Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
PiERooN SHOWS HOW
TAXES ARE SPENT
BY STREET DEPT
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The statement n interesting In that
Il shows that last year the city had
<.ss miles OF new and improved paved
tsrccts added to It's list. Hundreds OF
car loads OF materials were required
tor this work.
The report. which was read. re-
ceived and filed. follows.
beg TO submit to you for your
information. a report OF work done
by the Departments forces during the
year ended December 81. 1891, and
certain costs and data:
Tho regular routine work Of street
cleaning, sewer cleaning. street re-
pairs. removal Of ashes. etc.. was per-
formed.
The street cleaning was done by hand
and machine brooms and by water
flushing at cost OF $6l.bss.93 or ap-
proximately $55s.so per mile or $34.ss
per city block.
Tho work OF removing ashes In
wolves weekly collection OF ashes
and housekeeping refuse from ap-
proximately 22.500 properties. Dur
| ing 1921. 1851 truck loads or 10S,2s6
cubic yards OF material were removed
and the ashes spread upon unimprov-
ed streets and used for fills and the
paper and rubbish disposed OF. mt a
cost of s6T.25s.0l or n cost per cubic
yard OF 62 cents and an average cost
per weekly collection OF less than six
cents (.o57) per property. Every
weeks collection. during the year was
completed and with few exceptions
ldue 10 weather conditional an sched-
uled days with but forty three reg
istered complaints OF non-collecttoni
during tho year.
Street repairs during the year cost
fe9.o1l.19 and included general re-
pairing of all kinds OF paving through
out the city. Special efforts were d.
rected toward Improvement OF ma
cadam streets and 12s blocks Of ma
cadam paved streets were covered with
a surface dressing OF stone and Tar.
via" which we believe with another
application during the coming yea,
VIII put these streets in condition
that they may not require repairius
for sometime. and will also remove
The dust annoyance 10 the residents
and relieve the department of the ex.
pcnse OF sprinkling with water, which
is costly with no lasting results.
The cost 90 the department for
street lighting for 1921 was sT9,527. 81
divided as follows:
Gas lamps ............... $40. .ao6 s!
I Electric lamps .......... $500 4.
This covered the maintenance OF ar
average OF $50 gas lamps, 4s6 arC
lamps, III incandascent lamps 26l
ornamental lamps making the expen
diture per capita for this item 70 cent.
per year. Plans are being prepare,
FOR an ornamental system OF lightins
FOR King street between Front an,
Tenth streets. Ninth and Tenth street,
between Market and Washington
streets, ard Washington street be
tween Eleventh street and the bridge
Increased lighting Is ono of Whining
tons greatest needs and where tn,
city falls behind some others OF lik
size. but considering the amount ex
pended for this item Of municipal ex
pense. the lighting compares favorabl,
with the others.
We receive many Inquiries from tn
citizens as 10 why tho department can
not always grant all the requests o
ncet all the demands made upon
and have the statement made 20 u
many times by the taxpayers tha
they receive no benefit whatever from
the taxes they pay. / would call &
your attention that this department II
Is appropriation from the Council 10
the year beginning July !, 1921, vii
receive l26 cents from each dollar O
"a. ~
that a taxpayer paying on a s4.oo
assessment. pays s7s in taxes and thi
department receives from him $50
per year for street cleaning. stree
lighting. removal OF ashes and rub
bish, cleaning and repairing of sewers
repairs 10 unimproved streets remova
OF snow when necessary and Gil tn
routine work OF the department. Thi
department does not receive all III
taxes paid. but rather but one-eightl
OF each dollar. the balance goes for IN
police and fire protection. health an
school purposes.
The major part OF the Department
: work was the construction OF ne,
: street paving. This work was starte
the fr-st week IN April and continue
!. tI'eulN uNln Ule 4ast week IN LIE
! oember. accomplishing the complet
: paving. with installations and renew
ais az all underground sewers, an
public utility pipes and conduits. OF
!. city blocks. totslling s2.426 squar
Yards or ss3 miles.
Paved With Asphalt
Banning street, Franklin TO Broom
icno srfrara va rfa
Delaware avenue. Van Buren 1
! Union. 15.742I.
~ G.rard street, Orange 10 Tatna
r. 5l33.
l. Guyer avenue. Ninth to Tenth, $40.
4 Grant avenue. Gilpin TO Park Driv
! 2.27s.s.
Greenhill avenue, Sixteenth
d Seventeenth. 1884.
i Hamilton street. Fourteen to ST
y teenth. s64.s.
8. Lancaster avenue. Union to Woo,
d lawn. 6,l03.2.
e Lincoln street. Eighth to Mint
1895.
Madison street, Delaware avenue
Twelfth. 402.2.
q Market street. Vandever avenue