PUBLIC WORKS STATISTICS
 Utilities and inspection

 1958 1959 1960 1951 1962
 Building permits Number Estimated Number Estimated Number Estimated Number Estimated Number Estimated
 construction construction construction construction construction
 costs costs costs costs costs

St. Croix.. ......... .....------------ 141 $1,912,236.00 124 $1,253,214.00 210 $2,288,719.00 224 $3,019,441.00 271 $4,176,536.00
St. Thomas and St. John --------------. 330 927,896.00 340 3,258,753.00 378 5,190,527.00 460 6,363,482.00 50) 7,017,972.00

 NUMBER OF SANITARY INSTALLATION PERMITS

 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Installation permits-St. Thomas.--....----........----------------------- 116 182 135 187 324
Sewer connection permits ... ...----------------------------------------.-------77 84 68 72 132
Water connection permits .. ------------------------------------------------------------ 20 35 19 42 91
Electric installation permits-St. Croix .-- .------------------------------------------------281 263 299 343 470
Electric installation permits-St. Thomas and St. John---..-...---------.....------------ 206 249 311 302 422

 NUMBER OF PROPERTIES CONNECTED TO SALT WATER SYSTEM

St. Croix ----------------------- -------------- --------16 16 16 16 16
St. Thomas -- ----------------------------------------- --- --- 320 326 326 382 430
St. Thomas-new connections ----------------------------------------- --- ---------------- ------------- 19 91

 NUMBER OF POTABLE WATER CONNECTIONS


St. Croix-new connections .......-------------------------------- ---------- --- 52 46 70 79 78
St. Thomas-new connections --------------------------------- 46 18 17 68 172
Total number of potable water connections -------------------------------------------------- 586 640 727 864 1016