The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-09
REPORT FROM
Street SUPT.
RESUME OF WORK GIVEN BY
HEAD OF WORKING FORCES
MAKES INTERESTING READING
FOR THE PUBLIc-SPIRITED.

! AT the regular meeting of the board
| OF works, which was held last week. a
fine report OF much good work done
! by the street forces was heard. This
I report was as follows:
/ Street Supt5s Report.
| December ], 1909
I Honorable Board of Public Works,
City.
| Gentlemen: I respectfully submit
the following as my report for the
month of November:
Foreman Farinas worked his gang
! of labOTerS daily last month at the
! West End clay pit, making falls Of
clay, picking the Jumps of clay and
/ loading the carts Of clay. also at the
East Hill clay pit. blowing up clay
and loading carts; filling in wash-OUts
on corner Of Belmont and d" streets,
corner Baylen and Gonzalez streets.
and at the corner Of LaRua and q"
streets; loading carts with rocks at
the corner of LaRua and Barcelona
streets, repairing Hayne street; load
ing carts with tree tops, brush, stumps
and wood on Eighth, Ninth and Sixth
avenues. jackson. LaRua. Belmont,
Davis and ether streets where trees
were cut; repairing Gonzalez street
between PalafOx and Baylen streets.
and loading carts with cinders at the
power house of NOOre's ice factory,
Stratton Ice Works, Garfield ice
Works. erworks and on AIcantz
street.
Foreman Jones has made daily re-
ports to ne of all loads hauled by his
gang of teamsteTs. which summed up
for the month show a total of 27G5
leads, about half being double loads,
hauled from and to places and streets
as follows:
EaTth-1t4 loads from End clay pit,
1S1 loads from Hayne street, l. loads
from E2ylan street wharf, 40 loads
from ReUs street, and I6 loads from
Spring street. Clay-316 loads from
the West End clay pit, 1913 loads from
North PalafOx street. 327 loads from
the East Hill clay pit, 81 loads from
Tenth avenue where clay was stored,
being taken from GadSden street some
time ago. and & loads from LaRua
street. CindeTs-272 loads from ice
factories, power house and water
works, and loads from AIcaniz
Rocks loads from PalafOx and
Chase streets and 4 loads from BARGE
Iona and BaRUa streets Bricks
loads from Spring street and loads
from Cedar street and Garden street.
LUmbor-52 loads were hauled from
city lumber piles on South AIcaniz
and East Gregory streets. 131 loads
Of broken fiT9-prOOf thing were hauled
from the new hotel building. Is loads
OF damaged cement from warehouse
on TarrRgOna street, 4 loads posts
from city stables, 6O7 loads OF ballast
from vessel at Bavlen street wharf, %
loads of gravel from Cedar street, 81
Lords Of broken terra Gotta pipes from
Alcaniz street. 3 loads Of wood from
stables. loads of grass from West
Romano street, and 9 loads of stumps
and 81 loads of tree tops and brush
from streets where trees were cut
ThiTty-Six loads of CLAW and 4 loads
Of brick were hauled to the corner of
belmont and F. streets TO fill in
wash-out, % loads Of cinders were
hauled to Garden street where hard
road was buiIt between COvIe and "a"
streets. and leads of lumber were
hauled to the corner Of Garden and
COvle for ropairirg bridge and 81
leads Of broken fiTe-DrOof thing were
hauled to West Garden street to re-
pair damage done to road by circus
292 loads of clay, loads of lumber. %
leads Of thing. 40 loads of gravel and
, loads of rock were hauled to Con
ZdlCZ street. where street was put in
gCOd condition; 153 loads Of clay were
hauled to West Belmont for repairing
hard road. $50 loads Of clay. 40 loads
of considers. 81 loads of lumber q
loads of thing and y loads of terra
Gotta pine we're hauled to Hayne street
which put said street in good condi-
ton: 10 leads Of clay. = loads Of
cindoTs. T loads Of lumber and loads
Of rock were hauled to East Cadsden
street. where the street approaching
Bayou TpyaT bridge vas repaired 40
loads Of oyster shells and III loads
of ballast were hauled TO Cedar street
to store for future use 20 loads or
clay were hauled TO North RarcpI7nl
streets: 1G loads of earth to Ce-vantos
street. - loads Of earth to Wright
street : loads of earth 10 LaRua
street: - loads Of thing and 80 loads
of ballast were hauled to West Ear
ragOssa street TO i'll in holes: Il loads
Of earth and 1O5 loads Of ballast were
havied to South Bavlen street. ~
tween ZaTTagCSsa and Main streets,
where street was put in good Condi-
ton 81 leads Of earth were hauled to
A7C2uiZ street and - loads 0f earth
to West Jackson street. 80 loads of
earth and y loads of damaged ce-
mout were hauled 10 corner Of Ger
v7utes and RFus streets in wash-Out:
loads Of damaged cement and > loads
Of rocks were hauled % an street in
wash-out; 40 loads Of tree tops. brush
and stumDs which were taken from
streets where trees We're cut were
partly used on lloyd street il wash
out. while the rest were hauled to the
trash pile. loads Of wood from trees
cut were hauled to the city stables
and loads were hauled ID the or
Dha1's home 70 loads Of lumber were
haUled 10 several different streets as
Ee-dcH by carpenters f loads Of gravel
Were hauled TO the corner of PaIafov
and Garden streets to fill in holes IS
leads Of thing were hauled to North
/ Ravlan street 70 fill in holes. I load
. Ct freight to CITY hall. and 80 loads Cf
trash. grass. T7kiugE. ETC. were hauled
from -he PaTaz7 and streets to the
trash pile The daily average OF
loads vas I0- last month.
For0man Clarke worked from two