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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-10
SOUTH WOODBURY..

The years supply of ice for thu
creamery is being harvested this week.
Mrs. Mary Benjamin is threatened
with catarrhal pneumonia.-No church
services were held Sunday on account
of the severity Of the weather.-Mr and
Mrs. A. L. Haskell were visitors at Wal
ter Eastman's in Calais Sunday.-Mrs.
George Sumner and two sons have been
week.-The children in the Thompson
family are Ill with chicken-pox.
MIDDLESEX.
Schools in town reopened for the WIN
ter term Monday.-Mrs. Kelsey Of Barre
was q recent guest at the Newhall
brothers home.-Newhall brothers opened
their Ice pond Monday and teams are
engaged drawing ice. The Bigelow cream
cry has a force Of men filling their ice
house from this pond.-Howard Bruce has
moved his family into the upstairs ten
ement of Mr.. Spooner.-The regular
Grange meeting was held Monday eve-
ming. Three candidates were taken in
the third and fourth degrees will be work.
ed and officers installed. The gentlemen
will furnish the supper.-Guests Of Mrs.
Pheba WEIGH on Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Templeton Of Montpelier and
Mrs. Hattie Dix and Mrs. Clara Clark.
both of Barre.-Miss Hazel Hills. who has
been employed in Massachusetts, for some
time. came home for Christmas and will
remain for the present with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Hills.
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Mr.. and Mrs. d. b. Trottier, of Lebanon.
N. H.-Miss Pearl Irene Tenney is at
her home from the Claremont, N. H.,
hospital. where she was patient, and Is
gradually regaining her normal health
Rumor Is current that the local sales
station Of the Crew-Levick Oil company
will be discontinued at an early date.
The station gives employment to four
men.-Ice cutting by all of the local deal
ers is In order. The ice Is Is inches
thick and of excejient oualifv
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-10
WATERBURY.

tivss were present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Houghton have the best wishes Of all
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WAITSFJELD.

The funeral Of Eugene McCarty was
held at the Congregational vestry Tues
day afternoon. the Rev. w. A. Remele
officiating. Interment was In the village
cemetery.-Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Fiske
went Monday to Tennessee for a several
months stay.-Mrs. George Martin went
this week to Warren to spend the re-
mainder Of the winter with her aunt,
Mrs. Moore.-George Clutter Of North
field. Mass. was a weekend guest at the
home Of G. NJ. Jones.-Clifton Greene is
Ill with the german measles.-Frank
Emerson has moved from Fayston into
j. A. Smiths tenement hOuse.-Miss
Lulie Jones Is having a vacation from
her duties at w. e. Jones'. Mrs. Wood
is caring for Mrs. Taylor in her absence.
w. v. Farr Of Burlington was a busi-
ness visitor In town the past week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-10
MORETOWN.

Miss Jennie Hill. who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Lucias Flint, went
to her home In Jericho Friday.-Edward
Cutler Of Alberta, Can. is visiting his
son, George.-Wesley Burno was in
Mortified Tuesday.-G. G. Sleeper was
In Montpelier Tuesday.-Mrs. Roy Russell
and little daughter. Lillian. of Mont
pelier are guests Of her sister. Mrs.
B. F.. Griffith. and other relatives.-Miss
Gladys Balentine Of Calais commenced
her winter term Of school in the upper
grade Monday. and Ethel Child in the
lower grade.-Mrs. b. 8. Ward and Mrs.
Herbert Ward were in Burlington Tues
day and Wednesday.-Mrs.A ddie Sawyer,
Mrs. Frank Sawyer Mrs. Walter Wilcox
and Mrs. Clair Ward were in Burlington
Wednesday.-Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Burno's little son died Monday Of brain
fever. The funeral was held at the
home Wednesday. with interment in
NOrthdeld,
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WESTFIELl

ThA Congregational svuday-school re-
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UNCLAIMED LETTERS
wOMEN'S LIST.

List of unclaimed letters in the Burling.
ton postoff1ce for the week ending January
5,1918:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
WAR DECREASES
SIDEWALK LAID
Considering Conditions Good Show
ing Made in 1918, However. With
Nearly Five Miles Installed.

As was TO be expected, the war
with its slackening Of all activities
except war work, had its effect on
municipal Improvement work in
iock Island.
Despite the difficulties entailad bv
war conditions. however. a credi-
able record was established in
1918.
According to the annual report of
City Engineer Wallace Treichler.
nearly five miles. 4,765 miles TO he
rxact, Of sidewalks were installed
In Rock Island during the wear OF
1918. In spite Of labor shortage and
numerous other severe handicaps.
l25.795 square feet of walk were
laid at a total cost Of $20,24830.
In front Of the houses being
erected in Rock Island by the Unit
cd States Housing corporation, %
$50 square feet of walk have been
laid at a cost Of s3C45.40.
4 little over eight miles of side
walks were laid in this city in 1917.
while IS miles of walk were con-
structed in 1916. The 1916 mark
was the highest ever reached in
sidewalk construction.
An idea of how much building
materials and labor has increased
in price can be CLEANED by oompar-
ing the respective sidewalk build
ing costs in 1916 OF $26.36548, 1917
OF 325,2l2.63 and in 1918 of $40
1850, as against 212,Ss7 square
feet in 1916, 1923 square feet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

ment totaled LOSS while calls re-
ceiVed numbered 826.
There was a total of I41 neglect
ed children looked after and in ad-
80 wayward boys were given atten-
ton.
While it is not a point ont OF the
ordinary in police malron annals, It
is, nevertheless, held a curious
TACT that more girls than boys
should come under the jurisdiction
OF law enforcing authorities.
A number Of girls and boys were
sent TO schools of correction and
the remainder are still in the city
under the direct supervision OF the
police .natron-
Several children were abandoned
by their parents during the year
and homes were found for these
and in some cases they were adopt
ed out
MatrOn's Report
The report of the police matron
from Dec I. 1917, to Dec. /, 1918,
is appended:
Calls made in the interest Of
the work ..-...-. !, 0o6
Calls received in the interest Of
the work .....-..-.-...- $50
Neglected children looked after l4l
Maynard girls looked after e.. IS
Maynard boys looked after ... So
Prisoners in women's depart
ment ..-.-...... ......-..-.-......- @7v
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
1918 HANGS UP
GARDEN RECORD
Estimate Total Value of Rock Is
land, Moline and East Moline
Produce at 27,0S0.

Citizens of Rock Island, Moline
and East Moline responded nobly
to the country wide war garden
movement in 1918. Almost every
unoccupied lot and tract in these
cities was utilized by men, women
and children, fired by a patriotic
desire to aid their Country's con-
servation program and help win the
war.
The total value of war garden
products as estimated by W. c. Will
son, assistant county agent in gar
dening, was $27,0S0.
In his annual report on garden
activities for the year 1918, Mr. Will
son declares that the figures sub
mitted by him do not in any meas
ure represent the full value of the
Increased garden products which
can be attributed 10 the organiza-
ton effective for the last three
.eGrs in Rock Island, Moline and
East Moline. The report does not
cover any private gardens of which
there was an abnormally large
lumber in comparison with former
years.
Of the three cities, East Moline
leads the list with an estimated
war-garden produce value OF $40
$50. with Rock Island second with
$3.50 and Moline a close third with
$3.50.
The superior showing of East Mo
line, according to Mr. Wilson, is
due. first. to the large number of
vacant lots available, and second. to
the class Of citizens IN East Moline,
largely Belgian. who as a class are
among the best gardeners in the
world Mr. Wilson said that the
examples set by these people served
rs a stimulus to war garden activi-
ties among the other natiOnalities
in the little city
Four garden shows were held
during 1918. two in Rock Island and
two in Moline. Each proved highly
successful and made highly cred
liable showing for each city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
NEW RECORD IN
SEWER EXPENSE
Cost to Rock Island Greatest of
Any Year, Though Less Was
Laid Than in 1917.

