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for the city 10 establish and main
tain Its credit by meeting promptly
all obligations for interest and prin.
oipal as soon as due. To do this
properly the city treasurer has to
collect from the property owners af-
fected by each Improvement district
the interest on the unpaid principal
each six months and one tenth OF
the principal each year. There are
now over so paving districts; 20
sewer districts OF various kinds; and
several srading districts. Each Of
these districts affect from 40 to 500
property owners from whom $
ments are collected as above de-
scribed. These operations together
with the routine business OF the sew
eral offices handling these matters
gives a glimpse of the amount Of
work involved.
with this general Introduction /
desire 20 refer 10 the several de-
partments under which the work
and maintenance Of the city is AR
ried on. Particularly would 1 men
ton the street department. water
department, legal department n
tina. Of law enforcement:
Streets-This department carried
on a great deal of work intended to
give a semi.permanent street sys'
tenn In those parts OF the residence
districts where no paving is intend
ed to be done . The major part of
the work was OF maintenance only
Of streets which boar a heavy traf-
nc and which are not paved at this
time. The Increasing mileage of
paved streets has added consider.
able to the labor Of street cleaning
branch OF this department. These
operations are carried on chiefly at
night and since the present sweeper
has been In use for several years
constantly I believe that II will soon
be necessary TO arrange for anoth'
err machine. Practically all Of the
other material equipment in this
department is in serviceable condi.
ton for another year. I would
call your attention in this n
ton to the fact that we should seri-
ously consider the paving situation.
have reached the point now
when further paving or a large
scale should be discouraged<s-
pecially in those parts OF the city
not subjected to heavy traffic. We
that many OF the unpaved
can be graveled sattsfactor-
and at a cost which will appeal
to the property owners. An expert.
along this line was tried in
connection with grading district
No. 0 and while It Is not possible
now TO draw any conclusions Il
does seem 20 be very successful.
Water Department-This depart.
ment gave first consideration to the
maintenance OF n sufficient supply
Of water. As a result there was
never any scarcity OF water and
householders used unstintingly for
irrigation purposes ana then com
at the size OF their water
bills. Heretofore with less water
available for irrigation the citizens
less and lawns did not suffer
any material lack OF water.
The department also carried on
the program of water main extern
sions In North Casper. East Burling.
ton. Konwood and South Butler.
Tho cost OF these extensions amount.
ed to about one hundred thousand
dollars. including q considerable
amount Of replacement OF cast Iron
pipe in place OF steel in those streets
were paved during the sum.
nner. This latter work being OF nm
emergency nature made Il impos.
to complete tho work OF lay.
Ing mains before cold weather but
Il will be completed as soon as pos
Al the city pump station on the
river there was added a new
centrifugal pump capable OF deliv.
airing 1900 gallons Of water por
minute 10 the reservoir. This made
necessary an addition 10 tho pres.
ant pump station 10 house the pump
and engine necessary 20 run Il. We
now have ample pumping capacity
10 supply Casper's needs for sew.
eral years at least.
In order to better protect and con
serve the present source Of Jul wa
ter supply the city council bought a
parcel OF land lying close to the
pumping plant. Part OF this land will
be needed for future engagements
while the remainder can be used 10
additional park facilities n
so desired. I would suggoft that the
council Investigate the s%dvisability
OF building smother galiary 10 the
west side OF the river for the pur.
Of carving ,iitsred water to