. and making
ample provision for tho future. is pro-
jectedt thus ObviatinS the possibility
of placing too great n drain on the
main feed pipes, which now supply
the northern section of the old city
CITY SELLS GAS At
ANNUAL PROFIT
The relations of the city TO the pri-
vatc company supplying gas in the
suburbs will present one OF the prob
lens that will have to to be solved
though as the city admits that it is
selling gas ut profit. it would seem
TO be good business policy to make n
liberal extension of mains into all pop
ulous sections of the annexed terri
tory.
Control of street car franchises is
regarded as ono of the most important
details of annexation, and already tho
Virginia Railway and Power COM
pany, through Vicc-Presidcnt Sitter
ding. has announced its purpose Of
constructing direct line by the Fair
Grounds to Joseph Bryan Park with
one fare. The courts order for the
opening of a direct thoroughfare from
Ginter Park to the city, obviously the
extension of Chamberlayne Avenue di-
rectly into the heart of the city, opens
the way for direct street car service
in less than half the time now con-
sumed to Gintcr Park. and at the Same
timo will leave the now overcrowded
Barton Heights limo to serve the terri
tory for which 1T was originally con-
structed.