The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-18
TO CONSIDER GARBAeE
QUESTION TO-DAY
Administrative Board to Hear DIR.
Levy and superintendent Cohn
On Subject OF Waste Handling.
COUNCIL WILL MEET TONIGHT.
WIN Appropriate $4,000 In Further
ance OF Health Campaign, In Prep
ar~tton for Possible Outbreak OF
Infantale Paralysis.

Ths Administrative Board will sit In
special session this afternoon at $50
o'clock to hear from Chief Health Of
ficer Levy and Superintendent Cohn.
on the city cleaning proposition,
DR.. Levy wishes moro stringent rules
for garbage and Superinten-
dent Cohn will endeavor to show that
the street cleaning department is now
performing giit-edged service for the
number OF men employed and the
equipment at hand.
In response to request from the
Administrative Board, Superintendent
Cohn yesterday presented the board a
report as to the cost for daily removal
of garbage and rubbish. As an adden-
da to the report, Mr.. Cohn suggests
that an attempt at daily removal would
resolve itself into a nuisance. and a
very large unnecessary expense.
Day Collection Not Necessary.
Few families. he says. have an ac-
emulation of garbage every day. The
cost OF visiting every house In the city
every day. would amount TO great
sum. He suggests a reasonable In
crease in his force and in his equip
ment. and he feels satisfied the situa-
tion may be handled as the cIrcum
stances may require. Superintendent
COINS report follows It will be dis
cussed at the meeting this afternoon:
July II, 1916.
Hon Administrative Board,
City Hail
Gentlemen.-As per your instructions
to report an estimate Of the cost Of
daily collections of garbage additional
carts, etc. together with my recon-
nendations, beg leave 10 report as fol-
lows:
There is needed for the collection
Of garbage az to prevent any nuisance
existing fftv-eight carts, at cost of
1920; ffth-two mules, at a cost Of
slssoo; forty sets OF harness, az a cost
Of siloo seventy men, at $3.50 per
day The cost of feed will be s2s4o
per day. cost OF shoeing ss7.
There lie IN the city s4,2oo houses
from which collections are to be made.
II this work Is TO be done daily. II
will make total of 2o6.2oo calls. or
an average of lo2soo calls tri-weekly.
The solution OF this is tri-weekly
collection which will prevent any null
sance from existing and will also pre-
vent the expenditure of a large amount
Of money This work should be cut
for seventy men ga above stated =-
In doing this work another thin 3
must be taken In consideration and
that Is a place for disposal.
AS your honorable body liz aware OF
the fact that our disposal plants have
a limited capacity and were we to
make collections over and above the
capacity Of the plants we would be
aiding in creating a nuisance far above
leaving the garbage in all cans in
the citizens yard.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY J. COIN.
Superintendent
II Is estimated that the increased
5000; shoeing. sll,1oo: making a to-
tai of sss.s7o 10 add to the other items
enumerated.
Council Meets Tonight.
A special meeting OF Common Coun-
Gil will be held tonight to act upon.
among other things. special appropria-
ton OF 81 saa TO be used by the Health
in its fight against the
POSSIBLE advent here OF !nfaptite pa
raIysis. This money 10 to be used
largely In the employment OF six sd-
ditionaI inspectors and whatever In
eidentais may be necessary.
The reoiution was adopted under
suspen sion Of rules at the meeting Of
the Board of Aldermen last week
Vice President Radcliffe. of Common
Council. yesterday called that body to-
gether for the purpose OF taking I'm :
mediate action
with this sum IN hand. superinten-
dent Cohn wonders what the Street
Cleaning Department can do in sddi-
ton to what is already doing. unless
an appropriation is made increasing the
force and equipment
All these features will be discussed
at the meeting of the Administrative
Board this afternoon.