The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-04

/ tnfr 81 NNNfu tiftttH ana convenient
! sidewalks.
! PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE.
After the adoption of that report
/ hy the Board we naturally supposed
| that the plan suggested by us had the
| approval and endorsement of this
| Board and we have acted in accordance
with that suppos,tiOB. We have never
! for a moment contemplated any othef
/ PHI pose than that 9! Aes1nng our
streets i'm "a reasonably good condition,
which we know would necessitate some
! expense in order that the street force
might occasionally go over the city
and fin up the worst of the bad places
and have the bitches opened wherever
! they were stopped up and needed at
| tention. But we do not feel that it
would be a wise expenditure of money
! to keep the street force constantly en-
gagged in doing this sort of work. After
| maturely considering the situation at
| the time we were placed in charge
Of the street department., we came to
| the conclusion that our chief concern
in handling our department should be
| to make improvements of a perma-
| nent nature, looking to the future
when it would require a smaller eX-
penditure to keep the streets in order,
| always having proper regard for the
cleanliness and good health of our
| city. Every act and utterance of the
street committee has been in keeping
with this line of policy mapped out at
| the beginning of our admins tratlon,
and after the trial of this plan we are
now more fully convinced than ever
that we are pursuing the proper
course, and we firmly believe that if
Il N, !
| this plan and give the street commit
| tee proper support and encourage
ment, we will within the next few
| wears see all of our most prominent
| streets beautifully and substantially
improved. Furthermore, we believe
| that these Improvements can be made
without requiring but little additional
expense beyond what has always been
spent on the streets. We felt satisfied
| that the changing of the old system
and the substitution of the new one
| would cause some comment and arouse
| more or less discomfort as we have not
| under the present system scraped off
any of the crossings and we have not
cleaned out the bitches or filled up the
washes as frequently as it was done
| under the old system, but we have en-
| deavored to attend to the worst of
| Them and we believe that they have
| been given all the attention necessary,
consistent with economy and proper
sanitary precautions. We believe that
| the general average condition of our
streets, in the aggregate, is about as
good as it ever was, and the city
| is kept cleaner under the present sys-
| tenn than was ever done under any
| other. The garbage is removed from
every street in the city at least twice
week. and from the central district
it is removed every day, Sundays not
excepted. The city has been systemat-
ieally divided into five districts, and
different man is put in charge of each
| district with instructions that every
street in his district must be thor
| oughly cleaned at least twice every
| week. This work is under the direct
supervision of the sanitary officer, Mr..
| Sale, and the thorough manner in
which this work is done is due largely
| TO his faithful and untiring efforts.
Each district inspector is required to
| keep a record of the work done by him
and report to the sanitary officer and
these records show that from 200 to
| $50 carloads of garbage and other
refuse matter have been removed from
the streets of the city every week dur
| ing past year, or an aggregate of
over 10000 loads for the year
| EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Much talk has been INDUCED in re-
Gently about the expenses of the
department, and believing that his has
| been the result of a lack of informa-
| ton rather than from a desire to in
justly criticize or retard the street com
| mittee in their work, we desire to
present herewith some facts and fig
ures which speak with more telling
effect than anything we can say on the
subject, and, which we thing, should
satisfy even the most critical:
The total expenses of the
street department last
year were -. .....$ 14,473.67
This amount was used as follows:
Paid on Steam Roller, par
chased by former admin
iStratlOn -. -. ........S 1,052.92
Paid for stone and other
bills from former admin
Istration 2OU.0O
Paid for provender ....... 659.40
Paid for pump work $3.50. 413.67
Paid for smith work ...... 1869
Paid for lumber used on
streets for bridges, etc. 1876
| Salary of street commits
sioner -. :. :. ....... 100000
Total -. :. ...S 3,90O.64
Leaving a balance to be spent
on streets of .........S 10,573.03
Which amount was spent as follows
Paving gutter and curbing
sidewalk on Mcdowell ST..
opposite Park Hotel .....$ 10000
Matchmaking Hillsboro st.
from city limits to West
street ...... ............ 100000
Paving cutters and curbing
Wilmington street from
North to Edenton street. 2,760.00
Putting in complete rock
crushing outfit -. $50. 10000
Paving gutter on Davie ST.. 10000
Paving gutter and curbing
Salisbury street, between
Hargett and Martin $50. $4,000
Paving and otherwise inn
prOyinp Haroett Street 400 90