New Britain herald., 1916-04-20

ton line at a cost of s534. Minor ~repairs on other bridges cost s597. Last fall work was started on the elimination of the Corbin avenue grade with the construction of an overhead railroad bridge and ap- breaches. The work is being done under contract by the railroad com pany and calls for bridge 30 feet wide, so constructed that it can later be widened to 60 feet.
 Street Grading.
 Grading work done under the su- pervtsion of the department included Allen street for 1000 feet. west of Stanley. Much of the excavation was solid rock and the ocst was s1,501. Other streets graded were Corbin avenue, Ellis street from Stanley street to the railroad bridge. Ellis street from Maple to Cherry; Hart street from Vance street to Corbin avenue; Park street, from Stanley to Fairview; Adams street between Vine and Lincoln and on several other street as reported by the board of public works.
 New Macadam.
 Last year new macadam was laid
 
 .sitt streets at cost of $3,65S; Gold street, Orange to Broad. at cost of $1,628; Kelsey street, Stanley to East, costing $3,693; Harvard street, woodland to East Main costing s3,- 271.
 Tree Work.
 Tree spraying was conducted last year more extensively than ever. On oil ctr nd "a '1,156 elm trees were sprayed at a cost of $684. All this work was done under the supervision of the park superintendent. The park com- missioners furnished for planting on streets where other trees had been cut, sixty-four Oriental plane trees and the board of public works bought fifty hard naples which were set out on Chestnut and Stanley streets and paid for by the trolley company. The city forestry commits sion bought and set out fifty trees. which were paid for by the board of public works.
 Amiesite Paving.
 Y Under the head of semi permanent paving, the city completed work on Black Rock avenue begun in 1914. The base was macadam and the sur face amiesite. Concrete gutters were built on both sides of the street. The total cost of the work was $6,736. On East Main street between East and Laurel streets, two-inch annie ~site pavement was laid over the old macadam, costing s4,360 Tn connec- ton with the double tracking of the Hartford trolley line, the ely, in conjunction with the trolley com- pany, laid 8 two and one-half inch amiesite pavement over macadam on Chestnut, Stanley and Dwight streets. A total of II, ,654 square yards was :, laid and of this amount the city paid for 4,620 yards. The total cost of the work was $9,041, not including work done by the city in cutting down sidewalks, grades and relaying walks. The agreement with the trolley com- pany calls for extension of the work to Jubilee street as far as Market.
 Street Sprinlxling.
 Last year the city entered into contract with the H. R. Walker Co. for the entire sprinkling with water. The board deemed it advisable to do away with the car sprinkler on ac- count of the excessive sprinkling of pavement in the center of the city. It was considered that this sprinkling together with the cleaning at nights with the squeegee would have in- furious effect.
 . During the season five tank cars or 3S,065 gallons of road oil were used on twenty-two streets. Oil was also purchased for use in keeping the ma cadam from raveling as well as keep ing the dust down. Only two streets required a second application of oil
 Permanent Paving.
 A reinforced concrete pavement eight inches thick in the center was laid on Lafayette street between Main and Grove streets. The cost was SPA