Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-31
drawn machines and two soo-g gallon
spriuklcrs
SW PEPPERS GO OVER
$50 nI.DJiLS PER DAY


MI this machinery is In constant
operation. sweeping each dav about
IS" blocks. or seventeen and a half
miles Of streets. The collection OF gar
bace during the pas, summer was the
heaviest ever known in the history OF
Richmond. the repor, states. About
5000 tons Of refuse was either de-
stroycd 10y the disposal plants or car
ried 30 the country. the average cost
OF this service being about forty-two
cents q ton During the heavy season
about 49, tons Of garbage were dis
posed Of by it's distant removal.
NO satisfactory plan for the dispose al
OF garbage" the report continues. has
eve: yet been determined upon any
" mere. Various theories and many
schemes. with all kinds Of machinery
and appliances. are pressed upon the
attention OF those in authority, but
any proposition. when fairly consid-
OF the machinery and appliances loudly
advertised and advocated proves to he
ineffective. expensive and disappoint-
ing. The probabilities are that the
4question viii remain for many wear.
ursoiNed unsa tisfactury. trolbleso some
and expensive
SAYS CRITICISMS or
STHEt"r CLEANING ARR: FALSE
There is wide difference OF opiu
ION between those charged with tho re-
sp"nsibility Of city affairs, vino visit
daily every section OF the city, and
those who, N the seclusion Of their
offices and homes. imagine conditions
concerning the effectiveness OF our
street Cleaning Department In spite
oi 81! thai has been said in the press
aud by uniformed people, generally,
the Impression made upon those who
sec and travel The streets daily is that
they are wonderfully clean. and any
statement 70 the effect that the streets
are unclean, filthy or disEraceful. by
whornsoevcr made is regarded by those
who really know as false and perhaps
malicious
OF the water department il is said
that the pumping station Is In eX-
c-ifent condition. and rendering sum :
cient and constant service. The pump
ing service. including the annexed ter
ritor!. is now averaging about 1900.
, 600 gallons per day. During the year
about fifteen and II half miles of water
mains were laid. 2l,lI6 meters were In
! stalled; LAS taps were made; the
Woodland Heights water system was
taken over by the city at cost Of
$500, and the service is now rem
dcrcd there through go meters. II is
stated that there is pressing need for
/
higher territory. consisting Of thirty.
twenty -four and twenty-inch mains.
extending from Beverly Street TO Sew
cnth and Marshall Streets.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING
GREATLY EXTENDED
Since the Administrative Board took
charge OF the Electric Department in
1913. the total light on the streets has
been increased "a per cent; but there
is still demand for more light
throughout the entire city, modern
conditions not being satisfied by the
illumination formerly used. In the an
neNed territory the board constructed
lines and lighted I.33 square miles of
territory and purchased existing lines
OF the Virginia Hallway and Power
Company covering l.35 square miles OF
territory. and connected them with the
City Electric Ilant. There are still
$50 square miles OF mnlichted terri
tory.
The Electric Plant derived, principally
from the sale of current to public
buildings, S4.6S0.94 in 1914. and $4,000