Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-14
WOULD REORGAN|zE
| CITY STREET CLEANING
Graham B Hobson Will Offer Reso
luton in Administrative
Board To-Day.
PARALYSIS scoURGE ALARMING
Citizens Demand More Frequent and
Efficient Method Of Removing Gar
bage-Cohen Says He Hasn't Men
Enough.

bage-Cohen Says He Hasn't Men
Enough.
reused by tho campaign inaugu-
! inted by Chief Health Officer Levy to
cioan mp the city on account of tho
! prevalence of infantilc paralysis In
N"w York City and elsewhere and TO
| lfe"cnt the diseases appearance here.
ms Will be taken to-day by the Ad-
illustrative Board. 1t is expected. look
jig toward making Richmond Il per-
. l'1nent spotless town by increasing the
'nciency of the STRENGTHENING De-
! r"rtment Commissioner Graham Il.
i''oson announced yesterday that he
| would offer Il resolution at to-day's
citing of the board directing Super
'rtcndent OF Street Cleaning Henry
'"hn TO furnish the board with re-
port and recommendation as to what
s lacking in his department TO place
on basis to relieve the city OF
daily complaints for the failure OF the
removal of nuisances Of all descrip-
| tons.
Mayor Anslic expects to consult with
n'mbcrs OF the administrative Board
',ld Or. Levy as soon the latter re-
arms from New York for the purpose
Of formulating some plan OF action Of
iHpFovng conditions relating 10 the
removal of garbage and other refuse in
| 'll parts Of the city.
DEPARTMENTS COOPER ATE
- carrying on, his plan to aba,c
| an nuisances in the city. Or. Levy has
irind il necessary to call into service
| h'i only the inspectors OF his own de-
| lsrtinent bu. those Of the Water and
/ ''AS Departments. while Mayor Aiuslic
/ has placed the entire police force ar
! lis disposal TO aid III the campaign.
L will be the duty Of the street
,ieaning Department to remove all
waste material. which the sanitary Of
| hsers VIII direct must he removed
/ ON private and public places
with practically every force OF tho
~. government at work TO prevent
(" POSSIBLE outbreak Of inf;n,ilc pa
ralysis in Richmond, complaints have
"cEun TO come in to the .tdlniiistra-
~" Board. Health Department and
! -" STRENGTHENING Department that
carnage IL not removed, especially dur
fog the hot weather. az often as is
i"sessary TO prevent pals and other
! Teceptacles from becoming breeding
| iaccs for fiicS. mosquitoes and other
| rtrriers Of disease. Though most
| cites Of Richnond's size compel the
naliy removal OF swirl. citizens here
lave brough, to the attention Of the
au,hortties the fact that the refuse
/ rom their kitchens is no, removed
'Neept twice week. If then
PHYSICAL. IMpoSsIBILITY.
SAYS SUPERINTENDENT COIN
physical iInpossibility for his
ID apartment to keep the streets clean.
hiul away ashes and trash and make
! '"icctions OF garbage more frequently
man twice week. TO improve this
.NS'em. II was said Yesterday AT his
aiice. will require the employment "c
iditional men and the acquisition of
.dttional equipment
he entire strcct-cicaninE force now
composed OF 20a men Thre. o,
d
~" dog pound, ten. including ;vyo
iprcnen, are detailed for duty In The
| tables. and the remainder are divided
INTO Eastern and Western districts
WIZ lhc dividing line at Firth street
There are ciGhty-onc men in the r.as
Ind and 100 in the West Eud Men are
raily ON the sick list and away on
furloughS.
lowed bI the CITY Council IL is now
Impossible 10 increase this force /.
~ said Last year tho budget allotted
Eilo the street Cleaning Department,
100000 for its payroll. and this year
80 was trimmed down TO $4,000 To
lrcvent dismissing nineteen men. SUI
HI rerintendent Cohu succeeded in having
the sum made UP by asking the Coun-
i on Tor an additional appropriation OF
J. $4,000 For the EXPENSES OF the de-
u pariment, including feed for 200 horses,
4 repairs TO vehicles and harness horse
H shoeinG. gasoline and other supplies
II for motor wagons, the Council this
Il >car allowed an additional $4,000.
II bringing the total appropriation TO
| $40 900 Ar the fiscal wear. ending on
Il February |. With the pay OF tho
II STRENGTHENING hands at S225 per day
\ per man and with tho salaries of the
h officials OF the department totalling
\ nearly $4,000 a year. there is nothing
\ let or the appropriation OF $4,000
with that sum devoted exclusively 10
the payroll, $4,000 is all that the de-
par,ment has for expenses, and most
q this sum is devoted TO paying for
| feed for horses and mules.
EXPENSE; HAS JUMPED FROM
S110."25 to 100000
IN 900 the Council appropriated for
tha STRENGTHENING Department the
sum of S1l6,225.36. In 1915, according
- The annual report OF superintendent
IOhn. the department was allowed
! $50 400. which is claimed to be an in
crease OF extremely small proportions
r when compared to the increased area
I of the city. In 1906 Manchester was
not part of the city. being annexed
iu 1910. In 1914 the city nearly doubled
g., area. taking in Ginter Park, North
Richmond. Barton Heights. Highland
I, Park. Woodland Heights. Forest Hill,
T, extensive territory in the West End
! and some in the East End. While the
,itv has grown by leaps and bounds
and it's population multiplied many
times, the funds for the operation OF
the STRENGTHENING force. ii is claimed.
have not kept pace with the expan-
sion
Attention was called to the fact that
he removal of garbage is only a part
Of the work OF the department, which
must also haul away other trash and
ashes. besides. attempting to keep the
streets clean, clean out sewers and
street basins, and attending to daily
calls for the removal Of dead animals
I OF all descriptions.
LAW NOT ENFORCED
AS TO CONTAINERS
Another handicap which it is said