Evening star., 1902-09-02
The Annual Report Of Super
intendent Stutler.
SUBMITS ESTIMATES
SAVING SHOWN IN THE COST OF
THE SERVICE.
Expense Per 1000 Square Yards Re,
duced to 1873 Cents-Additional
Streets and Avenues.

| year ended June 80 last together with the
| collection of city refuse and ashes during
the same period are the subjects of the
| annual report of Mr.. Warner Stutler, su-
| perintendent of the street cleaning de-
| partment, made to the Commissioners to-
| day. Mr.. Stutler also submits estimates
for the various services over which he has
| supervision for the fiscal year of 1904. With
| regard to street cleaning, attention is
! called to the fact that last year a de-
| ficiency appropriation of S20.24S was nee
! essary to properly carry on the work, the
main appropriation having been $1,000 short
| of the previous year, and this, too, in the
| face of the fact that newly paved streets
| had been added to the schedule. Mr.. Slut
Ter speaks of the results Of the first year
| of street cleaning by the hand machines
| now In use by the department as follows:
AT the beginning of the past year a con-
| tract entered into with the Sanitary
| Street Cleaning Company of this city for
| the hire of 100 hand-SWeeping machines, at
S6.25 per month each, the company to main
| tain and keep the machines in good repair
| during the year. and the machines to be-
! come the property of the District on July
| l. 1902.
Previous to the adoption and use Of
| these machines, 210 men, with hand
brooms, cleaned a daily area of !, ,5G5, 500
square yards, making a total area during
cost of sac, ,439. Al; whereas the same force,
using the machines, cleaned 1920 AT square
yards per day, or a total of 615, ,992, ,92O
square yards, during the year. at a cost
of $40, ,7O4 46. 1t will, therefore, be seen
that 354 Cos square yards more per day
were cleaned during the past fiscal year
than during the previous year, making
total increase in area cleaned of 102, ,221,-
S92 square yards, at the comparatively
small cost of So 264 99 whereas under the
hand broom method this increase in area
would have cost US S1S,912.
Reduction in Cost.
During the year 1901 the cost per LOCO
square yards 1S.8 cents, and during
the past year this rate was reduced to 1873
cents, which includes for wear and tear
one-fifth of the cost of the 13O hand sweep
ers, due entirely to the adoption of these
machines. The daily area cleaned, there
fore, was not only enlarged and the expense
reduced, but the streets were kept cleaner
than ever before. During the current year
a further reduction in the cost will be
shown for the reason that the 13O machines
now belong to the District, which will mean
a saving Of S9,556.25 previously paid for
rental, less the necessary cost of maintain
Ing and repair. 1t Is believed that by the
end of the present fiscal year 1t will be
shown that the cost per / 600 square yards
for hand cleaning will be less than 15 cents"
The greatest cost of street cleaning ac-
cording to the monthly statement was in
October, when 1881. 50 was expended In
February only 81 .9S was expended. Fall
ing leaves caused the maximum expen-
diture in October, while in February
the cleaning force was largely engaged in
the removal of snow under separate appro-
priation.
Machine Cleaning.
With regard to machine cleaning, Supt
Stutler says:
THE daily area cleaned by machine dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, was
SOO,OO square yards or a total for the
year of 1I9, ,S33 ,631 square yards at a cost
of So, 3II.S4; whereas during the past year
the daily area cleaned was 9O0, 900 square
yards, or a total area for the year of 2O7,-
52s,1SS square yards at a cost of S37, ,355. .OS
representing an increase in expenditure of
S4,9II4. This class of work was done un-
der three-year contract at IS cents per
1000 square yards. The increased expendi-
ture during the past year was due to the
addition to the schedules of 27, ,694 557
square yards, representing the area of new
ly paved streets and avenues.
Work in Alleys.
1.-THE work of cleaning the alleys during
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1902, was per-
formed under a contract with r. V. Rusk
at 327s cents per 1000 square yards. The
alleys are cleaned once week, schedules
for each day having been prepared at the
beginning of the year. The daily area
cleaned during the past year was 10000
square yards, or total area for the year
of 81 ,29O,597 square yards at cost Of S12,-
259.29, being an increase In expenditure Of
but ST 81. During the previous year
cleaned 145.OOO square yards per day, or a
total Of 81 ,237 PIP square yards for the year
at cost of S12,241.79.
THE work of cleaning the alleys during
the past year has been lighter than during
previous years, for the reason that prior to
the collection of ashes and miscellaon
refuse by the city such material found it's
way into the alleys from adjacent premises
thus making 1t a difficult task to keep them
in a sanitary condition. To a certain eX-
tent these conditions still exist, and will
continue as long as ashes and refuse from
business places are hauled by private
parties.
Sprinkling Unimproved Streets.
During the past year about fourteen
miles Of unpaved streets and avenues were
sprinkied daily for 131 5-7 days at cost
Of So, 1927. During the previous year
about ten miles Of streets and avenues
Were sprinkled daily for ia days at a cost
OF S2, 4S5.7 rs. The increase in expenditure
for the past year was due to the additional
number Of days which sprinkling was
done, made necessary by the exceptionally
dry summer.
Although we had the same number Of
sprinklers in use, we were enabled to in
crease the area sprinkled daily during the
past year to fourteen miles, as against ten
miles for the previous year, by going over
the streets two and three times per day IN
stead Of three and four times, as during the
previous year.
There is greater room for improvement
in the sprinkling Of our unimproved streets
than in any other class of work under the
department. and we hope that our appro-
priaton will be SO increased as to enable
us to sprinkle all the unimproved streets
and avenues in the city during the summer
months.
Snow and Ice Work.
1.-The appropriation for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1902, provided 81 600 for the
| removal of snow and ice, which amount
was exhausted after the first snow storm of
the season. A deficiency estimate of IS 900
was submitted for the removal Of snow and
ice from streets as well as crosswalks and
cutters. This sum was granted, but with
the restriction that 1t be used for clearing
snow and ice from the crosswalks and gut
ters only, with the result that after subse-
quent snow storms piles of snow and ice
were allowed to remain on the streets until
disposed Of by the elements. This state Of
affairs brought forth numerous complaints
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