Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-24
ANTICIPATED IMPROVEMENTS


of Public Works-Increased Appropri-
ations Asked for All Around-Detaila
of Next Years Work.
Chief Bigelow in beginning his report
says: THE amounts to conduct the depart
ment for the incoming year have been in
creased over last year only where absolutely
necessary"
The following are the main features of the
document:
The expenditures in the several bureaus
to November 30 were $64l, ,095 ~; in repaving,
The total receipts from all sources were
SEQ, OIL 30, all of which was turned over to the
The estimates for 1892 are appro.imated
and are as follows: General Office 10,5OO, Of
which 500 is for incidental expenses and
the balance salaries Bureau OF Engineer. g In @
transportation and 500 tor general expenses,
the balance being for salaries. Bureau OF
City Property. $55,94S a.. OF this ga, s06 90 To
the sidewalk at the Diamand market: 8, 600
for painting the Inside of the same building;
S3 600 for the erection OF new stands, and
5000 for 2 connecting bridge, and two ele-
vators at the same place; Sc, ,360is for salaries
TO employees of City Hall; "a 600 is for re-
pairs and hardware for City Hall; $500 is for
repaving the alley In the rear Of City Hall;
$685. is for Observatory time at the bali,
and 81 900 is for painting the walls and buy
ing new furniture for the Treasurer's ofhce.
Wants of the Street Bureau.
In the Bureau Of Highways and Sewers
SIS $50 is wanted for salaries $50 900 for labor
in cleaning streets and sewers ana repairing
the same; $22 900 for repairing bridges; SIC. .545
for supplies, three street sweepers, two
sprinklers, ten horses, wagons, carts, ETC.;
sl7 500 for lumber, gravel. sand and hard
crushed; 900 for feed and "a 900 for black
smithing; $25, 900 for printing and $26. 900 for
viewers and clerks to the board.
In the Bureau of Water Supply and Distri-
button sl5s,O0o is asked tor the Brilliant
pumping station; $50 900 for labor; $l30 900 for
fuel and So, 900 for supplies; $4,000 1s
wanted for the Heron Hill station; sl9.0O
for the Bedford station and s., 500 for the
Garfield station; $25 900 is asked for street
lands, Sc 900 for contingencies and $60, QUO for
pipe extension; 81, 500 is named for gate
valves at Highland reservoir and 81, 000 for
painting at the same place; ST. 600 for a new
pump at Brilliant station and "a 900 for new
packing rings and general repairs; 500 for
of boilers and repairs; sle, 600 for the Heron
Hill station for new cylinder, new 3,O00-
OO0gallon pump and new boilers for the
same; $4,000 Is asked for for new l2-inch
supply line for the Squirrel Hill district;
SIS 600 for a new 50inch rising main and lay
ing the same from Brilliant station to Butler
street and Reservoir avenue; $l5, 600 for eight
new boilers and 100000 for ground for new
reservoir.
In the Bureau ofwater Assessments, $1l, sos
is named for salaries, including Is deputies
during April and May at S2s0s and $500 for
incidentals. transportation. etc. In the
Bureau of Public Lighting the schedule Of
expenses includes 1886 arc lamps to cost
sl23, ,456; 232 incandescent lamps, $500; 24OO
gasoline lamps 81, ,0e0: posts and repairs
5000. City Hall and market houses IS, 600 new
arc lamps $4,000 and a photomster $50.
Streets to Be Repaired.
In the matter of repaving streets, $3.50 900
is asked for. 1t provides for repaving the
following streets: SECOND Avenue from
smithfeld to Grant; Fourth avenue
street from Seventh south; Oak
alley from Grant to Liberty:
Exchange alley from Eighth street east;
Virgin alley from Smithf1eld to Grant: Cher
~ alley from Third to Fifth avenue: Seventh
street from Liberty to Duquesne way; Wyiie
avenue from end of present pavement east;
Our alley from Elm to Pride; Center avenue
from Fulton east; South Highland avenue
from Penn south: Ella street from Penn
south; Second avenue from end Of present
avenue east: Chancery lane from Third to
Fourth avenue; Hogg alley from Smitnf1eld
to Cherry alley; Forty-eighth street from
West Carson from Point Bridge west; East
Carson from Monongahela Bridge east; Car.
son street from South Twenty-seventh east:
Lincoln avenue from Frankstown avenue
north; Fifth avenue from wilkins to Penn;
Penn avenue from Pennsylvania Rail
road west: Liberty avenue from Gen.
ter avenue west; Penn avenue from
street from Forty-ffth to Forty ninth street;
Stanton avenue from end of present pave.
ment, east: Forbes street from end OF pres
ent pavement, east; Evans alley from Lib
erty to DuQuesne way; Penn avenue from
Fifth street, west: Mulberry alley
For bridges sl69 100 is estimated. This in
cludes the Monongahela bridge, Spencer
avenue, Greenfield avenue, Negley run, Syl-
van avenue, Penn avenue and Lyle street
bridges: Picnic street and Chestnut street
steps; Ruthven street fence, and Wabash
avenue culvert. No sum is fixed for any
one of these.
Parks Need Big Money.
Parks want $4,000. The items given
in addition to salaries, Incidental ex-
penses, ETC., are: Property optioned,
$4,000; ten policemen, 5000: labor,
grading, etc, $2e5, 600; material, stone, Ium-
ber, etc, $4,000; machinery, road machines,
wagons carts. plows, horses: etc., $l4 $50;
supplies, TOOLS hardware, coke, harness
dynamite, powder, etc. SIC, 900. The pay OF
the consulting engineer and landscape
architect, 81, 600 for making plans and 81, 900
for ten months work, is included.
For the Southside Market House $35, 900 is
asked. This is to rebuild the burned struc.
ture.
A comparison of this years appropriations
and the estimates for 1892 is appended.
General onics. ......s 1o,5o6 90 sio5co 90
Bureau OF Engineer