Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-06
1894
Employed in 1898
Total 203

tem of dividing the city into sections and working each section separately was given a trial and has proved to be a great success. The city was divided into four sections | with a competent man in charge of each whose duty it was to keep his section clear of all loose stones, papers. etc, keep the streets in good repair, and have the gutters clean. By this system the depart ment was enabled to dispense with the service of expensive foremen, and to em- ploy larger force of laborers than has | usually been the custom.
 The appropriation for streets, repairs and new improvement is very small in comparison with the wants of the city The appropriations for streets, repair and new work in 1882 were S33, ,000.00: where as, in 1894 the city being nearly seventy | five per cent larger and the wants of the department coIrespondingly large. the ap. propriations were only $27,OO0.0O, or about twenty-two per cent less than was the appropriation twelve years ago For the first time in years the depart ment has kept within it's appropriation. This has only been accomplished by con- stant attention to every detail.
 During the year the department laid l thirty new crosswalks in all sections of the city. They were of the best material and lail in a thorough and workmanlike man. ner at a cost of five cents per square foot. This is a much lower rate than has been paid for this class of work in the past There a:c great number of crOsswalks all over the city in very poor conditi n that have not been given any attention in years. No repairs have been made on them in fact most of them are past re- pairing. and the only thing left for the de partment 10 do Is 10 replace them with new crosswalks.
 Tho amOunt aynpn1ad OO proSs kS during the year was $I.994 93.
 Several streets were graded and sidewalks laid during the year The most important of which were: Sperry street, which is now Q splendid street it's entire length; Bank street. from Porter street to Fifth street {; Round Hull street, from Ward street to Farm street. Alder street. James street Washington avenue, Riverside street, River street. near Wash ngton street Johnson street and Seymour street. ThIs last street was very difficult job there being a cut of between five and eight feet the entire length of street. The amount expended on grading new streets was s = eos ?, all done by the department.
 There was expended on top dressing the past year the sum of $4,591.6 Good gravel for surface dressing is difficult to found, the long drawing of it. and the quckness with which a good dressing is worn out on the streets upon which there is heavy travel, makes this manner of keeping our streets in repair a very ex- ppnsive one, with no permanent results. Nearly one-half the streets of the city were top dressed during the year
 The gutters in many places all over the city are in very poor condition and iI will take most of the forthcoming year to place them in repair. During the year it wus rv fn rsy gutters all the time. The amount expend- ed on gutters was $l.29S. 60. Most of this was done by contract at an average price of two and one quarter gents per square foot More than 40 GOO square feet of new gutters and about l5OOO square feet of old gutIers were laid during the year.
 The department now owns and keeps four horses, who do all the sweeping of the paved streets, also all the heavy trucking of the department.
 The amount expended for feed and shoeing during the year was $434.S0. In 1893 the amount expended was LOTT SC. It will be seen that there was quite differen ce in the expense of running the stable in those years.
 Block paving was laid on South Main street from Meadow street to Jewelry street, and is a much need improvement, as this street never could be kept in good COhulJlOu NOP NiCsSihS'
 The sweeping and cleaning of the paved streets has been done under the super vision of this department. The streets were swept twice each week, weather permitting, and were kept free from all loose papers and store sweepings. We have been much aided by the nearly con- stant use O; the new Eureka cart. which has well proved the wisdom of it's pur. chase.
 The plant at West Cheshire was started running in June and closed in October. During that time 4, 100 tons of stone were crushed. of which amount $500 tons were delivered to the city at an actual cost of quarrying and crushing of sixty-four cents per ton. Including insurance of boiler, and stock and teams, new jaws, etc, the cost was senventy-five cents per ton, or twenty-one cents less per ton than in 1893.
 The following is a statement showing in detail the expense of running the plant at West Cheshire:
 Payroll labor teaming engineer etc,