Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-03
COST.
Laid in 1S71-77.....-.-.741,415 S2,2S4, 1904 81

Total for resurfacing and repairs. S71O,245 Is
The average age OF these pavements is now
twelve Years, so that the average annual cost of
has been little less than
S6o,OOO, or about eight cents per yard per
year.
During the last three years the appropriation
Tor repairs TO concrete paveInents has been
soo-oo0. OF this about $4,000 has been re-
quifed Tor minor repairs, leaving $4,000 for
fesufiAcih2. There are over 3UU,OJU yards of
these p,vements which have never been re-
surfaced, and their surface is rapidly wearing
out Unless they cdn be resurfAced wit as halt
more rapidly than at present in few Years
they Will go u pieces rs it will be impossible to
preserve them Uy patching. II is necc- sary,
therefore, to increase the APPROXIMATION To-; re-
pairs 10 concrete pave;neut>, ANA i'll making uD
the next estimate, think that this item should
be not less than SO, 600.
The asphalt block pavementS have been laid
each year since 1878 i'll small quantities, the
total amount laid TO date being about 40 QUO
yards. some ri the blocks have not beel en-
tirely satisfactory, but the quality of them has
greatly improved in The last two years, and in
the contracts recently awarded r,r ISS5-'SG
the amount of asphalt blocks was about 80 900
yards. The cost of this class of pavement has
always been somewhat less than asphalt It's
traffic, where il is entirely satisfactory, pro-
Vioed the blocks are properly made.
STREET AND ALLEY CLEANING.
The contract for street cleaning during the
past year was awarded to l.. p. Wright & Son
as AN extension OF their contract of the previous
year. The price Was 29la cents per 1000
yards. fhe contract for alley cleaning WAS
awarded after advertisement to John NJ hfte,
the lowest bidder, at APP per 100 yards
Cnpaved streets and alleys were cieanedi and
Ice and snow removed by days labor. The
total eXpen ses were as follows:
Cleaning paved streets u15,242,263
Cleaning unpaved streets............... 3'434.S
Removing Ice and snow .................. 1,3lS.5l
Cost OF Inspection ......................- 1,2lSOO
Total for streets 900. 90
yards, ............ s7,47s.e5
Cost vi l,4SO.o0
Total for alleys......,.Sg .SSO.SO
In the month of May last proposaisswe1el in
vited under authority o. an ac; OF (Ofrt3feSs for
cleaning the streets for the periods 0I Arse
or nNe years. respectively. There wefe 4HHf4 fwu
bidders-L. p. Wright & Son and 1. s, FhdertI
With the improvements in the FiffefF ma
chine since il was used here some yeafYax6 ii
Is now practically u, efficient As theI Wrfuht
machine that the two bidders were on an
equal footing. The bidding was very close, the
For ONE year. Wright Son at 2s., cent. ne,
For three years. Wright & Son at 2sA cents
For five years, Filbert at 27aa cents per !, oOe
yards.
1t was evident that the saving in money by q
long contract would be very sight and tina,
there were objections 10 making n contract foi
several Year,. during which the District would
Dc uHduic " tAhc SuNdutdSe Oh any improve
mentS in methods or machinery for cleaning
The contract was therefore awarded % Wright
& Son ior one year only. - SJisT =
In my last annual report I recommended tha
the appropriation for street cleaning be iii
creased from $40,OOO IL $4,000, and the ap
preparation WAS made for uext year In the latte
amount l recommend that the appropriation
for lSS6-S7 be still further increased TO 500,
600, aud that the appropriations for street Mn6
alley cleaning be united into one item Of 365,
oOU, 80 that the money be used for thu
alleys or the streets rs may be most necessary
The necessity for this increase Ia apparent /,
every one. For the last two months the street,
| have been extremely dirty, for the simple rea
son that there was not money enough To clear
them: In order TO keep within the Appropria
ton 1t has oeen necessary to reduce the schcd
9le OF cleaning to one-hsif the usual amount
The appropriation for street cleaning has beer
very little Increased during the last seven years
while during that period the area OF good pave
ments has nearly doubled, and the amount O
| traffic on the streets has increased by SO De
| cent IL not more. Moreover the appropriation
has been % small that IL has not been possible
| except on special occasions, such as " rae
week" to provide for spnnkiing the macadau
and gravel streets, where In hot weathe
| the dust IL almost intolerable. Oh
many Of these streets. such e a stree
! airy streets northwest. 18th street southeast