Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-08
.CAS SUPPLY OF WEST END
ITO Be GREATLY INCREASED
for New Supply Main for
That Section.
PRESSURE NOW is INADEQUATE
During Rush Hours, When Citizens
- OF Lee District Arc Preparing
Their Meals, Gas Supply Is En-
tircly Insufficient.

Bids for the installation OF twelve
inch high pressure gas main from the
West End holder through the principal
residential district OF the western Sec
zion Of tho city Will nc received at
noon Friday by the Administrative
Board and tho work is expected TO be
authorized Immediately. Members OF
the board declared yesterday that tl.c
now main WAS necessary 10 provide an
adequate supply of gas in the resiicn-
tial section and the project would be
completed before the heavy Consump-
ton OF gas begins in the fall
There is now pcndiuS in the Coun-
ell resolution appropr!atinG $4,000
for this work. The matter was re-
fcrrcd to the Finance COMMITTEES at
Monday nights meeting. and the com
nlittec advised members OF tho board
some time ago that funds would bc
provided when needed. Installation Of
tho inaiu has been under consideration
.cr some time, hut action was crystal
iscd by the VoluHI" % complaints re-
v.sjvcd because al Tile Inadequate suo-
uly OF cas last winter
Tho holdc- on Moore street is nov
Connected with the Lower Gas Works
Dy "a htfh pressure main which would
H'I tho 2,"oc, cO0-foot holder in about
stN hours. Tho Improvement nov
planned 10y the hoard Is virtually an
extension of this high pressure main
through the principal residential Sec
sion. Mains 10 consumers Will be sup
rlicd indirectly 10y the new supply
main
MILL lNCRI:tSE SUPPLY
OF WHOLE; WEST END
This main Will be laid from the
holder in Graham to Leigh street 10
l5owc to Broad. and west along BROAD
street 10 Sheppard. I'm underground
governor. which reduces the high pres
sure gas 10 tho proper pressure for
consumption. Will he Installed At this
location. and another al the corner of
Davis Avenue and Broad Street, \
second high pressure main will lie laid
IN Davis Avenue from Broad TO Cary
street. and will supply the large section
south Of Broad street.
Members OF the board declared that
1t was Impossible to consider II, this
time any general change IN tho distri-
button system, and the hjEh pressure
main was the only remedy that could
be provided under existing conditions
For months many consumers OF gas III
the West End have found the supply
inadequate during the rush hours when
consumption is greatest, many house
holders being able TO use only one
burner OF their stoves with any meas
urc of success. The great increase in
the consumption 81 gas for cooking
and heating purposes is partly respon-
sible for the situation. il VAS said
PRESENTS bill ron
EXTRA PRICE ON coal
The dealer having the contract t,
supply the city with coal during ,hc
year ending March 81, 1915, advised the
Admin istrativc Board yesterday that
as result Of increases in prices au.
thorized by the Fuel Administration "a,
the mines. that the city Was due tht
company S",93o balance. The buarl
directed the Superintendent Of the Gas
Works to verify the amount Of Goa
used. and TO report whether the state
mcnt was correct.
G. q. Blakcly. employed for scvcra
years in tho CITY Engineers Depart.
ment, was transferred by the board
yesterday 10 it's Office to MI the va.
cancy caused by tho resignation Of 4
c. Brown. Ming clerk. who quit The
citys employ 10 accept "A position wiki
the Richmond cmploymcuJ bureau ot
the United States Department Of I.abo..
City Engineer Boiling WAS directed
by the board To advertise Tor bids foi
The paving with granite spans tho
roadbed OF Fifteenth street rho bid.
are to be returned May Ia.