The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-21
some FACTS and FIGURES.
Mayor Hubbard'S Report to the Cham
Der Of Commerce.
He Sums Up the Improvements rlade
in the City During the Past
Thirty-Seven Years.

Following is the report on city i'm
provements sent to the Chamber of
Commerce by Mayor c. H. Hubbard on
Friday night:
A person who is not familiar with the
details of the work that has been going
on in our city would not realize the
improvements that have been made
during the year just past. Situated, as
the city is, between the American River
on the north and the Sacramento River
on the south and west. and the beds
of these rivers having been raised al
most to level with the foundation. or
original surface upon which the city is
built, 1t has been necessary to construct
levees to protect the city from the high
waters Of the rivers during the rainy
season, and also to raise the surface of
the ground within the city. This pro-
cess has been going on for the past
thirty seven years, until the city is
now practically filled up above any high
water mark. To construct streets on
this filled ground has been a long and
a very EXPENSIVE task, but we are grad
ually overcoming all disadvantages and
are paving our streets in a very sub
stantial manner; in fact, our latest i'm
proved streets will compare favorably
with the streets of almost any more
favored city. During the coming year
we expect to take advantage of the
macadam furnished by the State plant
at Folsom, and will endeavor to i'm
prove six or eight miles more of our
streets.
| do not now propose to say what we
expect to do, but to show you what has
been done during the past year.
First, there has been a steady i'm
provement in the way of building. Over
200 new buildings were constructed in
the city, which were inspected and ac-
copied by the Plumbing Inspector dur
ing the year, many of them fine struc-
lures; as many more buildings were
constructed that were not inspected,
causing all lines of trade, etc, connect
ed with the building department to be
fairly active.
There were twelve blocks of bitumin-
Gus rock pavement constructed at a
cost of $63, S15; one block of asphalt
pavement at a cost of 81 1873: one block
of Williams block pavement at a cost
of 81 264; twenty-five blocks of mac
adam pavement at a cost of SO 900;
$3.50; six alleys, eobbled, at a cost of
| $4,000; two alleys macadamized at a
cost of 81 $50; one alley, graded only,
at a cost Ct $780, nine alleys We're sew
cred at cost of 81 $50; one block,
24-inch sewer on Fifth, r to S, at a cost
of $3.50; one block, 24-inch sewer on
| Thirteenth, 4 to S, at a cost of 81 800;
seventeen blocks of new main sewer,
| from river front UP S street to Seven
teenth street. at a cost of S44 600.
| This sewer is large enough TO carry
all of the sewage and flood waters from
all parts CT the city.
| We have a pumping plant placed over
the stump at the end of the sewer capa-
Die of removing almost three million
gallons per hour This plant was erect
ed at a cost Of about $4,000. We have
also placed an electric motor in this
plant to operate it during the summer
months at a cost of $1,000.
There have been constructed over fif-
| teen miles of cement stone sidewalks
during the past year, or SOC, $50 square
| feet. at an average cost of 10 cents per
square foot, which would amount TO
I $50. 63S 80.
We have. also almost reconstructed
| the Water Works building and plant,
and have placed in the plant new five
million gallon pump at a cost of Slo,
0}0 new battery of boilers at q cost
iof So, 400; foundation for pump at a cost
/ of $500; improvements on the building,
etc, say $4,000; new suction and dis
charge pipes at a cost of 50 900
This amount-about 1898, o00-has
been spent in public improvements OF a
permanent character. Besides this the
usual expenses of repair, etc, has been
paid by the city out of the general
funds.
There are several important public
works that should be taken up, but we
are waiting until we can find out what
can be done with our old city bonded
! Indebtedness; as soon as that matter
is settled the city of Sacramento will
improve very much faster.