The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-30
HOUSTON IN A NUTSHELL
Mat Houston Has 10 the Nav OF
Internal Improve meats.
ANNUAL REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER
showing What Has Been Done Dur
ing the Pas, Year iu the Way
of improvements.

is the resozs BY City Engineer Gee-,nser
Of the op~rs,iops of the engineers cfnes
for the year ending April /, 1885,. TA-
law requires that S report .rS-i the en-
xineer's Office sasii be made annually. but
this Is the first time ore has ecsne pFN'-
pared within he knowledge q ary wis
have been heard TO speak on The suh;ec''
I, Ia very full ard Is statistical TO dsgTssa,
giving detailed Information on All the pub
lie works o. the city sod showing how ut
tie has been the appreciation bestowed
upon what has been done here IN the last
few years dealing with sewers. drainage.
bridges, pavetneuis. etc.
The table on sewers gives the size Of
the openings ard shows Tor the Second sni
Third wards $3.50 feet 0; eigai-lneh, 1890
feet 0. ,en-inch. 81 teet Of eightee1-ineA
aad sssS feet Of twenty four.inca Tsre, and
$50 fec. Of si1ty.iach brick sever. WITH
sn3 one aush tank.
The LaBraach sewer district. IN the
Third ward. has A. rs fe,i S-inoh, 1880 Zee;
i0-inch, $500 zoe. la-inch. 4.64 teet 4S-inca,
$3.50 feet 3l-,nch and ca ,ee; 2i-ireh PIPE
sewers, ana OF brick severe 800 .oei -
inch, $50 feet .7-.Ech, $50 !t5t 54-ir.cE.
es0 feet s3-inch se0 teei Ss-ta-t 80 'e<t
ss-inch. $50 .eet 42.inch, 500 ;eci t5-inoh,
$50 fee. is-inch. so feet 5l-jpch and tot
feet 5i-tuch, With * catch basins. lst man
holes and % fuSh tanks.
The Eadlsr sewer district Tnlri ward,
has se9& Zee; OF s-iucA pipe with three
mauholes and one nush tank.
IN. l.ADranch sewer district, Fourth
ward has 1870 Zee. Of S-.nch nire Mia one
catch basin, seventeen msrholes and I'VE
fush tanks
The san Feline sever district. Fourth
ward has 1859 ie-t s-irrh rlpe 2S' feet
1o..nch and itft lee, is.'nta ara '31 ieet
33-inch BRICK sewer esa .ert .5-.uch. 800
feet 3e-inch 660 feet i2-ingh ard s"Hr fee;
i5-iach With g catch has ns, - narhol-s
and Aush tanks.
The total * 'hls sewerage system =
nearly twenty 'our miles with Us cai-a
basins. So ,ntlho.es aud 20 Gusa 'Zuks.
Thu sewer eqostrjcii1T Ter fae r-a-
april !. 1876. % April = so s as follows;
Eiyslan street sewer. Piss feet li-iGcl
pipe, catch basils ana : nanaoles 20
tai coei s5I:7 partly raid Ter ey Houston
Eas; snd Wes, Texas railway. making COS:
20 the city $3.50.
Hogan .,ree. sever. as ,est 4s-inch
brick. with Gre catch basin, total cos,
s25ss--7
Carr stree, teoxl seve- tccas'rlrted ~
International and Great Northern -allwayi.
1901 feet ,oial estimated COS, sii2o.
The total cost a. hc above was 81 ~ =.
There Is Tow under construction brick
sewer on Hener street. Fourth ward, which
will cost about $500
TwenJy-tour catch basins have beer con-
structed during the pas' year. alfording
drainage through the srwtre over an I'M
meuse territory. ~ cost OF $3.50 -.
During the same time eight mlnholeS
No. 81 ar %.
OF s9Ta so.
The butct 20 the Louisla1a stree sewer
foo; Of Congress avenue Was permanently
fixed. a, a cos, q 1886
The American B7oviar association also
constructed sewer, l9-luch tom second
street, Fire ward. ~ he Bayou win each !
basin corner n Gjrard ani S-r rr! street,
The surface drainage constructed darns
the year not lucludlas A-slrs -.uNis
cleaned and enlarged amounts 20 asa
miles costing $500 aS. % Nhirh .bc c!ty
paid Sll671t This iu.'u1cH Yp7s ir the
Second Third Fourth aud Fit'a 4arAs. /
and taxes the water wcii away from 500
tons heretofore aoo3ei al'er every heavy
rain
The paving IN ;he cty i' reported !,
u 80 miles y hieh iotr BLOCKS OF Craw-
ford street from MCKINNEY avenue 20 Clay
avenue. was CONSTRUCTED llruE w. wear
a recapitu.at.on shows a., character -
piyenon; &C. 'o'lo"s. Hr,et. Sc mites
bois dare $50 mites cypress blocks o - /
miles gravel SOC miles ,toue. ais miles
mseaharu- IL miles
The expenditure OF pavement during |
the year were. On Girart strce' gravel |
sl1G2.4s on Crawford street brick 81: -
slHf5; recons;iuc,ng Imperfect levels, |
$3.50 80 repanoing PLANK roadway Washing
ton street from Fourth 20 Fifth streets !
sl3i repairs or old pavement sesa0f
On many blocks az mayed Efrgess old |
wooden crossing covers have boon replaced
WITH iron forty OF iha iroa crossings 10
al being pat in AZ a total cost Of Slsl- A
The iron is almost inAestruculle. and does
away with The constant expense incident 10
the old wooden crossings.
Annihnr NJ m. .a7,.s ,f moment run
siructed durirg the year, not embraced In
the report Of the engineer. IS the improve
meni made az Tenth and Dart streets near
tie old city cemetery. An immense gully
existed AZ tina, point, prfciudng any COM
nunicatien from the olst end OF the First
ward ana he city 20 the southwark The
street forces npIrr direction OF tho street
commissioner din the work. In the inter
walls o. other work mainly. aud extending
over period OF sbou; year. The es,i-
mated total cost was about $4,000 The
SLING q the great gully, the grading q
streets and the putting in Of drains makes
the street soof one. ana n is a great
convenience as aroralpg easy socess 10 and
from large territory and many hundreds
OF ,cople
The table on highway bridges shows that
seven bridges spal pufrslo bayou and one
!e IN pisee over White oak bayou. all being
iron spans ~irh wood approaches except
Franklin street bridge. which Is OF wood
The total value o. the whole Is estimated
al slia1i2. One OF thtre--the HI stree,
bridge--wss constructed during The year al
. total cost % sN,Q2j, including house for
bridge tenders. etc.
The building permits issued during the
year numbered SIS, and the statements o,
cost given By applicants for permits
aggregate s257,Tf
The fees paid the engineer during the
year for surveys amounted 10 $3.50
The recap!tulation by the engineer is IA
follows:
Sewers by Houston East and Wcs, Cost
Texas railway. .....,....., 1884 90
Sewers by International and
Great Northern railway ..... 5.sOO ov
Sewers by City Of Houston. 5,Al9 II
Catch basins. 20, city .......... 1890 40
Manholes. s. city -. .....r..... 21s SO
Inspecting and cleaning sewers. i,67t 05