Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-05

as compared with IT'S cents per LOCO
square yards during the preceding fiscal
year.
During the year the use of saueegea
and flushing machines was begun In tho
Misunderstanding section Of the city an area
OF 1,SiI.o0O square yards. The cost of OPP
Grating the squeegees was 1i.62 cents. ami
or flushing 3l.51 cents per i.oO0 squar'
yards The cost OF cleaning paved alleys
was 40 cents per 1000 square yards. and
OF cleaning unimproved streets 4l.16 cents
per Loo square Yards
The sweepings from the hand-swept por-
tion OF the city during the po, tion OF the
year from July to October 81 were sold
and the sum Of Ssl1d received therefor
During the balance of the year these
sweepings were used as fertilizer In con
nection with the development of the work
mouse farm at OccoQuan. Va.
Removal Of City Refuse.
Forty-eisht thousand two huncred anc
seventeen tons OF garbage were colloctcc
and disposed OF at contract price
SOS. 400; 81. 1so tons OF ashes were collected
at a contract price of s73.i5o ios.7so ca
bic yards of miscellaneous refuse were col
! .ected at a contract price of $1,000: 2s.s-ii
barrels of night soil were collected at =,
contract price of Sl66O. and 1861 dead
,, animals were collected at a contract price
of 81, S5S.
sioners leads them To believe that the re-
moval of city refuse which IL now don.
under contract could be done at much les-
cost by the municipality. The preseni
contracts do not expire until June -. 1917.
The Commissioners have Included In their
estimates an item asking authority to
| more thoroughly investigate the subject
and to have plans prepared for a garbage
reduction plant to be operated by tina
| municipality.
Cleaning Snow and Ice.
! In cleaning snow and ice from cross
| walks and cutters work was carried
| on during the year for % days. at
total cost Of s12 .S32.1S. While this cit,
is subjected TO a good many snow
storms. few of them are severe. AMI
| the climate is such that during thu
| greater part OF the winter snow melt
| very rapidly. After February ! OF I'll"
! last fiscal year there were five snow
| storms averaging from three to FIVE
| inches in depth, and in each case with
| in three or four days the snow hsd
entirely disappeared by melting. L"
have hauled this snow from the street,
| would have cost very great sum OF
money. 1t is recommended that here
after there be no special appropria
ton for snow removal but that the
| general fund Of the street cleaning
| division be made available for that
| purpose. ne DlStTlcl street CfeanlnE
/ force, men, horses and plant. should
| be regularly employed, whether they
| be occupied in removing dirt or snow.
Buildings.
The estimated value Of building work
during the year. not including the
! buildings OF the United States govern
| ment, was $14,6eS.034, which was a de-
crease over the preceding year of
$1.733.s12; the number of permits is
| sued was 6,153. a decrease Of / ,267 over
the preceding year. In the last annual
report OF the inspector of buildings
the number of permits issued was
given as 1887 for the fiscal year 1910
This was an estimate. On actual count
the number Of permits issued was
1920. and for the present fiscal yea.
on actual count the number issued was
6,153, decrease. as above stated, of
1,267. The number Of permits granted
for projections beyond the building
line was 2.480.
The number Of dwelling houses con
! structed was 1922, decrease of 101
over the preceding year; the number
Of apartment houses erected was Il.
decrease of 81 over the precedine
year; the number OF business buildings
erected was 351, an, increase Of 81
over the preceding year. The total
number Of new buildings erected was
2,2s3. a decrease of 253 over the pre-
ceding year.
The distribution OF the cost Of these
improvements, including repairs to ex-
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