Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-25
BOARD MAKES CHANGES IN
STREET CLEANING FORCE
Orders Division Of Department Into
East and West End
Districts.
GIVES COIN WIDE POWERS
Street Cleaning Superintendent VIII
Have Charge of Emergency Street
Repair Force and OF Street Busin
Inlet Cleaning.

On account OF an insufficient appro-
prtation to streets generally. the Ad-
m'nistrat!ve Board yesterday effected
important transfers. consultations and
rcarrangements OF the Street Cleaning
Department and the hand, and cnres
force. the latter of which. with tho
eAception or the force employed In all
the territory south OF the James River
was recently abolished. The action OF
the board was taken ON the recon-
nendation OF Commits ioners Hirsch-
oerg ana Beck. who were appointed a
committee tc look into a r.arranye-
ment of the forces. and the resolm
tons were offered by Mr. Hirschbcrg.
Under instructions by the board
superintendent Henry Cohn. OF tho
street Cleaning Department. will d.
s.ue ms iorce INTO two separate and
distlnct departments. one to be known
as the East End District. to be To-
catcd as At present, under the charge
OF w. Il. Wood, now employed as fore
man OF the hands and carts force in
the Eastern District. and the other 70
be known rs the West End District.
"h'cn VIII be In charge OF T.. L. Crcary
Assistant Superintendent OF the Street
Cleaning Department
COIN TO SUPERVISE
DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS
Superintendent Cohn was further in
structed to divide the street cleaning
iorce to the best advantage Of tho
TWO districts. MIR. Wood viii receive
4 salary az $1,000 year. Mr. Crcary's
salary Is not nn!ncu. Under the terms
or the same r,so!Itiul. Superintendent
conn Is instructed on ard after April
l. TO take over III" property OF the
hands and carts force Ia both districts
and TO see that II IS protected ana cared
FOR. and that the animals have care
!ui attention, this order rcInainini; In
effect until further instructions are
given.
City Engineer BOllrx g instructed
TO turn over to the Superintendent Of
the St.eet Cleaning Department all
mules. harness. tools ana Ia: plements OF
all kinds. including s:sa-t rollers. feed
and other property heretofore attached
TO and known as the hands and carts
force
Superintendent Cohn viii also take
charge of the street basin inlet clean
Ing force. ms formerly lnlnarcd by the
city Engineering Department. and Is
instructed TO place G. T.. Atkinson now
foreman OF the repair force, In charge
OF this division. Mr.. Atkinson will
also act rs foreman Of the emergency
street repair force superintendent
Cohn viii select TO carry out the
emergency repair work such men as
ne may deem advisable, and Will re-
port their names to the board
III; HANDLED ny BOARD
The City Engineer Will be notified
of these changes, and Will he directed
- turn over II Superintendent Cohn
all equipment belonging to tho street
basin inlet cleaning force. In addi-
ton, the CITY Engineer Is directed to
refer all emergency repair requests. In
Guiding police reports. to the Admin
istrat!ve !.oArd.
The men Of the hands and carts force
"'ii be divided among the several de-
pnrtm-ntS now placed In control OF
Sup"ri,, ndcUt Conn. and Will be in
charge OF p:actioally ali street work
except that which is related to per
nnnent Improvement. The street
cleaning force numbers approximately
100 men. and the hands and carts
force, not including that part of the
force retained in South Richmond
about seventy men. For all the work
which will now be in his hands super
intendcnt Cohn Will have approximately
go men.