The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
Public Works Department
Has Busy Year In 1889


ect was done at a cost Of WPA ST.
SO4, city $3,267, made up largely Of
credits for equipment, salvage ma
terial, etc.; total 1901.
Storm Drains-25" storm drains
laid on Meares street from Front to
Second and u" storm drains laid on
! 18th street from Grace to Rankin.
This work cost WPA $3.50, city
$3.50, made up largely of credits
for equipment, salvage materials,
etc.; total 5000.
Municipal Garage-This building
is 80 feet wide and $50 feet long,
of brick and stone construction with
a bowstring truss, composition roof
and large enough to accommodate all
equipment used by the Department
of Public Works, the street depart
ment offices and repair shop is also
located in this building. The build
ing was erected at a cost of WPA
s21, 900, city $500, made up largely
of credits for equipment, salvage
materials, etc.; total $4,000.
Street Plaza Beautification-All
center plazas on Third, Fifth and
Market streets were dug up, fer
tilted and replanted with Bermuda
grass; also several hundred small
plants and trees were replanted.
The cost Of this project WPA $685.
900, city $1,000, made up largely of
credits for equipment, salvage ma
terials, ETC.; total $4,000.
Municipal Golf Course-The prof.
ect is practically complete and a
third project is being filed to do
certain other work not covered by
this project. Under present prof.
ect the club house was completed;
the club house grounds graded and
sodded; parking areas provided;
tennis courts built and a large
amount of work done on the fair
ways and greens, including the in
of a water system. The
cost of this project WPA S50,250.
city $16,750, made up largely of
credits for equipment, salvage ma
terial etc.; total s67, 1000.
Grand totals: WPA s103, 6s4, city
s29,577; total cost s133,271.
The following WPA projects were
started but not completed during
1888:
Street Improvements - d
street paving project covering all
brick streets in the city and the re.
moval of car lines, the repaving of
Front street with asphalt. The cost
of this project, total $358,O0
Nurses Home-Colored Communi.
ty Hospital Nurses Home. This
project calls for the construction
Of nurses home and the develop
ment of the hospital grounds. The
project is approximately 40 per cent
complete and will cost when com
pleted, Nurses home, WPA $1,000.
city s4.125 county $4,126: total ST..
273. Hospital grounds, WPA $11.-
914, city $2,963, county $2,964; total
$17,s41.
City and county share $500 cash.
balance credits.
WPA projects Planned for 1910:
Street Improvements-A project
to pave approximately 100 blocks
of streets for which bonds were
voted some time ago. This project
will be similar to the work recently
completed under PWA. The esti.
mated cost of which is WPA $685..
900, city $177, 900; total 100000
Greenfield Creek Drainage-This
project is being done in cooperation
with the county and state board Of
health, and calls for flood gates at
the mouth of Greenfield Creek, re-
building dykes, Strengthening Green
field Creek from the river to the
lake and is being done as a malaria
control project WPA $500, city
$3.50, county $3.50; total $4,000.
Municipal Golf Cours-A third
project is being prepared to do GER
tain work on the course not cover
ed by previous projects. This calls
for moving the keepers house to a
new location; the construction Of
a new garage and store house for
equipment, additional drainage and
other improvements. The estimated
cost Of which is WPA $50, 900, city
$4,000, made up largely of credits