The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-04-22

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beg to submit the following report
OF the work done in the engineering
department for the year 1910.
Pavement.
Contracts for sheet asphalt were
completed on the following streets
Chickasha avenue, Colorado avenue.
Dakota avenue. Firth street. Idaho
avenue. Iowa avenue, Kansas avenue.
Minnesota avenue. Seventh street.
A total Of 9S.soO square yards, Sc
miles alta cost OF s24l .43976.
Sidewalks.
Permits were issued for the com
struction of 81 miles OF cement side
walks. Approximate cost s6.7OC. Fees
for engineering same was s22l.S6
Street Grading.
The contract for street grading In
district No. 20 was completed: this
contract required the excavation OF
l2s.s04 cubic yards. paid for in exca-
yation, the excavation be hauled 1900
feet free and placed in embankment
aud an additional price OF one cent
Der cubic yard TO be paid for each
100 feet additional haul. The cost oi
this work was s40.5l2O6.
District No. under this contract
was completed IN 1909, at cost oi
s2i .e29,Ss. making the total cost Of
grading contract so2.l4l.44. There has
been some criticism Of the price Of
this work TIE contract price was 30ss
cents per cubic yard III excavation.
under conditions above stated, pay
nent to be in bonds. The bonds sold
Tor so cents on the dollar and the con
tractor paid the city 2ik per cent in
cash for engineering, making the net
cost price, pay one way, 2s 2-s cents
Tnquiring Of sixteen cities in Oklaho-
ma, which have let miscellaneous
grading contracts gives So cents as
I me average price for earth excavation
and the range Of prices from n to 50
cents.
Storm Sewers.
During the year there was CON
atructed. outside Of the paving dis
trict. 81 miles Of storm sewers with
The necessary manholes and intakes.
of this. miles was concrete averag-
ing in size from 30 inches to AS feet
/. in diameter. at a cost OF Ss4.sei.9O and
i,7 miles Of vitrified pipe. from ~ to
"a Inches in diameter, at d cost cf
SI4.95004, a total cost Of $49.S12.54.
Line No. 5, a p inch pipe line ez-
tending from Tennessee Ave and
Eighth street 10 Arkansas Avenue and
Third street. is inoperStive on ac.I
count Of the intake being filled up
with earth for lack Of grading the
street intersection where said intakes
are located would urgently recon-
mend that the intersections Of sixth
Fifth and Georgia. Firth and Arkan-
sas, and Fourth and Arkansas be re-
auced 10 grade SO that this line can
be made efficient
Sanitary Sewer.
4 During the year 1910 contracts were
T let for sanitary main sewers which
provides for lateral connections to
serve practically all the area within
the present city limits, 4 miles Of this
system was completed during the year
1910 at cost OF sl2,56250.
One of the special features Or this
system was the exposed pipe section
crossing Line creek on Illinois ave
inue made necessary to serve that sec
ton Of the city lying north and west,
segregated BY Line creek. with a con
neotion to the out-fal to the Washita
river southeast This was accom-
plished by using steel spiral riveted
pipe of approximately "a feet lengths
supported on concrete piers with q
AS foot channel span and truss sup
porting the intermediate joint The
truss consists OF clamp bands to fl
the circumference Of the pipe and holt
the truss rods in place, with a pos
under the suspended joint This plaI
was also resorted to on the alle'
north Of Choctaw avenue and JUS
south Of the channel Of Line creel
for the purpose of securing service fo
the Steel. Hampton. and part Of th'
Phillips addition.
Extension q q Water Assss''sss.
Water mains were extended L
miles at the following cost:
For unloading. hauling, laying pip
and setting hydrants, valves and fiji
tings, --------- -------$ S.S73.9 3.
For water pipe -------- 3l,so5O
For fittings --- S.6S5.O
For hydrants and valves 3.64i2
} For lead and iute - S,i6f.0
s5O0i9.1
. For 100000 gal water tank
ton an