Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01
DEPARTMENT REPORTS.
Street and Water Commissioners
Review Their Work.
Streets Cost 500, 1924 80 Last Year
Excellent Showing by the Water
Department-Disco for Prompt
Payment of Water Taxes
Recommended.

The annual reports of the Board Of
Elicct commissioners the Board Of Wat
er Commissioners aud the superintendent
OF the water department have been pre-
pared for publication i'm the annual city
Itcp0r, The reports cover the year eud-
Ing De december 81. 1892.
STREET. COMM SSIONERS' REPORT.
The report Of TIE street commissioners
SLOWS the following expenditures:
Street departments. .... ......... "a 93'. -
Permanent Improvement fund.-. 2.Gll -
Sewer dcpIrtmouL........ .........,. i..2ii6
Electric light departmcnt........ l2.Ho#32
There has been paid to the city treas
urcr for ctIrbing. sidewalk ana sprinklihg
assessments. S>.7i3U. aud for work done
III other departments. including the sale
of crushed stone Sl7ll7. There Is a bal
a,ncc on hand at the closing Of the year of
So Il. Tho ci,N has i'm operation 1873 cleo
Ilic tights Of 2bN candle power.
THE WAITER COMMISSIONERS.
rhc annual l,port Of water commissions
ers. j. T.. lluou. \. Adsit and James e..
NcuEher. has Tho follow ne figures:
Receipts from metre rates. ....... .SiS.iS2 Il
Increase .tl the former year.. 2,>23T
Unpaid bin. 1utstandiEg.... ...... 7S'2
The amount of the unpaid bills is the
least cvo' I", prted and leads he commits
sionerS iutcrpolate an Endorsement Of
tho method employed for the collection
Of tho water taxes. In addition 10 paying
tl" current expenses Of the department,
which includes the payment of the in
forest ru tho bonds. there has been de-
loSitcd S51.I.l7 to the credit of the sinking
fund. iu addition to the dcposi, which Is
required by he city charter. The report
l.ak,- am excellent showing for the do
Iartment. This is largely if not wholly
du" to the fact that during he pas. five
years previous tho department has hccn
Obliged to put in large amount OF work
made necessary by the permanent i1'-
proven mt Of streets, which would other
wise no. have been done until later but
which was made economical 10y the I'M
provoment of the roadway
The report suggests that small dis
count he given for prompt payment of the
water taxes within given time. The in
dicated pumpaec was about %!,0f0 co. gal
Ions. which is ahp' 2>.odo000 gallons NOR"
than the previous year and 2St@o,QO0 GAL
Ions less than in lSs3.
SUPP. CRANDALL'S REPORT.
The annual report of Superintendent T.
il. Crandall shows that during tie year
his department has repl iced about one
mile of the old cement water lipc in the
allowing str"ots: North Prospect North.
North Battery. Poplar. Champlain, Cedar
and in the north iumbo- yard. THE city
water mains have been extended during
tho year about Onc-half male of rp" on
the following streets: Drew, iuol" Or
,Iard Terrace. King. Wilson. LOOMS
Erookes avenue. Henry, Harrison avenue,
Conger avenue. Oak, Luck and ST. LOUIS
streets.
Attention is called to the worll which is
necessary to be done by the department;
ANA il is stated that the receipts are nom"
Too large with which to accomplish Il.
'rhc repor; also has table showing ;he
comparative results Ci chemca. and ahc-
t,rlpligical analyses in different years
Including tn. last.