The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-27
CITY MANAGERS REPORT

I'll MANAJEh y hEPOhI
Ocala, Fla, May Z, 1918.
Gentlemen of the City Council:
| hand you herewith report No. 8,
showing work done in the various de-
partments subject to my charge for
the month ending April 80, 1918.
Street Department
Mr.. Marsh worked an average of
AZ men 26 days at total wage cost
of $263.26, including his own time,
$68.13 of which is chargeable to the
sanitary department for sweeping the
streets, etc., $22.55 to work in lime
pit and the balance, $172.58 to street
work. He has laid out and planned a
systematic method of working the.
streets from property line to proper
ty line, and continuous throughout.
The results are more attractive and
the repairs more thorough. He has
improved many bad holes on Magno,
liza and Oklawaha, besides a general
upkeep of most of the streets in the
east section of the city. The disburse-
ments in this department have been
as follows:
Hay and feed. $80.27; dynamite and
hardware, $20.33; cement, 25c.; street
brooms and lock, $4.18; lumber for
repair of stable, $8.28; Ocala Wagon
Works, truck body, $40; truck chassis,
$665; Ocala Iron Works, 2 CRATES, SIS,
making total of $863.31.
Receipts: From Mr.. Harrison for old
cart, SIS.
Plumbing apd Sanitary Department
Mr.. Akin has had charge of both OF
these departments this month. His re-
ports are SO clear and to the point,
that l accept them with commenda-
ton and embody them as part of my
compiled report, viz:
Mr.. j. N. Johnston, City Manager:
Dear Sir: / have gone over the
sewerage system and found every
thing working nicely; also the septic
tank is working fine. In company with
Dr.. Dame, state health officer, we
visited the septic tank. He was well
pleased and stated it was working
PSA&~NSAy oO 4GAI 1O liz COQlQ SSCs
have turned on the water at the North
Ocala septic tank and Messrs. McIver
& MacKay have finished our tool
house there. We are now using same
to dump what cans we now have in.
l have notified 103 patrons to con-
meet to the sewers at once, and have
large number to whom l will mail
ont T1ofiooc
Needham Bros. to make one sewer
connection on Oklawaha avenue, there
being no connection left when sewe,
was laid.
Permits issued for April, %. Fix
lures connected as follows: Water
closets, 40; bath tubs, 80; lavatories,
81; sinks, 20; ice box, /; grease trap,
|; shower bath, l, making a total of
1873; inspections, 55; fees collected,
$142.50.
Expenses for the month of April in
the sewerage department: ]. W. Akin
for services as inspector, 500; J. R.
Jacobs for service on septic tank, Sc;
j. r. Jacobs for cutting weeds around
tank, 30c.; for putting in sewer later
al, $3.50, making a total expense of
S122.S0.
My report as sanitary inspector for
the month of April is as follows:
/ have inspected $50 premises,
found 130 surface toilets in bad con-
dition, which I condemned and order
ed torn down or the seat taken off
and fixed so as not to be used. found
five stables, three cisterns, one well,
one large wooden tank, two rain bar
rels all in a foul condition The tank
and barrels personally looked after
myself by emptying them; the els
terms were ordered drawn off or oiled,
with the exception of one, which was
ordered destroyed. | had disinfected
two dump grounds that Israel Brown
had been using for sewage from sur
face toilets. He was arrested for
same. Have started installing sani-
tary cans. To date have SO appl-
cations for them. l have placed 26
cans for use as follows: Taylor Bros,
10; W. D. Taylor, 2; II. A. Shaver Co.,
8; Jake Brown. /; J. Y. Purvis, 1; DR..
R. D. Fuller, /; ]. II. Stevens, /; Mrs.
]. M. Thompson, 1; T. w. Troxler. 1.