National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-30
THE CITY,s REPAIRS.
Amount and Cost Of the Street Superiniend.
cuts Work for a Year

chiH NOfh Tor a lear.
Capt John J. Burrows, superintendent OF
streets, has submitted his annual report Of
operations for the last fiscal year The appro.
priation for current repairs to streets, avenues,
and alleys was s2j, 900, Of which S2i, 0g3g9 were
expended rs follows: Cobble and rubblc pave.
ment laid, 1910 square yards; granite block,
9G yards; macadam, 1904; brick sidewalk,
1882 yards; gravel roadway repaired, is,l2j
yards; curbStones set or reset G,160 lincal feet
Tagging set or reset 2G,gO3 llneal feet; sewer
pipe laid or rclaid. SgS lineal feet; drops and
traps built, 49, gutter bridges built, ~; miscel
laneous inlnorrcpairs $40. Four public dumps
were established and regulated at cost Of
slhj7.
The appropriation for repairs to bridges
was 81 800, aud tho expenditures were 81 ,i2g ~,
winch included laying new noors on .he X
aud VI street bridges across Rock crock, and
minor repairs 10 all bridges
The expenditures for cleaning. sprnklng,
ana sweeping streets and avenues, which Is
not included In the schedules for contract
work, was e3,G2i.i5. This work included the
removing Of snow from streets Gnd avenues
tOn unmprUyed streets aud alleys; also, for
sprinking New York avenue during race
meetings, aud the roadway WIS sprlnklcd
iorty.thrce days during hot weather Various
cutters, roadways, and sidewalks wetc cleaned,
nggrcgating In length ij.jU miles. The length
oil the alleys cleaned was 3,l2D feet.
SiNty-nine cuts were made IN granite block
payements for laying sewers, gas, aud water
mains, aud were repavcd. The total amount
rtlald was 2S2 yards, costing slij.Gi, which OK.
pense was borne by plumbers.
Underground telegraph cables were laid by
the Standard Cable company from the capitol
70 the navy department; one line from police
headquarters to No. engine house, one from
national museum to Ninth and u streets, aud
ono from that point TO Tenth aud C streets. the
latter for the district fire alarm telegraph The
total length of line laid was three and one
eighth miles. The cost OF taking up pave
ments was borne by the company, except fot
INC last line, which was paid from the appro
cost of laying S2lijl1
The Appropriation for cleaning lateral sewers
ana bnslns was 10000, and the expenditures
were sl09Vj.l2; pipe sewers cleaned, LISl
| linenl feet; brick sewers cleaned, 0,gij lineal
| leet; traps and drops cleaned, 6,Sli; traps and
| drops built 10; man.holes built, O; man.hole,
| repaired %; traps ana drops repaired, 1876 Pipe
sewers laid or relaid, 100 lincal feet; brick
sewers repaired l,270 lincal feet catch basins
trapped 10; new blue-stono strap covers set, IL
| minor repairs to sewers, &c, 81. The amount
OF brick sewers laid was 1870 lineal feet pipe
sewers, 800 feet. The total expenditure wa
| sl,Oj2.A3.
The appropriation for cleaning tidal sewer,
was $1,000 aud the expenditures S2,ggl 80 Tho
llDer sewer was cleaned from PennsylvaniI
avenue to ID street southwest, and the sand
and gravel taken out wore used In variout
Kinds OF work. A depot for storage and de
| livery was maintained on Canal street, be
| tween Second aud Third southwest.
| Inc appropriation for materials for permit
work was $4,000, of which this department
| cxpcndeds 81 9liO5, and work costing S2,05l7t
| was done by property owners, and the cost %
| labor. amounting to SlS,06l.53, was also pale
| by them, the district furnishing material
| Brick pavement was laid under this system tC
the amount of l3,i3i yards: Cobble and rubblI
pavement 5,lS5 yards; granite block pave
m g,e rs yards asphalt block sidewalk laid
| 3lO yards; asphalt block roadway, 1887 squar,
yards: curb set, ~, 23 linen feet; tagging laid
| .Si7 lineal feet pipe sewers laid, l2,J07 Inca
| icet; drops built, s; man holes built, 1903.
| force OF men sentenced to the workhoust
| To- minor otlcnses was employed under tn,
| police surveillance In cleaning filthy cutters
| alleys, streets, &C., and In draining ponds and
| Milling dangerous holes for which work no reg
| nlar appropriation Of money was available
| The work was done in an orderly manner
| ana while not equal In amount TO what woulC
| nave been done by an equal number.of regu
| lar labOrers 1t exceeded what was at first ex
pected Of them very largely. What was done
by this force was well done, and assisted very
materially in putting the city in its presen
excellent sanitary condition The work &C
complishcd by them would have generally re
| manned undone for want of money to pay fol
doing II. Hence II will be seem" says tn,
| report, that this convict labor Is not In com
petition with honest labor" Besides the
| numerous holes Sc,, cleaned or drained by
this force there was cleaned cutters, roadways
sidewalks, &c., equal to III miles, and /
miles OF alleys.