STREET MAINTENANCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 116, 20 May 1942, Page 3

STREET MAINTENANCE

ACTING-ENGINEER’S REPORT ! CITY WORKS AND SERVICES tl Expenditure on works and services rj during the year amounted to £40,370 e 16s 7u, being £3819 3s 5d less than the estimated amount, reported the acting city engineer (Mr. Frethey). For ! obvious reasons, he said, it had not i been possible to conform with the estij mate of £44,190. For example, labour i was transferred from streets ano 1 footpaths to other urgent, work. Curtailment of rubbish collections had also resulted in reduced expenditure. j Streets and footpaths absorbed £l3,- ■ 113 10s 2d and waler supply mainteni ance cost £4774 15s 9d. The proI gramme for streets and footpaths, , however, was reduced at the end of i the calendar year in order to make e! labour available for the construction 61 of shelter trenches. This resulted in i- an under expediture of £l2BO. Lack d of bitumen supplies prevented the 1,! manufacture of “plant mix’’ for the x re-surfacing of streets, and top dress),‘ing in second coat work was cut out - for the same reason. ' “Consequent on the transfer of men to other work the maintenf ance of footpath and road sur1 faces has had to be considerably reduced. The influence of benzine c restrictions was also felt in this direction,’’ Mr. Frethey added. _i The manufacture of concrete slabs cj for footpaths had also been affected, j, the output being 7824 slabs, a reduction of 350 on the previous year. Detailed Items. | 1 The following table gives details 01. actual expenditure on works and seni I vices, compared with the estimated a * amount (second column) ii: £ s. (J. £

J. IGIHIb it!),.><<> H) I TIM expenditure of £40,370 y charged to works and services ■j | does not represent the total , amount of work done on the varii ous items because of assistance | received from men whose wages l were either paid in full or subI sidised from the Social Security Fund. e j Subsidies Received. d I The true expenditure on works and e' services was £58,802, made up as fol-i-j lows: — fl £ • I Expenditure charged to works and el services 40,371 h ; Wages subsidies from Social Security 3,143 • I Full wages from Social Security .... 15.288 f In addition, shelter trench cont struction cost £1731, and other works 1 £6390.

Streets and Footpaths 13,113 10 2 14,39 Reserves and Parks .. 6,824 14 1 6,.’>3 Scavenging "39 11 4 73 Rubbish Collection . . 2,408 1 2 2,78 Sanitation 1,182 19 6 96 i Traffic Control 1,228 12 4 l,27t Buildings and Buildings t Inspection 1,711 2 2 1,43 i 1 Sewers and Drains .. 1,366 1 0 1,09' ' Surveys 138 12 6 14 1 Plant and Tools .... .714 19 3 97 ’ River Bank Protection 275 18 0 70' "| Dublin St. Bridge ... 23 9 0 27( " Town Bridge 81 16 1 71 . J Relief Works 2,880 13 0 4,40 Airport 238 0 9 J 2 Water Supply: Maintenance 4.744 15 9 3,50 Pumping 1,127 4 0 1,00 Mains Extensions .. 96 15 2 25 Tunnels 374 6 6 55 I Turbine Pumping Plant 31 3 5 1,90 Cemetery 1,100 n 1 1,07 Miscellaneous 138 11 1 4 Totals £40,370 16 7 £44,19