Daily Republican., 1881-06-06
FIFTH edition
INSPECTING RIVER R1Iirs,
Council Viewing the pr.
Ways for the Road to the ,ed n"'N
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Pursuant to the adiournment go,
Council last Thursday night tba, NY
met at the City Hall at 8 o'cloa% pedy
and went on jaunt over the vosy @oay
routes for the road to the DelawnoNu' l,%,,ou'
Before starting on the trip a session esi"are'
held with President Sharplev ,n was va"
chair, and it was decided to ipSna'aa. ~ Ihe
north route in the morning, AMI dfVv' .he
vote the afternoon to INSPECTING tbo f~ ue' @
jected south side route. 'ne re-
Accordingly Council started a a.,
o'clock, the party consisting of Mos V;U
lowing gentlemen Councilmonr1 r1I po1 ,OI'
ney, Paynter, Merris Taylor, p '%n
Taylor, McMenamin, Beecher' n"ul %
Blake, Robinson, Moore, Men,oSS' MoS'
Adams, Shaw, McKenna, sbarnIonL' sbTon'
Townsend, Lawrence, Denny, Sp,ti S
Barnhill, Street Commissioner IvmoI' 'l'
b. +. Cotton, President of the Natginuun;i NgoUni
Dredging Company, City Solicitor Trr %a'
ner and representatives of the CITY nrssa
The works of the Jackon & Sbas, has,
company were first visited and
thorough inspection was made of ,ha
street which it is proposed to tao M nv
passing through the yard of this com m
pany. Mr.. Job. Fl. jackson mot % th,
party and explained to them the grsa, sat
injury his property would sustain jftbs
Seventh and Fourth street route was
adopted as the road to the river rsn m
down the projected extension ofSeyenth
street and through his ship ward
His chief objections to the roaJ
passing through his yards We're almost
the same as given in the REprp.
LICAN on Saturday. He declared the
street was not owned by the city, and
that it was private property owned BY
the marsh company, and had never
been decided to the city. All the prOp
erty here, he said, that Hilton owned
was now owned by, the Jackson & Sham
company. Said Mr. Jackson ;"The street
running through this yard would 50 in
terfere with our business that l would
refuse your check Of 500, 900 to come
through here to-day. | have spent
more than $4,000 to get my yard in
this condition, and now you want tC
take it away from me. :"
Mr.. jackson also pointed out to the
party that a railway was laid over the
ground which the city contemplated
taking for the road to the River, and
that an engine passed over it two times
a day bringing ship timber, sc. He
said the street was not public-in fact
it was no street at al, and he was do.
termined to fight the Seventh and
Fourth street route as now contemplated
to the fartheSt extent. He said if the
avenue became public there would be
great danger of fire from tramps He
also pointed ont the great Improvements
he had made and explained those which
he still had in contemplation.
Council then passed down the
Seventh street extension on foot to the
point. The route diverged in Il souther
ly direction and crossed the Brandywinp
on line with Fourth street. This is
the point where it is proposed to bridge
the stream and is Just above the point
where the creek empties into the Chris.
tiana.
Leaving here Eleventh street bridge
was crossed and tie Twelfth street route
was casually viewed from a point Just
below the track of the PHILADELPHIA,
Wilmington Il Baltimore Railroad
Nothing could be seen which threw
much light upon the practicability Of
the Twelfth street route, and from what
was stated of the immense amount of
work necessary to put it in good cond-
ton the members did not form an i'm
preston with reference to it Of very
favorable nature.
The party then proceeded by car,
riages to the river, stopping for lunch
at point on the marsh about two thirds
of the way to the Delaware. AT this
place the Fourth street route
crosses. 1t was shown that the ground
would have to be filled up considerable
above the present level, and that at
many points piling whould be neceS-
sary to make it substantial This how
DIVER is included in the dredging COM
pany's bid. w
At the river front the work of filling
in the low land now in progress by the
National Dredging Company was III
spected with some interest. Here
President Cotton pointed out the eA'
tensive improvements now i'll progress
in connection with the work Of dredging
Cherry Island Flats and explained how
easily this work could be utilized ID
conjunction wth&he construction OF the
road to the Delaware and the
binding of an ample wharf upon
the river bank. He fully Showee1
the depth of the water in the river, d.
rected the attention of the party tothed
rectness of the route by way of Seventh
and Fourth sts., and showed that with
this route the facilities would be mucI,
better than by any other course, ana
that the route in question was mncl
more available. Council then procee,deu
at !. 80 O'Clock to inspect the south she