The New York herald., 1878-02-08
PUBLIC WORKS.

Aois.
The following ex.rac. from the report give It's lead
ing features
gxrESpirrRgs FOR rHx YEAR 1877.
On account oil appropriations raised ~
On account OF assessment tund Tor street
improvements. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 135 100 10
Or account OF tunded DEBT tor improve
ment and extension o! water supply. 1881 20
Total. s., ,0ss 1853 30
THE WATER SUPPLY.
During tue great drought OF last summer and
autumn the department was compelled 70 put under
Contribution every available lake and pond N the
in ~" cS befs us up Drawn enp. p lns yeS s from
lakes and ponds, 53I, 800 900 gallons; from BoyGs
Corners Reservoir, Isl0. 0,o00 gallons. Total,
There pu, 10 position during the year 293 large
and 1876 small dro hydrants. thus greatly increasing
the !aciiites Tor extinguishng hres.
The Total length OF Crolop pipes now laid IN the
city is 44o SO 100 miles, with ,l5.: hre hyorants
The measures adopted by tho he apartment 10 sup
press waste Of wator have produced very appre-
clabe effect. THIS Is shown not 30 much IN de-
crease IN the aggregate consumption, but in tue i'm
proyemcnt IN the distribution by increased pressure
rhe greatest waste always occurred at low points,
where tbs pressure is great, and The higher points
were thus deprived vi their proper share oi the
supply These measures sst the application OF
water meters 10 staDics manufacturing establish
supplied Shipping, and in the inspection OF Duild-
ings 10 detect and prevent leaks ana defects IN
plumbing or wlliui waste.
SUPPLYING WATER TO SHIPPING.
The business OF supplying water 10 shipping aud Tor
building purposes and the collection oC the revenue
thoreirom, wnicn up 10 June 1857. was let out by
contract license, has since been satisfactorily per-
Termed 6y employees OF the department. under super
vision oi the chief engineer
The amount annually pad 10 tho city 0y the
contractor was. $oI oO0 w
The amount collected by the department
from June 10 December 81, 1877, is..... S64i6l Oh
Tho cost OF collection for salaries OF per-
Sons employed. was.... 0,73A W
Net revenue Tor seven months. $67 72o O2
Although tlls increase oil sutiafuclOry
yet regard the savins OF wafer which has been e-
lected, and which cannot well be estimated dollars
anu Cents, as OF far greater consequences.
The totai amount expended Tor works, structures,
RQueducs, pipes &c, connected with the water sup
ply OIL The city, including maintenance ana r, pa rs
from It's inception TO the lst day oil January 1875 Is
$S4 0O1 "a. The total amount OF revenue derived
IRON Groom water from IT'S introduction 10 the lst
day OF January, 1878, Is $50, 3s6, 43S 0l.
PAvEMENrs.
During the year twenty. seven paving contracts,
covering IA 652 square yards Of pavement were COM
pleled nciuding l0o,634 square yards oi repairing,
under chapter 416 Laws OF 1916.
The area oil new pavements iaid during 1877 Is
1877 should be added the work done under the
head Of ropairs One million tive hundred and seventy
thousand uew stone blocks put down IN repairing
streets, covering 81 S33 square yards. The amount
appropriated Tor repairing" 100000, with $ll 900
transferred TO tho account from surplus lunds on
oIher appropriations OF this department, was applied 10
the improvement Of important tnoroughfares IN the
lower and commercial part OF the city, with the
ccption OF Sixth avenue from Forty second TO Fifty.
ninth street, which was also repaired.
PUBLIC LAMPH
A large reduction has taken place In the cost OF
ngnths ana maintaining Inc puDnc lamps on Man
haitian Island. In the rwenty-third and Twenty
fourth wards the lamps are still lighted and main
tained under contracts made prior 10 the
The following Is statement OF tho expenditures for
public lamps Tor the past seven years.