Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
INCREASING PUBLIC WORKS.
Over One Million Dollars Added in Perma-
nent Improvements Last Year.
TwENN-TWO MORE MILES OF GRADING.
The Total in Paving Curbing, Sewer
and Other Public works-The
City's Finances and Gov
eminent.

During the past year very material addi.
tions were made to the city's improvement OF
streets and thoroughfarcs. or course there
was no attempt to equal the immense amount
OF WORK done few years ago when the mat
Ter OF paving, grading and improving the
principal streets was commenced but enough
was done, which If continued each year, viii
easily maintain for Omaha the position of
peing the best paw ed and best graded city on
the continent.
Inc paving was begun late In the season
owing to delay in having the work properly
adv ertlsed, but the continued fine weather in
November and December enabled the con-
tractors TO make such progress, that but very
litIle ~ any work Will be carried oyer for
completion next year.
lhe board OF public works early in the sea-
son decided to discard wooden block pave
Inent as iar as possible and no contracts were
IeC lor that KIND OF work, the small amount
appearing in the report icing q part of a CON
tract carried over from last year.
During the year 2l775S square yards OF
pavement were laid on 9.2 miles Of street at a
cost OF S5O6,4s0. The material used was
1f1ca aJ "a miles, miles, stone l9 miles, asphaltum
Prior to 1890 there had been laid in the
clty ll.O4 miles of asphalt paving, 1569 miles
OF stone, "a. 56 miles of wood and z of mile
OF brick pavement at a total cost of g. 152 O5g
This with the work of 1890 makes total in
the city OF CLIO miles of pavement laid at
cost OF 81, ,65s,539
mere were constructed during the year
l3l,453 lineal feet, or 1872 miles of curbing at
u cost OF S12,355. The material used was
Berea aud Colorado sandstone In 1859, 10
mlles OF curbing was laid at a cost of S16-
olIiO, saving in price -, 1862 on the same
amount of work in favor of 1890.
mere were constructed during the year
o3,51l llneal feet, or IL miles, of sewers, cost
ing Sll2,43O This makes total of S5 miles
OF sewers IN the city constructed at cost of
81 1884, 1246S.
An immense amount Of grading was done
curing the year, the total work adding
S@19 miles TO the lO3 miles of streets already
graded. This gives Omaha 1855 miles of
graded streets and alleys. The work of grad
ing during the past year required the re-
moval OF 1895, $50 Gu bic yards of earth at a
cost or SOS, ,253. Much grading yet remains
10 DC done, as Omaha has 364 miles of streets
and IA miles of alleys.
during the year 100, 600 lineal feet-about
twenty-five miles-of sidewalks we're laid
ht total cost of about $50, OOO This gives
the clty a total of more than 400 miles of side
Wa'hS. Permanent stone sidewalks were
cost of 80, 900
inc street repairs made during the yearun-
Ger the supervision of the board of public
works amounted to Sl3, $50. The sewer re-
pairs, including new catch-basns and man
hoies, amounted to S23, 1S5, and viaduct re-
pairs, SLID. The salaries and Off CO ex penses
o1 the board of public works amounted to
The following is recapitulation of the
Guys expenditures in improvements in the
not