The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-21
DIS UP CITY TO MAKE.
ROOM FOR PROGRESS
Turning Loose OF Money From Bond
Issue VIII Mean Much Work
For Idle Men.
START VAST IMPROVEMENTS
Municipal Expenditure Not Much
More Than That BY Private In
dividuals and Corporations All Over
City.

with the turning loose of a large
part OF the 100000 bond issue OF
recent date. within the next few
weeks. many parts of Richmond win
in short time resemble boom time
| city.
Arrangements have already bees
made by the Administrative Board for
the extension of sewers, water and
gas mains. and the grading and gut
tefin3 OF streets, in every section Of
the city.
This work OF Improvement will be
more noticeable in the northern and
western sections, but . great amount
OF 1t Will be done In the East End and
In South Richmond.
The widening of Hull Street and
the extension of the trunk sewer
through Woodland Heights and Swans
boro, Will necsssitate the employment
OF large number of men and the ex-
penditure of much money
East End improvements
The widening of Williamsburg Ave
nue. and the improvements TO the
Phillips property recently purchased
for park purposes in Fulton. viii mean
the expenditure of thousands OF dol
lars. and the employment of q number
OF men.
In the West End the extension of
sewers and mains through SCOTS Ad-
dition, and the widening and extern
| sion of Monument Avenue will. also.
necessitate the loosening up of the
| Administrative Board to the ,une OF
thousands OF dollars.
Seventy-five thousand dollars. and
| some more. will be spent this summer
in the establishment OF the Chamber
Jayne Avenue boulevard, designed to
connect Ginter Park and adjace 1T sec
tons with the business districts of the
city.
The impr ovements 10 Fourteenth
Street and Dock Street. now IN pro.
gress, will add to the busy scene. while
the banks OF Shockoe Creek will re-
semhle the trenches In the hattIofieI6s
OF the European war.
Municipal Awakening
Besides, there will be additions TO
the gas plant, the electric plant. the
| public school buildings. and the water
! plant.
In addition 10 the money provided
| for permanent improvements in the
bond issue. there are many Thousands
already appropriated and taken care
! Of in the annual budget. Much OF this
large sum OF money will he used in
old city limits
The money provided by the bond
issue will be available about the mid
| die of June. From that date on the
city will present most active scene.
Added to the vast amount OF work
proposed by the city will be that OF
| the erection of the BIZ Broad street
, depot. the depression Of the railroad
| tracks along the Belt Line. and the
construction of innumerable private
| residences and business houses.
Building Inspector Butler said yes
terday thai the outlook for the i'm
mediate future is most brilliant. The
work for which permits have already
| been issued Is substantial. and fore
runner OF more to come.
The total amount Of building work
| for the year to date, IL greatly more
than that Of the same period last
| year Every month OF this year has
gone ahead Of that OF the previous
year by thousands of dollars and the
| cry is still they come"
Butler Calls This Progress.
IF this isn't what You call pro-
rress," commented Inspector Butler,
| II don't know what progress IL. There
| Ia not another city Of our class in the
country that reaches us in the number
Of new residences for the year.
Which means the people are taxi
ing advantage of the new territory,
and are building up. And II the times
were not good the people would not be
abba to spend any money IN enii ing
up" =.
Within the past few days the Ad-
miuistratiye Board has directed the
| City Engineer to furnish plans for the
grading and extension OF streets, and
| for the improvements to Shockoe
Creek. a. well as for the laying OF
water and gas mains City Engineer
Bolling's once is crowded with work.
his force being up to their eyebrows
| In order to have everything ready for
| the summer and fall rush.