There are scattered letters dealing with the construction or moving of buildings as well as several concerning personnel matters. At least some of the latter address matters of political patronage. These documents were rather heavily weeded to remove materials even more routine than the ones retained. Outgoing letters are recorded as letterpress copies in letter books. There are a few references to the moving of individual buildings.
Some letters deal with personnel matters.
Except for the last-named series, the letter books for the most part contain letters signed by the Deputy Commissioner for Public Works and by the Commissioner of Public Property. Most of the volumes are indexed by name of correspondent. On facing pages there are records of the amount of garbage transported by each of the city's garbage wagons and the time that each load was delivered to the incinerator. These data are recorded on separate sheets for each month. Some of the sheets are for individual wards or groups of wards, while others are city-wide.