ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROADS. ALLEGHENY CITY, January 11th, 1883. To the Honorable the Select and Common Councils: GENTLEMEN:-Your Committee on Roads respectfully present their annual report for year 1882: It will be seen by the above statement that, though we have used the utmost economy, yet we were unable to keep within our appropriation, and we are of the opinion that if your Honorable Bodies were better informed of the amount of labor required to keep the unpaved thoroughfares in passable condition, you would see the importance of furnishing means to enable your Committee to do more work than has been heretofore done. There are 39 miles of unpaved roads and avenues, and 43 miles of alleys in the city, making a total of 44 miles under our jurisdiction, besides innumerable board walks and steps which must be kept in repair. Your Committee have only been enabled to repair here and there, as the necessity required, and as we could only do a little work on each and make no permanent improvements, the result has been that the first heavy rain storm would destroy all that had been done, and leave the roads in as bad condition as they were before any work had been done. In view of these facts, we earnestly recommend that Councils grant us a larger appropriation in the future, so that the money expended may be of some benefit to the citizens in the rural districts. For detailed information of the work done, the matérial used, etc., and when performed, we respectfully refer you to the accompanying Report of the Road Commissioner. |