East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-07-29

Building Department reports SO
Repair and Alteration permits is
sued for a total of $67, ,684. These
repairs were improvements and
renovations to both dwellings and
business houses. Whether the
city's recently inaugurated contin-
uing Cleanup Fix-up Paintup pro-
gram has anything to do with the
boosting of this item is not known,
but it probably has.
For the same period in the pre-
vious report there were issued 40
permits for a $36,850 repair bill.
The Electrical Department shows
an increase of ten street lights,
II traffic lights and one added
fire alarm box. The figures are
1888 Street lights in operation, 100
traffic light units, Al fire boxes
and the same number of police
radios, 26.
Continuing its forestry preser-
vations, this department sprayed
2074 trees, trimmed 224 trees, is
sued 274 season and 2341 tennis
permits.
Anticipated was a decrease in
pool attendance, following the new
regulation limiting the city pool to
East Clevelanders. The figure is
1907 compared to 19,468. Pool
officials report safer swimming
program with the decreased at
tendance, and all East Cleveland
citizens desiring to use the pool
being able to do so.
Measles follow a cycle and the
city has passed through one of
these cycles, bringing the number
of communicable disease to 8O1 for
the period, against 335, which is
about the average for this city of
$4,000 population. However, it is
gratifying to note that totals in
each succeeding cycle of the minor
communicable diseases are steadily
decreasing.
Baby Clinic visits were 1914 and
Lab tests 757, about average.
The Police report registers 342
offenses, 1925 arrests, one fatal,
22 pedestrians injured, 81 cases
combining injuries with damages
and 400 cases of damages only.
That pedestrian injuries" is
causing the Safety Division to
warn all pedestrians to cross
streets at traffic guarded cross
ings, and reminding motorists that
pedestrians in the crosswalk have
the right of way. Last report listed
only Is pedestrians injured.
Topping the causes for arrest are
% driving while intoxicated, (2)
speeding, and (3) intoxication.
The personnel of the city family
was upped by eight persons, this
being the eight men added to the
police department. There are 1873
full time, 80 part time, "on-call,"
46 temporary employees for a total
of 272 persons working for East
Cleveland.
An interesting comment comes
from Harold Green, in charge of
the Sanitation Department. Mr..
Green reports that while volume
of collections remains about the
same, the weight of the combusti-
BILE and non-combustible collections
shows decrease. One reason for
this is the decreasing amount of
ashes being hauled as more and
more heating units transfer from
coal to oil or gas. Ashes are heavy
when it comes to adding up ton
mage.
Figures in this department are:
incinerator consumed, 1851 tons;
combustible collection, 3677 tons;
non-combustible collection, 1893
tons.
The weather and breakage are
two items having much to do with
certain figures in the Service De-
partment. For instance, last years
mild winter cut the salt used from
441 tons to 256 tons, and break
in the Penrose water main upped
pavement repairs and curb setting
costs. The city's continuing side
walk repair program keeps this
item at a minimum each year. The
street cleaner was on the job
little longer, covering 1906 miles
against 1135 listed in the previous