The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-11
HAULED 2111 LOADS
 GARBAGE IN MONTH Total Cost of Street Depart
 ment Was $1085.65
494 TEAMS WERE USED
Special Work Included Cleaning at Schools and Grading of Alleys and Streets as Well as
 Miscellaneous Hauling.

For the first time in years the city street commissioner is able to get out complete monthly report Since Secre- tary to the Mayor B. A. Pepperman has become the commissioners secretary MT. McCartin is able to give the council full details. This gives an idea of the work done by perhaps the most active city department.
 To the Honorable. the City Council of Birmingham.
 Gentlemen:-I beg to submit herewith report of the operations of my depart ment for the month of January, 1908:
 Garbage Department-Total loads, Ell; teams, 494; prisoners, S63.
 You will note the city is divided into four districts for the collection of gar l bage, Twentieth street and the railway right of way being the. dividing lines It | will be noted gnat the garbage from the Northside of the city is nearly double that of the Southside. This is accounted for by the business section being mostly on the Northside and the garbage is re- moved once a day from this section. The residence section of the Northside also 1 is more congested and easily reached than the Southside.
 In addition the garbage department hauled 25 dead horses, two cows and three mules during the month, making a total of 30. Of this number 25 were paid for at the rate of $2 per head, the balance being a loss to the city on account of owners not being found. The cost of this department for Jan uary is as follows; Labor, $1052,7O; sup plies, $6.65; repairs to equipment, s1O2 .SS; | new equipment, $2.52. Total. S1164. 65. Re- ceipts account dead animals, $79 Net cost, $1OS5. .65.
 Street Cleaning and sprinklng Depart ment-During the month we had 1S9 teams at work with 7S2 prisoners and hauled off 355 loads of street sweepings. The cost of this department for the month is as follows: Salaries, $4s1. 45; repairs to equipment, $51 water, $2O5. Total s7S745. Receipts during month $354.07. Deficiency, $3S3. 9S. The down town district, from Seven- teenth to Twenty-first street and Morris to Fourth avenues, is swept every day,
 
 at least once a week.
 Gutter and Sewer Cleaning-There was gang working every day during the i month cleaning gutters and catch basins throughout the entire city. There was hauled off during the month 269 loads of debris, requiring 3s teams and 10S prison- CTS. We also had a gang working nearly every day during the month cleaning storm and sanitary sewers. The men en- gagged in this work are all paid as it re- quires more skill than we can get from the average prisoner. During the month we had nearly 100 men engaged in this work hauling off 49 loads of debris from our sewers The cost of our sewer gang for the month was $30l, with receipts for repairs s39.S9 making net cost of $26i III.
 These men also assist in gutter clean ing and other work when not engaged in sewer work.
 For Street Repairs.
 Street Repairs-This is by far the most important branch of my department. We had large gang working on various streets during the entire month Dur ing the month there were 149 loads of dirt, 57 loads of ashes, 43 loads of gravel and 26l loads of slag spread on various rkx- AAfr 4x.