Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-11
EXPENSES REDUCED
IN
District, { Saves Money on
Street Cleaning.
STUTLER MAKES REPORT
ANNUALo7sHoW1NG MUCH BET
TER4THAN LAST YEAR.
Superintendent Makes TO Mention Of
N kxv,o mt
MAKES REPORT
superintendent Makes To Mention Of
Investigation in His Department.
Unexpended Balance.


ing the fiscal year ended June 30 last was
submitted to the Commissioners by Super
intendent Warner Stutler today. Mr.. Slut
ler's report shows that during the past year
the expenses of the department n several
instances have been reduced. The appro-
priations for street cleaning, snow and ice.
work, salaries etc, amounted to s226. 100.
and of this amount only $40. % was ex-
pended. leaving a balance unexpended Of
$5.2I1.73. The appropriation for the collec-
ton and disposal Of city refuse was SIS
600. and of this amount $113. 405. 80 was ex-
pended. leaving balance of 81. 59i.C5. Mr..
Stutler in his report makes no reference
whatever to the Investigation of his de-
partment by the Commissioners. The in
vestigation. however, was not ordered until
in July.
Mr.. Stutler mentions in his report that
the street cleaning appropriate ton for last
year was $4,000. the same as that allowed
for the previous year. Although the area
to be cleaned was 8 per cent greater. an
unexpended balance Of $751.21 was turned
into the Treasury Department at the end
of the fiscal year from this appropriation.
This saving Mr.. Stutler accounts for from
the fact that the weather conditions of the
past winter caused a suspension of work a
larger number Of days than in 1903.
Cost Decreased.
The report shows that the cost per Loo
square yards Of hand cleaning was IVA
cents during the past year, a decrease over
the cost of last year. Mr.. Stutler mentions
that the cost OF hand cleaning. including
wages Of repairmen and stable boss. in
1903 was 179 cents per 1000 square yards
The total area of street cleaned by hand in
1904 was jO4, POI 1872 square yards, as against
523, OFT ,S05 square yards in 1903; a decrease
of $685. 23 square yards, due to the trans
fer of portion of the hand cleaning area
to machine sweeping In May last.
The report shows that a considerable
saving in the cost Of maintenance Of the
horses OF the department was effected by
reason OF the Comm kssoners leasing a sta
bic and purchasing feed and forage at con-
tract prices, instead of boarding the horses
at livery stable, as was done in former
years. u , AZ
With respect to hand cleaning, Mr. Slut
Ter makes the following comment:
TN April. 1904, 1t was decided to reduce
the area cleaned by hand and increase that
swept by machine This was done In the
following month, and 100000 square yards
of paved streets that had previously been
cleaned daily by hand were transferred to
the schedules for machine sweeping three
times per week. Prior to last May the area
cleaned daily by hand amounted to 1.9OO.-
OOO square yards, and the machine sweep
ing area to 4 400 600 square yards When
the transfer was made the former area
was reduced to l. 100000 square yards and
the latter Increased to 100000 square
yards daily.G .1)slji =
AT the time the hand cleaning area was
decreased the number of laborers on that
class Of work was reduced from 200 to leo.
the difference representing those previously
engaged In cleaning the area transferred to
machine sweeping
DISTRICT Saves Money.
Mr. Stutler mentions that the District
saved IS day by selling the street sweep
ings. He states that the experiments made
with nushfng the streets have not been en-
ureiy satisfactory. With reference to ma
enine cleaning the superintendent says:
Inc total area cleaned by machine
weeping and flushing during the past wear
2sa ase 90 s oooS square yards. as against
VI o';osS.Voi square yards although work
vas .s,S cone on less number of DAYS in Ie0a
. Inc inurease In the area cleaned was dua
aven,,.s ~. ION OF newly paved streets and
20 oon g., 10 the schedules. and the transfer
" SUV,VVo square yards Of hand-cIea min n
tIrrtory to machine sweeping last NJ
Thu the streets been cleaned on tha san,e
vear H. vi Gay, Gays IN 1904 as in the previous
yeal' the increase In the total area would
nave oeen much greater than that shown
me cost OF this class of work during the
p pa Co year was $4a.sS1.28. as against SF.-
o1a.oI IN 1903: an increase of 81 All en- dc
" the greater area cleaned"
, Turing the year, according to the renort
Tue numDer or dumps under the iurtsdictJon
oI tne department decreased from sixteen
10 eieven. owing to the fact that some nf
the dumps were filed up and others within
suitable hauling distance could not be "a
cured. The question as to the disnosaI of
street sWeep1ngs, Mr.. StutIer says. viii like
become serious one within the next
rev years. owing to the difficulty in Obtain.
Ing suitable dumps.
Rebate on Garbage.
Mr.. Stutler reports that during the fs-
cal year 1904 the District received rebate
on 12.2s2 tons of garbage at so cents ner
ton, total Of $6.141. During the same
period $723 in fines was imposed on the
contractor, and for extra services rem
dered he was. allowed $685. During the
past year $176 in fines was imposed on the
contractor for removal of ashes for ne
glect, making the net cost to the District
for this service So. sob, decrease of s1OA
as compared with 1903, due, it Is stated TO
the increased number of fines levied on
the contractor. There was an increase of
1851 cubic yards Of ashes removed in 1904
as compared with the previous year.