' flit:
mimm‘fism tor
”our 0F STREET DEPART-
‘nIEaiT OF THE ct‘rv or NOR.
WALK FOR .THE.FlSCAL YEAR
atoms, AUGUST 31, mo.
drum October a, 1915 to August 31,
1916 11 Months.)
The present Street Department
“aha, on October 7, 1916, been to exist-
‘me for three years. The depart-
ment represents the hision, under one
head. of the duties and responsibili-
"1ies connected with the work or con-
structing and maintaining roads and
«engiiieerlg. which before consolir
lion were cared. for by the Street
nommissioners, City Engineers, and
_ ,ot the tor-mar Town oi
k and the cities of Norwalk
and South Nor-walk.
" ’ The greatest problem to be solved
“ in connection with the new office,
'hras one, not of reorganization. for
all former organizations had been of
”ll political and therefore ephemeral
mature, but of organization along the
m of emciency and permanency. It
is true that the head of the depart.
}!neut was to a certain extent. a poll-
tioal appointee, but despite this fact,
“it was determined by the Commie
salons!- that he would, when "making
Iris appointments. be absolutely un-
ilnlluenced by political bias of any
Intuit.
a as it stands today. the department
comprises three divisions or bureaus,
{he Bureau of Highways, Bureau of
. Engineering and,Bureau of Accounts.
_ The Bureau of Highways has Ithe
' hare, maintenance and construction
11.311 streets, highways, pavements
«and sewers, the removal oi’ refuse,
' are and maintenance or trees. sWeep-
log and cleaning of pavements and
a myriad of other things assigned to
it. The-Bureau of. Engineering is
'«icesponsible for all the engineering
connected with the work of the city,
."holuding the design and construction
: a sewers and bridges. and the de
* sign of pavements. For the past your.
Emu.- Bureau has been making up a
snap at the Third Taxing District.
.‘rh‘a engineering records of the city
are about forty years behind the
silent ‘Mcclniien oi the lieparlmenl up... its
. rum Work surmounted lip to Augul 31. L910,
3 City Beaulilul
eary. Unfortunately the approprie
ton of $10,500 made‘for the maintain.
euro and construction of roads an .
cleaning of gutters through the sixty
miles of streets in the Fourth Tsx~
int; District is totally inadequate to
properly repair or construct. even
with water bound moccasin, 10 per
out. or the streets in this district.
Every dollar spent for a good pave
pent is money well invested, and
ram a business standpoint. larger
ipptopriations for city pave’ineuts
nould be made in order that the
uaiutaineuce appropriation may be
ventually reduced to a minimum.
Distribution of Fifth District
onto in detail. Maintainence
olicrs and crushing plants:
mmro. xp. Balance.
‘ $900.00 $890.51 .49
lnder lhisaccount is included the
cost of maintainence and repairs in
connection with two portable crush-
ing plants, one 12-ton Buffalo-Pitts
true-wheeled roller, One 105t0n Bull
tic-Pitts tandem roller, and one Koch
lip: concrete mixer. These machines
With the. exception of the tandem
"llliC'r‘lllld the concrete mixer, have
burn iii service for many years and
have ii point where constant repairs
and replacements must be made it
their efllciency is to be retained.
Maintainerice ol‘ Automobile.
Appro. Exp. Balance.
$350.00 $328. 6 $24.04
‘ rl‘rlie department owns ll Ford auto
livid, Model '1‘. This machine was
ibrcobyears old in “December last and
as con run approximatel
miles. The above cost caviar: 63(1):»)
ex-
of
expense of irpuirs. supplies, cleaning.t
gnu. etc.
i insurance.
1 ppm. Exp. Balance.
$260.00 $328.96 $9.14
This item covers the (cost or in-
nit-once on barn. sheds, stock and
equipment. both from loss by fire and
ltiiei explosion. The cost of liability
insurance carried for the department
Automobile is also included in this
tixpfllie.
Momtainence of Roads, including,
Grading, Construction, Oil, Tsr.