All previous records were
smashed by total expenditures
made for installation OF storm
drains and sewers in the city of
Rock Island during 1915.
In the last year 2.474 miles Of
sewer was constructed in this city
at a total cost of $47,gO7.OS, as
against 4.25 miles at a cost o.
$32, 1861 in 1917, and the Is miles
at cost of $7,440.57 installed dur
ing 1916.
Annual report of city Engineer
Wallace Treichler shows that the
largest amount expended for any
one job of sewer installation this
last year was $16.I49.33. being one
half the total cost of the big main
on Forty-sixth street. extending
from Fifth avenue north to the
tail-race. Moline bears the other
half
The report shows that one flush
box, seven catch basins and 81
manhOles were installed during the
year 1918
A list of the city sewer jobs un
dertaken last year, the location OF
each and its cost is appended:
Alley, Thirteenth to Seven
teenth street, Fifth-aud-
9-half to Sixth avenue S $1,000
Ninth street, Eighteenth 10
Nineteenth avenue .... 10000
Sixteenth avenue, Third.
Fourth and Fifth street 2.l64 90
Thirty-secOnd street, Ninth
avenue ............... 1.104.91
Thirty first street, allev TO
-, Thirty-fourth street " 76IOo
Thirtieth street. Eigh-
teenth TO Twentieth ave
nue. .........-.......... 100000
Seventeenth street, Twen-
ty-third to Twenty fifth
avenue ....-.........,..... 6.12s. %
Forty-sixth street. Firth
avenue north to tailracc.
one-half total cost 49,. 16,149.2%
Ninth street. Thirty sew.
enth avenue ...,....... 1,6O5.CO
Ninth street. FOrty-ffth 10
Forty-sixth tvenue 80. 2.56o.oc
Ninth street ...-...--... 223.OG
Seventeenth avenue. ThiT-
ty-sccond to Th:rty-third
street ................. 474C0I
Eighteenth avenue, Thirty
ninth to Forty-first street 994 O
Seventeenth avenue. east
of Forty-sixth street -. 2SSOO
Sixteenth avenue. Thirty
second to Thirty-third
street -...#................ 3l7.4O
Sixteenth avenue, First 10
Third street ......... 12.602.14
Total ............... $47,9O7OS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
new Marks SET
IN WATERMAINS

During the year of 1918. 024
miles of Waterman were put in in
Rock Island at a total cost of SOL
96236.
These figures show an increase,
both in the number of miles con-
structed and the total cost, over the
corresponding record of 1917, when
only two and four-fifths miles of
Waterman we're put in at a total
cost of $34,141.45.
In 1916, however, four and one
half miles of main were laid, while
the cost was lowest of any year,
reaching only $25,14145.
The largest project undertaken
in 1918 was the installation of g.
755 feet of 10-inch main on Ninth
street, from Thirty-fourth to For
tieth avenue, opening six blocks to
the water supply of the city, at a
total cost of $13,757 so.
Altogether there were 1864 ;
feet of mains laid as against 5,4O7
feet in 1917, and 23,064 in 1916. OF
the 1918 footage, 1884 was 10-inch
pipe, 1929 was S-inch and 6,731. 5
was 6-inch pipe No u or 4-inch
. Il
protection was also strengthened
by the installation of 81 new fire
hydrants.
Last year IA projects were under
taken, as compared with seven dur
ing the year previous. Following is
a list OF the 1918 jobs, their location
and total cost of each:
Ninth street, Twenty-fifth
to Thirty-first avenue. 5 8,72771
Ninth street, Thirty-fourth
to Fortieth avenue go. 1857 60
Sixteenth avenue, Third,
Fourth and Fifth streets 1916 20
Fourteenth avenue. Thrift
eth street west 300 feet. S2415
Ninth street, Forty eighth
TO Fifty-frst avenue. 60. 4,S05 90
street, Ninth
avenue .........'...... 3,579.5O
street, alley to
Thirty-fOurth street.. 2,425-0O
Eleventh street, Twenty
seventh to T'wenty-ninth
avenue .........,...... 1,19IOO
Twenty-sixth street, Twen-
ty-second- and-a-half to
Twenty-third avenue 1,026 20
Eighth street, Eighteenth
TO Twentieth avenue 60. 1857. 60
Thirtieth street, Eighteenth
to Nineteenth avenue. 3,717.60
Forty-sixth street, Third
to Fifth avenue ....... 1855. so
Seventeenth avenue, Thir-
ty-second TO Thirty
third street ............ 1856
Fifteenth street, Second to
Third avenue ..-3 S6O.75
Total ..........s 51, 962 SO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
FEWER DECLARED
INSANE IN YEAR

