CHESTER, - Delaware County PA History

CHESTlm, PENNS\'I.VANIA. 55
nISUUHSE~m~TS-CONTINUEn.
Fire "
'Vater "
Health II
Public Property Department,
Sinking Fund,
Intcrest Dcpartment, ­
Stationery and Printing, ­
Contingcnt Fund,
6,359 39
1,595 00
81 4 93
2,185 14
I 50
23,996 00
1,481 11
7,081 92
Total,
I-lave in Sinking Fund,
North Chester Bond,
Cash,
$10,000 00
7,832 00
$166,956 62
Total,
STlUmT
IMPnOVEMI~NTS.
The large alllount appropl'iatcd for paving has been wcll
cxpended, and the cit}' can no\\' bc travcled from thc nOl,thern
to its soutbcrn boundar}' on strects pavcd with substantial
asphaltul11 or Belgian blocks. Thc pavcments havc also becn
greatly impro\'cd, but as this cxpensc is borne b}' the individual
no referencc is made to it abovc,
Apparcntl)' the city has spcnt morc than its incomc, but
whcn it is statcd that the burden of paring for thc paving of
strects is borne by thc houscholders rcsiding thcreon it is
at oncc scen that the grcatcr part of thc $85,000 so cxpcndcd
will cvcntually be returned to thc cit), trcasul-y.
STIWlrt'S.
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Thc strccts and avcnues of Chester cxtcnd a distance east
and west, including the adjaccnt borough of South Chcstcr,
from Front to Ninth Stre~t, ncad)' threc miles, and for thc most
part are opcned their entire lellRth. On the cast side of the
Chestcr C.'cek the stJ'ccts m'c opcncd to Twcnt}'-fourth Stl'cet.
Up to Fcbt'lJary last there werc 6,28 miles of paved strects
(macadamizcd roadways not included), but dul'ing thc past year,