. ’ts
flatworm
y. , . . M ,.
cried emails. receive on overtime.
. Salary of Clerk.
Appro. Exp. Balance.
8700.00 , $700.00 .00
All the clerical and accounting
work of the department is handled
by one clerk who recelva a salory
of 515.00 per week. This work in-
cludes the recording, under a number
of divisions and subdivisions, of the
expenditure of approximately $100.-
000 umuaily (in itself no light task).
the issuing of purchase orders in
triplicate. for the purchase of all
supplies. all slenogiaphic and type
writing work, the filing of all corres-
pondence, issuing of permits and
making up of payrolls. An expendi.
turc in excess of $300,000 has been
handled in the department during the
last three years and our books bal-
ance to a cent.
, Office Expense.
Appro. Exp. Balance.
$300.00 $291.87" $2.13
This includes the cost of supplies,
records, books and forms. special
printing. telephones, stationery, post-
apc, advertising. etc.
Travelling Expenses.
Appro. Exp. Balance.
$50.00 $27.60 $22.40
A certain mount of travelling in.
connection with the business of the:
department is necessary and the ex-.
posse of same is charged against thisi
1 rear. The desires given above rep
resent the actual cost 01 the wot-kl
‘-'loilsome avenue ...... 6048 sq. yds.
counts close of
to the maintenance of roads account,
Fifth District, for the current fiscal
and the balance left lit the appropria-
tion after its completilfll'f'not the hal-
unce shown on‘ our records August
31, 1913.
i would like to suggest that when '
tho. extension” ~ol' {the pavement on.
Wilson meringue contemplated. con-
sideration he’thiven to the plan to
Gllt‘iiu the avenue southerly through
llv: Burchsrtl property. following thee
pl'ufiilit loegtion of the right of wuyl
oi the Connecticut company. This?
mil. considerably shorten the route:
to the WW end of the city and;
\‘Jill also eliminate two grade cross-:
my, both very important items llll
a general city plan. ' ' ;
improvements. on . Grumman; Toilfi
some, and when HM Avenues. g
’l‘wo course crushed gravel roads“
were constructed on Grumman, Toll-‘-
sonic and.Wolipit arcnues. 'l‘hosc’
avenues erevqulte long and were bad—
ly in need of repairs. The yardage
constructed is as follow:
Grumman avenue.'... . .10.tlil so. yds.
Weiiplt Hill avenue. . .. 7,744 sq. yds.
i regret to‘ssv that we werenunahle
to build a new road on Grumman and
Woifpit. avenues. for thé entire
Ill: oil W so»
the fiscal year). ,7 ‘
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appropriation. lleiigth, owing to the lact‘lhnt the
Engineering 'Expeme. guppropristion made by the Board of
Arum. In). Balance. I Estimatu'had to be used for repairs
$23,500.00 $3,498.90. $1.10 ion other streets designated by them
This item includes all of the cx~‘ and was not Siimciently large to cov—
pcnscs of the Engineering Bureau,é
such as salary of assistant engineer,
salary of ll‘allslllllall, wages of chair-
or the cost of repairs on all the
streets named. AdVG‘I‘St‘ labor condi-
Lions prevented us from making the
Iland scwors. is done by this Bureau.[ your, in order that the work might
men, pm Much engineering workl repairs to the other streets designer.
has bten done during the past fiscal. ed beloro lhi’ end 0’ ”19 “5““ your
your and a lot 01‘ valuable interim»! and the balance shown above was
star. has been secured and placed oniill'iiquerl'ed by "18 0011110" l0 the
an: All un- engineering work in com: Maintenance of Roads account in the
net-non with new pavements. roads; Fifth District for the current fiscal
‘Ail r'treet layouts, lines and gradesi I)“ completed.
for curb and sidewalk, plans for pro1
pus-rd improvements for retaining} «\llDI‘O- 'Exp. Balance.
Willis, bridges. etc. are handled by? 82.00000 $319.76 $1,580.84
title‘smsll but very efficient Bureau.‘ All the bills ‘0? “HR work have “0!
TM work of making it complete, 03 .Wt been WNW“! 30 "it“ "18 00'
map or the Third Taxing District or final cost cannot be siren at this
the city was started lust your and it time. The figures represent the ex-
is now rapidly approaching comple.. penditureiand balance up to August
tion. Every street and highway in'lll. 1910.- This. balance was also
the district has been surveyed and.‘-'fllmefm t0 the 30000an 0' ”19
mapped. and todatc. a goodly portion current fiscal year, by order or the
o! the property lines and buildings council.
have been located. The dlflicult psrti The improvement on Armory Hill}
of 1111 work is to locate the recorded l“ 0119 Of the 1110“ important improve-i
Armory Hill lmprov'cment.
owners of all property in the district
'but the bureau is progressing fav-
orably with this part of the workf.
When this map is completed. it will
be of the greatest possible assist.
ancc to the Assessor’s allies and will
merits carried through in this my (art
many years. The old wall at the top
of the bill caused a dangerous traiiicl
condition and was anything but al
thing of beauty. This wall was torn
down and it. new one buill on it new
mdsup to date.
via, crushed Stone, Etc.
fumes and the zengineering 'Iielml'll-i .
.-.ppro. Exp. Balance.
ment is striving valiantly to over; .-.
. come this handicap and bring all rec-1 ;“~‘l..000.00 512.975.12 ‘ $1024.88
The length of time, Hus expense. and it is altogether
necessary to accomplish this result: “ll 9308088. includes the cost of main
sis dependent upon the will of tlieghf‘mc‘ffind construction, .tosether
. Board or Estimate and i regret to sayi'N‘l’ 011mg. of all highways, 888m-
- that so for. the Board. and many ot,,§3“l‘”§l “DOM '00 miles, located in
our citizens have lulled to appreciateifllle l'ourth and Fifth Wards or the
lthe necessity for making adequate’
y.‘1r;.:"":‘:f;'.tfcns for ongineerinn pm»
”0898- x l
During the past three years 26,087
‘ square yards of reinforced concrctm
0.040 square yards of vitrified brick
and 3.558 square yards of bituminous
mutation: (penetration)/ pavements
7 and 1.0 3 lineal feet of sewers, have
«been constructed by the Bureau 0“
Streets, on force account. in addi-l
'tior. to this. 3509 lineal tool of sew-
' ore and 25.539 square yards 01‘ Has;
. can: concrete pavement have been:
' constructed by the Bureau of Engi-
nccrri; under contract
i would like to remark here, that.
moment of the above mentioned imv
movements has’been met by a direct
tax. or in other words, the policy or
Filth Taxing District. A new two
course native stone macadsm road
rte-.2piising 14,501 square yards was
built on Chestnut Hill, beginning at
‘is junction with Newtown avenue.
~.A t_wo course crushed gravel road.
2,04. square yards, Was constructed
on Flax Hill road, beginning at the
ltou Mill Bridge and extending east.
rrly to .Rowayton avenue. The gut-
.iui-g. of all the more important high-
ways were cleaned and the roads
shaped. dragged, unit oiled. Severn!
unit‘s of road were treated with Tar
\lit B and sand-or screenings.
Msintenance of Bridge.
Appro. Exp. Balance.
‘ $9s0.00 $219..“ $730.59
This itenrincludes the cost of re-
pairs to the Red Mill Bridge, the re
probably result in a. substantial sddpi line of several feet back of the old!
tlor. being made to the grand list of one. A vitrified brick pavcmrntl
the city and of the Third Taxing Dls- athleen feet wide was constructed:
trictr w Eli‘oni the top of the bill for a (“S-l
wagon Av...” Improvement stance of ‘iibout four‘ hundred feetl
App“, Exp. . Balance. This necessitated a. change of grade;
312500.00 $12,426.86 373‘“ and the construction of 1.351 square-
An appropriation was made for thel yards 0‘ in" cement, sldcwulkandl
puma“. of having Wilson “can”; 213 lineal ,Ieot of concrete curb. Atterl
from Meadow street to the Standardm"h was ‘titibc,’the State Highway
Oil from”. my, appropriation mdlerartment constructed a pavement
cm.” also the cost of repairs to tho, and gutter from the new curb to.the
present macsdam road from said. southerly side ol.’ the new brick pave.-.
