, 1875-06-20

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| tta work already accomplished, 1t is easy to b
| seen that the new pavement will dresa up th1
[ thoroughfare in \ manner that vii! make 1t, A.
| it ought to be, tbs 1ost pleasant street Of it
| Kind in Milwaukee,. Spring street ia o'haT
| about 50, 600 equnrc yards Of new pavement, ant
road-bed Spring street is a very superior sec
ton OF the city. On it are to be found the mos
| palatial mansions. the most extensive and beau
| tiful lawna and flower gardens, the most charm
! ing views. and the most thoroughly aEastoc18t,
! an, outade the Seventh Ward (on the othsr sid.
OF tho river). But tha road hss been growing a<
1 wurn out that another season will not be allowed
! to pass without repairing it. So the work o1
! tnying gas and water-pipes VAS safely accom-.
plshed, sud row the paving has commenced and
Is going On With satisfactory speed In repav.
ing other streets, on the South Side, there will
be- about Il, 900 yards laid down; and in West
Water street. 1t tha lower end Of Spring street.
where tho traffic from the wha1res and coal.
yards is VERY heavy, AbouE II, GOO yards.
The method ct repaVing is new one, founded
On the experience OF tbs past few years. and the
! utmost confidence ia isls thas the paving will
! last very much longer than any heretofore laid
in this city. The CITY contracts for its own lorn.
bes to be used in this work. and about 200, 700
fest il III haye been contracted Tor, to be deliv
| cred on the docks, and sawed and delivered on
the streets to be paved OF repaired The saving
and delivering to tbs place whe1B used is done
| under separate contract. The work Of repav-
ing is done BY wel-organized force OF lahorers,
under the supervision OF skilled and reliable
fosamen. The cost Of al their rapaTzng includ-
ing the 1,,terials {aood, gravel and saud>, will
| not exceed 70 cents par equare yard. the follow
| ing being the itema:
Cost Of lumber for EepaTtng per 1oao
Saving aud delivering, per 800 feet 1t6
Gravel for intersices, par cubic yard. 50
| About S. feet OF lumber to square yard will
| Do used of pavement, including floor. The total
| cost Of the work to be thus performed this rear
| will be;.
Total cost of new paye1nenta. $40, ,on0
Cost of repAs7nE and reIarlug 0ao
The cost of neW paving IT,, OF course, very
much greater. For all the paVements
| now under contract, including the shap-
ing and preparation Of the roadway, the
cost is from 50 cents to S1.38 per square
yard, tha first being for pavement consisting OF
6~inch blocks laid in 6-inch bed OF sand ei1ni-
lar to the pavement so generally laid in Chicago,
aud the highest price being paid for the style
With floor under it, the material being impreg-
mated With preservat1ye agencies.
There are expenditures for other improve
nentg. TIE water mains are to be extended
about SIX miles. this rear. at an estimated cost Of
about 354 o0D mostly for G inch pipes, aud this
work is now satisfactorily progressing. The
sewers ordered for the current year aggregate
about alsvan miles, two-th1ds of which are al
ready under contract. La addition to thar pot-
ton OF West Water stfeet which lies In the
Fourth Ward. the section lying from Cedar etreet
to State street viii be paved this year, and from
Stats to Cherry street next year, the latter being
On Third street, which. from that point ia tha
continuation OF West Water street.
| On account Of previous hexvy expenditures in
soIred by the consts1etion Of our new Water
WORKS. and the carrying into effect Of our great
system Of Sewerage, the wotk of paving new
streets has necessarily been slow; and it is
satisfactory progress in tins direction in the fu~
tu.a. Up to the present gear, ne hare only
paved miles OF streets, all told. SO that the iuo-
po1tance OF the operations sketched out above
will be readily appreciated, the increase for 1875
being miles. On account OF our excellent sur
faca dEainaga and great Of streets, it is not
thought likely that any spasuodlc effort at pay-
ing will be uade, but that the work will be limit
ed to about steady miles per annuu, although
the present low prices ought to atimuiaIe enter-
prise in that direction.
counr~Housx PARK.
