The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-04
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The special committee on street
sprinkling held meeting last night
with Mayor Driscoll, Director TrouI
and City Engineer Kelly Mr.. Kelly
submitted the estimates which he was
requested at a previous meeting to pre-
pare. After looking over and discussing
these estimates the committee decided
to hold another meeting at o'clock next
Monday evening before formula ting a
report and recommendations to make to
the common council. Director Troup
announced that he should advertise this
morning for bids for sprinklipg the
city's portion of streets on which there
are car tracks, the corporation counsel
having decided that the contract let
under the former specification calling
of the street was Illegal.
AT last nights meeting Alderman
Chillingworth read a letter from Direc-
tor Troup, replying to a request for fig
llres, in which it was stated that the
sprinkling from July to August 1 Of
streets on which there are car tracks
had cost the city 1912 for the city's por-
tion.
The estimates submitted by City En-
gineer Kelly were as follows: To sprn-
kle the entire streets on which there are
car tracks will require Is to IA carts
and to sprinkle the citys portion 10 to
IL carts. The cost for the entire street
at SIS per day per cart will cost for the
whole street s67.50 to $3.50 per day;
city's portion, $3.50 to $575O. Streets
wit hon frn n1Iyr n,,t n
cost of $3.50 per day for 240 days, total
cost of 100000; adding to this the cost
of sprnkling the city's portion of the
streets containing car tracks $4,000 and
$1,S00 for inspectors makes the total
$73SO0.
The next estimate is on the cost for
sprinklng if the city owns the
sprinkling carts and hires horses and
drivers. The estimate is as follows:
Fifty carts at $3.50 per cart. $12,5OO; at
$500 per cart $4,000; interest at 1-2
per cent, $437.50 to $685. 10 per cent for
renewals, etc, $1,250 to $1,5OO; cost of
team and driver per day, $4 to $780, 240
days, S4S,000 to $4,000; three to five in
spectors, s1,sOO to s3OOO making a to-
tai of $55, 4S7. so to $59025; add rent or in
leIeSl OH cOSt OF d lOl ana SfBeQS ana
5 per cent. for repairs, $1,000, and the
city's portion on streets with tracks SILL
0975 so to So, 9S5.50 making the total $G7,-
5S4 to SIS, ,01O So
The next estimate is of the cost of
sprnkling if the city owns both carts
and horses and is as follows: One
team of horses 5000, pair of harness $50,
cart $3.50 to $500, total $500 to $3.50; so
carts with horses would cost under this
estimate 100000 to $32, 800, add interest
at IL per cent, $1050 to s1137.50, Is
per cent for repairs, renewals, ETC., $4,-
500 to $4,S75, three to five inspectors for
240 days $1,S00 to $4,000, shoeing, forage
and veterinary service $4,000, eight day
and two night hostlers and one foreman
Of stables for one year $3.50, 50 drivers
For 240 days at 81 $4,000, total $53 $50
to $54,S9250. add to this rent, interest
1n cost of lot, barn and shed room and
repairs $4,000 and sprinkling the city's
portion of streets with tracks $40, GAS to
sn,7106O, makes a grand total of from
s66,370 to $50, ,10310, which the city en-
sineer estimates it would cost the city
10 do the sprinkling if the city owns
both sprinkling carts and horses,