The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-04
BOARD MEMBERS URGE
FUNDS FOR EXTENSION
Would Rush Work In Water, Sewer
and Electrical Departments of
the City.
BOARD WOULD SELL
PINE CAMP FARM
Would Use Proceeds for Establish.
ment OF City Farm--Hfrschberg
Suggests New Hospital-Captain
Mccarthy Says Time Here for
School Tax.

Members of the Administrative
Board last night for two hours poured
words OF encouragement and cheer
into the ears OF the Finance Commit
tee and the spirits OF optimism ran
rampant In the committee room.
The entire membership of the Adj
ministrative Board was present. It
was up to Captain Mccarthy to adj
dress t1e COMMITTEES along the gem
eral lines OF the proposed bond issue.
He presented list OF needs which he
declared were imperative. and the
members of the board urged i'm
mediate action on the part OF the
COMMITTEES so that there should be no
delay in work now going on.
Summarizing the request of the Ad-
ministrative Board. following remarks
of Messrs. Mccarthy. Hirschberg.
Beck and Folkes, the committee. at
the conclusion of the open session. had
the following list to consider:
Shockoe Creek Improvement tfirst
year). 100000; sewer extensions.
100000; streets generally. tS00, 900;
general storehouse. $4,000: concrete
Basin, $500, 600; purchase Hanrico
gas plant. $225.o00: water main ex-
tensions, $108.3s1.44; electric plant,
5000. mainly for change OF gas
lamps in streets to electric lights:
Riverside Drive. &160.0 900.
To Sell Pine Camp Farm.
The Administrative Board presented
an ordinance, with the request that 1t
be introduced in Council Monday
night, giving the board the right to
dispose of Pine Camp farm, the pro-
ceeds of which to be used for the
purchase of another farm. TO be used
as city farm for all purposes.
In speaking to this ordinance. Com
missioner Hirschberg explained that
the board could sell the Pine Camp
farm at reasonably good price. the
farm to be used as building sites. A
portion OF the proceeds would be used
for the purchase of another. farm,
which would be utilized for work
house. detention home. sanitarium and
city farm purposes He said that
within two years the farm could be
made self-sustaining.
"Convalescents from the Virginia
Hospital and the City Home could be
sent to the farm to be taken care OF
better and cheaper than now 1T the
two hospitals," said Mr.. Hirschberg.
''Children could be sent to the farm
instead Of being Gagged up in the de-
tention home and good citisens made
poets in such scheme
Mr.. HirsChbcrg also asked the
cou1Gn1ttco To consider the osGab-
ltslHnacant Of AIN up-to-dAtc hos
pltMls ~ the cost approximately
oE0Oy 600. He said tlaat with $780,.
600 year for Ave pears, hos
pAtal could be built which would
prove credit TO any city. Tn
leave ON Virginia Hospital ox-
pirea In less than three years,
and &c In the idea ftho Admin
issxatfve Board TO have . city hos
pAtl ready to go into by that
time.
I'VE can build the hospital In two
years." said Mr.. Hirschberg, s'and re-
| Ifeve ourselves OF a renewal OF the
contract with the Medical College of
Virginia Hospital
Optimism Prevails.
I'm opening the discussion Captain
Mccarthy declared thet there was no
reason for the spirit Of pessimism