OF all that has been done BY the Bo8rd Of
Public Works. nothing has given such general
satisfaction ..uothing has so pleased the public,
~ the TASTEFUL economical, and workmanlike
improvement effected under skilifui manage
piece of public property, the Courthouse Park.
So pleased are the Aldermen with the work that
they hare adopted resolution authorizing the
plan Of Improvement to be completely carried
out. Instead of doing it by InBtaiiments, "a wae
originally Intended; and to this they haye been
urged by petition from the largest tax-psyers
in the Seventh Ward, ia which the ground lies.
This plan embraces T. fountain IN tie ceutra OF
the grounds 20 feet IN diameter, and sand stone
sidewalks on the street frontage, concrete or
paved walks across the square, and various en-
bellishments, the total cost from first 10 list to
be within Sc, 900.
ECONOMY IN pCR PTBL1c woRKs-
It will have been seen, from the foregoing,
the cost of public works in this city is very low
compared to that III most cities OF the Union.
This year the difference ia more marked than it
has ever been. Tie reasons arc obvious, to those
who understand or take any lnterest in auch
matters. In the first place. lsbor is cheaper in
NlHaukee thsn in most large cities, owing to
pur sbundaut German aud Polish immigration
Thers is great competition between cur con-
tractors. Tbs city pays promptly, vouchers
or treasury orders being cashed on sight at their
full value a1;d above all things, we have es-
capped that festure OF metropolitanism,-a
Ring" Gravel contracts, Tor instance, used
to be 81 to 41.25 per cubic yard, aud are now 60
cents to 80 cents per cubic yard.
SEW rosT OF THE GRAND ARMY.
Fer so1e time past, there has been feeling
growing up that the Grand Army should be rep
resented IL this city By another Post, and, after
some delay, Milwaukee Post No. q has been
formed, With the following officers: Post Com
mander, Or. 9. Q. Jennisop; 6enior Vice-Com-
mandet, .. +. Cook; Junior Yics- s-Commsnder,
Andrew Wood: Adlutaut, s. Y. Rhode; Quar-
tesmaster. William shsllock Officer oi the Day,
Thomas Boland; Officer Of the Guard John 8.
Albert; Bargeant~Aajor, John ". Geissinger;
Quartermaste1-Sergeant William Burgess.
TIE BIDS FOE HAnBoR 1arRoyENESTs.
teiegEaphed yesterday that it was not 1u1-
possible the award for the harbof iruproyemautg
contract might 80 to . Chicago man, nov
tend you the bids:
Proposals. for cutting down and removing the pres
ent superst1uctrre Of the river western section Of
the north pier Of the harbor. aud rebuilding It With
dry xtone masonry. Tbs bids we're follows:
Albert Conru, Of milwaukee,, Wzuwatosa sto1e &33
pet*fu11ning foot Duck Creek or Eanksuh2 stone
*4i.9qs
F1tEnauous Sons, ct Chicago, Berea sand or xtits
Anherats sEone, f3i.93 Lamont ssoue1 $3.50.
Archibald Macarthur, Of Chic4go, Duck Greek stona,
81: cedarhatg quarry stone, SO; 1ohst stone, s4o
Cleveland stone, &{5.
Kl.no Z Fsa.herty. Of Green Bay. Duck Greek
F. i. Pusteu, Of Milwsukee. cedarburg quarry
stone, S's .ea; Berea sandstone, @&5.As: columbus
stnne, {4y.e9.
IS r Bentley, os Milwaukee,, IIHno4s staaa,
$685.
Patrick DREW Of Malwxukes, C,srelind Stone, $6s>
3chatou / Andarsen. Of Duluth, Duluth granite
$14;-50.
MYSTERIOUS n1sArPEARAScEs-
Yesterday. the firm Of Nation l. Pbel1n 9rain-
dealefs: hRslng been requested the previous day
to rive tbs reFetue agents account Of R1sin
sold to dihtilfers. made statement respecting
thA loss Of thelr account books, TO Supervisor
.EfA SAt+E $4A - -.