The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-02

with a double line of "a inch cement
| pipe costing S60.S0 for Ga Unfit, the
wooden culyert on Norwich ST. be-
tween First and Second SITS. was re-
placed with 60 fl. of 80 inch cement
pine costing sos; the wooden culvert
under Palmetto cemetery road just
| south OF cemetery was replaced with
| 60 it, Of "a inch cement pipe, Se7: the
wooden box culyert under railroad
i tracks on Cochran ave. at Alhermarle
st. was replaced with so IT. of CORFU
gated ingot iron culvert costing S142.-
| so; so lin.ft of same material was used
to replace wooden box under railroad
tracks at Cochran and | SITS. 10 inch
diam. cost S63, the ditch along the ~
i side of | st. from Cochran ave. to
| Stonewall st. has been fiuled after lay
| ing $50 IT. Is inch and 60 #, II in,
terra Gotta pipe on hand from last
year. Lateral was run on Stonewall
to drain the low areas between H and
| | SITS. using 2009 IT. s in. terracOtta
pipe on hand from last year. Lumber
for decking bridge or Boulevard near
eastern foot Of Prince st. cost $46.25
| "a fit. Of s inch cast iron pipe costing
$40 was used in conjunction with so it.
of inch terracotta pipe for laying
crossing under G st. at Reynolds. Two
dozen cast iron CRATES and one dozen
frames, half of which have been used
at various street corners, cost $113. 16.
The total cost of materials for drain
age was SS36.S5 labor amounted to
$G45.64 and stock $124. making a total
for drainage construction and recon-
struction of $1,205.S5.
Maintenance: Cleaning approXi-
mately "a miles of bitches and closed
drains cost for labor $637. "a, stock $S4,
total, $721.24. Cleaning the cutters
and sand traps along twenty miles of
streets cost for labor $54513, stock
$42, total $5S7.13. Miscellaneous re-
pairs to bridges and drains cost for la
Dor 1929, stock $40, total $S9.25. Cost
of maintenance, $1,397.62. Total cost
of drainage construction and mainte-
nance, $2,603.47.
Maintenance and Miscellaneous.
Stable expense average head):
Care of stock. $676.62; feed, 1,257.3S
Horeshoeing and repairs, $z32.75; sta
BILE lights, $12.10; medicine, $21.30;
general repairs and wiring, $37.39. To
tai stable expense $2,33793, a cost of
$28.75 per head per working mouth.
|
ing powder and brushes cost $3.50 !;
insurance (also stable) cost $6S75, va
rious repairs $77.70, care of clock, $72,
light globes $2470. clock light $121.40
flagpole and fixtures 1924 Total
$39757.
Tools and implements; Steel tank
for sprinkler, $17S85, water crane &C.
double moving machine and rake $40,
l 70 all an.
plies including champion road drag
Sis, repair parts for roller $62.32, re-
pair parts for moving machine $11.35
and shovels, picks, axes, hoes. tools OF
various kinds, red lanterns, oil, grease
land various supplies aggregating
$152.39, making total for tools and
implements of $50S.51.
City engineer office: Filing cabi-
net and fixtures $5425. general office
supplies 1888, travelling expenses to
water and sewerage conference at Ath
ems, 1901, gasoline for chairman pub
wks committee and engineer $3.50, en-
: cheering and construction superin
tendence 81 500, total 81 $1,000.
Tree inspection: 2163 trees were in
spected along % miles of streets and
On lots, 1893 were found with holes
which he'd water and total of 222S
holes were filled with cement and
, sand at cost of 7c per hole filled. La
;. Dor cost $127.50, materials $3.50. To
tai S155; total cost of maintenance and
miscellaneous, $2,994.17.
! Summary: Street improvement
$7,74124; drainage, $2,60347; main
tenance and miscellaneous, $2994.17
Total public works dept, $13,338.S8.
Sewerage System
, (For expenses see city clerks report.
| Systematic inspections have beer
: made of the flush tanks and sewers
and at present the system is operat
ing with a comparative small mainte
: nance. Eight defective house connec
; tions caused the cost of cleaning tt
I run somewhat in excess of the average
! $37073 including inspection.
1t is my opinion that self record
5 ing water level gl)}e should be in
= stalled onthe pump well at the pump
ing station, as the extent of back wa
ter can be ascertained in no other wa.
: and it is very important, specially II
: system twenty years old that thu
: back pressure be kept down.
Auxiliary pumps should be provided
j at an early date, at present the opera
ton Of the system is entirely depend
y ent on one pump and in the event o
its failure the system would be flood
ed and an inestimable amount of dam
[ age would result
In February portion of the \
i street gravity system failed on ac
> count of terra Gotta pipe crushing. 1884,
Iin.ft. Of terracotta pipe was taken ou
and replaced with cast iron Ia inch di
: ameter. The cost of this work was
! $57295 and is excessive on account Of
the depth below the shifting sand, re
quiring sheet piling and pumping
, Depth of trench ID IT,, 2 #. being be
low the shifting sand and five feet be
low the line of saturation. The system
is now operating and about fifteen
houses have been connected; over two
hundred have been served with no
tees to connect by or before Jan. /
1916, and none have connected since
service Of notices.
The installation of plumbing in 30
houses has been inspected and II con.
Iuections with the public sewer, all OF
which complied with the plumbing and
sewerage ordinance.
Cemeteries, Parks and Squares.
Palmetto cemetery: Keeper $491.24,
extra labor cleaning $125.94. painting
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