crossing to the 100 of ’l‘homiis's Hill. menl. This department. also authoriz»;
The pavement is of reinforced can- "d the construction of a six loot strip'
creto, having an average thickness oi of concrete pavement on the norther-
sovsn inches and constructed of In“: 5m“ of the brick pavement, ”’0'
3' 4 concrete, reinforced with Stymvidmg a total paved area not less
No. 29, Triangle Mosh. Washed sand'hhm‘ thirty "99‘ in width. it was
and mm rock WM.“ used for the ,m tound necessary to widen Elmcrost
crcgatea. Tho 0mm, pitch is one. road and must valuable property was
ounrtrr inch per foot of width. Condm‘vw‘ to the city for this purposel
gtraclion joints were located about: by tho owner, Mr. (1. l. Buxlon, who}
thirty-five {pot apart. luluisted however ,thnt the city should
The. yfiubfimde was very p00,. inlhuiio n concrete retaining wall
page and In several instances great mound his property. TM?” dcpurt-
rare bad to be tnken in order to pro- “M” was authorized to 0° the work
1“,, ”w pavement. One stretch of by Mayor CwA‘ Harstrom and 'Mr. E.
.ili'e City with reference to improve. planking 0f the Center street bridge
merits inwthis department has beeni and ”“9 emotion 0‘ a 0ch rolling on
firm pay as 'we go" and the mved the. Cross street bridge.
. meats constructed by us during the. Maintenance of Cuiverts and Drains.
six hundred feet was excuviited to a
depth 'of sixteen inches below grade
and a twelve inch 'l‘elford base was
constructed. Upon this base was laid
a three inch course of crushed stone
G. .Murphy. Committee ' on Streets.
after inspection by the council. After
the wall was completed the Street
Department reset the present blue-
stonc curbing on the new line and
last; three years, are the only pave-
ments in the City of Norwalk today
that have. been 'paid for.’ "
' During the past year. pavements
representing an expenditure of $11.-
li00-Wcs constructed in the Fifth Tax-
in]: District, and in the Fourth Dis-
trict. sewers costing over $5,000, and
pavements representing an outlay ol.’
.000, were constructed.
The removal of garbage, ashes and
refuse throughout the Fourth Taxing
District has been one of the greatest
' , ‘ ble benefit to the residents of,
list district. A similar system of
lookectlomhcd‘been maintained by
the tor-me:- City of South Nomlk
for smoother cot years prior to con-
:uistiou. but not until 1914 did the
stern become general throughout
more miles and ismdo (twice
”weekly. with a daily collection in the
. business centers. 'l'he'mcteriet thus
Appro. Exp. Detail 0.
$500.00 $482.05 317.0%
This expense covers the cost of
u‘iiiiitenunco of existing culverts and
diallls and the construction of new
culverts where necessary. All eul-
i‘erts in the city are cleaned once
cot-h year and necessary repairs are
most- at that time. ,
’ Maintenance of Public Floats.
itppro. Exp. Balance.
$50.00 $25.00 $25.00
01in one float is owned by this de-
partment at the prcscnt.timc. It is
Sllmiled in the First District and is
repaired each winter and protected
truth the weather. In the spring, it
is placed in position for service. The
(08f of this work is, charged ‘ugainsl
this appropriation.
#pprosches to Cross Street Bridge. .TCHO-
.- ‘ Appro. Exp. Balance.
' $400.00 .00 $400.00
. ho work was done under this up-
propriailon as it was found impossi
vie to securolahor or even estimates
_ ‘roni reliable contractors during the
then! year.
Rent of Drinking Fountains.
Aimro. Exp. Balance.
1610.75. 3611.45 ".30.