Insanity cases tried in county
court again slumped in the year.
Only 10S were committed TO asy-
'ums during 1918. This falls con
aiderably below the number in 1917
when 100 we're tried. 1t is still
farther beneath the record of 1852
commitments accredited to 1916
In 1915. however, only l0l were ad-
Judged insane.
dition to this IS hayward girls and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
ECONOMY MARKS
WATER SERVICE
Excepting Increased Cost OF Fuel
and Sulphate OF .iiumina Ex-
pense Kept to Minimum.
BY JOHN II. MCRRIN.

Commissioner of Public Property
A year Of strictesL economy was
practiced in all departments of the
waterworks. Excepting for the IL
creased cost of fuel at the pumping
station and the increased cost OF
sulphate of alumina at the filter
plant, the expenses ere kept down
20 the minimum.
There were no costly repairs nee
essary and those that we're made
were done by the regular employees.
All three pumping engines at the
Twenty-fOurth street station are in
good condition and are ready for
service at all times.
The filters were overhauled last
winter. The gravel and sand we're
removed and replaced and every
valve was examined and found in
good working order. The filters are
now in good condition and gave
good satisfaction during the spring
and summer, when the pumping is
heaviest.
The watermains were extended
three miles and fou1 hundred feet
during the past year at a cost of
apprOXimately $52 1000, of which
LbOut $4,000 was paid by special
assessment by the property hold
ers, and the balance by the water
works construction account. The
terms of the union ordinance. by
which the territory known as Sears
was annexed to the city of Rock Is
land, have been carried out to the
letter in regard to the water service
promised A main lead now eX-
tends on Ninth street as far as FIT
ty-second avenue, the southern end
of the city limits. Thirty-seven
new steamer hydI ants and 81 auxil-
iary valves were set and 81 old two
way hydrants were replaced by
steamer hydrants. Three hundred
giXty new water consumers were
placed on the books and 304 addi-
tlonll meters were set We pur-
chased a meter testing machine
during the year SO mat meters can
be tested at any time there is
complaint or dispute to ascertain
its accuracy.
The following is a brief state
ment in figures of the work done
and materials used in this depart
ment from Dec, l, 1917, to Dec. l,
1918:
Raw water pumped during year,
/ ,458 ,924 900 gallons; daily average,
/ ,O08,032 gallons.
Hours pumped, $40; daily aver
age, 161a.
Water used for washing filters,
26,432 .503 gallons; daily average,
I0O,OS0 gallons.
Number of filters washed, 2,495:
daily average, seven.
Water pumped to atandpipe, 337,-
100000 gallons; daily average, 923,-
$50 gallons.
Hours pumped, 2,7I4; daily aver
age, ~.
Water pumped in reservoirs, J.
152 ,519.000 gallons; daily average,
z,SS6,024 gallons.
Power used for pumping TO
,tandpipe, 37S,49O kilowatt hours;
tally average, 1,O37 kiIowatt hours
Sulphate Of alumiIa used 405, 400
pounds; daily average, lilo pounds.
Liquid chlorine used 4.795
,Ounds; daily average. IL pounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Continued from Page -.
into six chief divisions, consisting
of the administrative office. the
general manager, the general fac
tory manager, and central plan
niu6 section, chief engineer, the
military division. and the Rock Is
land arsenal general supply depot.
The administrative officer has
charge OF the correspondent and
