Daily Republican., 1889-10-30


The regular session Of the Street and
sewer Commlssion was held last evening.
monthly pay-rols,s amounting tois486 Go
and tho weekly payroll Of tS6S were pre-
parties named.
The following petitions were granted :
NJ. IL. Forbes to drain No. 6U8 West
sireet W. X. Brlnton to drain No. 625
West Third street W. v. Crossley to
drain No. 62S West Fourth street /;
Charles Stewart to drain No. 575 shipley
street.
The petition of Patrick Neary, John T.
Dickey and Nathan Lieberman to have
the Second street sewer extended nom
Harrison to Franklin was granted.
The petition of John 4. DlcRey and
others for curbing and paving on the
west side OF franklin street from Front
and Thiid was granted.
The secretary was Instructed TO adver
tise for bids for grading on Council street
between Second and Third.
The petition of Z. ii. Carton to have
the space In front of his stand In the
market Mt Third and King streets kept
clear, wasTeierred to Clerk OF the Market
Smeltz.
| 1t was decided TO have an electric light
placed on Greeley street near Decatur,
aud one was also ordered TO be placed al
| Water aud Orange streets.
| Bids for grading Rodney street between
Fourth and sixth were received as fol
lows: William Dougherty, 29X cent,
per cubic yard; Michael Riley, 40 cents
NJ. r. Kcogh, 4ol6 cents; J. A. McCaul
ley, SO cents; John Logue, 27H cents
Patrick Carberry, 20 cents. The contrac
was awarded to John Lo2ue.
The members then turned their atten
tion to the disposal OF the stone takel
from beds OF streets that are bein,
graded, which has always been taken b.
the cont actors. President Carpente
thought II would be well for the depart
ment to purchase stone crusher, as h
was certain that IL would not take it lonl
to pay for itself. The stone could be Use,
for filliug iu the bed OF streets at YER
little expense.
Mr.. Gawthrop considered It an excel
lent ides, and thought the crushe
should be portable, SO that 1t could be re
moved from pace to place as 1t wa
needed. lie did not see any reason VIII
the crusher should not be procured AM
u sed for improving the streets.
The bed OF Van Buron street, between
Eighth and Ninth streets, was ordere,
graded.
Tho secretary was instructed to motif
the owners OF tho Academy OF Music, o
Tenth street near Tatnsll, that their per
NIT for obstructing a portion of th
street bad expired and to remove tn
same from the street at once.
A. j. Hart was ordered TO remove th
fences from across Rodney street at Be,
enth and Eighth streets in order to hav
the street opened. MIR. Hart claims tn q
he owus this ground En1 refuses TO allo,
the street TO be opened, while the con
missioDers claim that 1t belongs to th
city.
; An electric light was ordered TO
: placed on Banning street, between Franz
lin and Broome, and q gas lamp wa
ordered on Broome street between Della
ware and Gilpin avenues, and one o
: Brcome between Thirteenth aud Fou
] teenth streets.
The secretary WAS instructed TO notii
the Pusey & Jones Company that Us n
I new temporary building which they pre-
3 posed TO erect on the bad OF Popla
: street would be within the llre limits, III
{ commission has no power to grant theI
permission to do so.
A communication was received froI
: George q. Lobdell In reference to Il
' vacating of q street. Enclosed was
copy OF letter dated April 20, thrt
7 days before the Il street bill was passeI
insisting that his company should ha,
: tho use OF Duncan street. and that all
/ q street be decided to them on couditlo
a that his company should keep up IL
5 tluice on the river bank and deed Il
. city the right OF way for Cbristiana ay
nue. to the river free to the city when
: may desire.
Q The department was under the impre
/ sion that the Lobdell Company only d.
: sired portion OF Il street TO be vacate,
: An order was drawn in favor ot Dav
!, & Bro. for ti,V2T.S2 less than 25 p,
! centum which shall be retained until Il
0 work Is made to conform with the tern
c OF the contract.