The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-21

rect; length IS feet, cost, $50. Put in
y street gaug.
ais street at south side OF Hord street,
,ngth, So feet; cost, Sl3.75. Put IN by
treet gang.
These making a total of 1858 feet & 3
0 miles) of brick sewers, costing sou
n, 45, and 1854 feet(3-l0 niles OF pine |
rains; cost, $l,766, 20, or a total OF $5Z,- |
90, Go, for drainage.
SEWERAGE.
In 1888 Ed. +. Doyle contractor laid
he sewer-main in Elm street from tho
,ast side of Jefferson street TO
NJ urphy street, a 6-inch pipo IT,
rom the west side of Sycamore street
% Murphy street, an s.inch pipe 7Oc
feet long, and IL inch pipe down MUIR
ply street and along Town branch, to
Mil creek, 3,434 feet long; an lS.inch
pipe from Mill creek TO the Trinity
river, at the Rock ford, 1,42O feet, costing
$9,l88.10.
tractor, laid the following branches to
the Elm street sewer: In block SO, 800
feet of 4-inch pipe, costing $l5S 20; III
block 46, 435 feet of finch pipe, SzeSVl
in block 40, 300feet OF 4.inch pipe, Slll'60;
in block AZ, 1914 feet of 4.inch pipe, S95,30;
in block 81, 207 feet Of 4-inch pipe, 5000
in block So, 1874 feet Of 6inch pipe, $ll140;
in block 60, 79l feet of 6-lnch pipe, @50l
in block 81, 49, feet OF 6'inch pipe, 32s5.99
in block 60, 60i feet of 6-inch pipe, S3C0 9oi
total OF ! 269 feet of and GInch pipe
at q cost OF $2,55L70.
In 1884 II. A. Campbell laid inch
pipe from the l5inch main IN Murphy
and Commerce streets, west TO Jeiier'
son, through tho blocks between Com
merce and Main streets; length l,O5'
feet; cost, 1920.
from Sycamore street east 10
point 2l0 feet east OF Har
wood street, TIN ough blocks between
Main and Elm streets, Length 2,O4l, zee
cost, 81, 1880
A. McWh k laid an inch pipe draii
rom tho 10 finch drain on Commerc
street, from Murphy east G06 feet I
Syc amore street, cost, S732sO
A. McWhirk laid inch pipe II
block AZ, from the branch on Ausul
street, east to Sanger's, lonet
l76 feet, costing 5000 AZ ines
give total of 1862 feet g miles, {
AlIlb btNbAi NOobAAlfl " A'N'-thfs
in connection with the paving
Main street was on iron grating owe
tho gutter on tho north side OF u
street, west OF Murphy street, lCO io'
long, costing $50. Duffy d Son, COZ
tractors.
Also in same connection was LOT
stone curbing, put IN by James Seaman
on Main street, cost, @loH2J
During tho past two years there hi
been put down ON Moin and Elm al
the principal cross streets about thrt
; 90 miles OF stone, asphalt or cemen cur
ing, at cost Of $l05C0. Also about "
miles of stone, asphalt or cement sid
, walks, at q cost OF $50.
Connected with the sower systom q
SEQ water closets ~ d about 200 other Il
lures cost $4,000.
TOTAL OF PUBIC WORKS IL lsS8 AND ls
. street paving 3-5 mileB...,. .,Sljl ibll
) Brick drains 3-lO miles.............. 0Q,ozi
a | Pipe drains 3-l0mile. ...,.,. ..,....., l,iOt
Pipe sewers miles lliol-
= Iron grating OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES o..
stone curblng ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 'o'
= Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 80,
Street gauge and material in lss8. ll,Oe,
y Street gauge and material IN ISL. lbuW
Total. ............... S22o,O3
a
0 In the way Of the work of the str'
: gang we have kept IN repair 30 miles
= streets; built eco street CROSSINGS bu
! 100 wooden box oulverts; bridge 30 I,
:, long over fourth ward race ana Ii
:. wood street.; bridge 50 feet long oN
! Mil Creek on Ervay street; bridge
y feet long over Dallas branch, on Caru
I, stl oct; a bridge 60 feet long in the PAL
" taVufWaI HEnggfT
. and box oulverts on all the leo streets
y the city,
y The city opened Ervay street fir
L Elm street TO Pacific avenue, 5O 4
a vide, 200 feet long.
y 0leander street from Bryan street
70 Pacific avenue, 10 feet wide, ZoU
70 long,
" Wood street from Harwood street
~ the fourth ward race, 50 teet Wldei
10 feet long. Respectfully,
le w. M, JOHNSON.
II City Engi nee
q This report gentlemen which is ay
. able and eXhaus' yo one and one
will be a great ia 'rost to the people
A. the city shows that all our impro
ments as have already stated are q
he permaneut nature and that tho mon
expended has boon iudiciously
ne economically expended. To recapitul
al There has been over one mite ~
vo half q 6.l0) OF bols dare paving done
as the last two years.
~. On the 2lst of June lSS3, a contract
made alter due notice aud bids ad
IL, tised for, with James NJ. Harry To :
10 Elm street with the bois dare pa
2s7 from the west side OF Jefferson sire
iar sycamore. On the 18th day oil NOV
I'll. ! Ia. a
Pa. contract was nude with James
ny Harry TO pave Lamar street with 81
M material IRON Elm 10 Pacihc ave
oils on the % day OF April 1891 after pr
eff sails were inv tied and due notice CIV
ga contract was made With james
o. Harry 10 pave with bois d'aro
tn street from Sycamore street to % r
fc (5Ol fifty feet east OF tho Houstol
So. Texas CentrA railroad ard the fol-
of ing cross streets:
lie sycamore street from Main to
81. street; Murphy street, IRON
itic merce TO Elm street; Poy
81. from Main - Elm ~
i'm, College from Elm street To Pacific
nue.; Lamar street from Wood sire
I'm: Eim street Austin street from {
.ur- merco to Pacific avenue; Market 8
I'm; from Main 10 Pacific avenuei jeff,
rcR street nom Main 10 PRclnc ave
as making In all one mile and six Il
exc o. II mile of the best
dis pavement ever made in
in United States. This pavement
and prove as durable; will wear away
,i0,- and IT proper care is taken to prove
tiug being torn up, will last rs long, 4
n Oh longer, than nine-tenths of the
LES pavements put down in other
and time viii prove whatI say.
iur- There has been $40 miles of
ster; sewer drains made of good bricl
Sau- laid in hydraulic mortar.
Ireet or pipe drains $40 OF mile.
lain or pipe sewer of different size
fc 81 and all made OF the best yltrihed .
cost, pipe, miles.
ctor. Sidewalks made on different st
the two miles.
the Curbing on different streets,
feet miles.
Of ", Over 800 crossings made on Il
400 forent streets, and of good, hard
cost, pine.
ctor. one hundred wooden box culve
aver One wood bridge, 90 feet long
enuo Fourth ward race.
rect, One bridge, 90 feet long, over
ct d. creek.