New Britain herald., 1916-04-20

for five wears. The paveemnt was laid with a view at a later time of using it as a base for sheet asphalt or bi- luminous pavement. The work cost $6,5S2.
 A reinforced concrete pavement was laid on Bigelow street between Church and Chestnut streets together With a concrete curb having steel nosing. A concrete walk was also laid on the west side. The total cost of the work was s1,743. Repairs were made to all other permanent paving.
 Resurfacing and Repairs.
 For the upkeep of all macadam streets it was necessary to keep a small gang at work during the whole season. This work includes patching, filling depressiOns, and on some streets a coat of heavy oil was put on. Re- pairs were made on forty-seven streets at a cost of $3,252. The bituminous macadam on South Main street was repaired at 8 cost of s402. The engi- neer recommends the purchase of a small asphalt heater for patching and repair work.
 Sewer Department.
 All the work in the sewer depart ment has been done by city labor un- der the supervision of the Superin- tendent of sewers. Sanitary and in some cases storm water sewers were laid in Lawlor street, Sunrise avenue, Cemetery lane, Harrison street, Park street, Hamilton street, High street Burritt street, Ellis street, Grand street, Talcott street, Elm street, State street and East Main street. The usual care has been ex-, olyi, ance and repairs and the work at the disposal plant has been done efficient ly as possible under the present con- ditions.
 Water Department.
 During the year all maps, grades, lines, etc, for the extension of the water mains were furnished by the engineering department whenever re- quested.
 Also the detail maps showing the size, location of mains, valves, gates, etc, were brought up to date and new maps made as required.
 New Walks Laid.
 During the year the department supervised the laying of 25,O23 feet of walks in 50 streets. Besides this 6,524 linear feet of flag walks were relaid and a large amount of flag walk was relaid where no line or grade was re- quired. New curbing was laid to the amount of 9,597 feet. Also the de- partment supervised relaying of 7,S17 feet of curbing in seven streets.
 New Streets Accepted.
 The following streets were ac- | cepted: Cemetery Lane from Lasalle 1 street to the end; Hamilton street from Black Rock avenue to Hawley 1 street, and Sunrise avenue from East to Wilbur street. Street names were changed as follows: North Sheffield 1 to Cliff street. Street lines were es- tablished on Cemetery Lane, Corbn avenue, Elm street, at street inter- sections and Hamilton street. Build ing lines were established on Colum- bia street, Corbin avenue, Hamilton street, Henry street, Kelsey street, Talcott street.
 Grades were given for concrete 1 gutters for a distance of 12,700 linear feet. Street grades were established on Cemetery Lane, Cohbn avenue, | Chestnut street, Hamilton street, Park street, Sheffield street and the street grade changed on Allen street l for 1000 feet west of Stanley street. 1 Grades for street paving were given on Bigelow, Lafayette, Chestnut, Stanley and Dwight streets and for new trolley tracks in Broad, Farm ington avenue, Grove, Myrtle and Washington streets Grades for grading were given on Allen, Chest nut, Beaver, McClintock, Ellis, West, Park, Hart, Monroe, Stanley, Adams. Burritt, Ash, Wilcox, High, Clinton, Sheffield, Bond, Ellis streets and Corbin avenue.
 Concrete Cutters
 Concrete gutters were constructed under contract on the following streets Myrtle, between Curtis and Burritt streets, at cost of $677; Cold street between Orange and Broad at a cost of s315 Kelsey, be- tween Stanley and East street at cost of $681; Spring street, between East Main and Winter, costing $221 In connection with the improvement of Chestnut Stanley ad Dwight streets, the city spent s2,372 for con- crete gutters, but the net cost was reduced to $1,641 as part of the ex- pense was borne by the trolley company.
 Subway Work.
 Subways were constructed in La fayette street, between Main and Grove streets; Bigelow, between Chestnut and Church, and Elm street, between Park and East Main streets. The Elm street job was not the installation of 2,OOO feet of three inch 1atera1s remaining. Tn Lafayette street 21,763 feet of duct was laid and 3,203 feet of three inch iron laterals with 33 man. holes. The work cost $1O,32S, less than was estimated The Bigelow 1 street subway including the Church street extension, called for 3,7O5 feet