The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-25

The force engaged in the repair and the re-
newal OF street and canal bridges and crossings
report as follows:
| AZ canal bridges repaired. 1912 wooden street
| bridges repaired. 70 stone crossings repaired
| 100 wooden street bridges built new. 1926 wooden
| stl eet crossings built new.
The total amount Of lumber used was PSI, S9C
| feet.
The condition Of the streets when received by
| this administration is well known Several
months followed with almost daily rains, which
rendered many OF the principal thorOughfares
| leading TO The leves impossible. such repairs
were first made to said streets as the resources
Of the department allowed, and during the
months Of april and May every effort was made
| to improve the cutters and drainage, ana to pun.
~ the city for the summer months, with the re-
suit that the Board OF Heal h reports on June 1,
| 1875, az follows:
'The streets are now In far better condition
than at any time heretofore certainly at this time
last year. The comfort OF our citizens is greatly
| enhanced by the improved state OF our streets !"
since the first of June the force in the street
department has been largely reduced, and is
now too small to maintain such desirable sani-
tary conditions.
deem it inexpedient to keep in repair with
shell all the twenty miles Of shell roads; as they
become worn repairs are made with ballast,
WI ich is less smooth as q road but more durable
Carrolton Avenue, Canal and Broad streets will
probably require all the shells that the depart
ment will be able to purchase for The coming Elk
months.
The recommendations Of the Board OF Health
concerning flushing Of guitars and deposit OF
offal have been adopted.
Saturdays of each week are devoted to flu hing
the cutters with river water during the summer
months.
The practice Of opening water plugs and pre-
ciptating the water therefrom upop the streets
causes great damage to the streets and fails to
utilize the forcing power from the plugs for flush
ing purposes. / have ordered reversible elbow
MOBILES which will throw water either way from
the plug directly in the line OF the CUTTERS
The practice OF using the scrapings from the
square block and cobble stone streets upon the
dirt streets in the rear OF the city should, in my
opinion, be dscon inue5.
The scrapings are mora or less mixed with
nails, broken glass and crockery, and is largely
composed Of perlshable m atter. When deposited
i q street animals are endangered, and the ex-
pense Of grading and keeping in repair stresis
filled with such material more than ubles the
expense Of maintaining streets filled with river
sand.
1 respectfully recommend that the Administra.
tor of Finance be authorized to advertise for
for the purchase of the street pilings
from the square block and cobble one streets
of each district at a price per cart load, to be
weekly to the Administrator of Finance upon the
report of this Department.
The cart service now required for this duty can
haul instead river sand from the batture, which
Is III R1ulTd DIG LUZ AhiuS
The pilings will find purchasers for the filling
Of lots, thus improving the value of properties
and creating employment for the carts OF many
poor persons.
Nearly all Of the streets leading to the levee
are out Of repair, from the square blocked
streets to the landings; and extensive repairs
will have to bs made thereon in order to tacIli-
tate the fall and wintef business; many streets |
were plank road, which has entirely decsyed.
l earnestly recommend that the front proprie- |
tors and parties interested along the principal |
lead ng to the levee be urged to |
Join the city in the construction Of permanent |
improvements of squ,re pfock pavement 1t will |
be cheaper in many cases fer the city to pay one
bird OF the cost Of q permanent improvement |
han to make the extensive rep,r required.
The expenditures for the Bureau OF st eets of |
he seven mon hs commencing December 1, |
874 and ending June 30, 1875, have been as fol- |
ows:
salaries and uperintendence.. $12349 81 |
Keepers of navigation bridges 500. 6,032 SO |
Wages. building and repairing street
bridges ................... $50 90
Wages, cart seryi g.. ............... 42,271 Is
Wages, cleaning and reps ring of