New Britain herald., 1917-06-12

Main, Arch and East Main streets was kept in repair during the year. This repair work was done under Q contract signed in December. 1915 whereby the city of New Britain pays the above company $Ss4.4s per year for a period of two years to keep the above described area in good serviceable condition. This contract expires in December 1917 and after that date the city will be required to pay for all repairs made in the above area.
 Semi-PeInanent Pavement. A 2h finch Amiesite pavement was l laid over the present macadam base on Arch street, between the end ,f the present asphalt pavement and the Junction of Shuttle Meadow avenue. This work was done under contract with the Connecticut and Rhode Isl- and Cos fors $I3s per square yard. Including a hve-year guarantee. total of s.s73.s3 square yards of l Amiestte was laid over the present base and 4so square yards over . new | hve-inch macadam base. The total cost of this work was $6,4S7.26. T Connecticut and Rhode Island Co. to pave Dwight street from Dwight Court to East street and Jubilee street between East street and Mar ket street. On. account of the Con- necticut Company not completing their double tracking on. Jubilee street until late in the fall, the ma cadam foundation for the Amiestte pavement on Jubilee was az far as the work could be carried out this year. ! A total of 3.1oo square yards of base was laid at cost of $s72O.
 No work was done on the Dwight | street pavement.
 Street Sprinklfns. The contract for sprinkling streets with water for the season was award- ed to the H. R. Walker Co. The prices for sprinkling were slightly higher than that paid the previous year.
 l Where the contract called for streets to be sprinkled three times . day the price paid was one and one half cents per lineal foot of street measurement per month: streets sprinkled twice day, ono cent per lineal foot: streets sprinkled once . day. one-half a cent per lineal foot and streets sprinkled once in two days, one-quarter of . cent per iineal foot.
 ! The H. R. Walker Co. sprinkled with water both the city and Connec- ticut Co.'S area. and proper credit was given on tho city's bill each month for the area, paid for by the I Connecticut Co.
 The following list shows the amount lof sprinkling with water during the season--May to November 18th: Streets sprinlled three
 times a day ....... 129, 1922 lin. it streets sprinkled, twice
 l q day ............. 4;52O lin.f fit IStreets. sprinkled once 0ay .......4.t. ...5 II, zO4 nn. It Streets sprinkied once in
 two days ........... 20,S74 hn. IT. 1 1ss.2so lin. 1t Approximately 32 miles. of street sprinkled with water, either three times a day. twice . day, once a day or once in two days. The above list varied from time to time during the season. depending upon the weather conditions and oiling.
 Odling.
 During the season six tank cars o1 road oil was used on thirty-three different streets. A grade of asphaltit oil was purchased and 50 applied tha, T 1t would act as dust preventative and at the same time protect the macadam surface. Streets that were oiled required no sprinklfng witt water for the remainder of the season with the exception of Park street Two streets, Grove Hill and Park street, were given a second apphca- ton of oil.
 Street area treated with oil, 1ss.. 559 square yards.
 Amount, of oil used, 49.43s gallons. Average gallons per square yard .3568
 Total cost $4,so4.55.
 Cost per square yard, .03107c.
 On six different streets . cold tai was applied by pressure distributor This was also used as . surface treat ment for macadam as we'll as . dust preventative.
 Street area covered with tar 23.73. square yards.
 Amount of tar used, s.s00 gallons
 Average gallons per square yard AMI.
 Total cost, $ss2.s4.
 Cost per square yard, .0372c.
 Tree Spraying and Planting.
 The total number of trees sprayed I during the year was 835. distributed as follows:
 . City streets. including small
 parks .,. .'. =. 5Os SCHOOL ydTQS ~ On private property ... .,... .,. <. ., St Walnut Hill park ,..------. ..-. 25
 S3s The total cost of spraying these trees was $500.70. or approximately , soc per, tree. The Board Of Public Works is to receive $162.13 in return for spraying trees outside the juris' diction of this board. making ne,