The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-13
SIDEWALKS RECORD YEAR.
DIRECTOR GADsDEN'S SHOWING
FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

Total of 31o,364.G5 Square Feet of
New Sidewalks Laid During 1899,
of which 1854 Square Feet Was
of Artificial stone and 1914, 1905
square Feet of Brick-The Greater
Part of the work south of Ander-
son street-Au Departments Kept
Within Appropriations Except the
Crematory, Where an Excess in
Expenditures Resulted From IA
breakdown.
Director Of Public Works Gadsden sub
mitted his annual report for 1899 to the
Mayor yesterday. The report is a concise
but comprehensive statement of the work
accomplished by the departments under
the charge Of the director during the
year. The Morning News has already pub
lished the financial statement, given in
the report, showing the division of expens-
es among the several departments.
The report makes a good showing for
the director financially and otherwise.
only one of the departments under his
care overran it's appropriation On account
of the breaking down of the crematory it
der to haul the garbage away, thus caus-
ing an excess in expenditure for that de-
partment of SOIL. The other departments
all show small balances.
More sidewalks We're laid in 1899 than
in probably any other year in the history
of the city" says the directors report,
the total area laid being 319 554.65 square
feet of which 2l29i square feet of arti
fetal stone was laid north of Anderson
street, and 1Oi,1SO square feet of artificial
stone south Of Anderson street, under the
supervision of the office. and 1874 1906
square feet of brick was laid by the city,
Brick sidewalks were laid by the city
on Abercorn, Barnard, Bolton, Bryan,
Bull, Drayton, Farm, First, Indian, Jeffer-
son, President, Randolph, South Broad,
Zubly and Second streets.
The report states that during the year
the additions 10 the paved streets of the
city amounted 10 3,64S linear feet, as fol-
lows; Congress lane. 946 feet; St. Julian
street, 229 feet; Wheaton street. 1888 feet;
Bay street, in front of city exchange, 70
feet. There are in the city limits @.95
miles of streets, and twenty miles of lanes,
of which 25.47 miles are paved.
The report indicates that keeping streets
paved with asphalt clean is expensive
yards of asphalt paving and 1892, 491 square
yards of all other material. To keep the
asphalt streets clean required an eXpendi-
ture of 1856 3d. while all other paved
streets were looked after at total ex-
pense of $6417.92. The average cost of
cleaning the streets paved with asphalt
was trihe over cents per square yard,
while repairs to the same streets averaged
cents per square yard Director Gads-
den notes that the streets paved with
shell will have TO be practically resurfaced
within the next year or two.
During the year Sc, 1890 was expended
by the department in opening streets ana
lanes. The streets opened embrace Aber-
corn. Atlantic, Bolton, Center Eighth,
Habersham, Harmon, Henry, James Lin
coin, Ninth. OFT, Paulsen, Park avenue,
Price, Seventh, Seller avenue, Tenth and
Third.
III was because of the crematory being
utterly inadequate TO perform the work
that devolved upon it, said Director
Gadsden. that from August only dead
stock and paper were hauled to it, all
other garbage, etc, being hauled to be-
yond the city limits" The tabulated
statement of the work of this section Of
the department shows that during the
year the wagons hauled SIS loads of gar
bage while so dead cows, 299 dead horses,
u goats, 1924 dogs. 1885 cats. 10 barrels
of fish II ,S74 pounds of meat, 5,972 head
of poultry, $50 dozen eggs and IS loads
of fruits and vegetables were incinerated
al the crema tory.