filing section, allotment section,
auditing and disbursing section,
cost and time section and the chief
clerk and CHIEF accountant At
present, the acting administrative
officer is also the executive assist
ant TO the commanding officer.
The general manager at the time
hOstlities ceased and who is now
serving in that capacity, is Lieuten-
ant Colonel L. G. McCTum, and in
the absence OF the commanding Of
ficer assumes his duties. Under
the general manager are three main
divisions consisting of the civilian
service division, the industrial en-
cheering section and the cOnstruc-
ton and maintenance division. The
civilian service division comprises
the employment section, civil SER
vice section, the employees assOcia-
tons, employees lunch room, en-
pIOyes' hospital, the Arsenal Rec
ord" Cthe official publication at
this arsenaD, the safety engineer,
compensation for injured employees
and the housing and transportation
department Production records
and the installation of shop sys-
TENS are the tasks assigned TO the
Industrial section. Reporting di-
rect to the general manager are
the officers in charge Of the re-
ceiying stOrthouse, balance of
stores, property section, purchas-
ing section follow up section and
raw materials stores. The con
stTuCtiOu department reports to the
construction and maintenance sec
ton, as does also the maintenance
section Reporting through the
maintenance department to the con-
sJruCtiOn and maintenance section
are the officers in charge Of power
plant. electrical department, boiler
houses, garage and truck maiIte-
nance, electrical department. boiler
houses, garage and truck mainte-
nance plumbing, central steam
heating plant, water supply. mill
wrights carpenters, maChinists re-
pair gangs. ice plant. outside
branch, pumping station. bridge
ana bridge guards and the fiitra-
ton plant
The general factory manager at
the tine h0sQIities ceased was
Lieutenant Colonel Emil Tydon.
The central planning section is in
charge of Major l. b Sommerby
and Is 4 part Of the general factory
Under the officers
in charge are the following de-
Dartments. tool manufacturing de
1artmCnt- small arms department,
gun carriage department. wood
working department, cloth and
Gather department, equipment de
)artment and blacksmith depart
neuL Each of these departments
las = planning room, which in turn
the various sub-de-
)aTtments-
Reporting directly to the chief
Major r. L. Streeter. is
he officer in charge of the Savan-
IA proving ground, drafting sec
ion. engineering section, testing
laboratory, inspection section. Rock
sland arsenal proving ground, /
work, motor equip
nent laboratory and the armament
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

In 1917 and the 125, 795 square feet
laid in the last year.
Appended is a list of sidewalks
laid, their location and cost:
Twenty fourth. Twenty
fourth -and-a-haIf, and
Twenty-ffth str cts,
Thirteenth to Fifteenth
avenue .S 661. 20
Ordinance. April 90, 1873 105.5O
Ordinance, July 81, 1917. 296.0O
General, Thirty-fifth street 3,660.00
General 5.254 so
L. S. housing projects -. 3,745.40
Thirty second str ct,
Eighth to Ninth avenue. zoo
Forty-fifth to Forty-sixth
street, Eighteenth TO
Twentieth avenue .-.. 6,223.70
Total ........$2O,24 S.30
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
GRADING COSTS
EXCEED S1O,Ot
Total Expenditures In Street
partment Given as S8f, 425-G .
Since April Last
CLEANING EXPENSE IS IT.
Complete Report Shows Eject
Restrictions Placed on ImprOV
meHts as War Measure

