Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-11
FOR THE YEAR 1891.
MANY IMPROVEMENT REPORTED eY
TIE STREET COMMISSIONERS,

Sun crintcnaent of streets ami City En-
pL,eer-isvery Dollar spent Has Been |
Eur ned-some Tables with Intereating !
Info rmation.
The eport OF the street com missioners for
the year ending Dec. 3D. 1856 |, will be out
in few days. 1t shows brat the depart
ment is i'll good shape; much lager
amount q work, such As extending tue saw
ers PAWN :, curbing and matchmaking the
streets etc =. has been done tb an ever before
for the sat1e amount Of money expended
and yet the appropriation has not been
overdravtn One dollar has beon earned for
every 100 cel ts paid out.
From tho report OF the commissioners,
Messrs n. X. Brown, George W. Deckwith
aud j. G. lSao 1n, some intettstnS facts are
gathered.
was $21. 3i9L H., of whic' %"l, q D. Is was
expended, leavA x balance Jan. /, lS92,
&2t13q3, which sum would have been
eufticient to have oXtcndea Peru street il an
appeal had not J., en taken from the commits
siouers decision in 1880.
In the sewer. a. paItuo3t the sum of S.
hl0..V WIS * % nGcl aus follows: Over
dra 70 for 1885, :S,'j.iD' the superintendent
for vork oon., ..E' l9e.3s ana Iot profession
al wor; in locnin- over end reporting the
sewer system ~4U T. p v-l.ch lenves the de-
rnrtment ovcrjra NiI T4(l.20 but there
uucoliectej assess 0lnuts amounting to ST.
$685.
The city barn We built at an expeneo of
S2O06 I and the ci u now has a convenient
aud wei! arranged aiding which furnishes
room for storing e; irs, wagons, etc, beside
tho stabHng OF the horses 1t decid-
ed to extend / hlc street to Park
avenue; also to open street from
Pine street extern Von to tine lake.
The commissioners en- asavored to arrange
with the parties who's, lann the Pine street
extension traverses that the road could
have been built this winter but were un-
able to do So This co Dpellnd them to make
assessments and delay the opening OF the
streets
There are now 12j ele rtric lights which
cost the city 80 99j. 0j aud the commission
ere think few more tpuld be added and
also that at least % OF them should burn ell
night.
In the matter of the sewer system the
commissioners says: owe also believe some.
thing should be done with our sewer system
to obviate the increasing oH ensiveness &C.
casioned by the accumulation OF sewage at
the outlet of our sewer at ne iako, either by
adopting tho plan suggeiKeil and recon-
inended By Mr.. Stearns, the sanitary en.i-
ncer Of the board Of health of Massachu-
sets, whom we employed expert to
look over cur sewer system and report, and
whose report is now on file in the city
clerk 5 office or such other method as TIE
Beard OF Aldermen may thu lll best. -
In closing the commission DTS thank the
aldermen for the generous AZ preparation loS
1891 and hope ths Tor ~ y viii be Iuiiy
generous.
The superintendent Of streets, Harold
Stevens, gives the total exp eudtures in the
vnrions departments of work - follows
sewers, #.G8!.3o; Puhilc buildings an,
paris, :e!;!3 -; fire deia trnenI, >l1. &c
streets, :.56l. %; c>trb.n5, .clo;.. -; fla
sius, tlOI99; sravei!ing, iJ45. 80; macada
mil.ik, 5,0I33I; pavins q .;t.Ts, SIZE. ~
sidewalks, ?SlL3S; niscs ianeous, $l6
4GS.3l
inying has been done the folio wiul
streets; Adams Battery. Chnmplaln, Col
le!e lin, King Nam, Fins, Prospect 81
Paul, Union. Willard and - -lialn5, a total
OF 1868 feet; curbipg on ali Of the aoovo
named streets, togetL 81 with lew feet oil
Cherry street. tota. Of 1874 loot ] ID fee
tagging on Co ese street and 3Jt feet o.
willard street, Il total Of 4Q4 feet; conoret
walk on Adams College, King Main 81
Iau!, Willard and lam- streets, a tots
OF oIG4 feet.
CITY ENGlNEEE's REPORT.
i. i. Dow, city eDgIleer, makes a re
port, which is brief, because the work wit
which he Is connected is described by the 81
perintcndent OF streets. Nearly Il uile {
sewer has been laid, and more than a mil
of nacadamizsd ROAD been constructed
There 164 miles of roads III the cit
limits and the following table shows ii
amount o. work done during the year wit
the totals in the city at the present time:
In 1871, totals
Length Of macadamizeu
anu paved rOa ......... j:5, it,. $50 mile
Length OF greveile roads. liJo 1t. l2.Is1 mil,