Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-15
'rhe survey ing Department..

5StI UEppKr OF CITY SURVEYOR roNwEiL-
v5,EK if THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE PAST
sl.,G.
M operations If the Department of Engi-
,,, M; anl Surveying, undcr tho charge OF NJ.
,5tN II, Tor 1874, have been redloed into an
,.euilrIpottwh.ci has been presented to Conn
I'D
IIst tbeteport shows the number of new
t-,.lrt4s Tor which surveys were made during
ta45e,.it the number being 90 as reported in
fiit GNalStEnciAL in it's annual review. The re-
n then proceeds to detail the other work done
Il l,n department during 1871, showing that 1S1
1IiltIiuea were marked for private parties, while
-6,ulAr work done per order of the Street Com
ni4aoner if greatly in excess Of 1878
r6o following streets have been marked for
.1,s,lng. much OF which work has peen per
Wrned Vandeyer Ave-, from Market to p. W..
Il Il. Il Harrison st, from Bird to 3th; New
4, ..tlr Ave, from A. to l} 10th, from Lombard
h., Church; Reed, from Monroe to Adams; 4th
nom Walnut to Poplar; Orange, from Water
D. UDck; Dock, from Orange to Thorn Thorn,
from Z. W. n u r. II. to the Christiana; ith,
lren French to Walnut; Nandeyer Ave, from
Il tlut,a to Head; French from End to 3rd;
H. d. from 1lth to Nandever Ave; Delaware
(,i, from Broome to lith Penua. Ave-, from
Viii q iren to Scott; lth from Market to French;
lleucI, from 3fd to 9TH, Searles, from Front
s, 9nl; Rodney, from Front to 2nd
Ia the way of culverts a new one has been
ttlt M Jackson street, over Shipey run one
~ Reed street, between Adams and Monroe,
a4tnli has partially fallen in and ring brick
=. N,r 3 fent in diameter, has leen built in 9Th
Sheet, from Walnut 10 Klrkwood. Surveys have
-a also been made for sewers IN Union street,
,epl Ratilesnake rnn, and from Front street 80
nynnd Avenue.
], teets have been extended az follows 2OLh,
ll.i. 22l. 23l, 2lth, 18th. 26th, 9th and 2Sth
-taret-, from Market TO Washington Tatnall,
No-t and Washington, from 10Th to tho city
.+tu beside which ro-surveys haVe been made
,f 4 largo number OF streets already opened.
lue expenses of the Department other than
lpi salaries, and exclusive of the Registry
iiulrali. have been Si7i9l, and the receipts
.ilta private orders amount to 0.90-being
/, acfeAse from 1873 of sl90 90. The receipts
nom work done per order of the Street Commits
.sator were II, ll0 an increase over 1873 OF
.HiD.
Very ratiAfaatory plo5fess was made with the
Ii ,lstry Bureau during 1874. the first year OF
Ni3tcnee. Al many AS 5,256 city properties
stfr recorded, and large number of lots were
fte on the books of the department. The
rllI Of the c!tv las bson complete on the books
=u tl. AZ the present lay and extension OF the
-tlcars sill allow, and the present books Will
4tst for forty yeurs. Tie Surveyor thinks these
h,1A- Viii soon be ro far advanced that they will
tN' Indispensable to tile Assessors and the Board
"a Ea,i5jou, while they will be great convent
.lr- to tile public Mt large. The expenses of the
department haze been, uu this account, sb23. ~
.l9i 10 having hetn expended for books alone
The above incla les about all tho information
Which tie rep irt lnpGrtr Of interest to the gen
cral reader, Int II il II lengthy document ant
valuable to thaci,y in the very complete register
OF the work nf tho department performed duilne
the year The entire report will be printed il
1'amphlet form in a taw days, when those who
cnrd to obtain more minute information cai
nhNn il through this source.