Thu- are nine drinki fountains
located within the city nEntire. The
Water Martins-nu: oi the First Ind
"tend Districts tarnish tutor for
“here tannins and slso metallic
1'?“ miter-fins the city the m or
“per cm for such (ennui: for
we). service. mi in an esteem
lac W m in: from chub
* “sum mi or .
rm m
and then a. one to one and one half- Mr. Buxton built “ {new concrete
int-b course of crushed gravel. This Walk, COmpletlng the improvement.
was rolled repeamny ,md firmly com-‘ The cost of the entire improvement
oactec before the pavement was mm was apportioned “*3 lollovvs: SW6 0’
m“, deep was dug on 'ihc shoulder§°r wall on Armory ilill. City of
and six inch irrigation tiling was laid! N°""‘-“Jk' 100 per cent. 0’ the 00'“ 01'
up under the sub-grade. to the pavenhomlk. 25 1’" cent. 0' the cost 0‘
merit. These. as Well as tho mainfl‘e innsonary wall on Armory Hill.
dram, were filled with stone decreas-l City of Norwalit. 100 per cent. 0‘ the
ing in size as tho shrines was m”cost of the concrete sidewalk and
preached. and finally the entire"‘"rb on" south side of Armory Hill.
trench was covered with sand and‘ CH5" 0f Norwalk, 100 per cent. 0’ the
crualicd stone. in addition to the ex- “0": 0f the sixvioot strip "t concrete
lieu of the .sulrgrado. it was also’l’""m““t- CW 0‘ Norwnili,~loo I)"
found necosanry to construct a. re-l 09“" 0f the cost 0‘ "‘6 retaining wall
shining wall along a portion of u“, around Mr. Buxton‘s property. Mr.
- ' . ~- [0. l. Burton, 100 per cent. 0! the cost
con-5°! the concrete sidewalk around his
pave-l property. "
road litter the work had been started by
The Connecticut company
smictcd a Nessa?“ concrete
0. adjoining the concrete
built bv the street department.
«list the complete mad is 28.5 loci “apartmentklt was dlswvered that
in width. The same system of underi before-tho new memory well could
drainage was installed by ihcc For H” "“m 4" ”0“” h ””7“”! in '9‘
«client NEW. on the other 3M ‘t-ciisimct, on a new location. a tea
or their pnvemcnt. Ind .iiieir troch "W 81"" W N W‘“ ““9"
mm laid on two toot oi crushed “' W 0’“ ""v “I" "V" ““1“"
stone. hr l‘t‘ row-or t‘itv of Kuwait on?
All u the dais; thorn mite-v “It” W W “l "I! “ll ‘1' '”
ultimo their contents into a use l" “1' mid W ems-slim; T“
“0’0. "but Lil! turn in . (80ml tell til. “at! I!!! t d"
with a culvert under the team at “m" M ”I M m d “ "‘W'
iiicflscbhcmfmsethllo fiwmummvnw
MmmimpwutInew - ’ ',
‘dcdtheemhtheMe' ~
use tum. rm! m m
suds to the bounce or m out
we In m m stir who it“
‘te its» in than Wm m a»
"when on all m cm .
Us”,
structcd. A trench live. and one hail, Connecticut. 75 per cent. of the cost.
therein. Leader drains were cxtcndu ”'6 brick paveiuéht and the concrete :
ed at intervals from the main drain pavement °“ the south 5i“- City 0'
tru work necessitated by the condl-i pavement on northerly side oI—briclr
ml the contractor for the State liixhway .
is w W. mm or sit
. "summits! wt wwfiwl in m ”I”
at the use.“ we“ 99*“. .1
Spemal Sale of Blouses
Taffeta, Peon dc Soles, Crepe do Cbines and Georgettes. ‘
, Probably a good many women are waiting for just this kind of a chance: j‘
.5: 31 S
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and the waists which are placed in this sale for a hasty clearance include some re-
markable values.
l .
4"? There are exclusive styles from the
largest manufacturers in New York,
_ also a few imported models, rarely
l distinctive, which bear the marks of
Regent Street.
