Evening journal., 1922-02-21
Summary Of Years Street,
Se1Uer Work; Short of Funds

avn to Tower ave-, 61l6.9 50. yds.
Paved With Vitrihed Paving Brick.
Franklin street, Sixth TO Seventh,
1OS3.1 50. yds; Pennsylvania avenue,
Union to Grant. l547.9 50. yds.i
Fifth street. Franklin TO Broome.
1S54.s 50. yds.: Eighth street, Van
Buren, TO Broome. 1855 50. yds.;
Ninth street. Market TO King, Ills
So yds: Tenth street, French to
Walnut. CASA so. yds. Fourteenth
street. West TO Washington. 1853 50.
yds. Length OF asphalt paving, 81
423 feet or 4O6 miles. Length OF
brick paving. 5000 feet or 81 miles.
Total new paving, 4.6s miles. I'm
improved streets paved, 1853 miles;
old. pavements removed and re-
paved. $40 miles; total. 4.6a miles.
All Of the work from the building
OF the sewers to the making OF the
asphalt for the top surface Is done
by the department employees, and
the cost OF the new streets, including
all grading. resetting OF curbs, paw
ing back OF lcurbs. concrete founda-
ton. Is as follows:
Asphalt streets. $3.50 per 50. yd.;
vitrihed paving brick, s4.s4 per 50.
yd.
These costs for 1921 street paving
work have been ascertained and a
portion of said costs liened against
the abutting property owners un-
der terms OF an act OF the Legisla-
ture Of 1917. This involved the prep
aration OF lien sheets covering over
l l.. a NaH
have been made and bills have been
sent out to each abutting property
owner for his proportionate share.
During the year a new dryer
was installed at the paving plant for
the drying OF sand used In the as
phalt top, thereby more than
doubling the capacity OF the plant
Tanks for the storage OF the as
phalt cement were erected and con-
nected with pumps by which the as
phalt could be received In bulk
(tank cars) and pumped directly
into the tanks and from the tanks
into the mixing box. which equip.
ment saved the city s62.sl per day
in cost OF and the handling OF oui
asphalt.
Elevators. operated by electri,
motors. were placed at the railroad
siding for the unloading OF the stone
and sand. instead OF shoveling sam'
from cars by hand. thereby savini
a great amount OF time and money
A new stone crusher. equipped
with electric motor. was erected a
the paving plant by which the cobbl'
! ufor..e rom Quad from, tha hnH 80 fnl
streets TO be paved and the rocl
from sewer trenches were crushed
and reused in this form in the con
crete foundation and for street re
pairs. This crusher was not In US
until August but from then until tn
end OF the season the output II
crushed stone was s.765 tons
We believe II would be interesting
10 you TO know what Is required q
accomplish the seasons work. w
employed throughout the season be
tween 400 and 500 men each weel
and used the following quantity o
materials:
Car Lots Unloaded BY Department
4 120 cars asphalt sand. 6919 tons
112 cars crushed stone. 1884 tons
IS cars crushed Stag. s72 tons;
cars asphalt cement, 500 tons; 4 car
limestone, III tons; 10 cars coal. 55
tons; 25 cars vitrified paving brick
barge vitrified paving brick. 372.
500: cars wood block. 1921
block: 4 cars cinders; s cars Tarvia
55,62S gallons; cars machinery;
total OF 341 cars. which would meal
a train nearly three miles long.
Material Delivered Upon the Worl
by Contractors.
66,777 bags OF cement G6,6s4 \
bbls); 1890 tons concrete SAN
(25sO 5-ton truck loads); 6.94s ton
crushed stone G35O 5-ton trucl
loads); 1881 tons pebbles C526 s
ton truck loads); 1888 feet sewe
pipe; 526 bends and "Y's."
The above was delivered by trucl
but again comparing same by car
loads Il would be another train o
about five miles long In addition {
that received by the department di
rect.
We have made inquiry from ad
jacent cities - Baltimore. Cheste
and Philadelphia. as to prices bid &
those cities during 1921 for slmila
street construction to that done b
your forces in this city and find tina
the department, by doing its ow
work, has saved the city of Whining
ton from fifty to seventy-five cent
, per square yard over contract price,
or a total of many thousands OF do
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