The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-03
THEY ARE ALL BUSY
City Officials Filing Their Reports
With the Clerk.
IN ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS In Regard to
Paving and Water-By the Board
of Health, Building and
Sanitary Inspector.

ready for presentation to the old city
council at its last meeting, tomorrow
afternoon, things around the city hall
have been in a constant state of hustle
and hustle for several days. The re-
ports of the city engineer, the board of
health and the building inspector and
sanitary policeman were filed with the
clerk yesterday, and the substance of
them is published below.
The report of City Engineer Black
ford is of the greatest Importance, on
account of its recommendations in re-
gard to paving and the water supply,
to both of which questions Mr.. Black
ford has given a great deal of study
and attention. His report in full is as
follows
Butte, Mont, April 20, 1896
To the Hon. Mayor and City Council of
the City OF Butte,
Gentlemen-At the end of the last fis-
cal year l prepared for your honorable
body a report, which was afterwards
published, covering the period from
1890 to April, 1895, and in a measure the
whole period from the time public i'm
provements began. Since then very lit
tie public work has been done; not
enough to warrant the expense of pub
licstion. /, theI efo'e, present herewith
a brief report of the operation of this
department for the fiscal year just
drawing to a close.
STORM CULVERTS.
My recommendations relative to re-
pairs and paving of the storm culverts
were not acted upon, and nothing was
done upon this class of work other
than the arching of the Buffalo gulch
oulvert. under the Thomas block, at an
expense of S217
SANITARY SEWERS.
A sanitary sewer was built upon the
north side of Broadway, from Covert
street to Lee avenue. distance of Gal
feet, at cost of $685. 00 and the entire
cost assessed to the property benefited.
Practically, there have been no re-
pairs or alterations to either storm or
sanitary sewers. and the cost of main
tanning both systems has been very lit
tie, other than the cost of the labor of
flushing the sanitary sewers.
Seventy-eight (7@ connections were
made with the sanitary sewers during
the calendar year of 1895, making the
total number of connections to Deem
Der 81 1895, ST.
SHRINKING.
Street sprinkling during the season
OF 1895 was done in the usual manner,
by days pay, at the rate of $3.50 per
day for man and team. and $2.25 per
day per sprinkler for water The total
cost of the work for the season was
$S.5S7. An assessment was made against
of the season at the rate of 16 cents per
foot of frontage in district No. and 10
cents in district No 2, the total of the |
assessment roll being $9,S77. leaving
balance of about $1,000 with which to
begin this seasons work
STREET GRADING.
The following streets were graded |
during the calendar year of 1895:
Nevada avenue. from Gold street to |
& he Ia
Star. South Star and January lode /
claims; Excelsior avenue, from Caledo- |
MIA street to Woolman street: Caledo- |
MIA street, from Excelsior avenue to /
Henry avenue; East avenue. from Cal
edonia street TO Copper street.
The total cost of this work was 1913, |
all OF which was assessed against the |
property benefited.
OFFICE WORK.
The work of keeping in order and up
to date the notes and records of the en-
gineer's office has been well attended /
to, and most of the spare time has been
devoted TO the extension of the abstract |
books and bringing the same 20 date.
large part Of the labor of the office
has been expended in the preparation
OF special assessment rolls, to defray
the cost OF sprinkling, grading, sewer
construction and the opening OF the
streets and alleys.
WATER SUPPLY.
Unquestionably the most vital and
important subject now before the citi-
Gems of this city and the administration
is the water supply. Ii was discussed
at some length in my report presented
a year ago and the system briefly de-
scribed. Since then some important adj
ditions have been made to the plant |
which have greatly increased its eff
cheney and value, the beneficient effect
however have not been fully felt, and /
fear will not be until after some furth-
er expenditure OF money. During the
past year the masonry and dam at the
reservoir has been raised 20 feet thereby
increasing the storage capacity from
about 50.000.000 gallons to near 200. 00o.-
600 gallons. The waters of Mammoth
gulch Cthe headwaters of Fish creelx) |
have been purchased and conducted by |
means of a wooden flume about seven !
miles I'm length TO the Basin creek
drainage. and deposited therein at a
point some four miles above the reser-
voir.
The volume of the Fish creek supply
is as yet a matter OF conjecture. on
the 10th of last October / estimated Ii |
from approximate measurements at
about 100000 gallons in "A hours: on
the 10th of April OF this year the av-
erage of three careful measurements
taken at the fiume near its lower end
make IL 1000 gallons. From the best
Information obtainable / judge the flow
during February and March did not ex-
coed these figures and probably I'm De
eember and January did not exceed
1000, 900 gallons.
on page 30 Of my report. above re-
ferred to. / gave my opinion OF the |
cause of the bad water that had been !
furnished from time to time by the
water company. and predicted a short
age for the year 1895 The prediction as
10 quantity was fully realized. and
water was pumped from Silver Bow
creek for several months last year and
about two months during this cal
endar year. 20 keep up the supply. The
quality was much worse than any one
could have anticipated and was UNIT
fer domestic purposes for several
months, the taste and smell being Of