The San Francisco call., 1910-10-01
CITYENGINEER'S .
FIGURES SHOW
GREATPROG:RESIS'
Almost S5,OOO,OOO Disbursed
in the Way Of Public b {. !.
improvements
Annual Report Of ofIeiaE In
cludes Big Expenditure !.
for Water Supply:

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!. :. The annual report OF the city engi-
neer. covering work done. in. the. iri-
.stalia4ion OF. the FIRE: projections system,
the Hetch. Hetchy. water supply. the
bond issue. sewer system and current
work on the city.s pavements and sew
ers. amounting to nearly $1,000 900, was
sent to the. board OF works yesterday.
The. expenditures for the Sierra water
supply total $685. for the FIRE: pro
tection~sxstem sl.7ss,s ,s5s, for the bond
Issue sewers ses6,seI, and for current
work. on pavements sL,36S,1SS, and sew
ers S16S, ,4z6.
IN: the Hetch Hetchy. water supply
matter Manson reported: that all the
necessary preliminary. work and hlings
q ad been completed. Applications made
10 Secretary Baglinger for leave to clear
the. reservoir space OF. Lake Eleanor. and
70 construct the dam, although filed
many months ago, were reported. net
vet acted upon. by. the. secretary. .: -.
Tables and diagrams were shown,
based: upon: the actual daily gaugings
OF the How of water at Lake Eleanor
which showed that although the year
MAS one of less than normal p1ecipita-
tiou dam zoe feet in height would
have left on storage at the close or the
season more than sufficient water: at a
draft: OF 60.000.00o gallons per day
to- furnish the city. foy: / 4 months, and
that; during the entire season !, ,eoOt0eo,1
0OO~sea Hons per month coul6: have been
dra " n of which four months draught
would have been: from storage: ana
.el months from the natural flow OF
the stream: :. These drafts. and stor-
ages:w would have been in excess. of.the
"a n 90
1850 second feet. >: -
CONTRACTS NUMBER AZ :: =. = ~ -
IN the auxiliary high pressure. fire
protection system the. tables show: 1 hat
there. were III force at the close of the
hscal year or had been completed. at
that time. AZ. contracts. aggregating
S3:I ,D5S.66, .of which 81 76s, 80 was
expended during THE fiscal year. :Of
these contra cts p have been com-
pleted andetbe' work accepted the re-
nlsining g are in force and an progress
for.tle coming year; - r. .:::.:.... /.
InEt1fe *dIVisie on Of: bond issue sewer
-uork ere *Were. TWO bond issues, that
of 1903. and that: of 1908. :: Under: the
former. issue %: contracts .ha We been
/ entered into at. a total cost. of .s5ze,-
OT6.T5.= which have all been completed
and the work: is in service: Under the
bond issue OF. 1908 38 contracts have
DeGn entered ana. ear
work amounting" to 1886, ,s6l.4 s was
completed. 81: =: +.
PAVEMENT CoNTR ACTS +. III.
The summary: of current work under
public contracts: on paVements shows
that los, 35T-z2 square feel: of <payeme MT S
were laid at a cost of s23,s33.42:
To this Were added o. .lTneal
feet Of curbs costing. $5s050 0(2l, 1904 45. O. !
square feet Of. sidewalks at a. cost: Of
ss,5A3.02s that under private contracts
pavenaeuts a aggregating 4 4;16ls695 square
feet were constructed at q cost. of
Sl.Oz3,I25; carbs# Is7.S96i MnieaI feet
costing s224T43 cutters; 25; SIS feet at
sIO.352, sidewalks 376: :5S4- .sqia re feet at
s25.o05. or total cos. of 8l,3OSi 1856
that in sewer work under public com
tracts and Of S. TO "a inch sewer. rs. Psi
lineal feet were laid. with ..1,124 Y
branches at a cost sof-S43, ,325, the necesz
ssry appurtenances TO these sewers
bringing this expenditure, up:to: SIS i; 993;
under private contracts there were. laid
OF the various sizes Of pipe sewers
A ,s55 nneal feet, with -9e9 branches,
at a cost of nearly sTs. .0o05 that with
the necessary appurtenances the tetaf
expenditure under private contracts for
sewer work was Sill 452. j.: