The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-05
ITS EXPENDITURES FOR 1899.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS
STATISTICAL SHOWING.

The Amount Expended by Each De-
| partment and thes Purpose for
which Expended shown in Tab
uIated Statement for the Mayors
Annual RepOrt-Ovcr S22O,OOO spent
Under the Direction of the Director
of Public Works-The Largest Item
49,, 900 for Labor.
Mr. Leander Butler. clerk to the d.
rector of public works, has just completed
tabulated statement, showing the ex-
penditures of each department. under the
director of public works for 1899 and the
items for which these expenditures were
made.
Although the table will occupy only
single page of the Mayors amt al report,
it required several days for MIR. Butler TO
bring the figures together and collate
them in the form in which they will APP
pear The beauty about this table is That
any taxpayer who is interested in know
ing where the city money goes can read
the columns downward, and ascertain
what each department expended for each
particular purpose, or by reading across
he can ascertain how much the city spent
for each particular item end against what
departments these expenditures were
charged
The table is entitled 'I0ivision of Elk,
penses of the Departm ent of Public
Works" The following figures, taken
from the table showing the expenditures
for various purposes may prove of inter-
est:
Feed for Sto-k-Streets and lanes, 49,,
ssol6; savenger. $5.427. %; dry culture
;2i1.s7; o. L. M. $s8.2o: cre,natory, $9L2S;
total s. 80; medicine for stock, STAB.
Br k-streets and lanes, 81 9i5.26; paving
street. s9,5S5.42; house drainage, $1,000; city
house drainage, 50. 1857; sidewalks,S,1ss 49,
tota', $2l,257g1; paving pitch, $1O6.22; disin-
FEC ants, $l5654: repairs TO public build
ings, $.49.12: granite blocks for paving
streets $75.2S.
Reut of TeIephones-Sreets and lanes.
800; scavenger. 5000; public buildings,
so 90; total $1,000
Tools and mpen1ents-Sireets and lanes
524.92; o2ening streets, $19CS; scavenger,
&G5.47; dry culture, $3s 81; public buildings,
1870; paving streets. 515SC4; harloor and
wharyes, $536; city house drainage, 81
75L2S; natory, S5l69: sidewalks, $1.72;
total, S5,436S Coal and wood, $l,2l9.35, of
which sl,la&3S was for crernatory. Vehicles
ard repai to same 81 1888.
Shel.-streets and lanes, 81, OS4.12; paving
streets. $S26.6S; total, 81, $3.50.
City lamps, $S9,1S19S
Veterinary services 1916.
Lumher-streets and lanes, S744.o2;
board Of health, s4Oo.45; harbor and
wharves, $451 IA; house drainage, SO, 20 20;
sidewalks, $79S33; besides smaller sums
for Other departments, making a total Of
IS, 225.S9
Repairs 10 tools and implements, StSs.2
! ebert, $i2S.16.
Rem rw.ckenham plantation, $500
| Harness ard repairs to same, $1,000.
Hauling-Streets and lanes, s61227; open
ing streets. $l132.2 3: raving streets,
! 1733.73; house drainage, $29S.15; crematory
! SLIT; sidewalks. $1,2242O; total. $517l.59.
Insurance-Streets ard lanes $399.5O;
scavenger, $3.50: O. E. NJ, $l53; public
| buildings $l152S and other Items; total,
| 1858 90
Illuminating OIL 1922; lubricating oil,
| $S4.49
Pipe-streets and lanes s5OOe5; paving
streets, sl6024, and other departments;
tota,. 81. 1882 OILS, paint and putty. $96S.47
Lights at city stables, $751; Cleaning
sinks S5,742Ge
! Granite Curb-Streets and lanes, s2272.O4;
paving strsets, 1893 46s sidewalks $2,66465;
Total $57O.15 incidentals, dividad among
thirteen departments, $l,19S.20.
Cement lime and clay, s2,24s.41 of which
81. $50 for house drainage; fteights, ex-
press charges, transportation and car
service, streets and lanes, s5ls0s; paving
streets, s., 5SO.4S; house drainage, s19S.13;
sidewalks, s1.36lS5; total. $5665.t1.
Hardware, 5000; sand, $tS1S; station
| | p Of
fees, $37s.73.
Horses and Mules-streets ard lanes,
$4S4.55; scavenger. $l,15726; Beard of
Health, 1892 Is; house d-a mage, 1926; total
! s. 1897.
Repairs 10 Pavenents-Stres and
lanes, S4.640.29; to asphalt pavements (spa-
cial appropriation. $l9S6.62; house dra n
age, 81 467 90; fetal, s. ,C94.i1 artificial stone
sidewalks $685.. so; shoes and nails for
horses and mules, $SZ7.10; plumbing work
S2551S Office furniture, S29.G5; repairs 10
| creamat tory, SS8.32
Time Of Hands-Streets and lanes, s37,-
375. As; opening streets, $1,5Ss99; scavenger,
| $15,745.G3; dry culture, S953,5l; storm,
$22I.5o; O. E. NJ. 81 .2022s; Board Of Health.
| si2s 90 public buildings, $H46; paving
streets, S4,s4O.01; harbor and wharves.
| $7517; house drainage, seO6'22
house drainage, under director OF
public works, s6s7 40; city house drainage,
under director public works, s4,0lS9S; ere
matory. s5.229 IS; sidewalks, sS,ll3.s5; to-
AL, SIS, 4S651.
| Department Totals-Streets and lanes,
| $57, POI. 10: repairs to asphalt pavement. ST.
| 1852; streets and lanes (storm) $60J0
opening streets. s2.796.14 scavenger de-
! partment $24sf.31; dry culture, $l0,173.S9
dry culture storm, $24967; o. F. NJ, ST.
1862; Beard of Health. S1,627,29; public
buildings: st.eS9.94; pubic buildings
| Storm, $126; city lamps, s39,1s1.9S; having
streets. $22 6SO.57 harbor, and wharves
$97S15: house drainage. 81 1882; house
drainage, under director public works
! s6S7. 40; city house drainage, under
director of public works, $17,423.55;
crematory, $6,92051; sidewalks, $21, %;
| grand total, 500 020.93.
| 1t will be seen that over $4,000 was ex-
pen ed during the year under the direction
of the director Of public works The APP
| prevail of some of these bills was merely
a matter of form with the director, as
! tbay vyAra rendered. 1Indar axiot{po ann