Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21

Rivsrvisw. s.sss.o,
Poplar street, Twelfth to Four
teenth. 1so4.l
Read street. Franklin 70 Brooms. H.
1851.
washington street. Eleventh 70
Bridge. b,23%.0.
Washington street. Bridge to
Twenty-second, 1881.
Washington street Bridge ap-
proaches, 1.026.e.
Fifth street. Lincoln to Union. s7S.e.
Twelfth street. West to Madison. a.
1884.
Fourteenth street, Walnut to Pop
lar. 1.03s.s.
Fourteenth street, Market to west.
2.7lS.0.
Fourteenth street. woodlawn to
Riverview. 1.4s0.7.
Sixteenth street. King to Walnut. f.
S2S.2.
Seventeenth street, Mt Salem to
Rising Sun. S.725.s.
Eighteenth street, at Van Buren,,
1908.
Nineteenth street, woodlawn to
Tower avenue, 6.11e.9.
Paved With vitrifeA Paving Brick.
Franklin street, sixth to Seventh.
1,0S31.
Pennsylvania avenue Union to
Grant, 1,b47.s.
Fifth street, Franklin to Brooms
1,sS4.s.
Eighth street. Van Buren to
Broome. s,Sss.5.
Ninth street. Market to King, 771.s
Tenth street. French to Walnut,
64S.3.
Fourteenth street, West to Wash
ington. 1888
Length of asphalt paving. 31.A3i
feet--4o6 miles; length OF brick paw
ing. 1000 feet--o.57 miles: total new
paving. asa miles
.Unimproved streets paved. 1.6,
miles; old pavements removed and re-
paved. $40 miles; total, <.63.
All of the work from the building OF
the sewers 20 the making OF tho as
phalt for the top surface is done by
the Department employees, and the
cost Of the new streets. including al
grading. resetting OF curbs, pavins
back curbs, concrete foundation, Is a.
follows:
Asphalt streets, $3.50 per squar,
yard ;vitrifled paving brick, $4.s4 pc,
square yard. +.
These costs for 1921 street pavins
work have been ascertafned and I
portion OF said costs liened against tn,
abutting property owners terms o.
an act of the Legislature OF 1917. Thi,
involved the preparation OF lien sheeti
covering over 500 individual assess
ments which have been made ant
bills have been sent TO each abuttin,
property owner for his proportional,
share.
During the year a new dryer wa,
Installed mt the Paving Plant for tn,
drying OF sand used in the asphalt ton
thereby moro than doubling tn
capacity OF the plant.
Tanks for the storage OF tho asphsl
cement We're erected and connected
with pumps by which the asphAr
could be received In bulk (tank cars
and pumped directly into the tank
and from the tanks into the mtxint
box which equipments saved the cit,
s62.sl per day in cost Of and tn
handling OF our asphalt.
Elevators, operated by electric mo
tors, were placed at the railroad sid
Ing for the unloading OF the stone ant
sand. instead OF shoveling same from
cars by hand, thereby saving a grea
amount of time and money.
A new stone crusher. equipped with
electric motor. WAS erected at tn,
paving plant, by which the conbl,
stones removed from the bed OF tn,
streets 10 be paved and the rock from
sewer trenches were crushed and re
used In this form in the concrete foun
dation and for street repairs. Thi
crusher was not in use until Augu.
but from then until the end of tn,
season the output In crushed ston'
wss 1855 tons
We believe II would be interestip,
10 you TO know what is required I,
accomplish the seasons work. w
employed throughout the season be
tween 400 and 500 men each week an,
. used the following quantity OF ma
ierials:
. Car Lots Unloaded By Department.
One hundred and twenty cars as
phalt sand. 6,419 tons.
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