Annual report of the Board of Public Works to the Common Council of the City of Chicago . in time. Washington Street Tunnel has been in use throughout theyear. The leak referred to has been remedied. The passengerway is perfectly dry. The carriage way is very nearly so, andthe trouble from water, excepting what pertains to the drainage,is limited to an occasional drop from the arch overhead, imme-diately under the river. 20 ]SnNTH ANNUAL REPORT OF of the river, and has since been carried forward without interrup-tion. By the terms of the contract the work is to be finishedby July 1st, 1871, an
Annual report of the Board of Public Works to the Common Council of the City of Chicago . in time. Washington Street Tunnel has been in use throughout theyear. The leak referred to has been remedied. The passengerway is perfectly dry. The carriage way is very nearly so, andthe trouble from water, excepting what pertains to the drainage,is limited to an occasional drop from the arch overhead, imme-diately under the river. 20 ]SnNTH ANNUAL REPORT OF of the river, and has since been carried forward without interrup-tion. By the terms of the contract the work is to be finishedby July 1st, 1871, and the progress made warrants the expecta-tion of its being completed in time. Washington Street Tunnel has been in use throughout theyear. The leak referred to has been remedied. The passengerway is perfectly dry. The carriage way is very nearly so, andthe trouble from water, excepting what pertains to the drainage,is limited to an occasional drop from the arch overhead, imme-diately under the river. TIABVVT AT IIALSTEP ^1\ #YK1« CI . II „ & KjvLZi^Z^ -^^l^^S^i^^^^^S^^S^i^^iFf. V-rf-r^fcr^t Si^ te 1 t ; 1f I \I 1 t ! ^ 1 ) 1 1 Ctt B«st ii 1 1 1 1 /, r- =rI ^\ 1 1 H,. = .„ V ? - . \ s ! THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 21 STREET WORK. were in tlie city, at tlie close of the year, that is, onMarcii 31st, 1870, thirty-seven miles of streets paved with wood-en block pavements, and two and one-fonrth miles paved withboulder, or block stone pavements. The statement does notinclude the graveled or macadamized streets. These pavementswere very largely the work of the past three years. While thetime is very brief since the condition of the streets of Chicagowas the subject of constant complaint, there are to-day few citiesin our land presenting more drives of miles in length of smoothlypaved streets. The Board may also, with propriety, call attention to thecleanly condition in which the paved streets are generally to befound. The work of cleaning, as remarked last year, is in th
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