Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-27

PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF STREETS IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE cITY-AN AVENUE ALONG
THE BnANDYwINE.
An ordinance il pending in Council which eB-
tablishes the extension Of streets already partial
ly opened and provides for their occupation to
the city line. In the Western part of the city
there are many streets the beds OF which have
not been condemned, or if condemned no record
Of the fact can be found, and in order to prevent
the recurrence Of the nvandating of the work
of commission, aa on Twelfth street. some
weeks ago, the preliminary stops have been ta-
ken to give the city the possession Of the land
for the extension of these 81 reefs. The ordin-
auce for their establishment has had two road
ings in Council, and final action is only delayed
to await the result of town meeting to be held
Oh Thursday evening next.
Some OF the streets named i'll the ordinance
for establishment are already occupied, but the
most of them have not yet been opened. The
following list embraces all the streets with ref
erence to which it In proposed to take action,
with the width which 1t il proposed they shall
have:
Maryland Avenue, Gi feet wide, from South
street to the city line. Adams ST., 60 feet wide
Except below Lowering Ave.. where it is to be
so feet) from 10th street to the Brandywine.
Jackson street, GO feet wide, from Maryland
Ave-, to South street OH the south, and from
Delaware Ave. to the Brandywine on the north,
YanBuren, HARRISON, Franklin, Broome,
IlOuueNt SihltoH hnti oub, eaSh w tooe
wide, from Beech street to the Brandywine.
Scott and Lincoln each 81 feet and Union 80
feet, from Beech street to Delaware Avenue.
Front street GO feet, and End and 3rd, ~ feet
from Franklin to Uuon. Fourth, 9Th, 9th, 7th,
9th, 9th, and 10th, same width as at present
from the Old Kings road to Union street.
Eleventh street, .same as present width from
the Old Kings Road to Jackson street, and from
Franklin to Union. Twelfth street. so feet wide
from Jackson to Union. Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets, each 30 feet wide. and 10th
street. GO feet, from Delaware Avenue to Union.
Delaware Avenue, 70 feet wide, from the Old
Kings Road to Union. Gilpin and Shallcross
avenues. each 10 feet, Lowering avenue, so feet
and Wawaset It,, so feet, from Adams to Union
Reed street, 90 feet, from South to Broome, and
Chestnut street, SO feet, from South to Union.
Elm, Maple and Sycamore streets, each so feet,
and Linden, 60 feet, from Maryland Avenue to
Union. Beech street, 80 feet, from Union to
the p. W. ~ B. r. Il. Searles street, So feet,
from Front to 9th.
At the the meeting OF Council, last evening
the ordinance as above was taken up and All
amendment was offered providing for the op, n
ing of an avenue 60 feet in width along the
south side of the Brandywine, following the
race on the south side, from King street to the
city line ON the west. This amendment was
read twice, last night, and will stand or fall with
the ordinance at subsequent meeting.
The opening of these streets and avenues i'll
the localities named will give to the city, 1t IL
stated, some twenty to twenty-five miles of ad-
ditonal street led, exclusive OF the proposed
avenue along the Brandywine which il one aud
one fifth miles in length.