Following an example set in Kyoto City, he divided the city into sections "jo" and subsections "chome" and embarked on removal of hatched huts for the purpose of preventing fires which were considered as major disasters of the time.
区画を京都市に倣い条・丁目とし、当時重要災害であった火災を減らすために草小屋の撤去に乗り出す。