The morning times., 1896-12-13
CLEANING CITY STREETS
Annual Report of the Superin-
tendent Of This Department.
WORK HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED
Major McKen zie Has a Number of
Recommendation That He Wants
Adopted-His Force Was Entirely
Too Small Opposed TO CobbIe
Paved Alleys.

Major a. g. Mckenzie, superintendent
OF street and alley cleaning, submitted to
the commissioners yesterday his annual re-
port for the year which ended June 80.
1896, showing the amount and nature
or the work done and the cost OF the
same, and also his estimates for operating
expenses for the fiscal year ending limo
30, 1888. Tie superintendent also makes
such Recommendations and suggestions as
III his Judgment are for the benefit OF the
service. >''>
The total amount appropriated for the
past fiscal year was SAG 900, which III
cluded the pay or employees and all other
expenses, so that there was in reality
available Tor Sprlnkling, sweeping and
cleaning the Improved streets ana avenues
about $50 ,00o, subject, However To be
uraWn upon Tor extra service, Including
The removal or snow and ice The suDrr
intendent introduces table showing The
total amount OF work done each month.
ana the cost OF the same, the aggregate ,,f
Which is as follows:
Number OF Gays emDloypd 3-o. snuaro
yards OF surface cleaned, 340,S7O 3l5:
cuhIc feet OF refuse removed Al ,457: cost
OF Tie year operations, SS2, sci .I2 The
sLldllest monthly expense, 81, ,096. .3S, was
incurred IN February last the highest in
october, 1895, amounting To $9, ,G92 90.
THE AMOUNT EXPENDED.
The amount expended, as shown in the
foregoing, was $2,33S.SS less than the
amount SHOWN to he available This latter
amount was drawn from the original an
preparation, however, to meet eItlrepeil--
cleS, ana some branches OF the eswork mad
10 10 !e curtailed 10 meet the expenditures
ioi snow and Ice and other extra work
The total OF the area in 1895 was
2S9,oo3, ISL square yards. The area for
IS23 was an increase over these figures
OF ol ,3lI Isl square yards. The Increase
was permitted not only because .,f the
exceptionally good weather. but the appro-
prlatlon was greater than in 1895, and
snow and Ice work was lighter
1nerp are SIX Routes for cIp1 ming ayaran
ing ABOUT $4,000 square yards each, the.
length being about Iifty-five miles each.
when the schedules were arranged NJ a ior
Mckenzie said, it was thought upon a
basis OF $50 working days, the cost would
pe Withln the am cunt stated, SS5 900. but
at the expiration of six months it was
iound that good weather had enabled
the force to put in ! 4S days, or at the
rate OF 296 days per annum. This
necesSitateu reuuctron or the scheuuie
routes, which was done, so gradually that
IL was scarcely noticeable. The result
was that at the close OF the year it was
SHOWN that twenty-five more days were
consumed than in the previous year.
The apparent SUM that will be available
TINS year is So6,O0O, which will permit an
average daily sweeping OF 400 900 square
yards FOR 256 days, at daily cost of
S33o AS HERETOFORE, this gross sum of
$4,000 will be subject to drafts for emer-
gencies.
AREA CLEANED.
The total area cleaned OF improved alleys
was 2S,S31 7OS square yards; cubic feet
OF refuse removed, 1O,ess; cost, .$l2,-
224.56. The number OF days occupied in
this W ork was 276.
The alIey surface OF the city, the super
intendent says, is about evenly divided be-
tween Sheet asphalt, asphalt block and
vitrified brick on the one hand, and cobble
on the other. All are in good cond-
tion as to cleanliness, the best evidence Of
which is, in the opinion of the superintend-
ent, the infrequency of complaints.
There is total area OF improved alleys
of 636,O00 square yards. For cleaning
purposes these are divided into eighteen
routes, three OF which are cleaned daily.
The avera ge OF each route is about rs 3 SO
square yards. The cost of clean under
contract, less cost OF inspection is 4 z A
cents per 1000 square yards. The area
cleaned in 1896 was greater by 429S.-
cost was Increased 81 ,642.92. The work