Telegram-herald., 1890-05-29
FHE cITY's ExPENDIgUREs
as Cisy ssFsss~r's Report for ths ais-
e&l Aear.

EAs eity ssFssy@E's Report Ter the ais-
sal Asar.
C-g surveyor Collar las prepared %
sltals ~ rec Board ef Paale Works
l.s annual repon q pa5ae improve
msnss al.d moneys expenaed upon taen
fog tas nsc4l year lssg-s9. eaalas april
-. 1880 Ihe rspolalso includes saale
poI2 liaI las peeA a0le under contract
toI $50 yealss oGt o1iy completed LA-s
nscal year
lae report shows grade lines adopted
f9r l>.4s A-ies u streets, o. Tor seventy
0ae streets and paris II streets There
Las ueVn az increase ln the length ~
streets - plating ana street openings
oE 4-as Inl-es- 1he TOTAL mileage u c.tY
streets Is l.- -, ana they are as lol-
lows Graded 4ad paved with wood
an4 Stone, 80 miles; graded aud paved
with WOOD 1859 IL les, graded and
paved R4ll Coob.e stone, ll5c mle :;
graded, gfaYeled ana cutters paved,
- - m--re. graded aud gTaNeieo, - 81 :
iales, graded, So miles JnlmproYed
54.s34 la.ics- The foregoing shows TIE
Improvement ~ 5.7s lalles u streets
uuLl llls year uD,maIoNed.
The tabulaIe4 report 81 streets and
alleys improved during tne year show E
tGtlly-lWO parts u streets improved u
various Ways al tOta. cost VI ss9, $40.
AL t4e sewers constructed during tac
year have been lateral work, composed
ot VIuned. salt-gazed PIPE. SEWERS
have been .ald .u elgut>eA different
streets aid alleys, amounting lu all o.
2.s4 miles, az cost u sl0,6ss.50. In
connection WitA these sewers tOTty-nye
man-hOles and niteeE catch-bdsins have
been constructed. and III connection
with street Improvements eleven catch
basins. The system 81 sewers consist,
Ot ls.35s mites or bIck sewers, 2.J4
m les Oi glazed pipe sewers, l.433 mile:
OF wood sewers, and 10 miles Oi ron
plpe LAID IN the river. making a tOtal
/ oil 22.622 miles.
The bridge construction of the year
| has been cOnLn q u tic bridge oFei
CO.dbroOk-st. al ClaLcy-st., 1T 81 cost ul
/ sl,3l4.50. Leonard, sixth, Pear ald
Fulton-.t. bridges were lcp3lrod III d
total cost OF sz,.52.6s. Inesa repair,
consisted IN replanklng, 0rac.ng III,
/ frame work ana painting. Tnc t0ta
/ cost of bridge work was 50, 5,061.l1.
/ On the Improvement OF thecity parks
| Sl,l14.49 has been expended. Tins IN
cludcs the work done on Lincoln park
IN accordance with the plans of Q. i
On Buis, the Chicago landscape gard
| ener, and the MINOR Improvements Do
the other parks. The water works pOr
ton of the report is quite lengthy, anC
il rs yet incomplete. Mains nave been
Land under the 5000 loan in forty
two different streets. Full details Oi
the work on the stand-piDe and iiltel
| bed, together with the cost OF the I'M
! proyemcnts, are included in the report
| Under the $4,000 loan secured by spe
cial act of the legislature tor the build
| ng oil the stand-plpe, the construction
| of filter beds and the re-laying OF lroI
pipe IN place OF Wyckof woOdei
mains, IRON pipe has been laid IN some
| thirty streets. In response 10 the pet
| tons of property owners, iron mann
| were laid III seventeen streets. There
mas been expended during the year OF
| construction OF the water works IL al
| branches Sl25, ,9lS.l5, and for the year
| previous S7l5, ,SS5.52, making the tota
cost of the work to date SS4l ,S03.67.