New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1918, Page 3

INGINEER'S REPORT Boston Store SHOWS ACTIVE YEAR Scarcity of Labor Has Interfered With PllhllC Works City Engineer Willlam H completed his fourth as city engineer and chiaf of the board of public which is also tHe tenth port of this department. Hall has annual report construection works annual re- A detailed | account of the work which has heen | done during the past year s tained in the subjoined report: con- ‘The new concrete bridge over the | brook on Monroe street, the con- st1¥ction of which was started by elty forces last year, was completed dur- ing the vear at a total cost of $4,448. 32 The cost of tearing down and rebuilding the south abutment over the bridge on FEast street near the Newington town Mne, pointinz up north abutment and painting bridge as $2,171. All other plank idges in the city were repaired and | repainted where necessary. 0 new retaining walls were con- ted. An iron fence was erected on the retaining wall at the corner of Shuttle Meadow avenue and Arch street, making the total cost of improvement, $2.329.06. The mason- ry wall on North street near Engine House was pointed up. coping built at str the a cost of §157.50. &everal Streets Macadamized. “During fthe vear, tha following sti®ets were macadamized Harrison from Lincoln to Black Rock Avenue; Oak. from North to Allen: Park, from anla rvirview; Woodland, from Fairview to Shuttle Meadow Streets, or sections of streets, to the official grade are,the following: City avenue, from East to Market: Clinton, from Broad to Bond:; {onnecticut avenue, from East to Market; Monroe, from Madi- son to Linwood; Winthrop, from Lin- wood to Vance. “On Stanley ford avenue and Lake. araded between Hart- Allen street, a six- | inch Hassam Bi-co-mac pavement was constructed by the Connecticut Hageam Paving Company. A total of ;ifl square vards was laid, includ- ing the area paid for by the Connect- fout Company. The city paid $15,- 116.12 for 5.365 square vards, in- cluding inspection. This pavement is a conerete pavement with an inch of | asphalt on top and is guaranteed for a period of five vears. On Jubilee street, between East and Market, a 2 1-2-inch amiesite pavement was laid over the new macadam base. This wowk was done by the Connecticut and® Rhode Tsland Company. A total of £283 square yards &9f pavement was constructed. includfng”the avea paid for by the Connecticut Company and the ciiy paid $6,531. square yards. “Maintaining and repairing macad- am streets eost $6,323.80, not includ- Ing: oiling. Myrtle =treet, between Main and Curtis, was spiked by the roller and additional stone added, covered with screenings and rolled at 5 cost of $1,755.74. The same treat- ment was given Park street, between Elm and John, at a cost of $961.96. tepairs were made to all permanent pavement as well as all semi-perma- nent pavement. street, 58 for 4,275 [ “The following lizhts were in place | 1 at the beginning of the year 27 old arcs at $85 per arc per year: 62 new arch at $75 per arc per vear; | 354 to 250 candlepower at $30.10 per light per of 80 candle- power at $17.43 per light per year: 8 clusters on Central Park at $52 per cluster per vear, The following lights weer in pla at the end of the year, or March 31, 1918: 20 old arcs at $85 per vear; 6 new ares at $73 per arc per year; of 250 candlepower at $29.40 per llght per year: 763 of 80 candle-! power at $17.48 per light per yea 7 clusters on Central Park at per cluster per year. The following street jnstalled during the year 6 new hegs. eight 230 candlepower, thirty- four 80 canAlepower, 7 of the oid ares have been removed during the | vear. Grade Crossing Fliminated, During the year the railroad crosing at the junction of T.ake and Washington streets was eliminated. The railroad company pajd three-quarters and the city one- quarter of the cost. The land n essary was purchased from the N tional Spring Bed Company and a street laid out, 46 feet wide, south and parallel with the railroad. The tota] cost of the work was $§13 502.41, of which the rallroad com rvand paid $10,126.80 and the 5,61. The original plans called r the construction of a sheet as- rfla.lv pavement on six-inch concrete hase on this new extension of Lake street, but on account of the unsui ability of the foundation, it w. deemed advisable not to undertake the construction of the pavement this year. A six-inch macadam was con- structed instead and the cost is in- 4uded in the above amount, The H. R. Walker company sprinkled the streets, no other firm having presented bids. Sprinkling with water was started April 23, 1917, and ended November 15, Oak street, from West 1o Allen, and Har street from Lincoln to Corbin ave- nue, were added to the list of reets sprinkled. The Connecticut vear: 729 lights were dangerous company paid its proportionate share | 1° of the cost of all sprinkling. This vear, both 45 per cent as- phalt road oil and tar was used and % applied that it would act as a fust preventive and at the same time protéct the macadam surface. Yhe amount used was 62,157 gzallons. The number of square yards covered was 202,310 and the total cost was 7,011.42. The number of gallons #r square yard was .3067 and the rost per square yard was .03428. The number of trees sprayed was W113 at a cost of $587.73, or ap- this | No. 5 | straightened and portions re- | PULLAR | side ! made. | the following locations: | subway, | laying | Meadow | were accepted. city | | | f | | I \ | | | The June White Sale SWINGS INTO LI THIS WEEK An elaboratc ehowmg of Fresh, Crisp, Dainty Under- Muslmq direct from two 'of the best manufacturers known to the trade at prices as low as existing conditions make possible. GOWNS, SKIRTS CORSET COVERS, CHEMISE, DRAWERS, CAMISOLES. NEW DESIGNS CAREFULLY MADE ALL PATTERNS -0- McC & NIVEN proximately fifty-three cents per tree. The board of public works is to re- celve $112.30 for spraying trees out- its jurisdiction, making a net cost of $475.23 to this board. There were 184 Norway maples set out, ranging in size from 12 to 15 feet high, 1 1-2 to 2 inches in diameter. The cost of trees and planting was $389.53, or $2.12 per tree. “In the subway department, no large extension of the system was New laterals were installed at Main street at the corner of Winter street, a lateral down Winter from both the high and low potential sub- way; Court street, a lateral from the high potential subway, for a street light: Lake street, a lateral from Washington street westerly for new street lights, this work being done in connection with the elimination of the Lake street grade crossing; two new manholes were built in the high potential subway on Main street. At present the rental paid the city for the use of the subway is 4 cents per foot per year, paid semi-annually. "he amount to be received from ren- tal between January 1, 1918 and Jan- uary 1, 1919 is $12,755.60. Labor Has Been Scarce. “On account of the scarcity of la- hor only a very small amount of sewer construction was undertaken during the year. There was a total of .61 of a mile of sanitary sewer and .38 of a mile of storm water sew- er constructed. “The total cost of both the sani- tary and storm water sewers was $2,- 681.64. “There were thirty-seven new catch hasins constructed and three rebuilt. Worlk on the city map, for the ceme- tery committee, water department. re- curbs, giving grades, taking street profiles and making surveys are mentioned in the report. During the vear, Adams street, from Lincoln to State, and Liyon street from Shuttle avenue 775 feet southerly In conclusion,” Engi- neer Hall states: “All work requested by other departments of the city has been promptly attended to and T should like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the board of public works and all other officials for their hearty co-operation in work in which we were mutually engagtd.” MYSTERY PICTURE ON KEENEY'S SCREEN For the latter half of the feature on the Keeney will be, “$5,000 Reward”, the smiling star Franklyn Farnum Supposing you were a fugitive from justice, accused of the murder of vour rich uncle. Suppose, under your assumed character, you married a sweet young thing who had lived in the country all her life. 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