Evening journal., 1922-02-21
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completed and with few exceptions
(due to weather conditions) on
scheduled days with but 43 regis
tered complaints OF non-collection
during the year.
Street repairs during the year
cost S69,071.79 and included general
repairing Of all kinds of paving
throughout the city. Special efforts
were directed toward Improvement
Of macadam streets and 12S blocks
OF macadam paved streets were
covered with a surface dressing Of
stone and 'Tarvia." which we be-
lieve with another application dur
ing the coming year will put these
streets In condition that they may
not requiring repairing for some
time. and viii also remove the dust
annoyance to the residents and re-
leve tho department Of the expense
OF sprinkling with water which is
costly with no lasting results.
The cost TO the Department for
street lighting for 1921 was s7s,-
527.31, divided as follows:
Gas lamps s2O.s06.ss.
Electric lamps, S5S.62O.42.
This covered the maintenance OF
an average OF
$50 gas lamps.
436 arc lamps.
III incandescent lamps.
making the expenditure per capita
for this item 70 cents per year. Plans
are being prepared for an ornament
al system OF lighting for King street
between Front and Tenth streets.
Ninth and Tenth streets between
Market and Washington streets. and
Washington street between Eleventh
street and the bridge. Increased
lighting is one OF Wilmington's great
est needs and where the city falls
behind some others OF like size. but
considering the amount expended for
this item OF municipal expenses. the
lighting compares favorably with the
others.
We receive many inquiries from
the citizens as TO why the Depart
ment cannot always grant all the re.
quests or meet all the demands made
upon Il and have the statement
made to us many times by the tax
payers that they receive no benefit
whatever from the taxes they pay
would call TO your attention thai
this Department in its approprla'
ton from the Council for the year
beginning July /. 1921. will receive
21.6c from each dollar OF taxes paid
10 the city. This means that a tax
per paying on a $4,000 assessment
pays $1,000 In taxes and this Depart
ment receives from him $3.50 pei
year for street cleaning. street light
ing. removal OF ashes and rubbish
cleaning and repairing OF sewers re
pairs 20 unimproved streets, remova
OF snow when necessary and all th'
routine work OF the Department
This department does not receive al
the taxes paid. but rather but one
eighth OF each dollar. the balance
goes for the police and fire protec
tion. health and school purposes.
The major part OF the Depart
: fments work was the construction o
new street paving. This work wa
started the first Wee In April an
tcontinued steadily until the last weel
IN December. accomplishing the com
plete paving. with installations AM
renewals OF all underground sew
ers. and public utility pipes and con
duits. OF ss city blocks. totallin
92.426 50. yds. or 4.6s miles o
streets.
Paved With Asphalt.
Banning street. Franklin t.
Broome. 16O2.s 50. yds.; Delawar
avenue. Van Buren TO Union
15.7421 50. yds.; Girard street
Orange to Tatnall. 513.s 50. yds.
Guyer avenue. Ninth TO Tenth. $40.
50. yds. Grant avenue. Gilpin q
Park Drive, 227s.s 50. yds.; Green
hill avenue. sixteenth TO Seven
teenth. 1884 50 yds.; Hamilton
street. Fourteenth to Sixteenth
s64.e 50. yds.; Lancaster avenue
Union 20 Woodlawn. 6103.2 50. yds.
Lincoln street, Eighth to Ninth
1sss.b ~. yds.; Madison street. Del
aware avenue TO Twelfth. 402.2 50
yds. Market street. vandever ave
nue. 10 Twenty-third. s9e1.7 So yds.
Pennsylvania avenue Grant to Riv
erview. ss3s So yds.; Poplar street
Twelfth TO Fourteenth, 1s04.1 50
yds.; Reed street. Franklin Z
Broome. 1882 50. yds. Washing
ton street. Eleventh TO bridge. 523
50. yds; Washington street, bridg
10 Twenty-second. 7432.1 50. yds
Washington street, bridge az
proaches 1026.9 81. yds: FIT
street. Lincoln to Union. 97S.9 s,
yds.; Twelfth street. West to Mad
son. 2466.4 50. yds; Fourteent
street, Walnut to Poplar. 1O3ss 8,
yds.: Fourteenth street. Market {
West 2713 50. yds; Fourteent
street. Woodlawn TO Riverviev
1907 50. yds.; sixteenth stree
King TO Walnut, 232S.2 81. yds
Seventeenth street. Mt Salem Lar
10 Rising Sun. 3725.9 81. yds: Eigf
teenth street. al Van Buren. 230
81. yds.; Nineteenth street. Woot
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