Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-24
EFFECT OF STREETS
TOLD BY CRECELIUS
Important Pointers Regarding
Maintenance, Matter of Car
ing For Them Told

he.Daily Register just before his
departure for Texas for short
visit before going to Danville to
take charge Of additional street
work thrc. Col. Crecelius gives
Richmond some mighty good adj
vice about maintenance OF the
new streets. What he says will
be of much interest to air:
Editor Daily Register:
The public depends largely on
newspapers for ideas and guidance in
municipal matters and very few .peo-
pie think that they have any duties
the city unless they are reminded
frequently through the press.
Knowing that you have the interest
Of Richmond at heart, | take the lib
erty of addressing you on the subject
of public works.
Richmond has taken. her first step
in municipal improvement and, by the
way, it was a good, long, firm step
and she now has abou: two ni;es D.
permanent stl eets and up ID late san
itary sewers in the principal streets.
This is good, but is only begin
ming. Every resident of Richmond
who does not live on or do busines,
on a principal street will want his
street paved and Inc will want his pro-
perty connected with the sanitary
sewer system and he should have his
wish granted,
First, because conditions will be
more sanitary.
Second, because it looks better and
gives the general public pleasure.
Third, because it increases his self
respect.
Fourth, because it gives the city
Il good reputation.
Fifth, because he has already help
cd his neighbors to get these benefits
and should share them.
Sixth, because it is good sound bus
mess economy.
None will question any but trc
last reason. Some people,, however,
do not know that the real cost of
streets is not the original cost of con-
struction but cost of construction plus
tho cost OF maintenance plus the cost
of protection plus the value of lost
time, that tells the whole story of tho
cost Of streets, keeping in mind al
ways that ones property has higher
value on an improved street than on
a poor one. Usually this increase in
value alone is greater than the oItg-
inal cost of the improved street
The question that presents itself
is what does Richmond need in the
way OF public improvements.
The answer so far as streets and
sewers is concerned is that she needs
streets Of the same quality as those
constructed on Main street to the city
, limits both ways, on Lancaster aven-
NC to the city limits and on Second
and Third streets to the railroad now
The remaining streets should be paw
eel as quickly as possible but on most
of these streets the travel is much
lighter than those mentioned and
cheaper types of paving may be used
with satisfactory results.
The city should strive to cut down
maintenance costs by each year put
ting large part of available funds in
permanent construction until eventu-
ally when all streets have been paved
maintenance will mean little more
than cleaning.
The city must look forward eventu-
ally to building a sewerage disposal
works at the outlet of all sewers and
extending sanitary sewers in each
street before construction.
TIE engineer looks upon his work
very much as he does upon his child
rem. He loves them and wants them
given the best opportunity to be use
fui and admired. Richmond has good
streets and sewers and they will be
both useful and admired if given a
fair chance.
Among the things that are neces-
sary to get the best results are tire
following:
Flush the streets at least twice
week.
Inspect and clean catch basins at
Least once month.
3-Flush sanitary sewers at least
once month, and if necessary often
err i'm hot weather.
4-Keep cutters on connecting
streets open so drainage will not be
held on the new streets.
5-As soon as possible all streets
joining the new streets should be
graded back to eliminate bumps and
new macadam placed and treated
with tarvia. These approaches should