Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-27
C|TY'S
IMPROVEMENT WORK
co TO COMMISSION
Council Gets Reports Of Paving,
Sewer and Building Opera
tions in 1913

All that Harrisburg did in 1913 for
the improvement of the city in the
way of street paving, construction of
buildings, is explained in detail in
interesting reports submitted to City
Council this afternoon by City Engi-
neer NJ. B. Cowden aud Building In
spector Edward Moeslein, respectively.
The annual report of the paving
work accomplished by the Highway
Department has also been completed
by James c. Thompson, chief clerk.
This report corresponds in most re-
spects with that of the City Engineer.
except that an additional mile of paw
ing is included.
The added mile covers Penn and
Front streets, already completed but
which hadn't been accepted when the
engineers report was finished
City Engineer Cowden's report, as
usual, is brimful of Just the sort OF
data in, which the average taxpayer
and citizen is interested. Among other
things the report shows that the total
paving area in existence January l
1914, was 6S.32S miles, and that 5.392
miles were laid during the past twelve
months. Following is summary oi
the work of the department.:
City Area, $50 Acres; Park. loss
Total regulations for buildings
fences. etc., 1873; approximate cost Of
buildings reported to Office. $972,720
plans for paving, curbing, grading
sewers, water pipe, ETC., 701; number
of profiles, AZ; surveys for regulating
curbings, ETC., 346; surveys for curb
ing, 81; number of feet of levels run
101. .254 feet, or 1917 miles; sewer
connections examined, $50; sewers ir
laxy ytcta II. nr,xr A 4
feet or 1921 miles; sewers built il
year, 10.690 feet, or 2.03 miles; il
| existence January 1, 1914, 413,0S9.4.
feet, or 1924 miles; water pipe Janu.
airy 1, 1918, 418,345; laid in 1918
15,992.50 feet, or 500 miles; total
January 1, 1914, 434,337.50 feet, ol
82.26 miles; paved streets in existence
January 1, 1918, 1.033,431.66 square
yards, or 63.3S9 square miles; les.
5,226 square yards taken out in 1918
leaving 1,028,205.66 yards, or 62,93t
| miles January 1, 1914; laid in 1913
60,986.12 yards, or 5,392 miles; length
of highways graded in existence Jan.
uary 1, 1918, 54.S6 miles; graded II
year, .S5 miles; January 1, 1914, 55.51
miles; macadamized highways in ex
istence January /, 1914, 9.06 miles
earth and gravel January I, 1914
1872 miles; total area of city by
wards, 5,540.41 acres; park area
], 1,463.31 acres.
The Miles of Curbing and Paving
Feet of curbing existing January
1913, 57S,509.44 feet, or 10S.61S miles
less 210.6 taken out, balance of $751;
29s.S4 feet, or 10S.57s miles; set in
1918, 29,S04.54 feet, or 5.645 miles; in
existence January 1, 1914, 3,103.3s
feet, or 114.224 miles; house connec-
tion notices made and served in 1918
9S1; assessments, $3.50; total number
of notices made and served by de.
partment in 1918, 1881.
OF equal interest is the report OF
Building Inspector Moeslein. The sum-
mary shows that permits were issued
for the following big business. educa-
tional, religious and public buildings:
Green Street Church of God, Young
Womens Christian Association, Me-
chanics' Bank, Harrisburg Light and
Power Company's plant, Paxton Flour
and Feed Company, Elliott Fisher,
Blough Manufacturing, addition, and
st. Matthews Evangelical Church.
Harrisburg's Building Record
The departmental income shows
that $80S was received from building
permits, $3.50 for party lines, s4.25
for removals of buildings, % cents for
a vault, and s129.97 from billboard
poi mus :" wal VI S1''o'' iho re-
port is based on the nine months of
the year from April 1 to January 1.
The total number of all permits,
building, miscellaneous, additions and
remodelings during the year was 4S5,
costing approximately s1,22S,435. By
comparison with other years the in
comes follow: 1913, s1,467,040; 1912,
s1,167,125; 1911, s1,249,075; 1910. ST.
1895; 1909. s2,120,825; 1908, $751;
705; 1907, s1,S74,14S; 1906, s1,S5s,-
$40.
In the comparison of the years
building operations by wards the
Ninth is shown to be in the lead with
SO permits, the Tenth, a good second
with AZ. The Sixth is low with 8.
Following is the comparison by wards,
showing total permits and approxi-
mate amounts expended: