The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-01
Paving.

1.-THE past year quite large amount
of paving was done. On the 9Th day
of June, 1898, a contract was let 10
e. O. Dugan & Co., to pave the follow
ing named streets; Park street from
Arizona to Academy: Broadway from
Wyoming to Academy; Granite from
West Wyoming alley to Hamilton:
Hamilton from Broadway to Granite;
Wyoming alley from Park to Broad
way. and Main alley from Park to
Granite, the contract price being $685.
per square yard for a granite block
paving upon siX-inch concrete foun-
dalton.
THE preparatory work and the work
of making sewer and water connections
and replacing iron water service pipes
with lead, and the digging up of old
wooden box drains. was carried on with
reasonable dispatch, but considerable
delay to the paving was caused by the
curbing contract not being let for some
time after the contract for the paw
ing.
THE paving contractors began con-
creting on the 21st dav of July, and
the laying of the blocks began on the
LIST of August and was completed on the
18th day of November.
THE total cost of the paving, which
included engineering, digging up old
drain boxes, etc, amounted to $63. 707.22,
which amount being divided by the
number of square yards of paving laid,
which was II 055.65 square yards, made
a rate of $3.73h per square yard, which
figure was used in making the assess
ment.
THE cost of the catch basins and
storm drains within the district paved,
including inspection and engineering,
amounted to $1,773.35; this item under
the law is all chargeable to the abut-
ting property, there being 5,96049 feet
of property frontage paved, the amount
of each front foot of property would
be 29A cents.
The contract for the curbing within
l. the paved istrict was let to James
| Welch at the following prices:
| "Curbing without a concrete founda-
ton, $115 per linear foot.
"Curbing with concrete foundation,
| $3.50 per linear foot.
THE total amount of work done I'M
| der this contract amounted to S6,651 SO.
the total of which was assessed to the
| property.
ION the 18th day of October the coun-
| Gil let another contract to E. o. Dugan
& Co. for the paving of Broadway alley
from Main alley to Hamilton street for
S42e per square yard of granite block
| paving upon siX-inch concrete foun-
| dalton. The total cost of paving this
alley amounted to $1,275.E, which was
all assessed to the abutting property.
THE total cost of all paving done
last year, including catch basins, storm
| drains, curbing, engineering, inspec-
ton, etc, amounted to $73, 4O7 SO, of
abutting property and the balance be-
ing paid out of the general fund of the
city.
Sanitary Sewers
During the year 1893 an unusual
amount of sanitary sewers were con-
| structed. The following table No. 2,
| showing the size and length of all sew
ers built during the past year, also the
total cost and rate of assessment per
linear foot of frontage. Table No 3
| shows the number of miles of the Vari-
Gus sizes in the city.
THE total linear feet of sewer con-
structed during the year was 20,S37 feet,
at total cost of s27.1S9.56 of which
$24,00S.40 was paid by special assess
ments against the property benefited,
the remainder was paid out of the gen
eral or sewer fund of the city.
Using these figures with $143,3S6, the
total cost of the sanitary sewer system
up to May, 1898. we find that the entire
| system has cost, exclusive of interest,
the sum of S170,57556. of which $12i,-
341.4 40 was collected by special assess
ments and $46,2S416 was paid by gen
eral taxation and from the bond issue
of 1890
Flushing the sewers and cleaning
the catch basins has been carried on
| once a month. There have been nc
stoppages and no Accommodations of ma
terials in the mains A number of stop
pages and breaks in house connections
have been reported. but the city has
paid no portion of the expenses of the
| work.
During the calendar year 1898 there
were III house connections made with
the sanitary sewer system, which was
a gain of 81 over the number made ir
1897. The number of connections made
during the year 1898, added to the tota