Evening journal., 1905-05-11
.CHRISTY'S REPORT
IS COMPLETED
Considerable Work Done by
Street and Sewer Depart
ment Last Year
MANY STREETS WERE IMPROVED

Secretary Leslie " Christy Of the +
street and Sewer Department has COM (
pleted his annual report for the fiscal |
year ending January 81 1905. lti
shows that considerable work was
done during that period despite ,he
fact that the. department was hamper |
ed by the wsnt of additional funds.
Among the resolutions adopted dur
ing the year was one repeating the or
dinance relating to snow and ice on
sidewalks. that relative to widening
Tenth street. between Market and Tat
nall, one requiring street railway cars
to be equipped with tenders and wheel
guards, requiring street car companies
to sprinkle streets, petitioning Cty
Council for an additional appropriation
OF $4,000.
Several thousand square yards cfI
street We're paved and otherwise inn
proved, many new lights have been M
stalled and other work DONE showing
marked activity In an lines Of work.
one sewer was decided to the city.
lt Is Tenth street. between Market and
Shipley. and was decided by Edwin IT,.
Dilworth and wife, for s22.a7.
total of b95S.S6 square yards of
streets were paved with vitrihed brica,
Bills square yards with granite block,
AIS square yards with bituminols
lmacadam ana 4362.S square yards Of
lmacadam.
MANY STREETS WERE GRADED.
The following streets were graded
during the year: Pearl street. te-
tween New Castle avenue and Head
lstreet: Washington, between Twenty
third and Thirtieth; Twentieth. west
from Boulevard. Eighteenth west from
Boulevard. Twenty-third. east from
/ Boulevard; Woodlawn avenue, between
Fourteenth and Seventeenth; Lover
ling avenue west from Van Buren,;
Second. between Broome and Rodney.
Nineteenth. enst from Boulevard.
West. between Sixteenth and Seven
lteenth; Fourth. between Scott and
Lincoln; Sixteenth, between Clay
lmont and dupont; Eleventh from
Broome and Rodney.
Macadam was resurfaced on Nande-
lver avenue, between Thatcher and
lChurch. Concord avenue between West
land Washington. Ninth. between
Broome and Monroe Maryland avenue,
between Sixth and Ninth avenues.
The amount Of cement gutter laid
was 1855 lineal feet. while 352.1
lsquare yards Of crossing We're placed
down. The amount of stone cutters
laid was 2g1S7 square yards. Three
! hundred and thirty-nine lineal feet of
! sidewalks were curbed and 1875
square yards Of sidewalks paved.
20 NEW ARC LAMPS.
twenty-five new arc lamps were in
stalled during the year. each costing
J S64S3 per annum, and the present
1 number is 3S5 Thirteen incandesceni
r. lamps were discontinued, and the pres.
I lent number is 432, each costing Si4.Sl
e per annum.
Fifteen new incandescent gas lamps
were installed during the year, the
present number being 53s, each cost
ling S25.75 per annum. Seven were
discontinued.
Seven new plain gas lamps were in
b Stalled and fifteen discontinued, the
; present number being 1O2, each cost
r ing Sl6.60 per annum. The number
{ lof incandescent gas lamps is SIS. The
total cost OF lighting for the year was
q S4sO9157
The receipts for the year follows
, Appropriations. slOO 900; interest cred.
ited to current expenses, $6O49f; IN
terest credited to special fund foi
prices Run sewer s21S19; sewer con-
+ INJECTIONS current expenses, SITTER
p sewer extension. special fund fol
= Prices Run sewer. si,6S2.50; steam
r ROLLER. S166: sewer cleaning, Sl5l9i
street repairs s41.5s; incidentals
, s26.31; curblng and sidewalks
S117947: engineering and SURVEYING
. department. S577; licenses, S205; sew
/, er liens. $31.1S4.98; suits and dam
lagos. S4S2; paving and Improving
streets. s6.47S; 2s building permits
, $3.50: street rents. $50; office ex
lpenses S35.
+ Sewer permits for the year amount
r ed TO S2541. The expenses for the yea
b lamounted to SiS4,257.77 The balance
: follow: Current expenses. Sll,064.sf
special fund. SS213; total Stl.o9I.l0.