The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-16

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Number OF stacks built 60
Number ct catch basins butlt -
Number OF HOUSE, connections. S44
Z The present sewer system OF the
city Is as follows:
Total miles Of main sewers. e2s.25
Total number of stacks. .... 1851
Total number Of house con-
nections ........,....... 2I,oob
Total number of catch basins ala
Repairs to bridges costing s1c,-
tS1.45 and repairs to sewers, and
sewer connections made by the city
force costing ss741.l5. were made
during the wear. The amount of work
done on James river improvement is
shown in Table No. 5. The dredge
worked 100 days and pumred 20S00
cubic yards Of sand and Gravel out
Of the channel at cost o: sle.35s.Ss..
The sale Of sand brought sa,sisc3.
ana fees from the city dock amounted
To $3.50 On account OF, lack of
nnthracits coal shipments by rea-
son of the war the dock lost con-
siderable business.
The. city tug was busy with it's
usual duties of breaking ice. helping
vessels engaged in commerce in and
cut Of the harbcr and DOCK; and tow
ing the dredge from place to place.
The city Gem eteri.s we're we'll taken
care Of nut no improvements were
made except III lakewood cemetery.
where 77sa yards OF roadway we're
graded and grsvcicd. and 1856 lineai
rert Of sranoliihic curb and gutter
laid. The cemeteries were AGAIN
operated at a LOGS. and I believe that
the superintendent recommendation
of an increase in cemetery fees is still
before Tour body.
Attendance 4, the Fairgrounds vas
r er.~ large. the year being pronounced
b. thc Superintendent the best sea
son the playground ever had" Eleven
locations are nov used in the system.
and the report shows that the at
tendance fer the season Vas upwards
CT $4,000.
The force Of til. city nursery
planted sns trees on streets and de-
li'-ered ioh trees 70 parks Hedge
plants 10 the numhe- OF 400 were
Delivered to parks: 5sA dad and four
injured trees wer. straiThtened. re-
paired and treated and 1900 trees
were trimmed.
Gas Works.
The output of the gas works for
( he YEAR. was 915hS210A cubic feet.
an increase Of ms 5oa, 900 cubic feet
oser ths nrevious year. There was
IN incrsase IN private consumption OF
os.585.-22 cubic feet or about 8 Per
! cent. The loss from leakage and con-
dorsa tion was sn.c23co4 or sill per
in the previous FEAR. There was
a deoreasA IL street lamp consump-
ton OF s1ss,5o cubic feet. COM
pared with the previous YEAR Free
gas consumption amounted to s57.400
cubic feet decrease of 1t.eon. The
total public and free gas consump.
tion for the year was s72 400 -cuhic
feet, decrease of s,1so,1en cubic
feet.
The gross receipts from all
sources We're .,..,.. s1e4,671.5 81
! Expended for payroll ma
terial ana expenses go. 5Ii.cS41
EXcess of receipts StI3431.2e
To which, add
. Free gas and street lamp
consumption ,....... 1912
Increase in inventory 49,. 21.27142
Balance .........,....s13 5.452.56
Water Department
The report of the superir-
tendent of rater works. with accom-
panying tables. shows in detail the
work of the department for the year
| anu 40 RicSeHL Cpnullluii- IL
! cd to consumers a daily average oil
! 5.9oS.s57 gallons. to clear which re-
/ ouired & daily average use Of ash
pounds of aluminium sulphate or 20:
grains per gallon.
Regular examinasions Of the raw
! stored, coagulated, chlorinated stand
pipe and reservoir waters we're made
Total receipts ......... $401 .5S4. 0.
| Water used by city. ... 4a,203.9a
| Free water to charity. etc. 4,25s. 81
s455.o1s.2t
| Expenditures ......... :. .se1s,ss2.2i
baianCe .AgSb,V.S. Ss
/ AS no system Of accounting ha.
ever been installed whereby we may
know the cost Of delivering water
We still have to guess whether or no,
we lose on the works hope to cor
, rect This during the year.
| Street Cleaning.
! The report of the superintendent
Of the street cleaning department
shows in detail. with accompanying
tables and statements the work oil
! the department for the year which
was very trying one on its man.
ayers. Working with shortage OF
| approximately one-third OF its force
/ II was overwhelmed by ths unusua
weather OF the winter months. which
was the worst in our experience. The
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