Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-21
Supervisor Se5Iva Files RepO,,
Covering a Period of Nine
Months,
SHOWS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
Sidewalk Extensions Have Made Ncces-
sary Expensive Street Grading and
New CroSswllks.

The good work being done this year
on the streets Of the city is brought
out in clear aud strong manrSr in
the report fled Mayor Morris
by street Supervision Seldom. The
report covers the first nine months Of
this year and IN some Of the improve
monts it shows that more work was
done than during the three preceding
years, Among the greatest improve
ments is the matchmaking Of some Of
the streets VITA rock crushed by the
citys rock crusher which is operated
at little expense by the use of prison
labor and also some poll tax labor
The cruaher win be kept i'm operation
NJ long as work can be done on the
streets this winter and at any rate
until after Eighth West and Seventh
south streets are completed
In the nine months ending Sept. 30
tho cash poll tax collections amounted
to SLSl3lj and the poll tax labor per-
formed amounted to S9723, making the
total collections 81 J3G15. During that
period the total expenses OF the streets
and irrigation department amounted
to S7O.}S04j and the department did
work and furnished material for other
city departments Of the value Of So
2l2l5 leaving the total cost OF the
department $63 ,502G0
There were $50 fumes and six bridges
built in the nine months While 76O
fumes, 292 bridges ana % heudgates
were repaired The street sprinkliug
cost the city S25,7Sl2o, which includes
$L17O for new sprinklcrs and 1906 10 for
Waterman extension put In the Lib
crty park, The special work ordered
by the council amounted to $t6,9l5.10
and other work not specially ordered
by the council amounted TO $l0,9iAfG
The report contains the following
special figures and recommendations;
respectfully call your attention to
the maCadami2ing OF state street from
Seventh south to Tenth South. This
is the first year in the history Of salt
Lake city that we have had any streets
maCadamized. The cost of State street
is sS,2I6, The amount Of square yards
done Is 9,SS5h, at 30 Lice per yard This
is very cheap considering that this
Improvement Is permanent one and
also that the soil and gravel was used
to grade and gravel Third East be-
tween Ninth and Tenth South and
Tenth South between Main and Third
East. which were very much needed
and would have cost all OF $500 II It
had not been for getting the gravel
off State street. We also macadamized
Second South from Sixth to Ninth
West street at cost of Sl,A4OIl or
328ic per square yard.
IN referring TO the laying OF as
phaltum around the city and county
building. | wish TO briefly state that al
though working under great disadvan-
taEes we We're able TO save on this work
between what the contractors charge
aud the figures 1t was done for The
contractors price for this kind Of work
has not been less than t210 per yard
while we did It for Sl.6j the saving
10 the city aud county being S2,S955l,
by the paving of South Temple street
from the east side Of State 10 the west
side OF Seventh east, increased tho
pavement six blocks 80 that we now
have 1875 blocks Of pavement to sweep
and keep clean, but Notwithstanding
this fact, IL has only cost the city $203.2O
more to keep the pavement clear over
the same period OF last year. In con-
nectOn with this ] can truly say that
we have not had one complaint in re-
CARDS to the cleanliness OF The pave
mont the entire season,
respectfully can your attention 20
the many sidewalk extensions that are
being put In this year. all OF which
put this department TO a great deal OF
expense In grading streets TO conform
with same and putting In fumes; also
In connecting sidewalks with stone
crossings. a great number Of people
think that as the pr0pertyowners have
to pay for sidewalk extensions the city
has no expense, This, however Is not
the case as VIII be shown by the fol-
lowing. IN the year 1902 stone cross
ings TO the amount Of S52lS0 were put
In; I'm 1908 stone crossings 10 the
amount of sl772,S6, but the report OF
the former supervisor does not show
how many crossings nor how many
stone blocks were used, however ngur-
ing at the same price they cost now
there must have been is crossings. In
the year 1904 we put IN Sc crossings,
amounting to S5S302O and up to Sept.
&c. 1905, we put IN SO crossings 97479
paving blocks amounting 10 S,819.i9
that rs S2jjl3 more expended In this
Improvement IN nine months over the
last thrpp wears These kind oF I'm.