The morning times., 1896-10-02
PROVIDE TOR THE FUTURE
District Bureaus Estimate Ex-
penses, f0E1S97-98.
AN INCREASE ASKED FOR
Health Officer Woodward Wants a
meteorological Laboratory and u
Disinfecting Service-Hospital for
Minor ContagiOns-Suggest by
Superintendent McKensie

Among the importan antreportsrecently sub
mitted to the District Commissioners by
heads OF bureaus are those of the health
officer and the superintendent Of the street
and alley cleaning department, and these
with the more important recommendations
made in each are epltomized as follows:
Health officer Woodward estimates that
the cost Ut properly maintaining his de-
partment viii require $222 $50. This is
an increase of S1l 4 900 over the estimates
Tor the current year. This advance in the
expense is accounted for DR.. Woodward
asks tor larger appropriation for The cleri-
cal force.
He also adds six sanitary and food in
spectors To the roll, and these he intends
shall, in addition To their regular duties,
supervise the collection OF garbage, and
the aggregate OF salaries Is $5 400; one
engineer at the smallpox hospital, $500;
one clerk, who shall be Il physician, and
serve as chief of the inspectors and as
sistant deputy health otncer, at 81 500;
one sanitary and food inspector, assistant
to District chemist, 5000; for support of
chemical laboratory, $500.
For maintenance and equipmQnt OF a bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratory, $1,000 is asked;
"A nd for the collection and disposal of refuse
other than garbage, 81 5000.
FOR MINOR CONTAGIOUS.
For the purchase OF site for hospital
the erection of a hospital for treatment OF
scarlet fever and other minor conta gions
S25 900.
This latter is to include a n administration
building, laundry, stable and other out
buildings, mortuary and lodge.
A special estimate is also made for an
appropriation TO enable the office to en-
force the law for prevention of the spread
VI minor conta sions, including diphtheria,
and for equipping first class public dis
| injecting service, the cost OF which is
| placed at 81 900.
THIS idea is the same as that hitherto
| advanced by DR.. Woodward, mention
OF which was made 10 The Times of TWO
| weeks ago. He will take occasion later
| to simplify his reasons as then given,
chief among them being the necessity
| for official supervision of This service
as method of precautioD.
Sundry other reforms are 10 tie elaho-
rated in subsequent report, all of Which
the health officer regards as essential
to tic efficiency Of the service.
The total OF salaries, independent
| of the additions noted, is S33.3UO. The
| Improved disinfec;iBg service, as referred
to, VIII call for tie appointment OF Two
medical sanitary inspectors, driver. an
| engineer and sundry lahorers. The con
| struction of stable on reservation IL is
also provided for.
laboratory VIII Deecssitate tie appointment
| of two officials, a lacterioiogist aud one
| skilled assistant.
The d.par .ment contingent fund is in
creased from S2,430 10 $4,000.
STREET AND ALLEY WORK.
| The total of Superintendent 4. q. Nc
| KeniZe'S estimates for the maintenance
| of the street and alley cleaning depart
ment is S203,969, Of which S12O.OGO is
for sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning
| improved streets and avenues. He csti-
mates for $4,000 for tie same service
on improved alleys and $4,000 for un-
| improved streets aud alleys.
Tue salary list fcots up ga ,iCO and the
| grand total is considerably i'll excess of
what was asked for last year Upon these
points Major Mckenzie says
Il respectfully ask that you Will com
pare the foregoing estimate for 1898 with
the estimate OF cost of work for 1897 sub
| mittcd uuder date OF Junc s last.
| For the last tWo yraIs We nave had
| about $50, ,GGO for sprinklirg ana cleaning
| he improved streets and avenues, but
| usually before tie close OF the year emcr-
gencies have arisen that reduced what we
| supposed was available to about $50, 900.
Il ask for Sl2O.t0o for ;his york, for
| the reason that if we only do the same
| amount Of work in 1895 as was done in
1886, ard prota1tly VIII do in 1897 DO
| matter who does the work, contractor or
muricipul authorities, il viii cost one
fourth, or about SCI eco, more
This the superintendent accounts for on
the grounds that by reason of the eX-
piration OF the present contract on the
| Both OF next June, the cight-hour law
will affect the labor required. The law
did not go into effect untn after the
contract was entered into. thus allowing
the contractor to require ten hours OF
labor daily. -
THE SURFACE UNsWEPT.
Supt. McKensie says there are about
$50, 900 square yards or street surface
hat can now be swept but once per week,
and this area should have two sweepnes
weekly. This is an element which enters
into the demand for an increase. There
are also many urban and suburban streets
which should lac sprinkled at least l5o
days annually, which now receive but
little if any attention.
This work. Major McKcnsie believes.
should be done for not to exceed Sc 900
The superintendent asks for an increase
Of about 5000 for improved alley work
and Sl1 900 for unirnproved streets an,
alleys. In respect to the latter, he sa "
the Work is now being Gone for S6s.S
| per day. under contract exclusive Of COS
of inspection.
The regular force Of cleaners he con
siders inadequate to do the work properly
| The force cannot, on an average, get owe
| | the routes in less than two weeks. an
| often IL requires longer, and the avcrag
| time, he believes, should not exceed tc
| days.
Four additional men and one cart ar
! required for each gang employed on unin
J proved street work, which would entai
an added cost TO the amount of 1885
= and the remainder of the 81 900 increase
he says will be needed to meet the requir,
! ments OF street extensions.
) The cost of the hand-cleaning OF PenI
sylvania avenue he increases by 81 500
q and the suggestion is made that the systeI
Z be extended TO include Ninth street. fror