Commissioner ~ A. Juhl.
charge Of streets and public
proyements, has expended s
425.1O in his department since A
-, 1918. beginning OF the as
year and up 10 the present III F
but not including paving laid. sitl
walks constructed and new Watt
mains and sew ers.
The largest item OF ez6en
that Of S9,203.Il for street gradiI
by contract, while the next large
IS $6.7OS .96 for street cleauiAg an
grading done by the department
The department expended So
712.O4 FOR sewer repairs and me-
sewers laid in the district wher
United States housing corporatio
residences are bein6 erected.
Cleaning Of alleys cost $685.. IS
paving repairs, S2,,45lG. repair
and renewals, $l,S33.42. sewe
cleaning, $1,33979. while an othe
items of expense ale under s1.00l
with the exception Of the salary
budget, which was SlOT7l0.
Numerous streets and avenue,
we're graded and put In first class
condition. Others would have beer
graded, but the scarcity OF labol
caused some OF the work 20 go ovel
until spring
The report Of Commissioner JUN
for the street department from
April Is 10 Dec. Is follows.
Street cleaning and grad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
POLICE MATRON
HAS BUSY Time.
Mrs Anna kirkman Attends TO
Many Affairs in Her Depart
ment During 1918.

Mrs. Anna Kirkman, Rock Island
police matron, had a busy time in
her department during 1918 when
prisoners in the women's depart
ment numbered 240 and calls made
by her in the interest OF her depart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
PLANS INSTITUTE

Iowa City, IOwa-Johnson coun-
ty is making unusual plans for its
annual farmers institute to be held
here Jan Is, IS and II Speakers
of statewide prominence are prom
Used for the program Of addresses
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Note-All bonds draw 3 per cent
interest except park bonds, which
draw 8 per cent interest. All bene-
fit assessments draw 3 per cent in
teTest. Tax anticipation warrants
draw 8 per cent interest All bonds
are serial, some due each year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

Street cleaning and grad
ing ...................s 6,7Os.95
Alley cleaning ......... 6.6549s
Paving repairs ......,... 2,l4516
kepairs and renewals zee. Is33.43
Feed ................. 20637
IiOrseshOeing .-.....-- 345.30
Grading streets (contraCt) 9.203.1l
Cutting weeds ....... 682 s6
sewer cleaning .......... l-3S9.l9
Sewer repairs and new
sewer laid for Z. s.
Housing corporation o.. 2,712.04
ManhOles and catch basins
constructed ........... $3.50
Salaries Observation-Disclosures. l,007.50
Total s34.425.10
The following streets and ave
Eues were graded during this pc
Rod: Fifteenth avenue from For
ty-second to Forty. fourth street
Seventeenth avenue from Forty
fourth to Forty-sixtn street, Forty
third street, Fourteenth to Eigh-
teenth avenue; Thirty-hfth street,
Eleventh to Eighteenth avenue,
Twelfth avenue, Thirty-ftfth 10
Thirty-siXth street; Sixteenth ave
nue.. Thirty-fourth to Thirty-hfh
street; Seventeenth street Twenty
fourth to Twenty-sixth avenue
Twenty ffth avenue, Seventeenth
street east to sanitarium; Seven
teenth avenue from Seventh TO
Ninth street; Eighth street, from.
Sixteenth to Eighteenth avenue
Seventh street. from Sixteenth %
Eighteenth avenue, FOTty-eighn
avenue, Ninth street west; Ninth
and-a-half street, Nineteenth 70
Twentieth avenue, Tenth street
Nineteenth to Twentieth avenue.
Many other streets and avenues
were rounded up and cutters con
5tructed. There were more streeu
/ wanted to grade, out was unabla
10 secure the necessary laborerS q
DO so. Two streets I had INTENDED
10 grade this year-Seventeentl
and Sixteenth avenues betWee
and Thirty-hirl
streets. have been laid over until
next year. If grading is kept up
at this rate. the city will have an
its streets and avenues graded ana /
in first class shape within few
years. d.
The city engineers report win
cover all the paving laid, sidewalks
constructed and watermains ara
sewers laid under the supervisor
of this department.
y. JTHI-
rect and Pu5M
improvements