Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-14
COMMISSIONS CLASH.
CROOKED RUN CAUSES CON-
SIDERABLE TALK.
The BrRndyNIns WRtsP mixed With
Besr-Ehroo uommIssIons DO Not
Remove the NuisRnce-ouF
Drinking Water.

"r0o many oOohs spoil tbs broth" 10
Q quaint sud lonely AdEge, and Is
Uitener true than otherwise II 10 true iD
oobh o. now pending between three
ooI1mission1 In this oity, % TO which
stsll abata the nulsAnos OF dirty,
h.thy run flowing into The BrAndywine
above tho point from which the city
receives iis drinking water, and hs
consequence OF this disAgreement, the
nuisance rfmAiLs unAbAted ard the
citlzsns OF Wilmington are compelled to
keep on drinking water tinotured with
the refuse drainage from the Hartmann
81 Fehrepbaoh brewery, at Lowering
avenue aud Scott street.
For many yearB Crooked run, which
hAH it, source NJ the brewery, has car
tied its half water and half beer ard
refuse liquid down through the grove
lhAt 10 now part Of the Brandy wine
Park and emptled II Into the Brandy
vine opposite to the Augustine paper
mills. As this little stresm, which mover
fails, runs bRbblinR down under bridges
ard over ledRes Of rooka, thick froth
gathers at the foot Of every miniature
iail, whioh etpits . foRRy VApoF that
iises mp and oils tbs atmosphere with =
sesrish smell, II Is relatsd as fact
that impeouniOus "bums" without the
necessary nickel to buy q schooner Of
baar at modern bser bsr, slske their
thiret by scOopinR up this froth With
t eiF hands and drinking IL. This 10
tho stuff that COWS down into the Bran.
DIVINE Snd mixes itself with the water
tho teotota,ers OF Wilmington drink
How TO get clear Of this nuisance
puzzled tho people Of Wilmington long
before tho Gays of commissions, an0
ssnoe then there have besn 90 many
commissions crested, each having a
part Iurlsdiotion IN the matter and each
waiting upon the other TO RbAte the
nuisance, that II still remains aud 10
likely 10 remain while these commits.
slors keep on olBshlng over the mater.
The commissions col oIrnea are the
Water Commission, the Street and
Sewer Oommission and tic Park Com
mission. The abatement Of the nuisance
TO purify the water of the BEAndyWIne
Ia what the Water Commission wants,
but as the nuisance oLn only be- abAtsd
By meAns OF sewer proposed to con.
meet With RAttlegnAke Run Sewer Ii Ia
oontendod that 1t oomts under the
supervision Of the Btraet and Sewer
Commission.
The latter named commission II seems
has 20 far acknowledged It's respOnal-
bility in the matter that they made Ep
plioAiiOn to the Park Commission for
permission to construct ever through
the park grounds 10 connect with RAJ
tleBnhk0 Run sewer, which IL iB said has
been peremptoriiy refused by the Park
Commission, upon tho grounds that It
interferes v iIh the typographical survey
that Ia being made, and that II would
bring ihs beeTy stencil OF Crooked Run
down 10 RaitlssDake Run, tie most
popular place In the park for pleasure
resorts and plcnios.
The Water Oommlssion, anxious 20
do their part towards abating the null
sAnce, notified the Street Anl Sewer
OlmmissiOn couple OF weeks ago that
they were saiLlng for that OOmmission
to perform It's part OF the contract, but
At tho meeting Of the Street and Sewer
Commission, held lsbt night, notice was
directed TO be cent to the Washr Com
mlsHion that the Park Oommlsaion had
refused to let thom make the ssWer.
There the matter lies for the present.
Crooked Run, however, is IS active 40
ever. The odd mixture Of beer and
water runs bAbbling down ever the
fockEi oIeAtir & copper oolored foam as
usual. Pedestrians sniff the beer
foented air, and II they are Of abe tee
total order, hold their noses until they
are past, while the genus bum, sniff
hnK the same air, hunts the brightest
liquid foam to qusff,
The public ih beginning TO think that
IL iB o case OF too much commission.
The people want the nuisance removed.
II they want 3 mixture OF water and
the refuse Of 8 brewery to drink, they
prefer mixing 1t to suit themselves.
Tho commissions, they say, were created
for the good government OF the city and
not to clash with each other and i'm
pede needed improvements.