Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-03
ICOHN WOULD DIVIDE
FORCE into SIX SQUADS
Submits Report on Boards Plan for
Greater Street Cleaning
Efficiency.
FDusHING NOT PRACTICABLE
superintendent Says Practice of
Cleaning Streets by Recourse to
Fire Hydrants Has Been Generally
Discontinued.

In his report on an improved method
Z Of cleaning the city. Superintendent
Henry ], Colin, of the Street Cleaning
Department, suggests to the Admins
trative Board that the city be divided
into six sections. instead of four, as
was proposed by Commissioner Hirsch
berg. and that the buildings at the
state Fair Grounds be used only tenn
porarily as headquarters for the street
cleaning force Of the western half of
the city. He points out that it would
he dangerous to stable between fifty,
and sixty teams in frame buildings.
and suggests-that brick stables be con-
structed at. some point in the West
End
In an interview with n reporter of
The Times-Dispatsh yesterday. Mr..
from fire MIGRANTS had been discon-
tinued in all the larger cities on ac
count OF the heavy expense involved.
Richmond to use this means of keeping
the streets clean.
REPORTS ON PLAN TO
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Mr.. Cohn's report, which has not yet
been acted upon Why the board, fol-
lows:
Honorable Administrative Board,
City of Richmond.
"Gentlcmen-The resolution offered
in your honorable body proposing GER
tain changes or reorganization OF the
department of. street cleaning. with
letter requesting report on same to
hand. and in reply thereto beg leave
10 say that. in my .judgment, an up
town stable is Very necessary, but have
not determined as to the advisability
of selecting the State Fair Grounds as
The most suitable location.
In the first place. it is out to one
corner of the city, and. in the second
place, it would be very dangerous to
wooden structure.
Then again during the state fair it
would bc very hard TO find temporary
However, the above-mentioncd place
could be used temporarily but would
advise that a brick stable be built for
our teams doing work in the western
portion of the city.
'As to the division of the force into
four separate and distinct squads.
would suggest and recommend that the
city be divided into SIX parts instead
of the above nentioned four parts, with
foreman over each. by so doing more
work could be accomplished and bet
ter results attained.
SUGGESTS DIVISION
INTO SIN SQUADS
MY suggestion as to the division of
the force could be made as follows:
SDistrict No. ALL that territory
living north of the Richmond Fred
board Air Line Railway tracks ." east ito to
seventh street. then northwardly along
the line of Seventh street to the Chcsa
northwardly along the Chesapeake aud
Ohio hallway tracks to the city limits.
Tits territory to embrace the townships
OF Ginter Park, Barton Heights. High
land Park, North Richmond and all
territory lying in between tho said
t4Mnships.
ly!ng south of tile Richmond, Fred
eiscksburg and Potomac and the Sea-
bTnrd Air Line Railway tracks, south
td5 Franklin Street, westwardly along
the centre line of Franklin Street and
Monument Avenue from Fifth street to
the city limits
Lying south OF Franklin Street and
Monument Avenue to the river west OF
Firth street to tho city limits.
sGnth Of the river, which includes the
olu town OF Manchester, Forest lIill,
Woodland Helghts. and all outlying ter
;itorS recently annexed.
-Distict No. AL Of that territory
lying south Of Marshall Street TO the
river, east OF Fifth street to the cor
porute limits.
.District No. 6-hll of that territory
lying north OF Marshall street. east o.
Fifth Street TO the corporate limits.
treet..sweeping apparatus be kept at
End Stable would be the most CON
renient, as most all OF the machinc
Seventh and Twelfth streets
The. ash and garbage carts can be
from one district to the other as the
p6,tng place FOR the swcepcrs, that
wQl have to be determined by the fore
man.
;.in regard TO naming OF the foreman,
most respectfully request that | be
permitted TO withhold the naming OF
determined on ne mugtbcr OF districts.
Very Respectfully submitted
tSigncdb "HENRY COIN,
inf,