Peru do Soles of beautiful quality,
in rose, nilc green, and cerise, with
'collars of the latest style, sleeves of
original model fastening with one or
two large pearl buttons, or many
small buttons.
" Pussy Willow Taffeta in pastel
shades, beautiful light blues, rose
pinks, and yellows and a few darker
shades.
s,
«er-— .—m.
$2.00, $3.00, $4.00
I Embroidery Work
. There. is an entirely new line of
Royal Society Package goods, which
as every needlewoman knows, con-
tains materials for working.
included in this new line are:
Lingerie Consent: of fine nainsook
to be embroidered in white or colors.
Dainty Camisoles, nightgowns, en-
velope combinations and corset covers.
' Children’s Frocks, coals, rompers
and hats, of picue, repp, baliste, etc.
Infants’ Outfits, all garments iii-
cluded.
Household Furnishings for the dim
ing room or‘bedroom, scarves, squares,
centers, pillow slips, etc.
3 Blouses, aprons and dressing sacques
of lawn, voile or batiste.
’ ‘ Third floor.
Cups and Saucers
, German aim. Bouillon Cups, pink
rosebuds and wild rose spray. 'l‘wo
patterns ' 20 etc. each.
’ _,,. Austrian Chine Tea Cups, pink rose
Wreath. Dresden pink and blue de~
sign, , -. ‘ .20 etc. each.
Good value.~ Mm“.
A Corsage Bouquet. .
is a cheerful adornment.
Argoiden poppy. $1.50
Alarge rose, 1.50
A bunch of violets, $1.00
lain floor.
California Glazed Fruit,
1 .
Crepe do Chine: in white, or colors,
and some of them hand embroidered in " i
original designs. . r.
Fancy Lace Nets, white or combined -_. , ,;
with colored edges or Crepe dc Chine. ., ,
Novelties in dressy effects to wear,”
with tailored skirts for evening or after- i .13; r-
noon parties. - "l
Dark Taffeta in plaids or stripesfisw-h.
and striped Crepe dc Cliinesto com-"
blue with tailored suits. . v.1 '
Among these are some waists 000'- ii!
ample size for stout women. it” i
The whole have been grouped at .411“;
three prices, ' war ..i
Table Silver '
~Knives, forks and spoons with other
° necessities for every-day use.
2 patterns, rose and, iris. . l '
‘ IR!
Table Spoons, per set, 53.50.05;
Orange Spoons, $2.00'<!:f3"“._"
Tea Spoons, $1.65 1 . _ ,
Dinner Forks, per set, $3.15 ‘, . .
Dessert Forks, $3.00 l,
A. D. Coffees, $1.75 .,
‘ Basement. l\
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._ Candy Section. fl}
The Epicure's Package, dipped fruits, :is— l'
sorted nougatiiics, and nut centers, ‘. . . ,.
$1.00 a 1b. ‘
Chocolate Covered Fruits and Nuts, . l
awam,
Chocolate Cream Brazil Nuts, :} ‘
60 cis. and $1.00 a. box. ‘
Kate GreenWay Lemon and Orange Slices,
assorted box, 50 ots. .4; 1
Maillard's assorted mints, 50 cts. a born“; i '
Jordan Almonds, 50 cts. a box. I I .~‘.
A. D. Chocolate w; ' =3
Mints, 85 cts. a box. .. .9.
$1.00 9. 1b.? .9". ‘
l .
, s
Yolentine Favors.
Largo Heart Boxes of satin ready lo be . .
filled. From IA lb. to 3 lb. sizes. 412 l
‘ . Prices 25 cts. to $1.50 ll ‘
Fancy Heart Boxes to be used as centers, ' IT; {-
Favors, and motto verses in large assortment,
5 and 10 ots;‘
Nut cups, pink, red and white, with hand
painted figures, 8 and 10 ctr. . .
Bluebirds; to be used as lltnlgiiig decorations, 17‘... '
. - 10 ctr. each. .
Main thmr.
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